COMPARISON OF REFLUX AND MACERATION METHODS ON TOTAL FLAVONOID CONTENT FROM SONGGA LEAF EXTRACT

Abstract

Background: The songga plant is one of the plants belonging to the longganiacea family and empirically the people of Bima Dompu, West Nusa Tenggara use songga, including leaves, wood and roots. Songga leaves contain Alkaloid, Flavonoid, Saponin and Tannin compounds. Objectives: The aim of this research was to determine the comparison of extraction methods between maceration and reflux and determine the total flavonoid content of songga (stryhnous ligustrina) leaf extract. Method: The design of this research was experimental using a comparative method by comparing two extraction methods, namely macereation and reflux, on total flavonoid levels. Results: of research on total flavonoid levels from songga leaf extract using the reflux method (32.14028mgEK/g). higher compared to the maceration method (29.5755mgE/g). It was concluded that the reflux method was higher than the maceration method.