María Catalina Rosales López, Rodrigo Muñoz-Arrieta, A. Abdelnour-Esquivel
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to identify the emetic metabolites in different parts of the P. ipecacuanha, a plant with emetic properties. Partial phytochemical analysis was performed to determine the presence of emetine and cephaeline in leaves, stems and roots. Both alkaloids were detected in the three plant parts analyzed. Highest alkaloid content was found in roots (8.55 mg/g), followed by stems (4.05 mg/g), and the lowest was found in leaves (2.4 mg/g). The cephaeline content (8.35 mg/g) was higher than that of emetine (6.65 mg/g) in all the three organs analyzed. Toxicity analysis of the crude extract showed a LD50 of 500 mg/kg.
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The Revista Colombiana de Química - Colombian Journal of Chemistry (Rev. Colomb. Quim.) Is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. It currently publishes three volumes per year: January-April, May-August and September-December. All the content published by the Journal (available online) is under a Creative Commons attribution license type BY 4.0, that allows any person or entity in the world to freely access the content, share it, download it, adapt it or make derivative works without any restriction, provided that it adequately indicates the credit to the authors and to the Colombian Journal of Chemistry.
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