Chemical Composition, Antifungal, and Cytotoxicity Activities of Inga laurina (Sw.) Willd Leaves

What is it about?

The species Inga laurina is native to the Brazilian Cerrado. There are no studies about the chemical composition and biological activities of extracts of this endangered species. The ethanolic extract and its successive fractions are rich in phenolic compounds, most of which are gallic acid derivatives,myricetin and quercetin glycosides.The ethyl acetate fraction (EAF) contained high levels of total phenolics, and flavonoids This fraction was active against fungi of the Candida genus.The flavonol glycoside myricetin-3-O-rhamnoside was isolated for the first time from the Inga laurina.

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Why is it important?

These results make I. laurina a promising plant as a source of pharmaceutical and biological active antifungal compounds.

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