This invention generally refers to the process to obtain a compound and a standard pharmaceutical product from one or more parts of plants of the Stachytarpheta (Verbenaceae family) species, as well as roots, stems, barks, and leaves of plants in the form of extracts or enriched fractions, or pure isolated compounds or compounds obtained from synthesis, used alone or mixed with other natural or synthetic products, in different ratios, in order to integrate pharmaceutical compositions to be used by appropriate routes (topic or oral), particularly in the form of tablets, capsules, dyes, emulsions, W/O and O/W (creams and gels), liposomes, microcapsules, nanoparticles, aerosols, ointments, and the like, as well as formulations for slow-release implants, used to treat vitiligo.