Judul: Effetcs of Pretreatment and Drying Temperature on Quality of Dried Bamboo Shoots (Dendrocalamus membranaceus Munro)
Abstrak: Whole bamboo shoots (Dendrocalamus membranaceus Munro) freshly harvested in Doi Tung were blanched at 90-100 ⁰C in various concentrations of sodium metabisulfite solution (0, 0.5%, 1.0%, and 1.5%) for ten minutes, as pretreatment, and then dried at various temperatures (50 ⁰C, 60 ⁰C, and 70 ⁰C) using a laboratory scale hot air drier. Effects of both pretreatment and drying temperature on quality of dried bamboo shoots were evaluated. There were seven parameters observed: drying time, aw, color, rehydration ratio, shrinkage, firmness, and total residual sulfites. Results showed that drying time decreased with increase in the drying temperature (p<0.01) while both pretreatment and drying temperature had no significant effect (p>0.05) on aw and shrinkage of dried bamboo shoots. Moreover, L* value, b* value, and rehydration ratio increased with increase in concentration of sodium metabisulfite and decrease in drying temperature, whereas a* value increased. The higher b* value and rehydration ratio (p<0.01) were found in samples blanched in 1.5% Na2S2O5 solution and dried at 50 ⁰C and samples blanched in 1.0% Na2S2O5 solution and dried at 60 ⁰C. It was also observed that total residual sulfites in dried-sulfited sample was quite high, ranged from 1250 to 3378 ppm SO2 while the sample blanched in 1.5% Na2S2O5 solution had higher residual sulfites than the other concentrations. Based on the parameters, sample blanched in 1.0% Na2S2O5 solution and then dried at 60 ⁰C was chosen to be the best sample. Results of rating hedonic test confirmed that the rehydrated of the best sample was more preferrable than the rehydrated-commercial dried bamboo shoots. It is suggested that blanching in 1.0% Na2S2O5 solution and then drying at 60 ⁰C is a better drying condition to produce dried bamboo shoots with a desired quality and applicable in Doi Tung.
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Judul: Konservasi Lima Jenis Bambu Ditinjau dari Stimulus Manfaat rebung
Abstrak: Bamboo shootsis a part plant that useful as nutraceuticals or commonly called as functional foods, and also beneficial for health. The purpose of this research is to identify the best type of bamboo shoots and review stimulus benefits of bamboo shootand identified bamboo conservation actions by the community Kampung Pasir Peundeuy. This research was done at Organoleptic Test Laboratory IPB, Center for Agro Industry (BBIA), and Kampung Pasir Peundeuy Bogor from June-August 2013. The data was collected by Organoleptic test and cyanide test to determine the type of bamboo shoots superior, field observation and interviewing by snowball method. Based on the research, the bamboo shoots of bamboo gombong the best type with color parameters of 5.49, 4.71 for scent, 5.60 for texture and 4.20 for flavor. Bamboo gombong has the lowest levels of cyanide at 53 mg/kg. The usefulness type of bamboo shoot which is done by village public are 80% for food and 20% for medicine. Conservation of bamboo is still less, because 30 % of respondents who ever did the cultivation of bamboo.
Keyword: stimulus benefits., conservation, bamboo shoots

Judul: Leukemia pada kucing
Abstrak: Leukemia pada kucing adalah suatu penyakit yang sangat patogen, disebabkan oleh sejenis virus. Virus ini dikenal sebagai Feline Leukemia Virus atau FeLV. FeLV ini oleh beberapa ahli dikatakan hanya bersifat ganas pada hewan kucing. Penularannya bisa secara horizontal maupun congenital. Kucing pada semua tingkat umur dapat terserang oleh FeLV ini. Khusus pada bentuk "thymic leukemia", virus ini hanya menyerang anak-anak kucing berumur diba- wah 1 tahun. Kucing-kucing liar atau yang tidak terpeli- hara jarang sekali terinfeksi FeLV. Selain dari serangan virus FeLV itu sendiri, maka penyakit leukemia ini bisa disebabkan oleh beberapa fak- tor yang sudah ada dalam tubuh hewan dan sangat menunjang perkembangan penyakit ini, yaitu antara lain tumor, agen toksik, cedera oleh kecelakaan dan gangguan hemopoiesis. FeLV menyerang sel-sel darah dalam tubuh hewan se- hingga pembentukan darah berjalan tidak normal. Terlihat sel-sel darah yang belum dewasa sudah beredar dalam sir- kulasi darah. Bentuk dan jumlahnya tidak lagi seimbang dalam tubuh hewan kucing tersebut. Gejala klinis antara lain kekurusan, ikterus, anemia, lemah, anoreksia, dyspnoe, sulit menelan, batuk, dan membran mukosa pucat. Selain itu kelenjar pertahanan tubuh juga membengkak, kemudian terjadi hepatomegali, spleenomegali dan pembengkakan pada ginjal. Terbentuk massa tumor pada beberapa tempat. Secara biopsy pada sumsum tulang akan terlihat be- berapa perubahan. Sumsum tulang berwarna merah tua atau abu-abu. Konsistensinya lunak dan terdapat banyak sekali memproduksi sel darah putih. Melalui gambaran darah leukemia ini lebih mudah didiagnosa. Jumlah retikulosit rendah sekali. PCV 8-15%, hemoglobin menurun, sel darah putih (WBC) meningkat, lim- fosit meningkat, Alfaglobulin juga ada peningkatan, dan banyak eosinofil yang belum dewasa beredar dalam darah…dst
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