Phytochemical and antifungal activity of anthraquinones and root and leaf extracts of Coccoloba mollis on phytopathogens

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Iuri Bezerra De Barros²  Juliana Feijó De Souza Daniel²  Jurandir Pereira Pinto²  Maria Inês Rezende¹  Raimundo Braz Filho¹  Dalva Trevisan Ferreira² 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual de Londrina Departamento de Química Londrina PR ,Brasil

关键词: Antifungal;    Phytochemical;    Lasiodiplodia;    Botryosphaeria;    Coccoloba mollis;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-89132011000300015

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this work was to study the phytochemical and antifungal activity of anthraquinones and root and leaf extracts of Coccoloba mollis on phytopathogens. The chemical analysis of ethanolic extracts showed a mixture of long-chain hydrocarbons, carboxyl esters and 3-taraxerone in the leaf extract. Two anthraquinones (emodin and physcion) were isolated and identified from the root extract. Phytochemical screening using the pharmacognostic methods revealed the presence of flavonoids and tannins in the leaves and roots. Anthraquinones were only found in the root extract, no alkaloids, coumarins, saponins and simple phenolics were present. The antifungal activity of C. mollis extracts and anthraquinones isolated from the root of this plant against Botryospheria ribis, B. rhodina, Lasiodiplodia theobromae and Fusarium sp showed promising results for their use as fungicides, where emodin was the most active compound, which inhibited the microorganisms tested up to 44%.

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