The Development of Natural Product Chemistry Laboratory Module: Lupeol Isolation from Mangrove Leaf (Sonneratia alba) Aliefman Hakim1, A. Wahab Jufri1, Jamaluddin1, Eka Junaidi2, Nurlaila Ramdhaniah2
1Magister Program of Science Education, Universitas Mataram, Jalan Majapahit 62, Mataram-Lombok 83125, Indonesia
2Study Program of Chemistry Education, Universitas Mataram, Jalan Majapahit 62, Mataram-Lombok 83125, Indonesia
Abstract
This research is a research based on Natural Products Chemistry about the isolation of secondary metabolites from natural materials that have the potential to be isolated. One of the natural materials that are known to have the potential of secondary metabolites is mangrove plants. Sonneratia alba is a species of mangrove and commonly used as traditional medicine by the community. The use of Sonneratia alba mangroves as traditional medicine, indicates further benefits about the plant and its potential through the study of Chemistry of Natural Products. This study uses Sonneratia alba mangrove leaves to determine the potential isolation of secondary metabolite compounds found in Sonneratia alba mangrove leaves. Secondary metabolites of isolated mangrove leaves Sonneratia alba have the characteristics of compounds identified through IR and UV-Vis spectroscopy. The results of the isolation of Sonneratia alba leaves are known to be a triterpenoid lupeol compound with white crystals.
