Obtaining and purification of ± and ß-amyrin from leaves Uvaia (Eugenia pyriformis Cambess)

• Grant number: 15/22952-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): July 01, 2016
• Effective date (End): October 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Chemical Engineering - Industrial Operations and Equipment for Chemical Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Melissa Gurgel Adeodato Vieira
• Grantee: Elissandro Jair Klein
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Química (FEQ). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 19/07596-2 - Bioactivity-profiling of crude extracts of Eugenia pyriformis using 1H NMR metabolomics and quadruple high-resolution alpha-amylase/alpha-glucosidase/PTP1B/radical scavenging profiling combined with HPLC-PDA-HRMS-SPE-NMR, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

The Eugenia pyriformis Cambess (Uvaia) is a tropical arboreal species from Brazil and typical from the Atlantic Forest, with fewer literature reports related to extraction processes of bioactive compounds from the vegetal parts of the plant. The ± and ²-amyrin compounds are pentacyclic triterpenes with several therapeutic potencials studied in the last years, such as: gastric protection, antidepressant, analgesic, hypocholesterolemic, antiplatelet and anti-inflammatory. In this doctorate project, a deeper investigation of this plant potencial will be carried out, considering the promising results obtained from previous studies performed by the participant researchers of this proposal. Therefore, the main goal of this project is to obtain vegetal extracts rich in ± e ²-amyrin from various extraction processes, as well as study its purification processes. The extracts will be obtained from the following methods: solvent extraction by maceration, extraction with supercritical CO2 (carbon dioxide), supercritical CO2 with cosolvent, ultrasound assisted extraction and pressurized liquid extraction. It is intended to evaluate the effect of the extraction methods and the variation of the process conditions on the extracts yield and on their chemical compositions. It is also intended to study the purification methods by chromatography to obtain an extract with high purity levels of ± and ²-amyrin, with antioxidant and antimicrobial potentials.

Scientific publications

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KLEIN, ELISSANDRO JAIR; JOHANN, GRACIELLE; DA SILVA, EDSON ANTONIO; VIEIRA, MELISSA GURGEL ADEODATO. Mathematical modeling of supercritical CO(2)extraction ofEugenia pyriformisCambess. leaves. Chemical Engineering Communications, JUL 2020. (15/22952-9)

KLEIN, ELISSANDRO JAIR; SANTOS, KATIA ANDRESSA; PALU, FERNANDO; ADEODATO VIEIRA, MELISSA GURGEL; DA SILVA, EDSON ANTONIO. Use of supercritical CO2 and ultrasound-assisted extractions to obtain alpha/beta- amyrin-rich extracts from uvaia leaves (Eugenia pyriformis Cambess.). JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS, v. 137, p. 1-8, JUL 2018. (15/22952-9)

KLEIN, ELISSANDRO JAIR; NUNES CARVALHO, PEDRO IVO; NATHIA-NEVES, GRAZIELLE; VARDANEGA, RENATA; MEIRELES, M. ANGELA A.; DA SILVA, EDSON ANTONIO; ADEODATO VIEIRA, MELISSA GURGEL. Techno-economical optimization of uvaia (Eugenia pyriformis) extraction using supercritical fluid technology. JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS, v. 174, AUG 2021. (19/07596-2, 15/22952-9)

KLEIN, ELISSANDRO JAIR; NATHIA-NEVES, GRAZIELLE; VARDANEGA, RENATA; MEIRELES, M. ANGELA A.; DA SILVAN, EDSON ANTONIO; ADEODATO VIEIRA, MELISSA GURGEL. Supercritical CO2 extraction of alpha-/beta-amyrin from uvaia (Eugenia pyriformis Cambess.): Effects of pressure and co-solvent addition. JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS, v. 153, NOV 2019. (15/22952-9)

KLEIN, ELISSANDRO JAIR; JOHANN, GRACIELLE; DA SILVA, EDSON ANTONIO; VIEIRA, MELISSA GURGEL ADEODATO. Mathematical modeling of supercritical CO(2)extraction ofEugenia pyriformisCambess. leaves. Chemical Engineering Communications, v. 208, n. 11, p. 1543-1552, NOV 2 2021. (15/22952-9)

Academic Publications

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KLEIN, Elissandro Jair. Obtaining and purifying alfa and beta-amirina from uvaia leaves (Eugenia piriformis Cambess.). 2020. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Engenharia Química Campinas, SP.