IDENTIFICACIÓN DE LOS PRINCIPALES COMPONENTES DE LA RAÍZ DE WEREQUE, EXTRAÍBLES EN MEDIO ACUOSO, POR GC-MS

• Main Authors: Dulce M. Morales, Samuel Siles
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Executive Business School 2013-01-01
• Series: Avances en Ciencias e Ingeniería
• Online Access: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=323627690002

This work comprises the identification of the Wereque's root main components. For that purpose, aqueous extractions of Wereque's fresh roots were made by infusion, decoction (both neutral and basic), and maceration, from which six samples were obtained for analysis. The raw extracts were filtered, purified and derivatized before they were analyzed. The GC-MS analyses were conducted on a Perkin Elmer Clarus 600T instrument, an Elite-5 MS, 30 m capillar column, int: 0.32 mm, film: 0.25 m; He: 0.8 mL/min; Tinj: 200 oC; Tsource and Ttransfer line : 230 oC; Tcolumn: 60 oC, 5min; 60 a 180oC, 20oC/min; 180oC, 10min; 70 eV, m/z 30 a 450. Through this work, 33 different compounds were identified, including palmitic acid. Based on existing literature, this component belongs to a group of fatty acids and monoglycerides responsible of the Wereque's hypoglycemic activity.