Characterization of cinnamomun verum oil from soxhlet extraction

The usage of synthetic chemical which produce harmful effect to health have led to increase in interest on the medicinal and herb. More research has been conduct to determine new compound and application of herb constituent. Cinnamomun Verum is a type of spice that has been used as traditional medicine and remedy for many health problems. The compound in Cinnamomun Verum is believed to have potential medicinal values. Therefore, in this research, focus will be on the determination of the component and medical properties in Cinnamomun Verum oil. Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) is used to characterize the components in Cinnamomum verum and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) to identify the chemical structure in Cinnamomun verum. Soxhlet extractor is used to extract the essential oil using ethanol, hexane and dichlomethane solvent. Based on the result obtained, ethanol extract had the highest essential oil yield (13%) and contained high percentage of E-Cinnamaldehyde (55.3%). The component determined from different types of solvent is similar however the composition is varying from each sample. Others major compound in Cinnamomun verum oil are gurjunene(15.97%), citronelly isobutyrate(3.69%), humulane-1,6-dien-3-ol (2.11%), 1-methylpiperidine(1.27%), spathulenol (1.19%) and elemene (1.11%) based on ethanol extract. These compounds were mainly reflected in the alkane, alkene, amide, aromatic and aldehyde group. There are ten compounds that was determined to exhibit therapeutic activities such as E-Cinnamaldehyde, spathulenol, elemene, caryophyllene, aromadendrene, champhene, squalene, a-pinene and aristolene. Most of the compound in the Cinnamomun verum oil showed antimicrobial, anti-cancer, anti-tumor, anti-oxidant and anti-inflammation properties.