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Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bogor Agricultural University, Jalan Agatis Kampus IPB Dramaga, Bogor 16680, Indonesia
Biopharmaca Research Center Research and Community Empowerment Institute, Bogor Agricultural University, Jalan Taman Kencana No. 3 Kampus IPB Taman Kencana,
Bogor 16128, Indonesia
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Department of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bogor Agricultural University, Jalan Meranti Kampus IPB Dramaga, Bogor 16680, Indonesia
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Discrimination of C. longa, C.
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Article history:
Received 22 March 2014
Received in revised form 14 July 2014
Accepted 31 August 2014
Keywords:
C. longa
C. xanthorrhiza
Z. cassumunar
FTIR
Chemometrics
Discrimination
a b s t r a c t
Turmeric (Curcuma longa), java turmeric (Curcuma xanthorrhiza) and cassumunar ginger (Zingiber
cassumunar) are widely used in traditional Indonesian medicines (jamu). They have similar color for their
rhizome and possess some similar uses, so it is possible to substitute one for the other. The identication
and discrimination of these closely-related plants is a crucial task to ensure the quality of the raw materials. Therefore, an analytical method which is rapid, simple and accurate for discriminating these species
using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) combined with some chemometrics methods was
developed. FTIR spectra were acquired in the mid-IR region (4000400 cm 1). Standard normal variate,
rst and second order derivative spectra were compared for the spectral data. Principal component
analysis (PCA) and canonical variate analysis (CVA) were used for the classication of the three species.
Samples could be discriminated by visual analysis of the FTIR spectra by using their marker bands.
Discrimination of the three species was also possible through the combination of the pre-processed FTIR
spectra with PCA and CVA, in which CVA gave clearer discrimination. Subsequently, the developed
method could be used for the identication and discrimination of the three closely-related plant species.
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Introduction
Turmeric (Curcuma longa), java turmeric (Curcuma xanthorrhiza)
and cassumunar ginger (Zingiber cassumunar) cultivated mostly in
the Java Island are widely used in traditional Indonesian medicines
(jamu). C. longa and C. xanthorrhiza are usually aromatic and carminative, and are used to treat stomachic, hepatitis, jaundice, diabetes,
atherosclerosis and bacterial infections [1], while Z. cassumunar is
usually used to treat various diseases such as asthma, carminative,
colic, diarrhea, stomachic, muscle and joint pain [2,3].
The color of their rhizome is yellow to orange for C. longa and
C. xanthorrhiza, and pale yellow to yellow for Z. cassumunar. These
three plants are belongs to the Zingiberaceae family and therefore,
they may have some similar chemical components. Phenolic compounds (diarylheptanoid, diarylpentanoid, phenylpropene derivative)
and terpenoids (monoterpenoid, sesquiterpenoid, diterpenoid, and
triterpenoid) have been identied in C. longa and some of them also
present in C. xanthorrhiza. Diarylheptanoids/curcuminoids (curcumin,
demethoxycurcumin, bisdemethoxycurcumin, etc.) and sesquiterpenoids (curcumene, turmerone, zingiberene, etc.) were found as a
major group of compounds in C. longa and C. xanthorrhiza [4,5].
While in Z. cassumunar, phenylbutanoids ((E)-1(3,4-dimethylphenyl) butadiene), diarylheptanoids (curcumin), monoterpenoids
(sabinene) and sesquiterpenoids (zingiberene) were identied [2].
Curcuminoids are responsible for the color of the three plants used
in this study.
Due to the similarity of the color of their rhizomes which possess some similar uses, substitution for each other could be possible, especially if in the powdered form and if the price of
C. xanthorrhiza is much higher than C. longa or Z. cassumunar. If
the substitution occured, it could be a serious problem because
of inconsistency in their biological properties. In this case, the
identication and discrimination of these closely-related plants
are crucial in order to ensure the quality, safety and efcacy of
the raw materials before they are converted to nal products.
Therefore, a rapid, simple and accurate analytical method is essentially required for the discrimination of these species.
Several analytical techniques such as spectroscopy (UVVis,
FTIR, NMR, and MS) and chromatography (TLC, HPLC, and GC) have
been used in the development of method for identication and discrimination of medicinal plants. Among these techniques, Fourier
transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy may be an attractive option
because it can meet the criteria of efcient analysis, i.e. easy to use,
fast, and inexpensive [6]. Although medicinal plants will contain a
large variety of chemical components, their FTIR spectra sometimes are found to differ even in the same species [7]. FTIR has
been widely used and is a well-established tool for quality control
in various industries, including herbal industry [8].
