Xanthones from pericarp of garcinia mangostana l. / Asraf Hafizi Ismail

The research was conducted on pericarp of G. mangostana L. which belong to the family Clusiaceae, this species is abundant and usually found in the region of Southest Asia and its parts of tree is well-known use as traditional medicine. The genus of this species contains many of medicinal benefit such as anti-cancer, antimicrobial and anti-imflammatory. Extraction and isolation were carried and successfully by using chromatographic and spectroscopic technique respectively. A hexane extract of G. mangostana from pericarp contains many of xanthones compounds and two xanthones had being identified and elucidated their structure, it is a α-mangostin (16) and β-mangostin (17). These compound were elucidated on the basis of IR, UV and NMR spectroscopic data, and eluviation data with previous work.