Composição química de espécies da família Asteraceae: uma revisão bibliográfica

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.5962513011

• Palavras-chave: Fitoquímica, Flavonóides, Plantas Medicinais.

• Keywords: Phytochemistry, Flavonoids, Medicinal Plants.

• Abstract: The use of medicinal plants for therapeutic purposes has been practiced by humans since the earliest civilizations. The Asteraceae family is known for its therapeutic, cosmetic and aromatic properties, with anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, analgesic, antispasmodic and diuretic action. The present study aims to conduct a bibliographic survey of the chemical composition of species of the Asteraceae family. The development of the bibliographic review of the articles was carried out in the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO). The research in this portal was chosen because it indexes studies evaluated by scientific committees before their publication with reference data, scientifically reliable and easily accessible to map the development process of publications on the subject. The descriptors used were “asteraceae chemistry”. The inclusion criteria for subsequent data analysis were that the text should be in Portuguese, that it should discuss the phytochemistry of species of the family, and that it should be published between 2010 and 2020. Initially, twenty-nine articles were found, one was in English, two did not discuss phytochemistry, and seventeen had been published more than ten years ago, resulting in only nine works. Based on the data collected and the analysis, the journals that published the most about the family in recent years were Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais and Química Nova, with three publications each. Sixteen species distributed in twelve genera were cited. The classes of compounds mentioned for the family were flavonoids, terpenes, tannins, alkaloids, steroids, coumarins, anthraquinones and saponins, and carotenoids. Thus, it is clear that the various pharmacological actions attributed to the family may be linked to the diversity of secondary metabolites found in the Asteraceae family.