Identificación de metabolitos secundarios de interés fitoquímico de oreopanax ecuadorensis seem. y vallea stipularis l.f. del bosque de Llucud, cantón Chambo, provincia Chimborazo

Abstract

Forest species are valued mainly as wood from the beginning to the present, without considering the wide range of non-timber products they can offer, such as the phytochemical potential that includes the study of secondary metabolites substances present in these plant species, which are used in the pharmaceutical industry. This study aimed to identify the secondary metabolites of phytochemical interest of Pumamaqui Oreopanax ecuadorensis Seem and Sacha Capulí Vallea stipularis L.F from the Llucud forest, Chambo Town, Chimborazo Province. It identified the place and the collection of the vegetative material in several fertile branches of the species under study. It was sent to the ESPOCH herbarium to identify each species under study. Therefore, the Ethereal, Alcoholic, and Aqueous extracts were prepared to demonstrate the presence or absence of secondary metabolites contained in forest species through precipitation and coloring reactions using different reagents for each corresponding test. Once the tests of this phytochemical study of the leaves of Pumamaqui and Sacha Capulí were carried out, the most abundant and moderately abundant compounds were found Alkaloids, Lactonic Grouping/Cumarines, Saponins, Quinones and Az, Reducers, Flavonoids, Anthocyanins, and Catechins. Consequently, the alternative hypothesis was accepted, demonstrating that at least one of the forest species studied has secondary metabolites of phytochemical interest that were used in the research, influenced by the tests carried out to identify secondary metabolites in Pumamaqui plants Oreopanax ecuadorensis and Sacha Capulí Vallea stipularis since there are significant differences.