Zornia brasiliensis Vogel (Leguminosae) is a species popularly known in Brazil as “urinária”, “urinana”, and “carrapicho”, it is popularly used as a diuretic and in the treatment of venereal diseases. A specific methodology to obtain a saponin-enriched fraction and high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with diode array detection, ion trap mass spectrometry, and TOF-MS (HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS/MS) was applied for the analysis of triterpene saponins. The MS and MS/MS experiments were carried out by ionization in negative mode. Molecular mass and fragmentation data were used to support the structural characterization of the saponins. Based on retention times, high-resolution mass determination and fragmentation, 35 oleanane-triterpene saponins were tentatively identified in Z. brasiliensis.

The use of medicinal plants is widespread throughout the world and its use in Brazil is part of the reality of the population. It can be said that phytotherapy is a use of plants for therapeutic purposes, stimulating as natural defenses of the organism and employing its chemical constituents to combat various conditions. The review of data present in the literature, as an extremely important way to unite it scientifically proved on a species Hancornia speciosa Gomes. Considering that a popular medicine is widely used in Brazil and does not always have concrete evidence as to the correct use of the species. This work aimed to gather a set of information based on national and international literature on a species Hancornia speciosa Gomes on their biological activities to elaborate a literature review. The methodology used for bibliographic research and scientific character. Composed of information of national and international scientific origin in the area of ​​Natural products, collected indirectly based on secondary sources such as: books, websites, scientific articles, theses and magazines in the databases. A set of information about what has been reported in the literature on a species Hancornia speciosa Gomes was then elaborated. And it organizes in tabular form.