Drumstick (Moringa oleifera) variation in biomass and total flavonoid content in Indonesia

Abstract

Abstract. Ridwan, Hamim, Suharsono, Hidayati N, Gunawan I. 2021. Drumstick (Moringa oleifera) variation in biomass and total flavonoid content in Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22: 493-500. Utilization of a drumstick (Moringa oleifera Lam.) leaf has recently increased worldwide which consequently cause the increase in global demand. Indonesia, as a tropical country with large area, has a great potential to become a center for drumstick cultivation and leaf production. Drumstick distribution scattered in almost all of the islands of Indonesia has another potential for obtaining superior genotype variabilities. The aim of this study was to select the drumstick accessions from several islands in Indonesia with high leaf biomass production and flavonoid content. This experiment was carried out in the field using ten accessions of drumstick from ten islands in Indonesia, namely Sumatra, Java, Madura, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Papua. Drumstick seeds were planted in polybags with a capacity of 10 kg and arranged using a randomized block design with three replications. The parameters observed were plant growth, biomass production, total flavonoid content, and antioxidant activity. The results of this study found that Sumatra accession was the accession which had the highest leaf biomass production in combination with the uppermost total flavonoid content and antioxidant activity compared to others. Sumatra accession is recommended as an excellent accession for cultivation with the aim of producing flavonoids.

Metabolite correlation with antioxidant activity in different fruit maturation stages of Physalis peruviana

“…The increase of flavonoid concentration was associated with the increasing activity of chalcone synthase as the precursor of flavonoid biosynthesis (Lewinsohn et al 1989). Aside maturation stage, the flavonoid content of fruit could also be affected by genotype and modification of the growing environment (Ridwan et al 2021;Omidi et al 2018;Golkar and Taghizadeh 2018;Pan and Guo 2016).…”