VOLATILE COMPOUNDS’ CHARACTERIZATION OF N-HEXANE EXTRACTS OF TERASA’S FOREST HONEY

Aulia Winaldi (Department of Chemistry, Hasanuddin University, South Sulawesi)
Alfian Noor (Department of Chemistry, Hasanuddin University, South Sulawesi)
Firdaus Firdaus (Department of Chemistry, Hasanuddin University, South Sulawesi)

MARINA CHIMICA ACTA
Vol. 19 No. 1 (2018): Volume 19, No. 1 (2018)

This study aims to identify volatile compounds that are characteristic of the honey of Terasa village of Sinjai regency of South Sulawesi, volatile honey extracted with n-hexane solvent then identified by Gas Chromatography Mass Spectroscopy (GCMS) method. The results obtained 59 volatile compounds derived from honey are grouped into compounds namely hydrocarbons, aldehydes, ketones, alcohols, esters, bensenoid and carboxylic acids. Based on comparative results with other honey regions it is known that volatile compounds that become characteristic of honey Terasa village that is compound Tetrasilaoktana