Judul: Optimasi Formula Dan Pendugaan Umur Simpan Emulsi Virgin Coconut Oil
Abstrak: Buah kelapa yang diolah menjadi virgin coconut oil (VCO) sebagai suplemen pangan memiliki nilai tambah yang lebih tinggi dibandingkan jika diolah menjadi minyak goreng biasa. Hal ini dikarenakan kandungan medium chain triglycerides (MCTs) yang tersusun atas asam kaproat (C6:0), asam kaprilat (C8:0), asam kaprat (C10:0), dan asam laurat (C12:0) sebagai salah satu komponen fungsional pada VCO terdapat dalam kadar yang lebih tinggi. MCTs khususnya asam kaprilat dan asam kaprat bermanfaat dalam mengatasi obesitas. Selain itu, asam kaprat dan asam laurat bermanfaat sebagai antimikroba. Kandungan MCTs terbesar pada VCO adalah asam laurat yang dapat mencapai 50% dari total asam lemak. Selain bermanfaat sebagai antimikroba, asam laurat bermanfaat dalam mengatasi diabetes dan hiperkolestrolemia. Namun, manfaat yang begitu besar dari VCO tidak didukung dengan karakteristik organoleptik khususnya rasa dan mouthfeel VCO.
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Judul: Optimasi teknik pengayaan VCO (Virgin Coconut Oil) dengan kurkuminoid dari temulawak dan manfaatnya sebagai pencegah kerusakan hati pada tikus Sprague Dawley
Abstrak: Virg~nco conzd oil (VCO) adalah salah satu produk suplemen kesehatan yang telah diketahui manfaatnya secara luas oleh masyarakat. Penelitian ini merupakan salah satu alternatif pengembangan produk VCO melalui pengkajian teknik pengayaan VCO dengan kurkuminoid dari temulawak. Manfaat dari produk pengayaan VCO sebagai hepatoprotektor dikaji lebih lanjut dengan melihat pengaruhnya terhadap penurunan kadar SGOT, SGPT, dan Total Bilirubin pada tikus terangsang parasetamol. Penelitian ini dibagi menjadi dua tahap, yaitu penelitian pendahuluan mengenai proses pembuatan produk pengayaan VCO dan penelitian utama mengenai uji khasiat produk pengayaan VCO sebagai hepatoprotektor pada tikus terangsang parasetamol. Pada penelitian pendahuluan dilakukan pembuatan produk pengayaan VCO yang terdiri dari tiga jenis produk, yaitu (1) produk yang dibuat dengan cara melarutkan secara langsung kristal kurkumin komersial ke dalam VCO, (2) produk yang dibuat dengan cara merendam serbuk temulawak kering pada perbandingan 1:s dengan VCO sebagai pelarut selama 5 hari, dan (3) produk yang dibuat dengan melarutkan kurkuminoid temulawak hasil ekstraksi menggunakan metode soxhlet ke dalam VCO. Hasil analisa kadar kurkumin produk pengayaan VCO menunjukkan kadar kurkumin produk pengayaan VCO dengan kurkumin komersial sebesar 0.90 k 0.048 %, produk pengayaan VCO dengan metode maserasi sebesar 1.45 * 0.053% dan produk pengayaan VCO hasil ekstraksi soxhlet sebesar 1.77 .± 0.046 %.
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Judul: Dog Ticks Infestation and Its Correlation to Tick-Borne Diseases.
Abstrak: Ticks infestation on dog could lead to itchiness, anemia, skin disorders, and tick-borne diseases, such as Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Besides dogs, Ehrlichiosis were known to be zoonotic. Pre-mature stage tick life cycle that occur outside its host, will enhance contacts between ticks and human. The study of ticks infestation and tick-borne diseases on the dog is necessary, because it has not a lot of information about the diversity, prevalence and degree of ticks infestation in Indonesia. Ticks survey, included ticks sampling and dogs blood test were performed at Animal Police Directorate Security Agency (Baharkam) and Atang Sendjaja Air Force (ATS). Meanwhile ticks sampling also data of cases of ticks infestation and diseases transmitted obtained from 21 veterinary clinics in Bogor, Jakarta and Bandung. All ticks samples stored in bottles containing 70% alcohol for identification. Blood tests performed for Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis and Anaplasmosis diagnosis. The identification results of the 950 ticks samples that obtained from 97 dogs of Baharkam, ATS and veterinary clinics in Bogor, Jakarta and Bandung, showed only one ticks species, Rhipicephalus sanguineus. This ticks belong to three-host tick, which require three hosts to complete its life cycle. Each ticks stage need a host, either same dog (if it is in place there is only one or a few dogs), as well as different dogs. Research in Baharkam conducted on 81 dogs (53 males and 28 females). The prevalence of dogs infested by ticks was 67.90%. The percentage of male dogs that infested by ticks are larger (69.81%) than female (64.29%). Based on Chi-Square test, there was no relationship between sex and breed of dog with degree of ticks infestation. Generally dogs infested with mild infestation category (41.98%), meanwhile moderate category was 18.52%, 2.47% high and 4.94% very high. The dog’s body region that the most infested by R. sanguineus was dog's back. Probably these body regions were be preferred because they are less accessible for the dog to remove them with its paws. Collection of ticks with tick-drag on Baharkam grass field showed positive results on the field that was more often used to practice by dogs. The samples that obtained was larvae stage ticks with density 152 larvae on 215m2 area of the field. Adult stage ticks and several adult females which laying eggs on the cage wall were obtained in the dog kennels. Whole of male and female ATS dogs infested with ticks (14 dogs). In general, dogs infested with very high infestation category was 64.29%, compared by high degree category (21.43%) and moderate (14.29%). Ticks predilection were found mostly on the dog’s head – neck. On ATS grass field did not reveal any ticks, but positively inside the kennels. It happens probably because dogs are rarely released from the kennel, so that the ticks was did drop-off inside the kennel. The total cases of ticks infestation of dogs at Bogor, Jakarta and Bandung veterinary clinics in 2008 until June 2013 as many as 731 cases. In general, there was an increases of the ticks infestation prevalence at three cities in that range
Keyword: Anaplasma, Babesia, Ehrlichia canis, Rhipicephalus sanguineus