Avaliação da eficácia antilipidêmica da Endopleura uchi Huber Cuatrec pelo método de inibição da lipase pancreática

Abstract

Obesity is the result of various individual characteristics, among which stand out the genetic, environmental and behavioral aspects. Its occurrence is due to abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may result in the risk of developing serious diseases and lipid disorders such as dyslipidemia and hypercholesterolemia. Many therapeutic treatments are used for reducing body weight. Drugs that inhibits the digestive lipase in the intestinal lumen region are used to control lipid metabolism, which promotes the reduction of fat absorption. Plants have been widely studied as a treatment method based on the popular use. Several plants have proven, due to the presence of catechols antilipemic action. The Endopleura uchi, popularly known as yellow uxi presents in their extracts, phenolic derivatives and flavonoids (catechins). This work aimed to study the efficacy assessment antilipemic bark Endopleura uchi, employing spectrophotometric method. A sample of E. uchi bark was dried and crushed commercially acquired. The methodology involved obtaining the extracts; quantification of flavonoid compounds and phenolic derivatives; evaluation of antioxidant activity and determination of the inhibitory effect of the extract on the enzymatic activity of pancreatic lipase. Three extracts were prepared in solvents with different polarities from 200g dry shredded bark of E. uchi. For the determination of the method flavonoid derivative with aluminum chloride in an acid medium in the presence of pyridine and phenolic derivatives with the method of Folin-Ciocalteau reagent was used. The antioxidant activity assay was performed by reduction of DPPH. Antilipemic effect of the extracts was assessed by enzymatic inhibition of pancreatic lipase using a substrate of p-nitrofenylpalmitate. The extracts showed yield 23,4 g (11,7%) for the water extract, 34,2 g (17.1%) of 80% ethanol extract and 26,6 g (13,3%) of 80% acetone extract. The content of flavonoid compounds in quercetin equivalent of gram of sample was 1,35 mg to water extract, 1,80 mg extract in 80% ethanol and 2,13 mg 80% extract acetone. The contents of phenolic derivatives expressed in equivalent of gram of tannic acid was 0,639 g sample to extract in water to 0,950 g in 80% ethanol extract and 0,930 g in 80% acetone extract. The effective concentration for 50% DPPH assay ranged from 12,4 μg/mL, 9,7 μg/mL and 7,9 μg/mL for the extracts with water, 80% ethanol and 80% acetone, respectively. Strong correlation between antioxidant activity and content of phenolic derivatives was found. The Pearson coefficient for the three extracts was r > 0,9. In the evaluation of the extracts against pancreatic lipase inhibition of the aqueous extract showed inhibitory activity of 47.54% (106,90 ALI/g) in 80% ethanol (1:1) 36,88% (96,06 ALI/g) and extract with 80% acetone (1:1) 49,33% (112,14 ALI/g). The results showed the presence of antilipemic and antioxidant activities of the extracts of bark of E. uchi, important for the treatment of body fat reduction.