Abstract

Kamarusalihin Nordin¹, Faujan B. H. Ahmad¹#, Y. H. Taufiq-Yap¹ and A. Manaf Ali²

Fourteen major volatile components of the methanol extract from the flower of Mesua Ferrea linn were analyzed using gas chromatograph couple with mass spectrometry. Interestingly, the crude extract shown a strong cytotoxic activity (i.e. IC50 of 12.5 μg/ml) toward T-lymphosit leukemia cell and weak antimicrob activities against bacteria, namely Staphylococcus aureus, Bacilus subtilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Volatile components; Mesua Ferrea; Cytotoxic activity; Antimicrob activities

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