The
Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences Vol 17 No 2 (2013): 276 – 280
PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS FROM THE FRUITS OF ORANIA SYLVICOLA
(Sebatian
Fenol daripada Buah Orania sylvicola)
Solihah Sukari*, Ikram M. Said
School
of Chemical Sciences and Food Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology,
Universiti
Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
*Corresponding author: solihah_sukari@yahoo.com
Abstract
Fruits of Orania sylvicola (Arecaceae) were extracted with methanol and
partitioned with chloroform and n-butanol. Investigation of the chloroform and
n-butanol partitions by repetitive chromatographic method resulted in the
isolation of two known compounds, namely, 5-hydroxy-7,4’-dimethoxyflavone (1) and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (2). Compound 1 was isolated from chloroform fraction while compound 2 was presented in n-butanol fraction. 4-hydroxybenzoic
acid is the major phenolic compound and has been used as a chemotaxonomic
marker for the Arecaceae family. Their structures were elucidated with UV-VIS,
IR, NMR (1H, 13C, HSQC, HMBC, COSY and NOESY) and MS.
Keywords: Arecaceae, Orania
sylvicola, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, 5-hydroxy-7,4’-dimethoxyflavone
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