Chemical constituents from Myristicaceae

RESUMO

Myristicaceous species are characterized to be arboreous plants which are spread throughout the Amazon forest. Phytochemical interest in these species started because of their indigenous use as the source of a hallucinogenic snuff or as medicines for the treatment of diseases or infected wounds. Chromatographic fractionations of the extracts prepared from different tissues, yielded several classes of compounds, such as, polyketides, tocotrienols, gamma-lactones, 1,3-diarylpropanes, flavonoids, arylpropanoids, benzoic acid derivatives, lignans, neolignans, sesquilignans, flavonolignoids and homogentisic acid derivatives. The evidence of structures or biogenetic pathways of some reported compounds through chemical transformations are described in the literature.