Simões Evelyne Rolim Braun, Santos Evelyne Alves, de Abreu Maria Carolina, Silva Jurandy do Nascimento, Nunes Nárcia Mariana Fonseca, da Costa Marcília Pinheiro, Pessoa Otília Deusdênia Loiola, Pessoa Cláudia, Ferreira Paulo Michel Pinheiro
Departamento de Fisiologia e Farmacologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Campus Senador Helvídio Nunes de Barros, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Picos, Piauí, Brasil.
J Intercult Ethnopharmacol. 2015 Jul-Sep;4(3):256-63. doi: 10.5455/jice.20150610104841. Epub 2015 Jun 26.
Lippia microphylla Cham. (Verbenaceae) is an endemic underexploited Brazilian vegetal. This work reviewed the biological potentialities of Lippia microphylla, emphasizing the properties of essential oils (EOs) and analyzed scientific indicators about genus Lippia and L. microphylla. Databases from 1948 to the present were searched and a software (vantage point 7.1) associated with Derwent Innovation Index was used to identify the indicators of the genus Lippia, and biological activities and compounds in the L. macrophylla species. Ethnopharmacological records report use of L. microphylla leaves to treat gastrointestinal disorders, influenza, bronchitis, cough, nasal congestion, and sinusitis during vaporization, whose aromatic volatile oils are rich in monoterpenes, especially cineole, terpineol, and thymol. Other EOs have larvicidal activity on Aedes aegypti larvae, and antifungal, antibacterial and cytotoxic and antitumor action on human and murine cancer cells. Brazil is the country with more articles about Lippia species, but it deposited only 9 patents since 1993. Most of the publications about L. microphylla are concentrated in food and chemical sciences. This bioprospection helps to choice areas of interest for capital investment and to give support for Brazilian Institutions to establish cooperation and improve technological impact at the point of view of creation and innovation.
小叶过江藤(马鞭草科)是巴西一种未得到充分开发利用的本土植物。这项工作回顾了小叶过江藤的生物潜力,重点关注了其精油(EOs)的特性,并分析了关于过江藤属和小叶过江藤的科学指标。检索了1948年至今的数据库,并使用与德温特创新索引相关联的一款软件(Vantage Point 7.1)来确定过江藤属的指标以及大叶过江藤物种中的生物活性和化合物。民族药理学记录显示,小叶过江藤的叶子在汽化时可用于治疗胃肠道疾病、流感、支气管炎、咳嗽、鼻塞和鼻窦炎,其芳香挥发油富含单萜类化合物,尤其是桉叶油素、松油醇和百里香酚。其他精油对埃及伊蚊幼虫具有杀幼虫活性,对人类和小鼠癌细胞具有抗真菌、抗菌以及细胞毒性和抗肿瘤作用。巴西是关于过江藤属物种文章发表数量最多的国家,但自1993年以来仅申请了9项专利。关于小叶过江藤的大多数出版物都集中在食品和化学科学领域。这种生物勘探有助于选择资本投资感兴趣的领域,并为巴西机构在创新和创造方面建立合作以及提高技术影响力提供支持。