Jurnal Akademika Kimia, 11.
: 236-242.
November 2022 ISSN .
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id/index.
php/jak/ OPEN ACCESS Effect of Variation of Moringa Leaf Extract (Moringa oleifera L.
) on Antioxidant Activity of Edible Film CMC/Chitosan *Rezky A.
Zainuddin1.
Basuki Wirjosentono1,2 & Cut F.
Zuhra1,2 Postgraduate Program of Chemistry.
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science - Universitas Sumatera Utara.
Medan Ae Indonesia 20155 Department of Chemistry.
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science - Universitas Sumatera Utara.
Medan Ae Indonesia Received 26 September 2022.
Revised 20 October 2022.
Accepted 11 November 2022 doi:10.
22487/j24775185.
Abstract The edible film is an alternative to using synthetic polymer products because it is non-toxic, biodegradable, increases food safety, and extends food shelf life.
The purpose of this study was to see how the effect of adding Moringa leaf extract on the antioxidant activity of CMC/Chitosan edible film.
This study consisted of two stages, the first stage was extracting Moringa leaves using ethanol, and the second stage was making edible film CMC/chitosan with the addition of variations of Moringa leaf extract .
5%, 1%, 1.
5%, and 2%).
The results of the antioxidant activity test showed that the edible film with the best variation was EE with an IC50 value of 4.
45 ppm which was categorized as very strong and physical properties such as absorption, solubility, and water vapor transmission were 72.
19%, 92.
04%, and 6.
21 g/m2h.
Keywords: Edible film, antioxidant activity, moringa leaf extract As a result of the hydrophilic nature of Introduction CMC, the edible film produced will have high water The edible film is a biodegradable packaging absorption properties and low water resistance that functions as a food wrapper or coating that can (Bourbon et al.
, 2021.
Hashmi et al.
, 2021.
Salama be consumed together with the packaged product et al.
, 2019.
Salama et al.
, 2.
To correct this (Maan et al.
, 2021.
Santi et al.
, 2.
The basic weakness, chitosan was added to the CMC edible ingredients of edible films are proteins, film to increase the water resistance of the edible polysaccharides, and fats.
In the manufacture of film (Bangar et al.
, 2021.
Kalateh-Seifari et al.
edible films, one or a combination of these materials 2.
Chitosan is one of the developing can be used (Saputra et al.
, 2.
The edible film biomaterials in the food packaging industry (Yusof is an alternative to the use of synthetic polymer et al.
, 2.
Chitosan is a polysaccharide obtained products because of its advantages, namely non- from the deacetylation of chitin with toxicity, biodegradation, increasing food safety, and biodegradability, non-toxicity, biocompatibility, extending the shelf life of food.
In addition, edible and antifungal properties.
In addition, chitosan is films also function to protect food from useful as a stabilizer and emulsifier in the microorganisms, physical damage, moisture, and oil manufacture of edible films (Bangar et al.
, 2021.
(Homez-Jara et al.
, 2.
The advantage of edible Saputra et al.
, 2021.
Tavares et al.
, 2.
films compared to synthetic plastics is that they are The combination of CMC and chitosan more environmentally friendly.
Applications for the edible films resulted in poor physical properties use of edible films include wrapping candy, (Salama et al.
, 2019.
Saputra et al.
, 2.
To fix sausages, instant noodle seasonings, fruit, food, this problem, additives were added to the edible film salads, and other food wrappers (Santi et al.
, 2.
(Putri et al.
, 2.
The addition of additives to the Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) is a edible film mixture will produce edible films with polysaccharide derived from cellulose.
with non- good physical and, mechanical characteristics and and low permeability (Behrestaghi et al.
, 2020.
Wang et biocompatibility, so that it can be used as raw al.
, 2.
so it is hoped that with the addition of materials for making edible films (Hidayati et al.
, additives in the form of moringa leaf extract on Mahendra & Mitarlis, 2.
