The Euphorbiaceae family is a rich source of bioactive terpenoids. Among its genera, Jatropha is a conspicuous producer of diterpenes and includes approximately 175 species, many of which have medicinal uses. To date, 140 diterpenes from Jatropha (JTDs) have been reported. Given their structural diversity and notable biological activities, this work aims to highlight the pharmaceutical potential of JTDs. To achieve this goal, an extensive literature review was conducted, encompassing studies on structural elucidation through NMR and pharmacological assays, both in vitro and in vivo. Based on 132 selected papers, a thorough discussion is presented on the biosynthesis, extraction, isolation, and structural characterization of JTDs, including a compilation of their ¹³C NMR chemical shifts. The review also covers their synthetic production and biological effects. Additionally, an in silico analysis predicting the drug-likeness of 141 JTDs was carried out. Notably, the occurrence of macrocyclic diterpenes has doubled in the past decade, and the summary of their NMR data provides a useful resource for future research. Furthermore, 21 distinct pharmacological activities were identified, with potent cytotoxic effects targeting new molecular pathways being particularly significant. Recent advances highlight the contributions of modern approaches in organic synthesis and the pharmacological evaluation of natural products. The drug-likeness analysis identified JTD classes and compounds with favorable physicochemical and ADMET features for pharmaceutical development. In light of these findings, the use of nanotechnology is proposed as a future direction for continued research on JTDs, a fascinating class of natural compounds. This work opens up new avenues for the study of Euphorbiaceae species, particularly the Jatropha genus and its bioactive compounds.

Beet (Beta vulgaris L.) has been widely studied as a functional food, particularly for its bioactive compounds. This study evaluated the physicochemical characteristics, nutritional composition, antioxidant capacity, and the impacts of freeze-dried beet root (FDBR), freeze-dried beet stems and leaves (FDBSL), and freeze-dried whole beet (FDWB) on the composition and metabolic responses of the intestinal microbiota of hypertensive individuals. FDBR, FDBSL, and FDWB had high nutritional value. FDWB had the highest protein content (10.6/100 g), while FDBSL had the highest total dietary fiber content (46.6/100 g). Twenty-eight phenolic compounds were identified, and the antioxidant capacity reached up to 60.6 µmol Trolox/g in FDBR. 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing analysis demonstrated that colonic fermentation of FDBR, FDBSL, and FDWB with fecal inoculum from hypertensive individuals decreased the Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio, decreased or maintained the bacterial diversity, increased the relative abundance of Bifidobacteriaceae, Lactobacillaceae, and Enterobacteriaceae, and decreased Lachnospiraceae, Oscillospiraceae, and Peptostreptococcaceae. Colonic fermentation of FDBR mainly increased the abundance of Bifidobacterium (1.18-7.63%), while FDBSL increased the abundance of Phocaeicola. FDBR, FDBSL, and FDWB decreased the pH values (6.74-5.09) and altered the metabolic profile during colonic fermentation by consuming sugar and producing several metabolites associated with health-promoting properties, while maintaining antioxidant capacity. FDBR, FDBSL, and FDWB may be circular resources with beneficial effects on the composition and metabolic responses of the intestinal microbiota in hypertensive individuals and could be exploited as dietary adjuvant strategies in the management of arterial hypertension.

A new aminoglycoside N-Galacted Amino Acid, (3-methylpentanoic acid-β-D-galactofuranoside) (1) and two previously identified metabolites, (-)-conduritol F (2) and thymidine (3), were isolated of dried aerial parts of R. caatingae (Apocynaceae). The structure elucidation of these compounds was based on analyses of spectroscopic data including 1D, 2D NMR, IR and HR-ESI-MS techniques and by comparing their NMR data with those reported in the literature. Furthermore, the cytotoxic potential of compounds 1, 2 and 3 was evaluated by testing them against a panel of glioblastoma (U87-MG), neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) and breast adenocarcinoma (MDA-MB-231) cancer cell lines. All substances tested did not promote a minimum cytotoxicity of 50% in the tumour cell lines submitted to this assay.

Erythroxylum rimosum O. E. Schulz is a species restricted to the northeastern region of Brazil, found in the states of Ceará, Piauí, Sergipe and Bahia, occurring respectively in Restinga, Cerrado and Carrasco vegetation. The study of the extract of E. rimosum, reported the identification of pentacyclictriterpenes, steroid, tropic alkaloid and flavonoids. Thus, a chromatographic study of its crude ethanol extract was carried out. The botanical material of the aerial parts was collected in the municipality of Pirambu, state of Sergipe and identified by Profa. Dr. Ana Paula do Nascimento Prata, Department of Biology, Federal University of Sergipe (FUS). It was then oven dried with circulating air at an average temperature of 40 ° C, ground in a mechanical mill and subjected to steeping with 95% EtOH. The BSE (105 g) was dissolved in a methanol: water (7: 3 v / v) solution and partitioned with the following solvents: hexane, dichloromethane and ethyl acetate. The AcOEt phase was subjected to column chromatography, using silica gel 60 as stationary phase and as mobile phase, the Hex, AcOEt and MeOH solvents, pure and in binary mixtures in increasing order of polarity. This yields 30 fractions which after analytical thin layer chromatography (TLC) were pooled according to their respective retention factors (Rfs). The fractions from 23 to 25 were submitted to High Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled to a Diode Array Detector (HPLC-DAD). Getting yourself 8 fractions. From fractions 4 and 2 the coded substances of Er-1 and Er-2 respectively were obtained. They have had their structures identified by ¹H-NMR, ¹³C, and two-dimensional techniques in comparison with literature data, namely: kaempferol-3-rutinoside and quercetin-3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside-α- L-raminoside, two glycosylated flavonoids that are being reported for the first time in the study species.