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Sideroxylon obtusifolium herbal medicine characterization using pyrolysis GC/MS, SEM and different thermoanalytical techniques

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This study aimed to characterize by analytical techniques Sideroxylon obtusifolium herbal medicine raw material derived from the leaves in different particle sizes, using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermoanalytical techniques [thermogravimetry (TG) and analysis differential thermal (DTA)] and pyrolysis coupled to gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (PYR-GC/MS). The different particle surface area among the samples was differentiated by the techniques. SEM distinguished the particles by its volumetric size, DTA and TG by the thermal and kinetic parameters and the PYR-GC/MS by degradation products chromatographic identification through the pyrograms.

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  1. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Postgraduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Pernambuco, University City, Artur de Sá Avenue, Recife, 50740-521, Brazil

    Lidiane Pinto Correia & Rui Oliveira Macêdo

  2. Unified Laboratories of Pharmaceutical Development and Assays, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Paraíba, Campus I, University City, João Pessoa, PB, 58059-970, Brazil

    Rui Oliveira Macêdo

  3. Laboratory of Development and Assays of Drugs, State University of Paraíba, R. Baraúnas, 351, Bodocongó, Campina Grande, PB, 58429-500, Brazil

    Lidiane Pinto Correia, Cleildo Pereira Santana & Ana Cláudia Dantas Medeiros

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Correia, L.P., Santana, C.P., Medeiros, A.C.D. et al. Sideroxylon obtusifolium herbal medicine characterization using pyrolysis GC/MS, SEM and different thermoanalytical techniques. J Therm Anal Calorim 123, 993–1001 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-015-4986-1

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