COMPOUNDS FROM THE FRUITS OF ACROCOMIA CRISPA AND ACROCOMIA ACULEATA FOR USE AGAINST OXIDATIVE STRESS AND INFLAMMATION

摘要

This invention is related to the obtainment of a new active ingredient and its obtaining process from green or ripe fruits of both Acrocomia crispa and Acrocomia aculeata species of the Arecaceae family. Such active ingredient can be used as nutritional supplement, cosmetic-therapeutic formulations, or as pharmaceutical compositions for preventing and/or treating inflammatory processes and oxidative stress, and includes a mixture of fatty acids from 6 to 28 carbon atoms (free and/or as acylglycerols or ethyl esters), mainly those saturated of linear chain with 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 carbon atoms, and those unsaturated of 16 and 18 carbon atoms, and that may also contain sterols and fatty alcohols.

主权项

1. An active ingredient obtained from the fruits of at least one of Acrocomia crispa and Acrocomia aculeata species, of the Arecaceae family, which contains a mixture of fatty acids from 6 to 28 carbon atoms (free or as acylglycerols or ethyl esters), and that also may contain sterols and high molecular weight fatty alcohols, and that mainly includes the following acids: caprilic (C8:0), capric (C10:0), lauric (C12:0), myristic (C14:0), palmitic (C16:0), palmitoleic (C16:1), stearic (C18:0), oleic (C18:1), linoleic (C18:2) and linolenic (C18:3) acids in the following proportions:AcidContent (%)caprilic acid (C8:0)<3.0capric acid (C10:0)<3.0lauric acid (C12:0)30.0-40.0myristic acid (C14:0) 8.0-15.0palmitic acid (C16:0) 5.0-12.0paimitoleic acid (C16:1)<3.0stearic acid (C18:0)1.0-5.0oleic acid (C18:1) *  20.0-35.0 ** Determined and reported as oleic acid, includes the mixture of oleic C18:1(60-70%); linoleic C18:2(25-40%) and linolenic C18:3 (<10%) acids.