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Revista Cubana de Plantas Medicinales

On-line version ISSN 1028-4796

Abstract

SANCHEZ GOVIN, Ester et al. Pharmacognostic characterization of Indigofera suffructicosa Mill (wild indigo). Rev Cubana Plant Med [online]. 2006, vol.11, n.3-4. ISSN 1028-4796.

The researches to achieve active principles are long and expensive, and a well standardized plant preparation could be very efficacious. That is why nowadays the use of total extracts has showed, in many instances, a more beneficial effect in human organism than the action of an isolated compound. Researches have been conducted to obtain a properly plant drug from Indigofera suffruticosa Mill (wild indigo) with the required quality. To this end, macro- and micromorphologic descriptions of species were made, a drying study was undertaken, and the numerical indexes were determined, according to the international standards for plant drugs. In the results, it was observed a predominance of flavonoids, coumarins, and tryterpenes, and a chromatographic profile was standardized for flavonoid compounds. It was also confirmed that the optimal period of preservation of the plant drug is 10 months in polypropylene flasks.

Keywords : Indigofera suffruticosa; flavonoids; quality control; Pharmacognosy.

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