%0 Journal Article
%T The phytochemistry and biological aspects of Caryocaraceae family Aspectos fitoqu赤micos e biol車gicos da fam赤lia Caryocaraceae
%A J. Ascari
%A J.A. Takahashi
%A M.A.D. Boaventura
%J Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais
%D 2013
%I UNESP
%X The Caryocaraceae family is constituted of 25 species distributed in two genera (Caryocar and Anthodiscus). Plants of this family have been used in several phytochemical studies for isolation and characterization of chemical compounds. Some of these studies evaluated in vitro and in vivo biological activities of extracts and pure substances isolated from plants of this family. Nine species of Anthodiscus genus have been described, while no phytochemical study related to them has been reported. On the other hand, Caryocar genus presents 16 species with several medicinal uses like for the treatment of colds and bronchitis, in the prevention of tumours, as a regulating agent of the menstrual flow, to treat ophthalmological problems and for the cure of hematomas and bruises. Some species of this genus were targeted by phytochemical studies and presented, in their composition, the following classes of secondary metabolites: triterpenes, fatty acids, tannins, carotenoids, triterpenic saponins, phenolic coumarins, phenolic glycosides, and others. The fruits of Caryocar species are very nutritive, containing in their composition fibers, proteins, carbohydrates and minerals. Seeds have been widely used as oil source with nutritional and cosmetic value. The biological evaluation of some species was carried out by using relevant biological assays such as: antioxidant, allelopathic and antifungal activities against Biomphalaria glabrata and toxicity on Artemia salina. A fam赤lia Caryocaraceae 谷 constitu赤da por 25 esp谷cies distribu赤das em dois g那neros (Caryocar e Anthodiscus). Plantas desta fam赤lia t那m sido utilizadas em diversos estudos fitoqu赤micos para isolamento e caracteriza  o de constituintes qu赤micos. Alguns destes estudos avaliaram atividades biol車gicas in vitro e in vivo de extratos e substancias puras isoladas a partir de plantas desta fam赤lia. S o descritas nove esp谷cies dentro do g那nero Anthodiscus e nenhum estudo fitoqu赤mico relacionado a elas foi relatado. Por outro lado, o g那nero Caryocar apresenta 16 esp谷cies com diversos usos medicinais, tais como: para o tratamento de resfriados, bronquites, na preven  o de tumores, como reguladores do fluxo menstrual, em problemas oftalmol車gicos, e na cura de hematomas e contus es. Algumas esp谷cies deste g那nero foram submetidas a estudos fitoqu赤micos e apresentaram, em sua composi  o, as seguintes classes de metab車litos secund芍rios: triterpenos, 芍cidos graxos, taninos, carotenoides, saponinas triterp那nicas, cumarinas, glicos赤deos fen車licos, entre outros. Os frutos de esp谷cies Caryocar s o muito nutritivos contendo
%K Caryocaraceae
%K Caryocar
%K Anthodiscus
%K constituintes fito-qu赤micos
%K atividades biol車gicas
%K usos medicinais
%K Caryocaraceae
%K Caryocar
%K Anthodiscus
%K phytochemical constituents
%K biological activities
%K medicinal uses
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