Abstract—Banana is one of the most widely distributed and consumed fruit in tropical and subtropical countries. Considering to nutritional aspects, it is one of the worlds leading food crops with a high source of minerals, vitamins, carbohydrates, flavonoids, phenolic compounds etc. The current study was performed to evaluate the bioactive compound and antioxidant activity in Mauli Bananas (Musa sp) stem. Mauli bananas stem exctract contain a biocative compound with tannin has a highest level and followed by ascorbic acid, saponin, ß-carotene, total flavonoid, lycopene, alkaloid and flavonoid. The chellating effect of ferrous iron in Mauli bananas stem had a highest antioxidant activity than hydroxyl scavenging activity and hydrogen peroxide scavenging activity. The data obtained Mauli bananas stem contained a lot of biocative compound and also have moderate to potent antioxidant and/or free radical scavenging activity.

Index Terms—Antioxidant, antioxidant activity, Mauli bananas, musa sp.

Maharani Laillyza Apriasari is with School of Medicine, Lambung Mangkurat university, South Kalimantan, Indonesian (e-mail: maharaniroxy@gmail.com).
Eko Suhartono is with Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, School of Medicine, Lambung Mangkurat of University, South Kalimantan, Indonesian (e-mail: ekoantioxidant@gmail.com).
Iskandar is with Research Unit Mutiara Bunda Mother and Child Hospital, Martapura of South Kalimantan, Indonesian (e-mail: Iskandarthalib@gmail.com).

 

Cite: Maharani Laillyza Apriasari, Iskandar, and Eko Suhartono, "Bioactive Compound and Antioxidant Activity of Methanol Extract Mauli Bananas (Musa sp) Stem," International Journal of Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 110-115, 2014.