Estudo químico e avaliação biológica da própolis vermelha de Alagoas

Abstract

The red propolis originally from the state of Alagoas has a chemical composition rich in isoflavones and has been used as traditional popular medicine presented as an antioxidant and antiviral properties. Its relevance to this study is mainly due to the same present several biological properties, among them: antimicrobial, anti-cancer, cytotoxic and anti-tumor. In this work it was performed the study of the fixed compounds present in hexane fraction of propolis, which presented three esters: the methyl hexadecanoate (15,20%), the methyl tetracosanoate (10,40%) and the methyl octadecanoate (2,39%). Four isoflavanes were isolated from the thanolic extract (2'-hydroxy-4',7-dimethoxyisoflavane [PV-1], 2',7-dihydroxy-4'-methoxyisoflavane [PV-3],4',7-dihydroxy-2'-methoxyisoflavane [PV-4] and 2',4'-ihydroxy-7-methoxyisoflavane [PV-5]), one chalcone (2',4 ',4-trihydroxychalcone [PV-6]) and a triterpene (lup-20(29)-en-3-ol [PV-2]), known in red propolis. The structural determination of substances were performed by spectroscopic methods IR, 1H NMR, 13C-BB NMR,13C NMR DEPT-135°, COSY, HSQC, HMBC and GC-MS. It was performed the determination of total phenols, using a spectrophotometer, in the ethanolic extract (EEPV), which presented a phenolic content of 133.3 ± 4.35 mg GAE / g sample, a result lower than those reported in the literature. Another test was performed on the antioxidant activity, the scavenging method using DPPH radical, both ethanolic extract and the hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate and metanol fractions, with satisfactory results and higher than standart Vitamin C. Besides the antioxidant test, if was performed the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase assay by colorimetric method, of the ethanolic extract and hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate and metanol fractions, that yielded positive results in almost all, regarding standart Eserine salt.