Volatile Components of Methanol Extract From the Flower of Malaysian Musea Ferrea Linn

Kamarusalihin Nordin¹, Faujan B. H. Ahmad¹#, Y. H. Taufiq-Yap¹ and A. Manaf Ali²

¹Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies ²Institute of Biomedical, University of Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor (Malaysia)

ABSTRACT:

Fourteen major volatile components of the methanol extract from the flower of Mesua Ferrea linn were analyzed using gas chromatograph couple with mass spectrometry. Interestingly, the crude extract shown a strong cytotoxic activity (i.e. IC50 of 12.5 μg/ml) toward T-lymphosit leukemia cell and weak antimicrob activities against bacteria, namely Staphylococcus aureus, Bacilus subtilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

KEYWORDS:

Volatile components; Mesua Ferrea; Cytotoxic activity; Antimicrob activities

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Copy the following to cite this article: Nordin K, Ahmad F. B. H, Taufiq-Yap Y. H, Manaf Ali A. Volatile Components of Methanol Extract From the Flower of Malaysian Musea Ferrea Linn. Orient J Chem 2004;20(1).

Copy the following to cite this URL: Nordin K, Ahmad F. B. H, Taufiq-Yap Y. H, Manaf Ali A. Volatile Components of Methanol Extract From the Flower of Malaysian Musea Ferrea Linn. Orient J Chem 2004;20(1).Available from: http://www.orientjchem.org/?p=18367