Abstract:
Sauropus androgynns (L.) Merr, a wild shrub of the Euphorbiaceae
family, is extensively distributed in India, Malaysia and Indonesia. It has been
used as folk medicines sach as abscess, feverish and can increase the mother's
breast milk production. Leaf Sauropus androgynus (L.) Merr was extracted with
n-hexan. Vacum liquid chromatography (VLC) of the extract with a solvent
gradient from 100% n-hexan, ethyl acetate and methanol. After that extract was
thin layer chromatography (TLC) and column chromatography and was obtained
two compounds (heneicosan and methyl hexadecanoic) from n-hexan extract
used characterization UV spectra, IR spectra, NMR spectra and GC-MS.
Activities antimicrobial was exhibited negative yielded.
