Maytenus ilicifolia mart. ex reissek: aspectos analíticos qualitativos e quantitativos da droga vegetal

Abstract

The present study consists of the bibliographic review of the qualitative and quantitative methods used in the quality control of Maytenus ilicifolia Mart. ex Reissek. Species popularly known as, "espinheira-santa", "cancerous herb", "thorn", "life-saving". The main objective was to gather a set of information of considerable relevance, based on the national and international literature, on the qualitative and quantitative methods used without quality control of M. ilicifolia. In addition to describing as main features of M. ilicifolia, general properties, with emphasis on real estate, without treatment of gastritis and gastric ulcers. Some quality control techniques were selected, such as gravimetric, spectrophotometric and chromatographic methods, such as High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). It was concluded that it is a good variety of techniques for a quality control application of the M. ilicifolia plant drug, from simpler techniques that can be used in less elaborated laboratories to sophisticated and more advanced techniques such as HPLC.