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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
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Food Science and Technology Study Program, Department of Agricultural Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, 90245, Indonesia
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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
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