CHARACTERIZATION OF TWO CHALCONE DERIVATIVES ISOLATED FROM FINGER ROOT WITH NUTRACEUTICAL POTENTIALS

Boesenbergia rotunda is an example of medicinal herbal plants which has been traditionally employed in the treatment of many life-threatening ailments such as diuretic, dysentery, inflammation, aphrodisiac and gastrointestinal disorder.In this study the two chalcone derivatives were isolated from the root of B. rotunda using column-thin chromatography and characterized using different spectroscopy methods such as such as UV-VIS, FTIR, and 1HNMR.The bioactive compound identified were pinostrobinchalcone (1) and cardamone (2). These IR spectra, UV-vis photometry analysis and 1HNMR suggested that the chemical constituent isolated to be a flavonoid derivative, which is similar to the previous studies. The result of the study suggests that B. rotunda rhizome has a potential in drug and nutraceutical applications.