Pjm. Cordeiro et al., HRGC-MS analysis of terpenoids from Maytenus ilicifolia and Maytenus aquifolium ("espinheira santa"), J BRAZ CHEM, 10(6), 1999, pp. 523-526
This work describes the identification of some of the minor chemical consti
tuents of "espinheira santa" (Maytenus ilicifolia and Maytenus aquifolium,
Celastracae), a medicinal plant widely utilized in Brazil. By using high re
solution gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (HRGC-MS), it was
possible to identify mainly triterpenoids and steroids in "espinheira santa
", most of them reported for the first time in both Maytenus species.