Open AccessAnalysis quantitative of flavonoid content in moringa leaves comes from Sigi Biromaru, Palu, Central Sulawesi
Author(s) -
Siti Nuryanti,
Heni Purwaningsih
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/458/1/012026
Subject(s) - moringa , flavonoid , chemistry , food science , traditional medicine , botany , biology , biochemistry , medicine , antioxidant
Moringa is a multifunctional vegetable plant so that all parts of this Moringa plant can be used as a food source because it contains active compounds and complete nutrition. Moringa is widely used because it is beneficial to health. Many compounds in Moringa leaves are very beneficial for health, one of which is plavonoid compounds. An analysis of the flavonoid content in Moringa leaves has been analyzed. Analysis of flavonoid content was carried out by extracting Moringa leaves with methanol-HCl 1% solvent. The extract was analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively using a UV-Vis spectrophotometer. The results of the analysis showed flavonoid in young and old leaves in 100 g of the samples respectively 0.0839 mg and 0.0327 mg.