Agroindustrial potential of extracts of verbena officinalis l. and chenopodium ambrosioides l.

Abstract

Verbena officinalis L. and Chenopodium ambroisoides L. are plants with different properties and medicinal, psychostimulant and therapeutic components that contribute to human well-being. A study of the functional groups present in the leaves and stems of Verbena officinalis L. and in the fruit, leaves and stem of Chenopodium ambroisoides L. were carried out by two processes of extraction of the solution in fresh and dry raw material, which were by soxhlet and cold maceration (using anhydrous alcohol), the purification of the solutions obtained in each case was carried out by simple distillation. In addition, a drying curve of the two studied plants was elaborated, where it was found that in the verbena as in the paico the leaf is dehydrated more easily compared to the other organs studied. Also the method of extraction by soxhlet was more efficient to find a greater number of functional groups, through a preliminary phytochemical analysis performed.