The Comparison of Refined Sugar Concentration in Hard Candy Nutgrass Extract Formulation (Cyperus rotundus L.)

Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience due to actual or potential tissue damage. also a warning form of the danger One people who often pain women, especially during menstruation. Based on American Family Physician, incidence dysmenorrhea throughout world still very large, percentage in average more than 50% ranging from 15.8-89.5% women each country. Some take analgesic drugs regularly. Nutgrass (Cyperus rotundus) contains wide variety secondary metabolites, one which flavonoids, has analgesics effect. This research was aimed compare level refined sugar hard candy formulation nutgrass. Extraction flavonoids can be done by infusion method. The processed into preparations. conducted adding sugar. In first using as much 47 grams second 62 grams. results found that formula where content lower (47 grams) could not crystallize perfectly, while higher (62 well. Hence, it said make