ANALYSIS OF RED SPINACH (AMARANTHUS TRICOLOR) AS AN ANTIOXIDANT

Abstract

Spinach (Amaranthus spp.) is an annual plant originating from tropical America. In Indonesia, only two types of cultivated spinach are known, namely pulled spinach (Amaranthus tricolor) and snapper spinach (Amaranthus hybridus). Spinach snapper is also known as year spinach, turus spinach or bathok spinach, and is grown as picked spinach. Pulled spinach consists of two varieties, one of which is red spinach. It has the main constituent compounds, namely rutin and violaxanthin