Effects of storage and solvent type in a lipophylic chemical profile of the seaweed Dictyota menstrualis

Abstracts

Crude extracts from specimens of the brown seaweed Dictyota menstrualis, known to produce diterpenes as their major secondary metabolites, were analyzed according to storage procedures before extraction, and the solvent types used to obtain the crude extracts. The specimens of D. menstrualis were submitted to three types of storage procedures, such as wet, dry, and frozen and were extracted with a mixture of dichloromethane:methanol (2:1) and acetone. Qualitative differences were not observed by GC/MS analyses of all crude extracts containing mainly the diterpenes pachydictyol A (I), 6-hydroxy-dichotoma-3,14-diene-1,17-dial (II), 6-hydroxy-2,7-cycloxenia-3,14-diene-1,17-dial (III), and 6-acetoxy-dichotoma-3,14-diene-1,17-dial (IV). The most efficient and selective extraction of the compounds with intermediate polarity produced by D. menstrualis was obtained using acetone, but with less mass production. In general, the storage procedures produced very similar results, but the frozen samples furnished low amount of total diterpenes. According to these results on chemical analysis of crude extracts of seaweeds, the choice of solvent to extraction should be considered as important aspect to better screening bioactive compounds.

Dictyota menstrualis; Gas chromatography; Crude extract; Chemical profile

Os extratos brutos de espécimes da alga parda D. menstrualis, conhecida por produzir diterpenos como principais metabólitos secundários, foram analisados quanto ao modo de armazenamento antes da extração e tipo de solvente utilizado na obtenção do extrato bruto. Os solventes utilizados foram uma mistura diclorometano:metanol (2:1) e acetona. Os espécimes de D. menstrualis foram submetidos a três formas de armazenamento, denominados fresco, seco e congelado. Não foram observadas diferenças qualitativas nas amostras obtidas de quaisquer dos extratos brutos na análise por CG/EM, sendo compostas pelos diterpenos pachydictyol A (I), 6-hidroxi-dichotoma-3,14-dieno-1,17-dial (II), 6-hidroxi-2,7-cicloxenia-3,14-dieno-1,17-dial (III) e 6-acetoxi-dichotoma-3,14-dieno-1,17-dial (IV). Os resultados indicaram que a extração mais eficaz para os componentes de média polaridade de D. menstrualis foi obtida com o uso de acetona, que promoveu extração mais seletiva, mesmo apresentando menor rendimento em massa. Quanto à forma de armazenamento das algas, foi constatado que as metodologias não diferiram significativamente entre si, apesar da tendência de algas congeladas fornecerem o menor rendimento no total de diterpenos. Portanto, nos trabalhos envolvendo análises químicas de extratos brutos de macroalgas marinhas, a escolha do solvente de extração deve ser considerada como fator importante na varredura de substância bioativas.

Dictyota menstrualis; Cromatografia gasosa; Extrato bruto; Perfil químico

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Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  09 Apr 2008
• Date of issue
  Mar 2008

History

• Accepted
  23 Aug 2007
• Reviewed
  08 Aug 2007
• Received
  13 May 2006