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| Author(s): |
Fabiana Novais Fonseca
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Conjunto das Químicas (IQ e FCF) (CQ/DBDCQ) |
| Defense date: | 2002-01-16 |
| Examining board members: |
Marina Franco Maggi Tavares;
Elfriede Marianne Bacchi;
Pierina Sueli Bonato;
Carol Hollingworth Collins;
Paulo Roberto Hrihorowitsch Moreno
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| Advisor: | Marina Franco Maggi Tavares |
| Abstract | |
The use of medicinal plants for the cure of ailments is as old as mankind. From the Stone Ages throughout the first part of last century, they were the main sources of medicines for our society. Today, the commercial markets are investing billions of dollars every year into the research and development of medicinal plants. Despite having about 70% of the whole world flora, historically Brazil does not have a scientific tradition in the use of herbal medicines. Until very recently, mainly mestizos, healers and xamãs have practiced phytotherapy. But now, with the growth of the interest of pharmaceutical companies in the Amazonian and Atlantic rain forests, there has been a national movement in the way of legalization and control of the National flora. In this context, the Brazilian Government formulated a resolution in February 2000, regulating the production of phytomedicines in this country, which requires the quality control of such products. The present work proposes methodologies for the analysis of the phenolic substances (coumarins, phenylpropanoids and flavonoids) present in methanolic, glycolic and ethanolic extracts of chamomile (Matricaria recutita L.) by the use of High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), micro Liquid Chromatography (µHPLC). Free Solution Capillary Electrophoresis (FSCE), Micellar Electroknetic Chromatography (MEKC) and Capillary Electrochromatography (CEC). These techniques were evaluated comparatively in terms of column performance, plate number, retention factor, selectivity, resolution, time and analysis cost. Pre-purification studies using Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) cartridges (ODS and HLB Oassis) were also carried out and the collected fractions were analyzed by FSCE and RMN 1H. This fatter technique was applied in order to monitor the presence of fat acids on the eluates. A packing procedure for micro columns to use in µHPLC and in CEC is also proposed. Methanolic, glycolic and ethanolic extracts of Matricaria recutita L. were standardized relatively to the total apigenin contents and the CE methodology was thoroughly validated following the United States Pharmacopoea 24 protocol. (AU) | |