Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences Vol 22 No 2 (2018): 358 - 364

DOI: 10.17576/mjas-2018-2202-24

 

 

 

THE DETECTION OF FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER IN STERCULIACEAE

 

(Pengesanan Asid Lemak Metil Ester dalam Sterculiaceae)

 

Fathin Nurizati Samsul, Ibtisam Abdul Wahab*, Hannis Fadzillah Mohsin

 

Department of Pharmacology & Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy,

Universiti Teknologi MARA, 42300 Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

 

*Corresponding author: ibtisam@puncakalam.uitm.edu.my

 

 

Received: 15 February 2017; Accepted: 2 January 2018

 

 

Abstract

This study introduces the Sterculiaceae plant family which are also called as malva nuts. They are utilised as the remedy against pharyngitis, tussis and constipation. Malva nut is a well-known plant, used in Thai traditional medicine as a cooling agent to treat fever, coughing and sore throats. The literatures mentioned that the Sterculiaceae extracts could function as antioxidative, antiulcer and would help in reducing body weight. The objective of this study is to investigate the constituents in the seeds extracts by using chromatography and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The NMR spectrum revealed that the isolated compound from the chloroform extract was a mixture of an aromatic aldehyde and a fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) component. Future work is encouraged to reinvestigate the extract and establish more extensive NMR data. It is hoped that this study could increase the knowledge about the phytochemistry of Sterculiaceae family which then could be added as the line of today’s drug.

 

Keywords:  chromatography, fatty acid, spectroscopy, Sterculiaceae

 

Abstrak

Kajian ini mempersembahkan keluarga tumbuhan Sterkuliaceae yang turut dikenali sebagai kacang malva. Ia digunakan sebagai rawatan faringitis, tussis dan konstipasi. Kacang malva merupakan pokok yang dikenali, digunakan dalam perubatan tradisional Thai sebagai agen penyejuk untuk menyembuh dari demam, batuk dan sakit tekak. Literatur menerangkan bahawa ekstrak Sterkuliaceae boleh berfungsi sebagai anti oksidatif, anti ulser dan mampu membantu pengurangan berat badan. Objektif kajian ini adalah untuk menyiasat kandungan ekstrak biji melalui kromatografi dan spektroskopi resonan magnetik nukleus (RMN). Spektrum RMN menunjukkan sebatian yang terasing dari ekstrak klorofom merupakan satu campuran aldehid aromatik dan komponen asid lemak metal ester. Lebih usaha digalakkan untuk mengkaji semula ekstrak dan mendapatkan lebih data RMN secara ekstensif. Adalah diharapkan agar penyelidikan ini mampu meningkatkan pengetahuan mengenai fitokimia keluarga Sterkuliaceae yang boleh dijadikan bahan perubatan masa kini.

 

Kata kunci:   kromatografi, asid lemak, spektroskopi, Sterkuliaceae

 

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