The phytochemical aspect of the stem and leaves extract of syzygium species / Mohd Fathi Abdul Wahab

This research deals with the study on Syzygium species. The Syzygium species has been used as source of medicines by ancient people. One of Syzygium species that contributes to medicinal practices is Syzygium cumini. Due to the lacking information and references on Syzygium cumini, the benefit provided by the plant is still much unknown among the local people in Malaysia. Due to those reasons, the extractions of the leaf and stem of Syzygium cumini were performed. Furthermore, various methods were performed in the process of discovering the compound from the leaf and stem of this plant. Such methods include Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) and phytochemical screening in identifying the important chemicals such as alkaloids, saponins, steroids and terpenoids. From these methods, it is expected that alkaloids and terpenoid can be found in the leaves extracts. The therapeutic importance and spectroscopic data from this phytochemicals were then documented. In a nutshell, the isolated compounds from this study were possibly the alkaloids and terpenoids. The spectroscopic data of the terpenoid that was managed to be isolated was comparable with the signals of P-sitosterol.