Aktivitas Antioksidan Ekstrak Buah Takokak (Solanum torvum Swartz.)

Abstract

Turkey berry fruit (Solanum torvum Swartz.) is one of indigenous fruit vegetables that widely used in traditional medicine. Because, it has some functional properties such as antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral. The functional properties come from the activity of some phytochemicals compound that Turkey berry fruit contents, such as phenolics and non phenolics. This research was designed to identify the chemical content of Turkey berry fruit, change content, and antioxidant activity of crushed form. The research method consisted of treatment phase of fresh Turkey berry fruit through the destruction process and extraction phase of Turkey berry fruit powder with organic solvents (methanol, etil acetat, and hexane). The results showed that methanol extract of both whole and crushed Turkey berry fruit, contains alkaloids, flavons, tannins, and saponins. The etil acetat and hexan extracts of both whole and crushed form, contains alkaloids, flavons, terpenoids, and saponins. Thus, the presence of phenolic compounds in Turkey berry fruit can be affected by Phenylalanin Ammonia Lyase (PAL) activity, but not always influenced by the total anthocyanin. In addition, the antioxidant activity (DPPH assay) between whole and crushed Turkey berry fruit extracts is not significantly different (p>0.05) by t-test. It was demonstrated that the destruction process has a little affecting to the presence of phenolic compounds that act as antioxidants, such as anthocyanin. However, the antioxidant activity of extracts is not always determined from total phenolic, but depending on the ability of -OH group to donate H atoms and to bind with free radicals rapidly. The antioxidant activity of Turkey berry fruit extract was slightly be affected by ascorbic acid (vitamin C) compound.