Evaluation on Phytochemical and Antioxidant Analysis of Tarap (Artocarpus odorastissimus) Fruit

Abstract

To unveil the antioxidant capacity and capability of Tarap (Artocarpus odorastissimus) fruit as well as to determine which parts of Tarap (Artocarpus odorastissimus) fruit such as flesh, peel, and seed contain the highest amount of phytochemicals, the study conducted will be highlighting the true potential Tarap fruit can carry in all of its components (i.e., flesh, peel, and seed). The study emphasises the need for exploring more tropical fruit species especially Artocarpus species that are undoubtedly have higher content of antioxidant. The phytochemical screening which is qualitative analysis performed is to give evidence of the existence of very beneficial phytochemicals such as Alkaloids, Tannins, Saponins, Phenolic compounds, and Terpenoids which are highly valued in pharmaceutical industry. Furthermore, the antioxidant analysis is conducted which is a quantitative analysis, solely to measure the exact amount of antioxidant in all parts of Tarap fruit.