Antioxidant activity of loloh Malaka fruit (Phyllanthus emblica L.) in Ayurveda Medication: How it supports environmental conservation

Traditional medication method in Bali use the Ayurveda principle known as Usadha. Usadha used herb or fruit as main component of medicine. One of them is Malaka fruit (Phyllanthus emblica L.) and commonly in Bali known as kalimaka, kalimoko, kamlika. Malaka can be processed through boiling using water and consumed as traditional drink (loloh). Malaka fruit has been known to contain vitamin C as antioxidant. Therefore, this research aims to determinant the antioxidant activity of malaka fruit loloh using DPPH (2,2-difenil-1-pikrillhidrazil). The result showed that malaka fruit loloh obtained was antioxidant activity with antioxidant capacity 164 mg/100 mL and IC50 691,1 µg/Ml. Further contains vitamin C obtained was 0,184 mg/100mL, Flavonoid was 3,15 mg/100mL, phenol was 375 mg/100mL and tannin was 546 mg/mL. Based on these result malaka fruit loloh can be use as on alternative for traditional medication.