Myristica fragrans

Biology

Biochemistry

Botany

Cinnamomum

Traditional Chinese medicine

Food science

Alternative medicine

Nutmeg

Organic chemistry

Antioxidant

Cassia

Eugenol

Medicine

Chemistry

Coriandrum

DPPH

Sativum

Traditional medicine

Pathology

Biomedical engineering

Objective : This study was conducted to determine the antioxidant activities of spice extracts including clove (Syzygum aromaticum L.), Indonesian cassia (Cinnamomum burmanni (C. Nees& T. Ness)), coriander (Coriandrum sativum L), nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt), java cardamom (Amomum compactum Soland. Ex maton). Methods : This research was to evaluate antioxidant activities including 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging activity, the value of superoxide dismutase (SOD), and total phenolic content. Result : The highest DPPH activity is clove and Indonesian cassia extracts with IC50 value 4.16 μg/ml and 5.46 μg/ml respectively. The highest SOD value are Indonesian cassia extract (9.1432 U/ml) at 500 μg/ml, 7.0045 U/ml at 125 μg/ml and 4.6751 U/ml at 31,25 μg/ml. Clove extract was the highest of phenolic content (188.35 μg/mg eugenol equivalent). Conclusion : Indonesian cassia extract have high antioxidant activities both DPPH scavenging and SOD activities. Clove extract contain the highest eugenol compared with Indonesian cassia, coriander, nutmeg and java cardamom.

Antioxidant properties of spice extracts