Abstract :
Heavy metal pollution can have a negative impact on health, one of which
is cadmium (Cd) metal. Cadmium that is accidentally ingested can cause various
damage to the body's physiological systems. Secondary metabolites that are
capable of binding metals are flavonoids, alkaloids and tannins. One of the foods
containing these secondary metabolites is tempe koro benguk (Mucuna pruriens
L.). In this study, a cadmium metal binding test was carried out with ethanol 70%
extract of koro benguk tempe (Mucuna pruriens L.), by mixing 20 ppm cadmium
metal solution with each concentration of koro benguk tempe extract sample with
a variation 2 ppm, 4 ppm, 6 ppm, 8 ppm and 10 ppm for 30 minutes. The
remaining cadmium measured by the Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry. The
aims of this research were to know the ability of ethanol extract of 70% koro
benguk tempe (Mucuna pruriens L.) to reduce content of cadmium (Cd) metal and
the concentration of ethanol extract of 70% koro benguk tempe (Mucuna pruriens
L.) that can reduce the highest content of cadmium (Cd) metal. The results of this
research were showed that the concentration of 70% ethanol extract of koro
benguk tempe (Mucuna pruriens L.) 6 ppm can reduce the content of cadmium
(Cd) metal of 76,21%.