Affiliations 

  • 1 Biocomposite and Wood Protection Programme, Forest Product Division, Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Selangor, Malaysia
  • 2 Advanced Processing and Design Programme, Forest Product Division, Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Selangor, Malaysia
An Acad Bras Cienc, 2015 Apr-Jun;87(2):743-51.
PMID: 26131633 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765201520140041

Abstract

Wood extractives from heartwood of Callophylum inophyllum (bintangor) were obtained by shaker method and analyzed for their constituents by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Ten compounds were identified by ethanol (EtOH) solvents, fourteen by methanol (MeOH) and only nine by petroleum ether (PETETHR). Major compounds were contributed by monoterpenes (75.11%, 53.75%) when extracted with EtOH and PETETHR solvents. The anti-termitic assay of the wood extracts was also investigated against Coptotermes curvignathus. The level of concentration for anti-termite activity may be an indication of the dose application of the wood extracts for new development of termiticide.

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