KOMPONEN KIMIA DAUN Cinnamomum macrophyllum Miq LAURACEAE

Andria Agusta (Laboratorium Treub, Pustitbang Biologi LIPI)

Berkala Penelitian Hayati
Vol 3 No 1 (1997): June 1997

An analysis on the chemical constituents of Cinnnamomum macrophyllum Miq leaves from Halmahera island using combination techniques GCMS was conducted. Total numbers of the constituents which can be detected were 59 consisted of monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, aromatic hydrocarbons, phenol derivates, alkanes, oxygenated hydrocarbon, alcohols, aldehydes, carboxylic acid and alkaloid along with eight unidentified compounds (1-8). Leaves of C. macrophyllum contained bioactive compound such as limonene, isoeugenol, methyleugenon, safrole, vitamin E, furfuraldehyde, 2-furan-carboxaldehyde and 7-methyl xanthine.