Adélia Viviane de Luna, Thayssa da Silva Ferreira Fagundes, Ygor Jessé Ramos, Marlon Heggdorne de Araújo, Michelle Frazão Muzitano, Sanderson Dias Calixto, Thatiana Lopes Biá Ventura Simão, George Azevedo de Queiroz, Elsie Franklin Guimarães, André Mesquita Marques, Davyson de Lima Moreira
Piper aduncum L. is widely distributed in tropical regions and the ethnobotanical uses of this species encompass medicinal applications for the treatment of respiratory, antimicrobial, and gynecological diseases. Chemical studies reveal a diverse array of secondary metabolites, including terpenes, flavonoids, and prenylated compounds. Extracts from P. aduncum have shown antibacterial, antifungal, and larvicidal activities. Our study explores the activity of extracts and partitions against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv, as well as the chemical diversity of the bioactive partition...
April 9, 2024: Molecules: a Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry