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Camila Macaúbas da Silva1, Sonia Pereira Cabrera1,2, Amanda Bispo Lins Monteiro1
1Laboratory of Phytochemical Bioprospecting, Department of Chemistry, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife-PE, Brazil.
Abstract:
The phytochemical investigation of the flowers of Aspidosperma pyrifolium, an endemic species of the Caatinga biome popularly known as "pereiro" and visited by bees, led to the identification of 43 compounds, comprising fatty acid esters, polyunsaturated alcohols, alkaloids, steroids, terpenes, phenolic acid derivatives, iridoids, and flavonoids. Except for the alkaloids, all other compounds are reported for the first time in the flowers of A. pyrifolium.