Antioxidant activity test on ambonese banana stem sap (Musa parasidiaca var. sapientum)

• Main Authors: Hendrik Setia Budi, Indah Listiana Kriswandini, Aditya Dana Iswar
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English; Indonesian
• Published: Faculty of Dental Medicine Universitas Airlangga 2015
• Subjects: R Medicine; RD92-97.8 Emergency surgery. Wounds and injuries; RK Dentistry
• Online Access: http://repository.unair.ac.id/85926/2/Antioxidant%20activity%20test.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/85926/8/ambonese.turnitin.pdf.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/85926/9/pereview.2009.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/85926/11/Dr.Indah%20%28Anti%20Oxidant%29.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/85926/
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Background: Polymorphonuclear cells (PMN) release oxygen free radicals or reactive oxygen species (ROS) during inflammation. As a result, ROS level is higher than antioxidant level in our body during oxidative stress leading to prolong inflammation or continuous tissue damage. Indonesia, on the othe...