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

摘要

The invention relates to obtaining a novel active ingredient and to the method for obtaining same from the unripe or ripe fruits of Acrocomia crispa and/or Acrocomia aculeata, both from the Arecaceae family. The active ingredient can be used as a nutritional supplement, in cosmetic-therapeutic formulations or in pharmaceutical compositions for preventing and/or treating oxidative stress and inflammation. The ingredient includes a mixture of fatty acids (free and/or as acylglycerols or ethyl esters) having between 6 and 28 carbon atoms, mostly linear chain saturated having 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 carbon atoms and unsaturated having 16 and 18 carbon atoms. Said ingredient can also contain sterols and fatty alcohols having a high molecular weight.