Extraction and Characterization of latex from the Euphorbia Tirucalli

Brazil is the country with the greatest plant biodiversity of the planet, however, much of this biological variety does not have a caracterisc knowledge of plants. With the evolution of technology, it is possible to carry out analyzes and studies to identify and characterize these plant compounds. Among these plants, Euphobia Tirucalli, popularly known as aveloz, has been researched to identify their benefits and harms, for this, there is some equipment with the function of characterizing these compounds, such as the Gas Chromatograph coupled with the Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS). The present work has as objective to identify and to characterize the latex and the branch of the plant, being carried out extractions, as liquid-liquid and solid-liquid and also the solubilization. In the liquid-liquid extraction the compounds 4- (allyloxy) -2-methyl-2-pentanol, lanosterol and 4H-Piran-4-one, 2,3-dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy- 6-methyl. In solid-liquid extraction, 4- (allyloxy) -2-methyl-2-pentanol. In solubilization, tetracosane, heneicosane, hexatriacontane, lanosterol, tetratetracontane, beta-karyophylene, dotriacontane, 1-iodine, lupeol and butylated hydroxytoluene. In addition, an analysis was performed on the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) equipment, indicating that most of the hydrocarbon compounds are present in the plant branch. Finally, by performing analyzes on the GC-MS equipment, it was possible to identify different compounds with the solvents hexane, dichloromethane and ethyl acetate.