Isolation of chemical constituents from roots of morinda citrifolia l. using non-polar solvent / Siti Hasnaa Hayati Ahmad Tajudin

Experiment was conducted on root bark of Morinda citrifolia L. which belong to
the family of Rubiaceae found throughout humid tropical region. This genus of
species varies of medicinal value. Several objectives have been set up for this
experiment which is to extract and isolate the chemical constituents from root
bark of Morinda citrifolia L. and also to identify and elucidate the structure of the
compound by using spectroscopic methods. Works on the isolation of compound
from the hexane crude extract of root bark of Morinda citrifolia L. through a
series of column chromatography have resulted on the isolation of
nordamnacanthal and damnacanthal. All of these structures were established by
spectroscopic analysis which includes 1D NMR, MS technique and comparing
with previous work.