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Christ's torn jujube (Ziziphus spina-christi L.) is a medicinal plant that has many benefits for curing or treating diarrhea, fever, and cancer. One of the compounds that play role is an alkaloid. This study was generated to identify the alkaloid compounds in the leaves of the Christ’s jujube torn using the UV-Vis spectrophotometry method. Christ's torn jujube leaves were macerated using 3 types of solvents with different polarity levels i.e., n-hexane, ethyl acetate, and methanol. Furthermore, phytochemical screening of alkaloid compounds was carried out. A Christ jujube leaf sample that was positive for alkaloids was found in the ethyl acetate extract; then identified using thin layer chromatography with eluent n-hexane: ethyl acetate (8:2), yielding 4 points with an Rf value of 0.25; 0.4 ; 0.52 ; and 0.62. Furthermore, phytochemical screening of alkaloid compounds was carried out. Christ' torn jujube which were positive for alkaloids present in the ethyl acetate extract were identified using thin layer chromatography with n-hexane eluent: ethyl acetate (8:2), yielding four spots with an Rf value of 0.25; 0.4 ; 0.52 ; and 0.62. The four spots were identified using UV-Vis spectrophotometry, obtained a wavelength of 248 ; 268 ; 268 ; and 255. Based on the identification results on the leaf extract, each stain was suspected to contain cantin-6-one alkaloid compounds.

Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is one of tuber vegetable crops that is widely grown in various countries in the word and is often used as food spices and medicines. The purpose of this study was to characterize the volatile oil compound ethyl acetate extract of garlic (Allium sativum L.) using Uv-Vis and IR spectrophotometric metods. Several methods used in this research included extraction, identification of compounds, fractionation, thin layer chromatography, prepative thin layer chromatography, and characterization of compounds using Uv-Vis spectrophotometry and IR spectrophotometry. A total of 3000 grams od garlic was macerated using 70% ethanol, then evaporated and obtained a thick extract of 421.5 grams. The results of thin layer chromatography used an eluent ratio of Methanol : Ethyl Acetate (4:2) obtained stains with an Rf value of 0,55. The optimizion result of maximum wavelength of garlic isolated (Allium sativum L.) is 232 nm wich indicated the presence of an electron transition n→σ*.The results of IR spectrophotometry had fuctional groups at wave numbers 3231.530 cm-1 (N-H), 1637.48 cm-1 (C=O), 1014.65 cm-1(C-N).