This work describes the development of a methodology for the quality control of ethanol and infusion extracts from Turnera diffusa Wild ex Schult., Turneraceae, using phenolic compounds as chemical markers. This species is used both as aphrodisiac and antiulcerogenic. We used chromatographic techniques: HPLC couplet do ultraviolet detector as well as thin layer chromatography. Flavonoids were detected as major compounds in this species.
Turnera diffusa; Turneraceae; quality control; flavonoids
