| Summary: | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are organic compounds that containing
carbon and hydrogen atoms. The PAHs commonly are formed from natural or nonanthropogenica
nd also anthropogenics ources.Termite nests samples were collected
from Muaya Conservation Area, Sipitang. The sample were collected using a method
as plan to conserve the compound that need to be characterize and identify in the
laboratory. The sample then extracted using Soxhiet extraction method and cleaned
by using the column chromatography method. The collected fraction of Naphthalene,
Phenanthrene and Perylene as one of PAHs compounds was spiked into the gas
chromatography-masss elective detector (GC-MSD)f or analysis. The result shows
that there is no Perylene presence but there some result can be claim as Perylene
and Perylene precursors in the sample that was collected. Besides that, Naphthalene
and Phenanthrene compounds were exist. The presence of the Naphthalene,
Phenanthrene and Perylene and Perylene precursors compounds because of the
presence of the termites, soil, fungi and surroundings
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