SKRINING AKTIVITAS ANTIOKSIDAN JAMU SUBUR KANDUNGAN KOMERSIAL
Abstract: Selection of
traditional medicine is often considered as a choice since the affordable price
and low side effects than chemical drugs. One of the well-known herbal medicine
produced and consumed in java is Madura Herbal Medicine (MHM). MHM "Subur
Kandungan" is one of the original medicinal products which is widely known
in inducing fertility, but has not been scientifically standardized so make
this many doubt for its usefulness. With the standardization and scientific
assessment, MHM ought to be accepted in the modern medical system as well as
lead in increasing both society revenues and public health. MHM "Subur
Kandungan" consist of garlic (Allium sativum L.), Sweet Flag (Acorus
calamus L.), and Intersection rhizome mango (Curcuma mangga Val.) is widely
recognized as efficacious herbal medicine for inducing fertility. To determine
the potency of those three plants, these were extracted by ethanol and
continued by testing the antioxidant potential (DPPH) both individually and
mixed. Assessments of phytochemical and antimicrobial potency were discussed.
Test results showed that antioxidant activity represented by DPPH IC50 values
of ethanol extract of A. sativum, A. calamus, C. mangga and a mixture of those are 383.56, 335.68,
32.48, 27.773 µg/ml (ppm) respectively. Allium sativum and A.calamus are weak
antioxidants as having IC50 in the range of 250-500 ppm, while the C. mangga
and a mixture of those have strong antioxidant content as having IC50 of less
than 50 ppm. Allegedly due to the high antioxidant content of the content of
steroids, phenols, tannins, flavonoids, glycosides, diterpene, triterpenes, and
alcaloids in A. calamus, also contains steroids, flavonoids, glycosides,
diterpene, triterpenes and alaloids on A. sativum and also the presence of
terpenoids as compound intersection primary contained in C. mangga
respectively.
Penulis: Mujahidin Ahmad
Kode Jurnal: jpbiologidd150964
