Phytochemical characterization and comparative studies of four Cecropia species collected in Panama using multivariate data analysis.

ABSTRACT: Plant species of the genus Cecropia (Urticaceae) are used as traditional medicine in Latin-America, and are commercially available as food supplements. The aim of this study was to characterize and compare the phytochemical constituents of four Cecropia species collected in Panama. The structures of 11 compounds isolated from leaves of C. obtusifolia were elucidated based on high resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopic analysis; the polyphenolic constituents of leaves of all four Cecropia species and commercial products were characterized using high performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection-quadrupole time of flight-tandem high resolution mass spectrometry (HPLC-DAD-QTOF). Forty-seven compounds were fully identified or tentativel

SUBMITTER: Rivera-Mondragon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6370824 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature