Chemical constituent from roots of morinda citrifolia using polar solvent (chloroform) / Siti Farahin Akma Hazani

Experiment was conducted on root of Morinda citrifolia which belongs to the family
Rubiaceae found throughout in the tropical region of the entire world. This genus of
species contain varies of medical benefit such as anti-cancer, antimicrobial and anti inflammatory.
The objectives set up for this M. citrifolia is to extract and isolate
compounds from the roots of M. citrifolia by using chloroform, meanwhile for the
second one is to identify and elucidate the structure of the compounds by using
spectroscopic methods. Works on the chloroform extract of the roots of M. citrifolia
through a series of column chromatography have resulted on isolation of two
anthraquinone namely as nordamnacanthal and rubiadin. All of these structures were
established by spectroscopic analysis which included 10 NMR, MS techniques and
comparing with previous data.