Fasya 2020 IOP Conf. Ser. Earth Environ. Sci. 456 012009
Fasya 2020 IOP Conf. Ser. Earth Environ. Sci. 456 012009
Fasya 2020 IOP Conf. Ser. Earth Environ. Sci. 456 012009
Abstract. Hydrilla verticillata contains some active compounds that potential as an antioxidant,
antibacterial, anticancer, antimicrobial and antitumor. One of the active compounds in Hydrilla
verticillata is steroids. This research aimed to isolate, to identify and to determine the toxicity
and antioxidant activity of steroid compounds in petroleum ether (PE) fraction of Hydrilla
verticillata. Hydrilla verticillata biomass powder was extracted by maceration using ethanol
solvent. The ethanol extract was hydrolyzed with 2 N of hydrochloric acid and then partitioned
with petroleum ether solvent. The steroid compounds from petroleum ether fraction were
separated with Preparative Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) and Column Chromatography.
The steroid isolates were identified by UV-Vis and FTIR spectrophotometer. The toxicity level
and antioxidant assay of steroid isolates were determined by BSLT and DPPH method,
respectively. The result of the study showed that extraction through maceration produced 4.54%
yield, whereas the product yield of the partition using petroleum ether was 65.41%. The steroid
isolates from TLC and Column Chromatography separation has toxicity and antioxidant
properties. The LC50 value of steroid TLC isolate was 1.41 and 12.2 ppm. The LC50 value of
steroid Column Chromatography isolates (H2, H4 and H10) were 4.32, 8.24 and 10.35 ppm. The
EC50 value of H2 Column Chromatography isolate was 23.00 ppm.
1. Introduction
Hydrilla verticillata are aquatic plants that are often found in Indonesian waters [1]. This plant is found
in rivers, reservoirs and lakes [2]. According to Hasanah [3], Lake Ranu Grati Pasuruan is a lake
dominated by H. verticillata, but there has not been a maximum utilization due to the lack of exploration
from the community.
Utilization of H. verticillata in Developing Countries such as India has been used as fish food and
organic fertilizer [4], whereas in Indonesia H. verticillata is still used as an aquarium decoration. The
H. verticillata has various antioxidant and antimicrobial activities [5], antitumor [2], antimalarial [6],
antiaging, detoxification agent [7], and anti-inflammatory [8]. These diverse activities are due to the
presence of secondary metabolites in H. verticillata. The secondary metabolite compounds contained in
H. verticillata include alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, triterpenoids and steroids [9].
Secondary metabolites are known as potential compounds as drugs. Steroids are secondary
metabolites that have certain activities, such as the algal extract of Tydemnia expeditions containing
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steroids which can inhibit the growth of prostate cancer [10]. According to [11], stigmast-5-en-3β-ol
steroids and stigmasterol from Dysoxylum alliceum stem bark which can be used as anticancer in MCF-
7 breast cancer. The potential of steroid compounds as a drug can be the basis for the importance of
isolating steroid compounds from H. verticillata.
H. verticillata in this study were taken from Ranu Grati Pasuruan Lake. The presence of H.
verticillata in the lake is very abundant, but its utilization is still not optimal. H. verticillata in this study
will be isolated steroid compounds using ethanol maceration, hydrolized than partitioned using
petroleum ether, separated using TLC and column chromatography which will then be tested for toxicity
to shrimp larvae of Artemia Salina L and tested for antioxidant activity against DPPH. The results of
the steroid isolate obtained can be identified by UV-Vis and FTIR.
2. Methods
2.1. Materials
The material used in this study was H. verticillata from Ranu Lake Pasuruan were n-hexane 96%,
sulfuric acid 98%, chloroform 96%, ethanol 95%, HCl 2 N, saturated Na-bicarbonate, ethyl acetate p.a,
acetic anhydride p.a, ethanol p.a. dimethyl sulfoxide, bread yeast, seawater, silica gel F254 plate, silica
gel 60 (0.063-0.200 mm), DPPH, and Artemia salina L. eggs.
2.2. Methods
2.2.1. Sample Preparation. H. verticillata is taken from the surface of Ranu Grati Lake water. Samples
taken as much as 10 Kg, then dried for 7 days. Furthermore, the dry sample was mashed in the Materia
Medika Batu and sieved with a size of ± 90 mesh.
2.2.2. Analysis of Water Content. Porcelain cups are heated in an oven at 100 – 105 ºC for 15 minutes
to remove the water content. The plates were stored in a desiccator for 10 minutes, then the plates were
weighed and the same treatment was repeated until they reached a constant weight. The 5 g of
H. verticillata powder was put into the cup and heated at a temperature of 100 – 105 ºC ± 15 minutes.
The cup was put in a desiccator for 10 minutes then weighed and the same treatment was repeated until
it reached a constant weight.
