The Open Conference Proceedings Journal
2013, 4 : 17-17Published online 2013 March 1. DOI: 10.2174/2210289201304010017
Publisher ID: TOPROCJ-4-4-17
Phytochemicals from Lauraceae Species
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
ABSTRACT
The family of Lauraceae comprising a group of flowering plants contains about 55 genera and over 2,000 species worldwide. In Malaysia there are 213 species of Lauraceae known as medang or tejur. Studies on these plant species resulted in various type of compounds such as alkaloid, flavonoids, chalcone, terpenoid and simple aromatic compounds. Some these of compounds have shown biological activity such as antimicrobial, antiplasmodium and anticancer. This paper describes the phytochemicals and some biological activity of isolated compounds from Lauraceae species.