Quantification of Farnesol From Red and Green Leaves of Syzygium campanulatum

S. campanulatum, also known as “kelat paya” can grow young leaves with various colors. Due to this characteristic, S. campanulatum is commonly used in landscaping. S. campanulatum under family of Myrtaceae and genus of Syzygium which is rich in secondary metabolites among which is farnesol. Farnesol...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yap, Qing Yang
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Online Access:http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1043/
http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1043/1/BBTEI%20153.pdf
_version_ 1848766629219926016
author Yap, Qing Yang
author_facet Yap, Qing Yang
author_sort Yap, Qing Yang
building INTI Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description S. campanulatum, also known as “kelat paya” can grow young leaves with various colors. Due to this characteristic, S. campanulatum is commonly used in landscaping. S. campanulatum under family of Myrtaceae and genus of Syzygium which is rich in secondary metabolites among which is farnesol. Farnesol produces a floral scent and widely is used as an ingredient in fragrance. Farnesol was found to have anti-fungal, anti-microbial and anti-tumour properties. The aims of this study were to determine the suitable wavelength to detect the maximum absorbance of farnesol in S. campanulatum extracts, to qualify the farnesol using four extraction solvents; namely hexane, methanol, acetone and sterile dH2O in red leaf of S. campanulatum and to compare and quantify of the farnesol content between red and green leaves of S. campanulatum. Wavelength scan showed the optimal wavelength to detect farnesol was 290 nm. TLC was used to separate farnesol from other compounds in crude leaf extracts of S. campanulatum. The distance travelled by the sample corresponding to farnesol standard solution indicated the presence of farnesol. Apart from comparing distance travel by compound, colour development after stained with p-anisaldehyde also used to verify isolation of farnesol. The silica was scrapped off from TLC plate and re-extracted with hexane and this extract was known as TLC-isolated extracts. The A290 of TLC-isolated extracts of red and green leaves were analysed and interpolated their concentration using farnesol standard. The hexane extract of red leaf contained higher concentration of farnesol compared with hexane extract of green leaf. t-test result showed there was significant different between the mean of farnesol content of red leaf and green leaf of S. campanulatum.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T11:54:11Z
format Thesis
id intimal-1043
institution INTI International University
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-14T11:54:11Z
publishDate 2017
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling intimal-10432018-06-27T07:37:30Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1043/ Quantification of Farnesol From Red and Green Leaves of Syzygium campanulatum Yap, Qing Yang TP Chemical technology S. campanulatum, also known as “kelat paya” can grow young leaves with various colors. Due to this characteristic, S. campanulatum is commonly used in landscaping. S. campanulatum under family of Myrtaceae and genus of Syzygium which is rich in secondary metabolites among which is farnesol. Farnesol produces a floral scent and widely is used as an ingredient in fragrance. Farnesol was found to have anti-fungal, anti-microbial and anti-tumour properties. The aims of this study were to determine the suitable wavelength to detect the maximum absorbance of farnesol in S. campanulatum extracts, to qualify the farnesol using four extraction solvents; namely hexane, methanol, acetone and sterile dH2O in red leaf of S. campanulatum and to compare and quantify of the farnesol content between red and green leaves of S. campanulatum. Wavelength scan showed the optimal wavelength to detect farnesol was 290 nm. TLC was used to separate farnesol from other compounds in crude leaf extracts of S. campanulatum. The distance travelled by the sample corresponding to farnesol standard solution indicated the presence of farnesol. Apart from comparing distance travel by compound, colour development after stained with p-anisaldehyde also used to verify isolation of farnesol. The silica was scrapped off from TLC plate and re-extracted with hexane and this extract was known as TLC-isolated extracts. The A290 of TLC-isolated extracts of red and green leaves were analysed and interpolated their concentration using farnesol standard. The hexane extract of red leaf contained higher concentration of farnesol compared with hexane extract of green leaf. t-test result showed there was significant different between the mean of farnesol content of red leaf and green leaf of S. campanulatum. 2017-05-31 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1043/1/BBTEI%20153.pdf Yap, Qing Yang (2017) Quantification of Farnesol From Red and Green Leaves of Syzygium campanulatum. Other thesis, INTI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY.
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Yap, Qing Yang
Quantification of Farnesol From Red and Green Leaves of Syzygium campanulatum
title Quantification of Farnesol From Red and Green Leaves of Syzygium campanulatum
title_full Quantification of Farnesol From Red and Green Leaves of Syzygium campanulatum
title_fullStr Quantification of Farnesol From Red and Green Leaves of Syzygium campanulatum
title_full_unstemmed Quantification of Farnesol From Red and Green Leaves of Syzygium campanulatum
title_short Quantification of Farnesol From Red and Green Leaves of Syzygium campanulatum
title_sort quantification of farnesol from red and green leaves of syzygium campanulatum
topic TP Chemical technology
url http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1043/
http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1043/1/BBTEI%20153.pdf