“…In the last 10 years, interest in CA and its derivatives (esters, amides, aldehydes and alcohols) [ 5 ] has increased because of its many pharmacological activities, such as antituberculosis [ 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ], antiviral [ 10 ], anticancer [ 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ], mammary (MCF-7) and prostate (PC-3) inhibition, neoplastic cell growth, apoptosis inducement [ 17 , 18 , 19 ], anticholesterolemic [ 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 ], cardioprotective [ 24 ], antioxidant [ 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 ], anti-inflammatory [ 2 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 ], hepatoprotective [ 33 , 34 , 35 ], antidiabetic [ 36 , 37 , 38 ], antimalarial [ 39 ], anxiolytic [ 40 ], central nervous system depressant [ 41 ], neuroprotective [ 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 ], larvicidal agent [ 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 ], anti-leishmania [ 52 ], cosmetic […”