RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY OF MILK BANANA (Musa paradisiaca L.) and AMBON BANANA (Musa paradisiaca L.) ON RADICAL 2,2-diphenyl-1-pikril hidrazil (DPPH)

Abstract

Nutrients including vitamin A and C on milk banana and ambon banana predicted potential as an antioxidant. This study aims to determine the radical potential of pisang susu and pisang ambon with synthetic vitamin C as a comparison so we get how much antioxidant power of ambon banana and milk banana produced in the fruit if desired pengonsumsian antioxidant power of vitamin C produced by pure at certain levels. This study consisted of measuring the antioxidant activity by the method of 2,2-Diphenyl-1-Pikrilhidrazil (DPPH) so that the data obtained antioxidant activity and Inhibitory Concentration₅₀ (IC₅₀) of milk banana, ambon banana and vitamin C synthetic. From the research results can be concluded that as much as 2418.84g of milk banana as an antioxidant potential equivalent to the antioxidant potential of 1g of vitamin C when measured with 0.4 mM DPPH reagent, while the total of 9229.79g of ambon banana as an antioxidant potential equivalent to the potential antioxidants vitamin C 1 gram when measured with 0.4mM DPPH reagent.