Antioxidant Activity, Phenolic And Flavonoid Content of Passion Fruit Seed Oil

• DOI: 10.13005/bpj/2661
• Publication Date: 2023-07-10T10:29:09Z
• Authors: Abd. Malik; Rifka Amaliah; Vathimah Zahra; Aktsar Roskiana A...
• Keywords: Passion fruit

Passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims.) is a tropical plant that grows widely in South East Asian region, including on Sulawesi Island. The important the food sector and for medicinal purposes. fruits of are made as popular syrup beverage Makassar produced by several companies. production process results an unusable seed containing potential natural oil. Seed Oil (PSO) has benefits health cosmetics. oil contains chemically active compounds such phenolic flavonoids with antioxidant activities. This study was performed comparison solvents acetone, ethyl acetate, chloroform, methanol, n-hexane. activity, total flavonoid content all extracts were then examined researchers. activity PSO shown methanol extract 71.67 µg/mL. highest acetate 35.40 mg RE/g crude extract, acetone 193.80 GAE/g extract.