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96 Concentrate protein albumin probumin from snakehead fish Channa striata; local product of food supplement as cheap albuminprotein source for community Abu B. Tawali 1, , Meta Mahendradatta 1 , Veni Hadju 2 1 Food Science and Technology Study Program, Department of Agricultural Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, 90245, Indonesia 2 Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, 90245, Indonesia Corresponding author: abubakar_tawaliyahoo.com Abstract Snakehead fish is a kind of wild fish thatlives in fresh water. It has alarge head some what flattened like as nakes head. Behind the scary appearance the snakehead fish is rich in macro and micro nutrients which needed for healthy especially albumin protein content. Traditionally, people are encouraged to consume processed fish to accelerate healing after surgery, injury, child circum cisedor new mothers. Some studies showed that giving of snake head fish can improve the blood albumin value of hypo albumin eapatient and retain the albumin value of hospitalized patients. Further, assessment ofthe effectiveness of that has also been done to prove that the product of snake head fish is useful as a food supplement to accelerate the healing of post operative patients and stroke patients, to increase hemoglobin Hb of the elderly, as well as improving the nutritional and immune status of HIV-AIDS sufferers. To improve the effectiveness and efficiency of its use, the healthy food product from snake head fish has been developed by extracting of albumin protein and producing in the form of dispersionemulsion, powder or in capsules or caplets with protein level between 70-85 and albumin protein of which contain between 20-60 of the total protein. The production of albumin protein concentrate in capsule has been scaled-up and standardized. The product profile was 9:29 moisture content, fat 3.65, ash content 4:27, protein content of 72.87 and 51.2 of the albumin-protein levels of protein. Therefore the snake head fish can be used as an alternative source of cheap albumin protein for the community in the midst of expensive commercial albumin product, Human Serum Albumin HSA. Keywords snakehead fish, albumin concentrate, food supplement 97

1. Introduction

Indonesia has the most complete of the biological resources accompanied by abundant availability of raw materials. It is a small part of potential new resource that can be used to produce materials that have economic value. Snakehead fishes are found in rivers, lakes and swamps, sometimes found in low salinity brackish water, and can also live in dirty water with low oxygen levels, even resistant to drought. Snakehead fishes are found in various regions of public waters in Indonesia, including Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Bali, Lombok, Flores, Ambon and Maluku with a different name. This kind of fish is a voracious predator that preys on small fish, so they can spend the other small fish surroundings. Therefore, since a few years ago, this fish and some close re latives that include “snakehead fishes” wary as dangerous fish, which could threaten the survival of aquatic biota in Lake Sentani, Jayapura [1]. Nevertheless snakehead fish has high economic value because it contains protein albumin that could be an alternative source of albumin amid rising demand and high cost of pure albumin preparations. Generally the albumin used in the hospital is in form of dissolved albumin preparations. Protein albumin preparation for clinical purposes has high purity, is in form of solution that containing albumin 95. Commercially is available the pure albumin solution of 5, 20, and 25. Until now the needs of protein albumin in Indonesia for most clinical purposes are still imported at a great price. Price of commercial albumin preparations 100 ml is Rp 1,250,000 [2].

2. Results and Discussion

2. 1. Snakehead fish and its benefit The research of snakehead fish content has done a lot including Cavallo, who reported that the content of albumin per 100 ml snakehead fish extract was 6.224 grams by the number of calories 69 kcal, 1.7412 mg of zinc, 3,093 mg of glutamate, 1.1 mg of arginine [3]. Other research reported that fluid extracts of albumin resulting from extraction by means of vacuum extractor derived albumin of 2.62 g dL [4]. A research result showed that by the processing of snakehead fish into meal as an albumin source, albumin level was obtained at 15.79 with water content of 8.5 [5]. 2.2. Health benefit of snakehead fish Since the first snakehead fish is believed by some communities in Indonesia can accelerate the healing process. In some areas people believe that eating