However, edible films will produce edible films that have good CMC-based edible films have a weakness that is antioxidant properties.
c *Correspondence:
Rezky A.
Zainuddin e-mail: rezkyainunz@gmail.
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retain the copyright of this article.
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Moringa leaves are one the natural antioxidants because they contain compounds such as ascorbic acid, carotenoids, and phenolic Among these bioactive compounds, the flavonoid group in Moringa leaves .
g, quercetin and kaempfero.
was found to be the main contributor to its antioxidant activity (Looi et al.
Moringa leaves also contain minerals, essential amino acids, and antioxidants such as vitamin C, and vitamin E, and are rich in other secondary metabolites.
The results of the phytochemical test of Moringa leaves show the presence of tannins, alkaloids, flavonoids, anthraquinone saponins, steroids, and triterpenoids that act as antioxidants (Tukiran et al.
, 2.
The antioxidant activity of Moringa leaf extract has been widely studied.
Previous researchers have researched the antioxidant activity of Moringa leaf extract using various methods such as DPPH.
ABTS, and FRAP.
The results of the study stated that Moringa leaf extract has great antioxidant value so it has the potential to be used as an antioxidant (Jahan et al.
, 2018.
Nobossy et al.
, 2018.
Tukiran et , 2020.
Xu et al.
, 2.
Based on the description above, the researcher wanted to see the effect of adding Moringa leaf extract to the CMC/Chitosan edible film on the antioxidant activity of the resulting edible film so that it can produce an edible film with good antioxidant activity.
Method Extraction of moringa leaf The Moringa leaf extraction process is carried out based on the method used (Susanty et al.
, 2.
Separate the Moringa leaves from the stems and them dry.
Moringa leaves that have been dried are crushed and sieved.
The Moringa leaf powder produced was put into a maceration bottle and macerated using ethanol for 3 days and filtered.
The resulting filtrate is then rotated through an evaporator to produce a concentrated extract.
Moringa leaf extract produced is stored in vials.
Edible film cmc/chitosan with the addition of moringa leaf extract CMC solution is made by dissolving CMC and aquadest.
Then homogenized using a stirrer for 60 minutes.
After that, the chitosan solution which had been dissolved with CH3COOH 1% was added and homogenized using a stirrer at 60 oC for 60 Then.
Moringa leaf extract was added with variations of 0.
5%, 1%, 1.
5%, and 2% and homogenized with a stirrer for 15-30 minutes.
After that, it was printed using an elcometer and dried in an oven at 45 oC for 24 hours.
The dried edible films were tested for water absorption, solubility, water vapor transmission rate, and antioxidant activity with DPPH.
Nb: EA = 0%.
EB = 0.
EC = 1%.
ED = 1.
5% and EE = 2% Characterization of edible film Assay of antioxidant activities The antioxidant activities of films were estimated using the 1, 1- diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH).
The antioxidant activities of the edible film were determined using the following equation .
% =
Water absorption (%) Water absorption is the ability of a sample to absorb water.
The water absorption test is done by measuring the initial mass of the sample to be tested (W.
, then putting it in a container containing aquadest for 5 minutes.
Then the sample is taken from a container containing aquadest and the water on the surface of the sample is removed with a tissue (Sariningsih et al.
, 2.
then the water absorbed by the sample is measured using the following equation .
% =
Solubility (%) Solubility on the edible film was carried out by cutting the edible film with a size of 2 y 2 cm and each weighed filter paper.
Edible film and filter paper were dried in an oven at 105 oC for 24 hours.
Weighed each separately and marked as initial weight (W.
After that, put the edible film wrapped in filter paper and immersed in a vessel containing 50 ml of distilled water for 24 hours while stirring Then the insoluble filter paper and edible film were dried in an oven at 105 oC for 24 hours, after that the edible film and filter paper was weighed and marked as final weight (W.
(Arifin et , 2.
Then the edible film is measured using the following equation .
