Abstract :
Cinnamon bark contains compounds that can be used as traditional
medicine. The content of compounds in cinnamon bark are flavonoids, saponins,
tannins, alkaloids, eugenols, and cinnamaldehydes. One of the contents of
cinnamon bark compound is flavonoids which have antioxidant activity. The
purpose of this study was to determine the antioxidant activity content in
cinnamon bark ethanol extract from maceration and socletation extraction
methods using UV-Vis spectrophotometry. The method of extracting compounds
in this study uses maceration and sokhletation extraction methods, while for
testing the antioxidant activity in this study using the FRAP method. The results
of the search by comparing the two extraction methods obtained better yields on
the maceration method with a yield of 70.2%. Antioxidant activity test using
FRAP method found antioxidant activity on cinnamon bark extraction method that
is 0.24880 mgAAE / g extract with %KV that is 0.06%. Whereas the extraction of
cinnamon bark soccletation on a 50µl pipeline had a smaller antioxidant activity
of 0.09678 mgAAE / g extract with an average %KV of 0.11%. Comparison test
with ANOVA analysis obtained sig. <0.05 ie there is a significant comparison
between antioxidant activity between maceration and socletation extraction
methods.