Tentative identification of secondary metabolites in Lantana camara L. leaves was done. This plant belongs to the verbenaceae family and is used for several treatments in folk medicine. The data was acquired by collecting leaves and their stems of L. camara manually, in Nampula city, during the flowering period around 4pm. Then, the plant material collected was washed with water to remove impurities, and it was covered by paper and dried in the sun for a week. After the drying process, it was crushed and sieved, and 200 g of homogeneous powder was obtained. The method of preparation of the leaf extract of L. camara was cold maceration, mixing 200 g of powder leaves with 2 L of 90 % ethanol, in the proportion of 1 g/10 mL, and it was stored in favourable conditions and stirred occasionally during a week. Then it was filtrated and divided into two parts so as to be dried in an oven at 80 °C for 8 h and another part was dried in a rotary evaporator at 42 °C for 6 h. Before drying the ethanolic extract, the yield of the dry extract was determined. The class of alkaloids, tannins, saponins, phenolic compounds and quinone were identified using general and specific chemical reagents. In addition, antibacterial action against Escherichia coli and Staphylococus aureus was evaluated using a disc diffusion method, according to Kirby-Bauer. These data provide helpful leads for pharmacological intervention from the extraction of the raw form of the metabolites, which is responsible for the antibacterial action specifically for the eradication of multidrug-resistant bacteria.
Keywords: Alkaloids; Dry extract yield; Phenolic compounds; Phytochemical analysis; Quinones; Rotary evaporator; Saponins; Tannins.
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