Phytochemical prospection of the plant species Caladium bicolor (Ainton) vent: discovery of new secondary metabolites of the plant

Resumo

Since its beginning, mankind has been using medicinal plants for therapeutic and nutritional purposes. Both plant and animal material were, and still are, used to make products as a mineral source for their survival (RATES, 2001). According to the World Health Organization the use of traditional natural medicine is handled preferentially by about 80% of the population. Its use is disposed to the primary care in health and the development of the same. Its use aims, in its majority, the handling of traditional therapies that involve the use of a plant material in natura or manufactured products based on their extracts, secondary metabolites or active ingredients (SOUSA; TESSER, 2017).

DOI: 10.56238/homeinternationalanais-099