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The Effect of Drying Method on Extraction of Melastoma malabathricum<br />

var Alba<br />

Amyatikah Binti Alias<br />

Supervisor: Dr. Iffah Hazirah Binti Mohd Nawi<br />

Banchelor of Science Agrotechnology (Crop Science)<br />

School Of Food Science and Technology<br />

Melastoma malabathricum var alba is a white colour of the flower and locally known<br />

as “Senduduk Putih”. Melastoma malabathricum var alba is well known as medicinal<br />

plants or herbs that having high medicinal properties and its contributed with the<br />

present of bioactive compound such as flavonoids and antioxidant. The objective of<br />

the study is to determine the effect of drying method which are oven dried, freeze<br />

dried, and fresh sample as a control on secondary metabolites content in leaves<br />

samples. The samples then will be extracted using methanol as a solvent. Then the<br />

crude samples will be analyzed using thin layer chromatography (TLC) in order to<br />

identified the metabolites present in the samples. This study will provide an<br />

information regarding the sample preparation in order to maintain the metabolites<br />

present in the samples.<br />

1094 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018

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