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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