The Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences Vol 11 No 1 (2007): 173 -176

 

 

CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS FROM STEM BARKS AND ROOTS OF

MURRAYA KOENIGII (RUTACEAE)

 

Noor Haslizawati Abu Bakar¹, Mohd. Aspollah Sukari¹, Mawardi Rahmani¹, Atan Md. Sharif¹,

Kaida Khalid ² and Umi Kalsom Yusuf³

 

¹Department of Chemistry,

²Department of Physics ,

³Department of Biology,

Universiti Putra Malaysia,

43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

 

Abstract

Four carbazole alkaloids, identified as mahanimbine (1), girinimbine (2),  murrayanine (3) murrayafoline-A (4) and one triterpene were isolated from stem bark and roots of Murraya koenigii. The structures of these compounds were established by infra-red (IR), mass spectrometry (MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (¹H  NMR, ¹³C NMR, HMQC and HMBC) spectroscopy.

 

Keywords: Rutaceae, Murraya koenigii, carbazole alkaloids, 2D-NMR

 

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