2.2.3. Extraction of Hydrilla verticillata Active Compounds. Extraction of active components in the
sample is done by maceration extraction or immersion of the sample with ethanol solvent. A total of 100
g of H. verticillata fine powder was added with 500 mL ethanol and then shaken using a shaker for
24 hours at a speed of 120 rpm and soaked for 24 hours. The immersion extract is filtered with a Buchner
funnel to produce filtrate and residue. The filtrate is collected in an Erlenmeyer and the residue is
extracted again with the same solvent and the treatment is repeated 5 times. The five extracts from the
extraction are combined into one, then concentrated using a rotary evaporator vacuum. The concentrated
ethanol extract obtained was then weighed and the yield calculated.
2.2.4. Hydrolysis and Concentrated ethanol Extract Partition. Concentrated ethanol extract of H.
verticillata was taken as much as 10 g and placed into a beaker, then added 10 mL HCl for hydrolysis.
The hydrolysis process is carried out for 1 hour and homogenized with a magnetic stirrer at room
temperature, then added saturated sodium bicarbonate to neutral pH. The hydrolysis results are then
partitioned with 50 mL of petroleum ether in a separating funnel and allowed to stand until two layers
are formed, the organic layer and the water layer. Each layer formed is then separated. The organic layer
is taken then concentrated with a vacuum rotary evaporator. The results of the petroleum ether fraction
obtained can be weighed and the yield calculated.
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2.2.5. Phytochemical Steroids Test for ethanol Extract and Petroleum Ether Fraction. Steroid
phytochemical tests are carried out on the results of extraction and hydrolysis-partition results. The
results of ethanol extract and petroleum ether fraction H. verticillata were tested phytochemically by
using Liebermann Burchard reagent, each sample was put into a test tube, then dissolved in 0.5 mL
chloroform and 0.5 mL acetic acid anhydrous. The mixture is then added to 1-2 mL of sulfuric acid in
the tube wall, if a bluish-green is formed it indicates the presence of steroid compounds in the extraction
and hydrolysis-partition results.
2.2.6. Separation of Steroid Compounds by Preparative Thin Layer Chromatography. Samples were
taken as the result of partition 10 mg and then diluted with 10 mL of petroleum ether. Separation P-TLC
used steroids with silica gel plate F254 is activated by heating in an oven at a temperature of 100-105 °C
for 30 minutes. Each plate with a size of 10 x 20 cm. petroleum ether fractions which have been
reconstituted with the solvent spotted at a distance of 1 cm from the bottom edge of the plate with the
capillary tube, then drain and eluted using the eluent n-hexaneethyl acetate (4:1). The stain of separation
results then observed under UV light at wavelengths of 254 and 366 nm.
2.2.7. Separation of H. verticillata petroleum ether fraction by Step Gradient Polarity (SGP) Column
Chromatography. The 0.067 g petroleum ether fraction of H. verticillata was initially dissolved in 1 mL
of n-hexane: ethyl acetate (95:5) solvent. Several samples of dissolved petroleum ether fraction are then
put into a column. Separation of n-hexane fraction compounds using column chromatography with a
stationary phase in the form of silica gel 60, column diameter of 1 cm, and column length of 50 cm. The
elution process is carried out in a gradient with a comparison of n-hexane: ethyl acetate mobile phase
(95: 5, 90:10, 85:15, 80:20, 75:25, and 70:30) with a volume of 100 mL each. The results in the form of
eluate from column chromatography will be accommodated into vials every 2 mL [12].
2.2.8. Monitoring of Steroid Isolate Results with ATLC. Even-numbered vials on the results of the
separation of column chromatography will be grouped based on the comparison of their mobile phase
and monitored by Analytical Thin Layer Chromatography (ATLC). The monitoring process uses a
10x10 cm F254 silica gel plate which has been activated at 110 °C for 30 minutes. The isolates from
each vial were then bottled on a silica plate that was marked ± 1 cm from the bottom edge and top edge.
The bottling of isolates was carried out with capillary tubes 10 times periodically by drying, then eluted
with the mobile phase of n-hexane: ethyl acetate (17:3) [13].
The next process is to analyze the results of the spot on the plate, if a bluish-green colour is formed
then it shows the presence of steroids [14]. Stains on plates that have the same Rf value and the same
spots, then combined into one as the same fraction, then the results of these isolates can be tested for
toxicity to Artemia s and tested its antioxidant activity against DPPH.
