POTENSI ANTIOKSIDAN PADA BUAH LOKAL PAPUA

The aim of this article is to review the phytochemical compounds in three local fruits from Papua, i.e., red fruit, mahkota dewa and matoa, and to analyze their potential as antioxidant source. Fruit is known to contain various beneficial nutrients. Antioxidant compounds that contained in fruit have important function against cardiovascular diseases. Red fruit contains tocopherol and carotenoid compounds that actively act as antioxidant. Polyphenols that found in mahkota dewa and matoa also have important rules in free radicals scavenging. These compounds have been demonstrated to suppress cancer cells in vitro.