Disconcerting environmental problems, for which no solutions exist yet, appear daily. Despite this, many believe countries such as Brazil, biologically rich and not yet belonging to the First World, should be restricted to collecting information. Counteracting this opinion, that precludes rationally influencing the environment, we have sought to better understand the language of nature based on Quantitative Chemo-Biology. This multidisciplinary endeavor tackles a range of issues from basic questions such as the origin of life, to more urgent problems such as mapping the chemical and biological diversity of specific regions. We believe this is the right way to prepare younger generations to deal with the unpredictable future.

Poligodial, isopoligodial, mukaadial, e poligonona foram isoladas pela primeira vez de Capsicodendron dinisii. O isolamento dessas substâncias pertencentes ao grupo de sesquiterpenos do tipo eudesmano, presentes em Canellaceae, permitiu estabelecer maior afinidade do gênero Sul-americano Capsicodendron com o gênero Africano Warburgia do que com o gênero Cinnamosma de Madagascar.

Polygodial, isopolygodial, mukaadial and polygonone were isolated for the first time from Capsicodendron dinisii. Thus, with respect to drimane-type sesquiterpenoids of the Canellaceae, the close affinity of the South American genus Capsicodendron with the African genus Warburgia rather than the Madagascarian genus Cinnamosma is established.