Tannin composition of barbatimão species

• Published in: Fitoterapia Vol. 73; no. 4; pp. 292 - 299
• Main Authors: Santos, Suzana C, Costa, Wesley F, Ribeiro, Jeane P, Guimarães, Denise O, Ferri, Pedro H, Ferreira, Heleno D, Seraphin, José C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.07.2002; Elsevier
• Subjects: Analysis; Barbatimão; Biological and medical sciences; Chromatography, Thin Layer; Dimorphandra mollis; Fabaceae; General pharmacology; Humans; Hydrolyzable Tannins - chemistry; Medical sciences; Pharmacognosy. Homeopathy. Health food; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Phytotherapy; Plant Bark; Plant Extracts - chemistry; Plant Leaves; Stryphnodendron adstringens; Stryphnodendron polyphyllum; Tannins; South America; Brazil; America; Dimorphandra mollis; Barbatimão; Tannins; Stryphnodendron polyphyllum; Stryphnodendron adstringens; Combined process; Pharmacognosy; Bark; Colorimetry; Chromatography; Medicinal plant; Polyphenol; Analysis method; Tannin; Leguminosae; Folk medicine; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Plant origin; Isolation; Active ingredient; Spermatophyta; Qualitative analysis; Chemical composition; Comparative study; Structural analysis
• ISSN: 0367-326X
• DOI: 10.1016/S0367-326X(02)00081-3

A comparative study of tannin composition of three species known as barbatimão ( Stryphnodendron adstringens, Stryphnodendron polyphyllum and Dimorphandra mollis) was developed by TLC, hydrolysis followed by PC, and colorimetry. Principal component analysis of the data obtained showed strong differentiation between the genus Dimorphandra and Stryphnodendron. Additionally, barks from the two Stryphnodendron sp. also presented considerable differences in the tannin structure.