Judul: Fermentasi dan Pemanfaatan Produk Kacang Koro Pedang nxn (Canavalia ensiformis L)
Abstrak: Jack beans (Canavalia ensiformis L) are legume that rich in protein content. In Indonesia, people seldom use it for daily consumption. The objectives of this research were to optimize the fermentation of jack beans and to analyse microbiological activity through prebiotic activity and also to identify physical of jack beans. Jack beans cut into small pieces, fermented, powdered, physical properties identified by SEM, analyzed resistant starch and microbilogical analysis. Fermentation controlled more than spontaneous fermentation, it’s about 2.55×108 CFU/Unit. Products of fermentation yield resistant starch showed the value is 0.1170 ppm. Resistant starch used as a growth medium for L.casei and Bifidobacterium. Ammount of colony from each bacteria it’s sbout 2.73×107 dan 2.57×107 CFU/Unit. The resistant starch is the source of prebiotics for lactic acid bacteria which proved by the growth of that bacteria.
Keyword: Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), prebiotic activity, resistant starch, lactic acid bacteria, Fermentation, jack beans (Canavalia ensiformis L)

Judul: Senyawa antidiabetik dari kacang koro pedang (Canavalia ensiformis (L) DC) dipengaruhi oleh proses pembuatan susu kacang
Abstrak: Jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis (L) DC) is one of tropical leguminous plants known to grow in Indonesia without received much attention as useful food commodity. Polyphenols with antioxidant activity, reported to be present in the beans, are recognized as having a potential health benefit in decreasing the risk of several chronic diseases, including diabetes. Diabetes is categorized as one of the serious glogal health problems and its prevalence in Indonesia significantly increased every year. Polyphenols in the Jack beans provide an opportunity if used as an ingredient in food products development. Jack bean milk was chosen as a food model in this study because this a plant-based milk is suitable for consumption of many people, including those who suffer lactose intolerance and who are vegetarians. To date, information related to active compounds as antidiabetics in these beans is still limited. Therefore this research aimed to investigate the bioactive compounds with antidiabetic potential from jack bean and their bioactivity during the bean milk processing. This research began by a screening of the jack bean extract potential and ascertaining the types of active compounds in it. Extraction using ethanol, methanol, and water was applied to the beans in a sequence. The next step was to utilize this beans in jack bean milk processing. Evaluation of phytochemical changes and antioxidant activity was investigated during the processing. The stability of the active compounds during the processing of jack bean milk was evaluated at the final stage of the study. The methanol extract from jack bean was known to contain the highest total phenolic and total flavonoid and also highest antioxidant activity compared to other extracts. However, even compared to red kidney beans, the potency was still lower; these results still indicated that these beans contained bioactive compounds that could be explored further. Boiling the beans for 30 minutes gave greater TPC and TFC than raw beans (R), and as a result its antioxidant activity was also increased. The structure of the seed matrix which expanded by the heat caused the compounds to be extracted more easily as shown by SEM picture. Overall, processing into jack bean milk caused a decrease in the total phenolic content (TPC), total flavonoid content (TFC) and DPPH free scavenging activity. A significant decrease in flavonoid content occurred after the second soaking explained that peeling the seed coat had a big effect. The more easily the flavonoids were released, made this compound easily dissolved in the soaking water. Processing into jack bean milk caused changes in components based on multivariate analysis, especially in decreasing levels of kaempferol glycosides. Total kaempferol glycosides of jack bean milk was decreased by 14.34% to 961.51 g/g from the raw bean (1122.41 g/g). Efforts to reduce the decrease in kaempferol levels were carried out by modifying the processing stages. Eliminating the soaking 2 (step 3) recovered about 9.10% of kaempferol glycoside in the product (1063.65 g/g). Anisoyl kaempferol glycoside content was known to have lower rates of reduction than those without anisoyl groups. Its availability in sufficient quantities in the product was predicted to be sufficient to
Keyword: Antioxidant activity, Bean milk, Canavalia ensiformis, Jack bean milk, Kaempferol glycoside

Judul: Thermal Characteristics and Dynamics of Tropical Cyclone over Western North Pacific Ocean: A Case Study of Typhoon Songda (Chedeng) 2011
Abstrak: The frequent occasion of Tropical Cyclone (TC) over Western North Pacific (WNP) Ocean lies from 10˚N to 26˚N and 121˚E to 170˚E. Sources of TC development come from warm ocean temperature where latent heat is released during condensation processes and subsequently concentrated in the boundary layer. Relative humidity at 850-700 hPa is responsible to produce the most intense storm. Meanwhile, weak vertical wind shear between 850-200 hPa is one of the dynamical factors that lead to the development of TC. Pressure level of 850-200 hPa is chosen to minimize the thermodynamic effect in the lower troposphere. Typhoon Songda (Chedeng in the Philippines) or TSC lasted from May 18th to 30th, 2011 and strengthened into powerful Super Typhoon stage between May 24th and 27th. Long curving track and the exhibition of all sequences of TC life cycle, TSC is then considered as an ideal case of TC. The objective of the study with case of TSC is to investigate the role of thermal characteristics and dynamics on TC intensity. The research is carried out by using Advanced Research of Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF ARW model) version 3.3. Two domains are employed in the model. The first domain situate from 02˚N to 40˚N and 118˚E to 149˚E and cover spatial resolution () of 33.1 km. The second domain situate from 09˚N to 27˚N and 119˚E to 132˚E with of 11 km. Timestep of the model () is 120 seconds. The model is supported by the following physical parameterization, i.e., Yonsei University Scheme (YSU) in the boundary layer, Kain-Fritsch scheme (KF) in the cumulus, and WRF Single-Moment 3-class scheme in the microphysics. Initial meteorological condition prior to the formation of the cyclone is generated using WRF ARW standard-release model. Sensitivity of the model output is obtained from a selected single-parameter change scenarios, namely, 10 % to 20 % decrease and increase of wind shear initial data at 850-200 hPa, and by 10 % to 20 % decrease of relative humidity initial data at 850-700 hPa. The result showed that the negative correlations between wind shear and intensity are found in wind shear scenarios. Wind shears of 10 ms-1 which lead to strengthening of the wind intensity in the early period of Typhoon development are found in wind shear scenarios. The effect of wind shear changes on wind intensity is statistically significant in the 20 % wind shear scenarios. During mature stage, weak wind intensity occurred when wind shear increase as given in the WRF standard-release and the 20 % decreasing scenario. Different situation is found in the 20 % increasing scenario where wind shear tend to weak and lead to strong wind intensity at this stage. Meanwhile, the reduction of moisture supply at 850-700 hPa resulting from 20 % decreasing relative humidity play a major role in the weakening of wind intensity and reduces mechanical energy of the cycle process as much as 300 J kg-1.
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