The Open Conference Proceedings Journal

2013, 4 : 107-107
Published online 2013 March 01. DOI: 10.2174/2210289201304010107
Publisher ID: TOPROCJ-4-4-107

Phytochemicals and Bioactivities of Cinnamomum Mollissimum

Fatin Fasihah Masnon and Farediah Ahmad
Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

ABSTRACT

Chemical investigation of the crude extracts of the barks of Cinnamomum mollissimum resulted in the isolation of five aporphine alkaloids, namely N-methyl-1,2,10-trimethoxyaporphine, N-methylhernagine, N-methylhernovine, hernagine and hernovine, along with methyl eugenol. The structures of the phytochemicals were elucidated by the basis of spectral analysis. Several bioactivities such as xantine oxidase, antibacterial and antioxidant assays were tested on the extracts and phytochemicals. The screening of xanthine oxidase assay showed that the extracts, hernagine and methyl eugenol have potential inhibition activity.

Keywords:

, xantine oxidase, antibacterial, antioxidant.