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Effect of germination on antioxidant activity, total phenolics, β-carotene, ascorbic acid and α-tocopherol contents of lead tree sprouts (leucaena leucocephala (lmk.) de wit)
Suryanti, V1, Marliyana, S.D2, Putri, H.E3.
This study aims to determine the effect of germination time on the antioxidant activity of
Leucaena leucocephala (lmk.) de Wit (lead tree) sprouts. Determination of antioxidant activity
was carried out on ethanol extract of germinated seeds using β-carotene bleaching assay. The
results showed that the antioxidant activity of germinated seeds were affected by germination
time. Germination for 4 days affected the greatest enhancement in antioxidant activity by
2.78 fold and caused a significant increment in total phenolic content by 7.29, β-carotene by
3.27, ascorbic acid by 3.81 and α-tocopherol by 4.58 fold, respect to imbibed seeds. The total
phenolics content was 53.42±0.22 mg CAE/g dw, β-carotene was 530.99±71.13 10-3 mg/100 g,
ascorbic acid was 152.37±2.06 mg/100 g, and α-tocopherol was 59.27±0.10 mg/100 g sample.
The findings suggested that the L. leucocephala sprouts could be considered as a source of
natural antioxidant.
Affiliation:
- Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia
- Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia
- Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia
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