Open AccessAntioxidant activity of liverworts Marchantia paleacea Bertol. from North Sumatra Indonesia
Author(s) -
Etti Sartina Siregar,
Nursahara Pasaribu,
Muhammad Zaidun Sofyan
Publication year - 2021
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 - 10.1088/1755-1315/713/1/012061
Subject(s) - antioxidant , dpph , maceration (sewage) , vitamin c , biology , botany , chemistry , traditional medicine , food science , biochemistry , medicine , materials science , composite material
Research on antioxidant activity of Marchantia in Indonesia is still limited. The objective of the study is to investigate the antioxidant activity of Marchantia paleacea from North Sumatera, Indonesia. The method of extraction in this study using maceration with methanol. The antioxidant activity of extracts were evaluated by 1,1diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH). Vitamin C was used as positive control. The results showed that the extract of M. paleacea has antioxidant content with LC50 value of 25.25 μg/mL. The antioxidant activity of M. paleacea is classified as a strong category. The results obtained in the recent study indicate that M. paleacea is a potential source of natural antioxidant.