The present study for ultrasound had as objective the optimization of kinetic parameters of extraction of the Cinchona pubescens Vahl, using pharmacopeia and no pharmacopeia methods. In the extraction for ultrasound they had varied the time, the solvent type, the mass, the volume of solvent and grain size of the sample. In the decoction, the extractions had been made according to the time and temperature described in Brazilian Pharmacopeia IV, varying the solvent system. In the extraction for maceration the time and the solvent system had varied. The alkali of the Cinchona pubescens Vahl, was monitored by spectrophotometry in UV 325 nm. The method decoction was the one that presented the biggest income in the alkaloids extraction, given equivalent data had been obtained with the method ultrasound, in the solvent acidified pH 4 and time of 5 min, with a bigger income than the one of the maceration.
Cinchona pubescens Vahl; Rubiaceae; pharmacopoeia; ultrasound; decoction; maceration
