Karakterisasi dan Aktivitas Antioksidan Tepung Sagu Baruk (Arenga microcarpha)
Abstract
Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mempelajari karakteristik kimia tepung sagu baruk yang mengandung senyawa fitokimia dan mempelajari aktivitas antioksidan dari ekstrak tepung sagu baruk. Tepung sagu baruk diekstrak dengan pelarut etanol 50% dengan cara maserasi selama 24 jam. Setelah itu, tepung sagu diuji proksimat, ekstrak dianalisis kandungan fitokimia fenolik, flavonoid dan tanin terkondensasi. Pengujian aktivitas antioksidan menggunakan radikal bebas DPPH dan daya reduksi dengan spektrofotometer UV/Vis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan pada pengujian proksimat bahwa tepung tepung sagu baruk memenuhi syarat Standar Nasional Indonesia, tetapi berbeda dengan kadar serat kasar. Total kandungan fenolik dan flavonoid menunjukkan bahwa tepung sagu akuades (SA) lebih tinggi daripada tepung sagu komersial (TSBK). Hasil radikal bebas sagu tepung sagu SA lebih tinggi dari TSBK sama halnya dengan kemampuan daya reduksi SA jauh lebih tinggi dari TSBK. Hasil penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa tepung sagu baruk memiliki kandungan fitokimia fenolik dan flavonoid yang dapat berpotensi sebagai antioksidan.
Objectives of this research were to study the chemical characteristics of sago baruk flour containing phytochemicals and antioxidant activity of sago baruk flour extract. Sago baruk flour was extracted with 50% ethanol by maceration for 24 hours. Afterward, sago flour was tested for proximate and the extract was analyzed for phenolic, flavonoids, and condensed tanin. DPPH free radical was used to examine antioxidant activity and spectrophotometry method was used to determine the reduction ability. The result for proximate test showed that sago flour extract meets Indonesian Nasional Standard requirements. Total phenolic and flavonoid contents in the flour extracted with aquadest (SA) were higher than that in commercial flour (TSBK). Free radical scavenging activity of sago flour SA was higher than that of TSBK, as well as the reduction ability of SA that was much higher than of TSBK. It was concluded that sago baruk flour possess phytochemical content of phenolic and flavonoid which were potential as antioxidant.
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PDFDOI: https://doi.org/10.35799/jm.4.2.2015.9036
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