2.2.9. Toxicity Test of Steroid Isolates. Toxicity tests on the steroid isolates resulting from TLC and
column chromatography began with the hatching of Artemia salina L. eggs. A. salina eggs were hatched
in hatching containers filled with seawater which was aerated and irradiated with
fluorescent/incandescent lamps. Eggs of Artemia salina L. as much as 2.5 mg were put into a container
containing 250 mL of seawater, then aerated for ± 48 hours with a hatching temperature of 25-30 °C.
Hatched shrimp larvae are ready to be used as test animals.
The results of steroid isolates in each vial weighing 1 mg were dissolved with n-hexane as much as
10 mL to make a stock solution of 100 ppm. The stock solutions obtained were then pipetted 100, 200,
300, 400 and 500 μL respectively, which were each put into 5 vials and evaporated by the solvent. After
the solvent in each vial evaporates 100 mL of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is added, one drop of 60%
bread yeast solution, 2 mL of seawater, is shaken until mixed. The mixed solution was put into a 10 mL
volumetric flask and then demarcated with seawater and homogenized. After each solution was marked,
the concentration of the solution was 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 ppm, then each concentration of the solution was
transferred into a vial bottle and 10 larvae of Artemia salina shrimp were added for observation.
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2.2.10.2 Measurement of Antioxidant Activity in Samples. Each isolate was dissolved in a 95% ethanol
sailor with a concentration of 50 ppm and its antioxidant activity was tested using a UV-Vis
spectrophotometer at the obtained λmax. Then the best antioxidant activity test results vary in
concentrations of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 ppm. Isolate each concentration pipetted 3 mL and added 1 mL DPPH
0.2 mM then incubated at 37 for 90 minutes, then absorbance was measured using a UV-Vis
spectrophotometer at λmax that was obtained. The absorbance data obtained from each concentration of
each sample was calculated as a per cent (%) of its antioxidant activity.
2.2.11. Identification of Steroid Compounds. Identification of isolated compounds using UV-Vis, FT-
IR. Steroid isolates from column chromatography were identified by UV-Vis at a wavelength of 200-
800 nm. Steroid isolates were also identified using FT-IR by mixing the evaporated steroid isolates with
0.2 g KBr pellets.
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The monitoring results showed the presence of isolated compounds with a single stain and mixture,
a single stain formed in TLC showed a good level of separation of a compound. Six single isolates
obtained in this study were thought to be 3 steroid isolates and 3 triterpenoid isolates as in Table 2 below.
Table 2. Results of Monitoring and Incorporation of Vials.
Isolate Vial colour UV254/366 Rf alleged compound
H2 5-11 Black 0.80 Steroid
H4 15-61 Black 0.77 Steroid
H6 64-66 Red 0.70 Triterpenoid
H8 76-79 Red 0.66 Triterpenoid
H10 83-96 Green 0.75 Steroid
H12 100-110 Red 0.47 Triterpenoid
Based on the results in Table 2, isolate H2, H4 and H10 which is a suspected steroid compound will
be continued with a toxicity test against Artemia salina shrimp larvae. In addition, there is also the
petroleum ether fraction whose toxicity is tested to determine the potential of the sample before and
after it is isolated by column chromatography.
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The results of the calculation of per cent (%) of antioxidant activity in Table 4.2 show that the isolate
steroid Hydrilla has antioxidant activity. The value of per cent (%) of antioxidants increases with the
increase in the concentration used. The highest value of steroid isolates was at a concentration of 5 ppm.
This shows that the more concentration used, the more DPPH radicals are stabilized by antioxidant
compounds found in the sample. Data obtained from the calculation of the value of per cent (%) of
antioxidant activity is used to calculate EC50 which is the main parameter in the measurement of
antioxidant activity. EC50 results from all Hydrilla verticillata steroid isolates were obtained at 23.00
ppm. Antioxidants are very strong if the EC50 value is less than 50 [19].
4. Conclusion
The steroid isolates from TLC and Column Chromatography separation has toxicity and antioxidant
properties. Based on toxicity test, LC50 value of steroid TLC isolate was 1.41 and 12.2 ppm, whereas
the LC50 value of Column Chromatography isolates (H2, H4 ad H10) was 4.32, 8.24 and 10.35 ppm.
EC50 value of H2 Column Chromatography isolate was 23.00 ppm.
Acknowledgements
The Ministry of Religious Affairs Republic of Indonesia and LP2M Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN)
Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang which is funded this research through Penelitian Kompetitif 2019
program.
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