Metabolite Profiling of Davallia in The Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra, Indonesia

Abstract

This study revealed the metabolite compounds of the Davallia species in the Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra, through metabolite profiling. This study aimed to determine the chemical compounds in the leaves of the Davallia species. Leaf samples of three species, D. denticulata (Burm. f.) Kuhn var. denticulata, D. heterophylla Sm., and D. solida (G. Forst.) Sw. var. solida were collected from the Mentawai Islands. Metabolite characterization used the Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). The results were obtained in 25 compounds originating from 15 accessions belonging to six metabolite compounds. The compounds found included 13.04% hydrocarbons, 26.09 % fatty acids, 8.7% benzenoids, 8.7% tocopherols, 13.4% phytosterols, 17.39% terpenoids and 13.04% fatty acids ethyl esters. The most identified compounds was fatty acids. The detected compounds are potential as drug ingredient in pharmacology.