Aktivitas Antioksidan Dari Ekstrak Kulit Nanas (Ananas comosus (L) Merr)

Authors

  • Sri Febriani Hatam
  • Edi Suryanto
  • Jemmy Abidjulu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35799/pha.2.2013.880

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The objectives of this research were to determine antioxidant n activity from pineapple peal extract. Pineapple peel extracted by maceration, soxhlet and reflux using ethanol 80% as a solvent. Phenolics and flavonoids content of Crude extract were analyzed.Evaluation of antioxidant activity using DPPH free radicals method, The results shows that maceration, soxhlet and reflux extract possess phenolics content 16,53; 28,78; 16,02 g/mL respectively, and  flavonoid total content 3,514; 5,115; 4,414 g/mL respectively. Maceration extract with concentration 3000 g/mL possess low free radical scavenging activity, and soxhlet extract possess the highest.Inhibition concentration 50% (IC50) of soxhlet extract were 602,56 g/mL, it’s indicate that soxhlet extract possess high scavenging of 50% free radicals. This result shows that pineapple peel extract possess phytochemical phenolics and flavonoids that potential to be antioxidant and as active compound of sun screen.

Keywords: antioxidant, pineapple peel extract.

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Published

2013-02-01

How to Cite

Hatam, S. F., Suryanto, E., & Abidjulu, J. (2013). Aktivitas Antioksidan Dari Ekstrak Kulit Nanas (Ananas comosus (L) Merr). PHARMACON, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.35799/pha.2.2013.880

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