The Annonaceae family comprises about 2.500 species distributed in 108 genera by tropical and subtropical regions. Among its genera, Xylopia is considered one of the largest, presenting a predominance of alkaloids and diterpenes as secondary metabolites in its species, as well as a great pharmacological potential. Xylopia frutescens, commonly known as "embira-vermelha", is widely used in folk medicine, but few scientific studies are reported for the species. For the study, the X. frutescens stem bark was collected in Santa Rita - PB, dried in a greenhouse at 40 ºC and crushed. The dried powder was extracted with 95% ethanol and the resulting solution was concentrated in a rotary evaporator to give the crude ethanolic extract. This was parti...