PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF CELL CULTURE JATROPHA CURCAS

Authors

  • ELFAHMI ELFAHMI 1 Pharmaceutical Biology Research Group, School of Pharmacy, ITB,
  • ARTRI Pharmaceutical Biology Research Group, School of Pharmacy, ITB, Bandung, Indonesia
  • KOMAR RUSLAN Pharmaceutical Biology Research Group, School of Pharmacy, ITB, Bandung, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11598/btb.2011.18.1.137

Abstract

Jatropha curcas belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family which has potential economically. This plant has been reported to contain toxic compounds such as curcin and phorbol ester and its derivatives. These compounds may become a problem if J. curcas will be explored as a source of biofuel. In order to provide safety plants, the research on the study of phytochemical and initiation of cell and organ culture have been carried out. J curcas which has been collected from different regions in Indonesia showed to contain relatively the same profile of chemical contents. Dominant compounds that were detected by GCMS are hidrocarbon such as  2-heptenal, decadienal, hexsadecane, pentadecane, cyclooctane etc, fatty acid such as oktadecanoate acid, etthyl linoleate, ethyl stearate, heksadecanoate acid and steroid such as stigmasterol, fucosterol, sitosterol. No phorbol ester and its derivatives have been detected yet by the GCMS method. Callus and suspension cultures of J. curcas have been established to be used for further investigation.

 

Keywords: Jatropha curcas, phytochemical, biofuel, cell culture, steroid, hydrocarbon, fatty acid

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Published

2024-01-11

How to Cite

ELFAHMI, E., ARTRI, & RUSLAN, K. (2024). PHYTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF CELL CULTURE JATROPHA CURCAS. BIOTROPIA, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.11598/btb.2011.18.1.137

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