Variation of Sesamin, Sesamolin, and Sesamol Contents in Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Cultivars from Indonesia

Abstract

Sesame is a source of food oil which have high antioxidant activity. Sesame oil is widely used as a good source of natural antioxidants in food, medicine, and oil industry. Indonesia developed some sesame varieties which are named as Sumberrejo (SBR) 1, 2, 3 4 and Wijen Nasional (Winas) 1 and Winas 2. Sesame oil which derived from sesame seed has an antioxidant activity of 23.15%,20.37%, 18.93%,15.32%, 17.81%, 18.14%, RSA (Radical Scavenging Activity) on test DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) 0.1 mMol, respectively for Winas 1, Winas 2, SBR-1, 2,3, and 4 varieties. The highest content of sesamolin lignan was in Winas 1 varieties of 126.66 mg / 100 g, followed by Winas 2 of 121.47 and SBR-1 of 120.18 mg / 100 g of seeds Indonesian sesame variety potentially can be use as a source of natural antioxidant due to its lignan content which have high antioxidant activity.