Physico-chemical quality parameters of herbal products from Agave sisalana

Author(s)

Apolinario, Alexsandra Conceicao ^[1] ; do Nascimento, Morgana Lopes ^[2] ; de Luna Vieira, Juliana Patricia ^[1] ; Melo, Camila de Oliveira ^[2] ; Santos, Felipe Fernandes ^[2] ; Goulart de Lima Damasceno, Bolivar Ponciano ^{[1, 2]} ; Converti, Attilio ^[3] ; Pessoa, Adalberto ^[4] ; da Silva, Jose Alexsandro ^{[1, 2]}

Affiliation

^[1] State Univ Paraiba, Grad Program Pharmaceut Sci, BR-58429600 Campina Grande, Paraiba - Brazil

^[2] State Univ Paraiba, Dept Pharm, BR-58429600 Campina Grande, Paraiba - Brazil

^[3] Univ Genoa, Dept Civil Chem & Environm Engn, Genoa - Italy

^[4] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Biochem & Pharmaceut Technol, Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH; v. 28, n. 22, p. 1992-1999, 2014.
• Web of Science Citations: 2

Abstract

Agave sisalana components have great potential in different pharmaceutical applications, but the quality of herbal raw materials is essential to reach the desired product specifications. In this work, we investigated the physico-chemical quality parameters of bole and wastes from decortication of A. sisalana leaves. The statistically significant variations among products suggest different pharmaceutical applications for each of them. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 13/22212-0 - Extraction, purification and characterization of polysaccharides from Agave sisalana Perrine species targeting different applications in the field of pharmaceutical sciences
• Grantee: José Alexsandro da Silva
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral