Underrated fruit: Round green avocado's hidden nutrients against obesity and comorbidities
Authors: Prabowo Nyono Dedi , Mirwati Diah Kurnia , Rahardjo Setyo Sri 
Published: December 2023

<p align="center"><strong><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">ABSTRAK</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p align="center"><strong> </strong></p><p><strong><em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Latar Belakang:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em></strong><em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> Alpukat merupakan tanaman buah bernilai gizi tinggi yang tersedia secara luas, terjangkau, dan melimpah, khususnya di Jawa Tengah. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Round green adalah varietas alpukat terbesar di Indonesia. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Sebagai sumber makanan alami, alpukat kurang dihargai dan kurang populer dibandingkan buah-buahan lainnya, sedangkan kandungan nutrisi kompleks yang tersembunyi kurang dipelajari. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Penelitian ini dilakukan karena banyaknya kandungan nutrisi alpukat dan kecenderungannya untuk obesitas.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em><em></em></p><p><strong><em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Tujuan:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em></strong><em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menyembunyikan kandungan nutrisi yang tersembunyi dari alpukat hijau bulat dan kemampuannya melawan penyakit penyertanya.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em></p><p><strong><em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Metode:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em></strong><em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian observasional deskriptif. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Varietas alpukat yang dipilih </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">berwarna hijau bulat. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Analisis proksimat dilakukan mengikuti AOAC, dan kandungan asam lemak diukur menggunakan </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">kromatografi gas dengan detektor ionisasi nyala (GC-FID) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em></span><em> </em><em></em><em></em><em></em><em></em><em></em></p><p><strong><em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Hasil:</span></span></span></span></span></span></em></strong><em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa analisis proksimat buah alpukat hijau bulat adalah kadar air (87,66-87,71%), abu (0,65-0,71%), lemak (5,88%), protein (1, 62-1,73%), karbohidrat (4,03-4,13%). </span></span></span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">, jumlah serat makanan (5,47-5,63%), lemak jenuh dan tak jenuh masing-masing (3,02 dan 96,98%) /100 g. </span></span></span></span></span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Nutrisi tersembunyi utama dari alpukat hijau bulat adalah serat makanan yang tidak larut dan asam lemak tak jenuh, terutama α-linolenat. </span></span></span></span></span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Menurut literatur, keduanya berpotensi melawan obesitas dan penyakit penyertanya.</span></span></span></span></span></span></em><em></em></p><p><strong><em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Kesimpulan:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em></strong><em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> Studi kami menunjukkan komponen nutrisi tersembunyi yang paling penting dari alpukat hijau bulat adalah makanan dan lemak tak jenuh. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Keduanya memiliki kemampuan untuk mengurangi obesitas sekaligus menghindari dan memperbaiki penyakit penyertanya.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em></p>