FTIR spectra contain complex data information describing the
overall chemical signal in a sample. Changes in the position and
intensity of bands in the FTIR spectra would be associated with
the changes in the chemical composition of a sample. Therefore,
FTIR spectra could be used to discriminate closely-related species,
although the composition of a chemical compound is certainly not
known [8]. Obvious advantages of FTIR application to discriminate
different medicinal plants are not only effective and specic, but
also rapid and non-separative. Discrimination by visual inspection
in the FTIR spectra is not easy because the FTIR spectra pattern is
very complex, and to address this concern, the aid from chemometrics methods is needed [9]. The advantage of using chemometrics
for the interpretation of FTIR is the ability to link the spectral pattern
with hidden information contained in a sample [10]. FTIR spectral
analysis alone or in combination with chemometrics methods has
been extensively used for species identication and discrimination
of some closely-related species [1122]. Because of the advantages
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Table 1
Sources of samples.
Table 1 (continued)
Species
Species
Sample
code
C. longa
CL-1
CL-2
CL-3
CL-4
CL-5
CL-6
CL-7
CL-8
CL-9
CL-10
CL-11
CL-12
CL-13
CL-14
CL-15
CL-16
CL-17
CL-18
CL-19
CL-20
CL-21
CL-22
CL-23
CL-24
CL-25
CL-26
CL-27
CL-28
CL-29
CL-30
CL-31
CL-32
CL-33
CL-34
CL-35
C. xanthorrhiza
CX-1
CX-2
CX-3
CX-4
CX-5
CX-6
CX-7
CX-8
CX-9
CX-10
CX-11
CX-12
CX-13
CX-14
CX-15
CX-16
CX-17
CX-18
CX-19
CX-20
CX-21
CX-22
CX-23
CX-24
CX-25
CX-26
CX-27
CX-28
CX-29
CX-30
CX-31
Z. cassumunar
Sample
code
CX-32
CX-33
CX-34
CX-35
ZC-1
ZC-2
ZC-3
ZC-4
ZC-5
ZC-6
ZC-7
ZC-8
ZC-9
ZC-10
ZC-11
ZC-12
ZC-13
ZC-14
ZC-15
ZC-16
ZC-17
ZC-18
ZC-19
ZC-20
ZC-21
ZC-22
ZC-23
ZC-24
ZC-25
ZC-26
ZC-27
ZC-28
ZC-29
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Fig. 1. Representative FTIR spectra of C. longa (A), C. xanthorrhiza (B), and Z. cassumunar (C).
Fig. 2. Representative second derivative FTIR spectra of C. longa (A), C. xanthorrhiza (B), and Z. cassumunar (C).
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Table 2
Eigenvalues and cumulative percentage of total variance for each PCs.
Principal component
Eigenvalue
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
165.536
46.443
41.023
14.145
3.911
3.262
1.760
1.066
0.470
0.415
59.309
75.949
90.647
95.714
97.116
98.285
98.915
99.297
99.465
99.614
).
).
Fig. 3 showed the score plot derived from PCA using the rst two
PCs which accounted for 76% of the total variance (PC1 = 59.3% and
PC2 = 16.7%). As can be seen in Fig. 3, the tested samples were clustered into three different groups. Most of the Z. cassumunar samples
were separated from the C. longa and C. xanthorrhiza samples. Only
three Z. cassumunar samples (ZC-3, ZC-10 and ZC-29) were detected
in the C. xanthorrhiza cluster. Although C. longa and C. xanthorrhiza
could be discriminated, the distance between them was so close.
This situation occurred due to the fact that the chemical prole of
the two plants was nearly similar as can be seen in their FTIR spectra
(Fig. 1). In general, PCA could discriminate the three species.
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Conclusions
Discrimination of C. longa, C. xanthorrhiza and Z. cassumunar
was achieved by FTIR spectral analysis in combination with PCA
and CVA. Through visual analysis of the ordinary and second order
derivative FTIR spectra, the three species could be identied and
discriminated by using their marker peaks. PCA and CVA could also
discriminate the three closely-related species, in which CVA gave
clearer classication based on the species. Therefore, the developed method could be applied as an effective and nondestructive
method for identication and discrimination of C. longa, C. xanthorrhiza and Z. cassumunar.
Acknowledgment
The authors gratefully acknowledged the nancial support of
this research by the Fundamental Research Grant (No 45/13.24.4/
SPK/B6-PD/2009) from The Directorate of Higher Education,
Ministry of Education and Culture, Republic of Indonesia.
Appendix A. Supplementary material
Supplementary data associated with this article can be found, in
the online version, at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2014.08.139.
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