% =
Water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) The water vapor transmission rate test was measured by the gravimetrically determined cup Cut the edible film into the shape of a circle with a diameter according to the surface of the The initial weight of the cup was weighed and 3 grams of silica gel was added.
Tied edible film on a cup containing silica gel.
Coated with liquid wax on the surface of the edible film.
Conditioned at room temperature for 24 hours.
Weighed the final weight of the sample and measured using the following equation .
OIW
OIW the weight change before and after the test .
t is the test time .
, and A is the test area .
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Table 2.
Absorbance and inhibition (%) of edible film EB Results and Discussion Antioxidant activities Antioxidant activity was carried out using the DPPH method.
The DPPH method is one of the antioxidant test methods to determine antioxidant This method was chosen because it is a simple, easy, fast, and sensitive method and only requires a small sample to evaluate the antioxidant activity of natural compounds (Molyneux, 2.
The principle of this DPPH method is that there is a change in the intensity of the purple color of the DPPH which is proportional to the concentration of the DPPH solution.
DPPH free radicals which have unpaired electrons will give a purple color.
The color will turn yellow when the electrons are paired.
This change in the intensity of the purple color occurs due to the reduction of free radicals produced by the reaction of the DPPH molecule with the hydrogen atoms released by the sample compound molecules to form DPPH compounds and cause the DPPH color to decay from purple to yellow.
This color change will give a change in absorbance at the maximum wavelength of DPPH, which is 517 nm so that the value of free radical scavenging activity will be known which is expressed by the IC50 (Inhibitory concentratio.
The IC50 value is defined as the concentration of the test compound that can reduce free radicals by 50%.
The smaller the IC50 value, the higher the free radical scavenging activity (Nuraeni & Sulistijowati, 2.
Figure 1.
Reaction DPPH with antioxidants Concentration .
Blanko Absorbance Inhibition (%) Table 3.
Absorbance and inhibition (%) of edible film EC Concentration .
Blanko Absorbance Inhibition (%) Table 4.
Absorbance and inhibition (%) of edible film ED Concentration .
Blanko Absorbance Inhibition (%) Table 5.
Absorbance and inhibition (%) of edible film EE Concentration .
Blanko Absorbance Inhibition (%) Table 6.
Absorbance and inhibition (%) of vitamin c as a control (Rizkayanti et al.
, 2.
The absorbance value obtained will be used to calculate the percent inhibition by equation .
The following absorbance values and percent inhibition are presented in Tables 1-6.
Table 1.
Absorbance and inhibition (%) of edible film EA Concentration .
Blanko Absorbance Inhibition (%) Concentration .
Blanko Absorbance Inhibition (%) After determining the percentage of inhibition, then a figure of the relationship between the concentration of edible film on the X-axis and the percentage of inhibition on the Y-axis is made, which is presented in Figure 2.
Based on Figures 2-7, a linear regression line equation is generated for each edible film and vitamin C.
Through the linear regression line equation, the value (IC.
is calculated by substituting the Y value with a value of 50 so that the IC50 value for each edible film is presented in Table 7.
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Table 7 Inhibitory concentration (IC.
Edible Film
IC50
Category Weak Medium Medium Strong Very Strong Based on the test results of antioxidant activity, it can be seen that with the increase in the amount of Moringa leaf extract mixed in the edible film solution, the IC50 value decreases.
The highest IC50 value was edible film EE .
ithout Moringa leaf extrac.
and the lowest was edible film EE .
% Moringa leaf extrac.
with a value of 4.
45 ppm.
The same opinion was expressed by research by Nuraeni & Sulistijowati .
which stated that the addition of antioxidant compounds to edible films was proven to be efficient in increasing antioxidant The same opinion was expressed by research by Rizkayanti et al.
, the more concentration of Moringa leaf extract added, the more antioxidant compound particles contained, so the greater the antioxidant activity.
In this study, with the addition of Moringa leaf extract to the edible film, the antioxidant properties of the edible film increased, indicated by the decreasing value of IC50.
