PROCESSES FOR THE PREPARATION OF SYNTHETIC DERIVATIVES OF DIBENZYLBUTYROLACTONIC LIGNANS HAVING ANTI-CHAGAS PROPERTIES

The invention refers to a process to obtain lignans, especially to obtain cubebin and methylpluviatolide from leaves of Zanthoxylum naranjillo or Piper cubeba. It also refers to a process to obtain semi-synthetic derivatives of cubebin, especially dibenzylbutirloactonic lignans, such as: hinokinin, o-acetyl cubebin, o-methyl cubebin, 6, 6'-dinitrohinokinine and o-dimethylethylamine cubebin and other derivatives which may be obtained, as well as to obtain methylpluviatolide derivatives, which are used to manufacture drugs to provide activity at least five times higher than observed for gentian violet and other compounds used heretofore for blood treatment and Chagas' disease prophylaxis.