Bioactivity and Antioxidant Test of Hexadecanoic Acid and β-Sitosterol Isolated from Hydroid Aglaophenia Cupressina Lamoureoux

Abstract

The research on the bioactivity and antioxidant test of hexadecanoic acid and β-sitosterol compunds isolated from hydroid Aglaophenia cupressina Lamoureoux had been done. The purpose of research was to determine the bioactivity of hexadecanoic acid and β-sitosterol through toxicity test using Artemia salina Leach as antioxidant. The research was conducted at the Laboratory of Environmental and Marine Sciences, Department of Biology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Hasanuddin, Makassar. The method used in this study was Brine Shrimp Lethality Test (BSLT) for toxicity and Diphenil picry hidrazil (DPPH) methods test for antioxidant. The results showed that hexadecanoic acid has a high toxicity and β-sitosterol has no toxicity based toxicity tests using Artemia salina Leach. The hexadecanoic acid and β-sitosterol did not have antioxidant activity.