The smaller the IC50 value, the stronger the antioxidant activity (Sulistijowati et al.
, 2.
Inhibition (%) Inhibition (%) Concentration .
Figure 3.
Correlation between edible film EB concentration and percent inhibition Inhibition (%) Inhibition (%) Concentration .
Figure 2.
Correlation between edible film EA concentration and percent inhibition Concentration .
Concentration .
Figure 4.
Correlation between edible film EC concentration and percent inhibition Figure 5.
Correlation between edible film ED concentration and percent inhibition Rezky A.
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Inhibition (%) Inhibition (%) Concentration .
Concentration .
Figure 6.
Correlation between edible film EE concentration and percent inhibition Figure 7.
Correlation between vitamin C concentration and percent inhibition Based on the IC50 value, antioxidants are Table 8.
Category of antioxidants 19% which was owned by EE.
The increase in absorption is due to the hydrophilic nature of the Moringa leaf extract.
Solubility is one of the main parameters in edible films when used as packaging for a product.
The results of the solubility test showed that the solubility test on the edible film increased with the increase in the amount of Moringa leaf extract The solubility value increased from 78.
04% which was owned by the edible film EE.
The solubility value in the results of this study can be said to be quite high compared to other studies.
According to (Pitak & Rakshit, 2.
, the high solubility of edible films makes it easy for edible films to dissolve in water.
Edible films with high solubility are very good for use in ready-to-eat food products because they dissolve easily when Solubility relates to the physical properties of the edible films' ability to dissolve in water so that when discharged into the environment they can decompose naturally.
The higher the concentration of Moringa leaf extract added, the more solubility tends to increase, this is because Moringa leaf extract has properties that can bind to water .
Inhibitory Concentration (IC.
Category IC50 <10 ppm Very Strong IC50 10-50 ppm Strong IC50 50-100 ppm Medium IC50 100-250 ppm Weak IC50 >250 ppm Non Active (Susanty et al.
, 2.
As a comparison, vitamin C was used as a positive control because vitamin C is a strong The IC50 value of vitamin C used was 243 ppm.
Based on IC50, edible film EE, and vitamin C are categorized as very strong Water absorption, solubility, and water vapor transmission rate The test results showed that with the addition of Moringa leaf extract in a mixture of edible film solutions, there was an increase from 59.
07% to Table 9.
Water absorption, solubility, and water vapor transmission Sample Water Absorption (%) Solubility (%) Water Vapor Transmission Rate .
/m2 .
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The water vapor transmission rate test serves to determine the resistance of a film to water and gas in units of area and to find out how long the strength of a film is to withstand the entry of water so that the shelf life of a product can be extended (Dwimayasanti & Kumayanjati, 2.
Good WVP for the packaging of a food product that can absorb small water vapor so that the packaged product can avoid damage caused by air.
From the table, edible film EE has the highest value with a value of 6.
/m2.
The WVTR value produced is still at a predetermined standard by the Japanese Industrial Standard .
(Dwimayasanti & Kumayanjati, 2.
which is a maximum of 10 g/m2.
The WVP value obtained depends on the ratio of the material with hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties to the composition of the edible film formulation.
Edible films that have a high water vapor transmission value are generally made of protein and polysaccharides.
The addition of chitosan was able to restrain the rate of water vapor transmission due to its hydrophobic nature, but because of the hydrophilic nature of Moringa leaf extract.
So that the more the amount of Moringa leaf extract added to the WVTR increased.
Conclusions Edible film CMC/Chitosan with variations in the addition of 2% Moringa leaf extract produced an edible film that has good antioxidant activity with an IC50 value of 4.
45 ppm which is categorized as a strong antioxidant.
The test results of water absorption, solubility, and water vapor transmission rate were 72.
19%, 92.
04%, and 6.
/m2.
Acknowledgments The author thanks Laboratorium Ilmu Dasar (LIDA) Kimia Universitas Sumatera Utara for facilitating this research and to the entire team who have worked hard to help complete the writing and References