Open AccessANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF THE ASCIDIAN MARINE INVERTEBRATES, DIDEMNUM SP.
Author(s) -
Berna Elya,
Yasman Yasman,
Zulfa Edawati
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of applied pharmaceutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.238
H-Index - 15
ISSN - 0975-7058
DOI - 10.22159/jap.2018.v10s1.17
Subject(s) - ethyl acetate , dpph , fractionation , antioxidant , chemistry , fraction (chemistry) , chromatography , methanol , hexane , biochemistry , organic chemistry
Objective: This study aimed to determine the antioxidant activity of samples of the ascidian Didemnum sp. collected from Seribu Islands, Jakarta.Methods: Antioxidant activity was tested using the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) method. Didemnum sp. was extracted into methanol andthen fractionated using n-hexane, ethyl acetate, and water. Fractions with the highest antioxidant activity were further fractionated using acceleratedcolumn chromatography.Results: The concentration of sample that reduced the DPPH radical by 50% (IC50) in a methanol extract of Didemnum sp. was 105.10 μg/mL. The ethylacetate fraction had the highest antioxidant activity (IC50 of 90.804 μg/mL). The most active fraction obtained from accelerated column chromatographyfraction had an IC50 of 86.35 μg/mL. The compounds contained in the most active fractions were alkaloids, saponins, steroids/triterpenoids, andglycosides.Conclusion: The methanol extract of the ascidian Didemnum sp. exhibited antioxidant activity. Fractionation of the Didemnum sp. extract showed thatthe ethyl acetate fraction had the highest antioxidant activity. Further, fractionation of the ethyl acetate fraction by accelerated column chromatographyshowed that fraction VI had the highest antioxidant activity. The most active fraction contained alkaloids, steroids/triterpenoids, saponins, andglycosides.