Silva M Goretti V, Vieira Icaro G P, Mendes Francisca N P, Albuquerque Irineu L, dos Santos Rogério N, Silva Fábio O, Morais Selene M
Departamento de Química Analítica e Fisico-Química, Universidade Federal do Ceará, 60.455-970, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Molecules. 2008 Oct 14;13(10):2482-7. doi: 10.3390/molecules13102482.
Ursolic acid is a very important compound due to its biological potential as an anti-inflammatory, trypanocidal, antirheumatic, antiviral, antioxidant and antitumoral agent. This study presents the HPLC analysis of ursolic acid (UA) content in eight different Ocimum species: O. americanum L., O. basilicum L, O. basilicum var purpurascens Benth, O. basilicum var. minimum L, O. gratissimum L, O. micranthum Willd, O. selloi Benth. and O. tenuiflorum L. grown in Northeastern Brazil. In these Ocimum species, UA was detected in different yields, with O. tenuiflorum showing the highest content (2.02%). This yield is very significant when compared with other sources of UA.
熊果酸是一种非常重要的化合物，因其具有作为抗炎、抗锥虫、抗风湿、抗病毒、抗氧化和抗肿瘤剂的生物学潜力。本研究介绍了巴西东北部种植的八种不同罗勒属植物中熊果酸（UA）含量的高效液相色谱分析：美国罗勒、罗勒、紫叶罗勒、小叶罗勒、甜罗勒、小花罗勒、赛洛罗勒和圣罗勒。在这些罗勒属植物中，检测到的UA产量各不相同，其中圣罗勒的含量最高（2.02%）。与其他UA来源相比，这个产量非常可观。
