Jurnal Natural
Volume 11, Number 2, September 2011

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY FROM ETHYLACETATE EXTRACT OF Plumeria alba AGAINST Candida albicans

Murniana Murniana (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh)
Israhadi Israhadi (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh)
Khairan Khairan (Program Study of Pharmacy, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh)
Nurdin Saidi (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh)



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Publish Date
17 May 2013

Abstract

An investigation on the chemical constituents of plumeria alba has been studied. The compound was extracted from the bark using n-hexane and ethyl acetate as solvent, respectively. The crude was subjected to chromatographic techniques. Isolation and purification of the compound afforded the indole alkaloid. The ethylacetate extract was test to antifungal activity against Candida albicans. The test result sowed inhibition zone of 10 mm on 20% extract concentration.

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Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Astronomy Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Chemistry Earth & Planetary Sciences Energy Immunology & microbiology Neuroscience Physics

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Jurnal Natural (JN) aims to publish original research results and reviews on sciences and mathematics. Jurnal Natural (JN) encompasses a broad range of research topics in chemistry, pharmacy, biology, physics, mathematics, statistics, informatic and ...