Extraction of Catechins from Areca catechu L.Peel with different Solvent Type for Feed Additive of Broiler

Abstract

Catechins are secondary metabolites compound of flavonoids group that is naturally produced by plants and have health benefits as cholesterol-lowering, antioxidant, antimicrobial in mice.Rapid growth in broilers is often followed by high-fat growth as well, thus causing a high cholesterol content in the broiler's meat especially in thigh meatand wings.Feeding extract catechin in broiler as feed additive will reduce cholesterol or fat in broiler's meat. The catechins could be extracted by maceration method, so far there is no information about the type of solvent and extraction method for extraction of catechin from Areca catechu peel. The aims of this study to obtain the best combination of solvent type and maceration duration in extracting of catechins from betel nut peel. Areca catechu peel used in this study is a green-colored fruit peel, which washarvested from betel nut seeds in Batu Balang village,

Evaluation of Antibacterial Activity of Aqueous, Ethanolic and Methanolic Extracts of Areca Nut Fruit on Selected Bacteria

“…Fruits of this plant include Catechin alpha and seeds contain Arecodin, Arecatine, Beta-Sitosterol, about 15% tannin, approximately 14% fatty acids, little sucrose, Mannan, and Galactan [11,12]. Catechins are produced by plant naturally and are a metabolic secondary from tannin [13] and have antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. Tannin in Areca Nut exhibits antibacterial and antifungal activities, too [10,14,15].…”