Main non-polar chemical constituent from Morinda citrifolia fruits

D.M. Nazrul Hisham, J.M. Lip, J. Ariff Zaidi and A. Normah

Abstract

Separation, isolation and purification of compounds from Morinda citrifolia fruits were done using solvent-solvent partitioning and chromatography techniques. The dichloromethane (DCM) soluble partition of the methanol (MeOH) extract had undergone a purification technique. One main non-polar constituent was successfully isolated and identified using modern spectroscopy method such as Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and mass spectroscopy. This compound is a type of coumarin known as scopoletin and it can be a standard compound for non-polar constituent analysis of Morinda citrifolia fruits especially for products.

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