In this study, seaweed polysaccharides (alginate and carrageenan) were modified with dodecenylsuccinic anhydride (DSA), and their stabilising properties in oil‐in‐water (O/W) emulsion system were evaluated. The physicochemical characteristics were determined by droplet size, interfacial tension and ζ‐potential and structurally verified by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Both CRG‐DSA and ALG‐DSA applied in O/W emulsion system exhibited smaller droplet sizes over the increasing concentration and were more stable during storage than native ones. The ζ‐potential of DSA‐modified seaweed polysaccharides has more negative charge compared with their native forms, owing to the additional carboxyl groups from modification reaction. In addition, DSA‐modified seaweed polysaccharides decreased the interfacial tension at soybean oil–water interface from 23.1 and 23.9 mN m−1 to 14.2 and 13.6 mN m−1, respectively. The successful modification reaction was confirmed by FTIR analysis. This study demonstrated that DSA‐modified seaweed polysaccharides may serve as prospective emulsifiers in food, pharmaceutical and other industrial fields.

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Abstract. Purifying and drying both fermented biomasses of broccoli (Brassica oleracea L.) and spinach (Amaranthus sp.) by Kombucha culture has been conducted to recover concentrate and powder of folic acid. The aims of this study is to determine the differences of particles characteristics and compositions of concentrate and powder from both mentioned folic acid source through Micro Filtration (MF) membrane and without MF membrane. The best folic acid produced by MF membrane process (room temperature, stirrer rotation speed 400 rpm, pressure 40 psia and 30 minutes) and drying (30 °C, 22 cm Hg and 24 hours) were resulted in biomass of the concentrate and powder with compositions of total solids 6.29 % and 96.91 %, total polyphenol 0.25 % and 0.06 %, folic acid 58.8 μg/mL and 54.33 μg/mL, reducing sugar 105.34 mg/mL and 441.39 mg/mL, and total acids 0.57 % and 2.33 %, respectively. In optimum condition, fermented spinach concentrate contributed to particles distribution with diameter size (Ø) between 0,4 and 100 μm (75.45 %), and with Ø between 100 and 1000 μm (26.3 %), otherwise, the process without MF membrane was resulted the particles distribution respectively 74.1 % and 25.9% by each interval of Ø.

Protein isolate from soy bean (Glycine soja L.) tempeh, mung bean (Phaseolus radiatus L.) tempeh and kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) tempeh are natural source of folic acid with main role in brain smartness. 0.15 µm microfiltration (MF) membrane fitted in dead-end stirred microfiltration cell (SMFC) was able to separate protein isolate from three (3) kinds of tempeh at stirrer rotation speed 400 rpm, room temperature and pressure 40 psia for 30 minutes. The result of experimental work showed that SMFC had potential use in separation of protein isolate affected by kinds of bean and membrane performance on isolate composition in retentate and permeate. SMFC was able to retain better protein isolate in retentate than that passing across permeate. Retentate of protein isolate from soy bean tempeh, mung bean tempeh and kidney bean tempeh had subsequently compositions of folic acid 362.07, 254.07 and 506.07 µg/mL, total solids 5.56, 4.08 and 1.82 %, N-Amino 4.34, 3.36 and 0.56 mg/mL, and dissolved protein 0.79, 0.34 and 0.72 mg/mL. In this process condition, SMFC was able to increase folic acid in protein isolate retentate of soy tempeh of 0.59 times, mung bean tempeh of 1.1 times and kydney bean tempeh of 1.42 times before purification process in retentate. Based on both SMFC performance and efficiency, all the best purification optimization were obtained kidney beans tempeh. Identification of monomer of kidney bean tempeh protein isolate gave monomers of folic acid, glutamic acid and folic acid fractionation with molecular weight of 443.5797, 148.1643 and 221.2132 Da. and relative intensity of 1.28, 50.11 and 7.05 %, respectively.

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Abstrak Konsentrat teh hijau (Camellia assamica) grade Pekoe yang dihasilkan melalui pemurnian oleh membran mikro-filtrasi (MF) berpotensi sebagai substrat pada fermentasi  kombucha untuk efek relaksasi (anti stres) karena kandungan L-theanine yang tinggi. Kegiatan penelitian dilakukan untuk mendapatkan ratio terbaik antara konsentrat teh hijau dan air guna menghasilkan komposisi teh kombucha yang setara dengan teh kombucha komersial sebagai minuman santai. Fermentasi dilakukan pada nisbah konsentrat teh hijau dan air 1:4, 1:3, 1:2, 1:1 dan 1: 0 (v/v) dengan starter Kombucha komersial 0,5 % (b/v) pada suhu kamar selama satu minggu. Sebagai kontrol digunakan teh kombucha dengan nisbah teh hijau komersial dan air adalah 1:0. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kandungan L-theanine dalam produk teh kombucha yang setara dengan produk komersial (2,51 % berat kering) dicapai pada nisbah konsentrat teh hijau dan air 1 : 2 (2,16 % berat kering) dan 1:1 (3,01 % berat kering). Selain  L-theanine, pada ratio konsentrat teh hijau dan air tersebut teh kombucha yang dihasilkan mengandung total polifenol 1,03 %, total padatan 11,67 %, total asam 0,53 % dan gula pereduksi 27,4 mg/mL, serta jumlah mikroba total log 5,88 CFU/mL atau 7,72 x  105 CFU/mL.Abstract Concentrate of green tea (Camellia assamica) of Pekoe grade produced through purification by means of microfiltration (MF) membrane is potentially used as a substrate in kombucha fermentation for relaxation (anti stress) due to high L-theanine concentration. This experiment was conducted to find out the best ratio of green tea concentrate and water in order to generate kombucha  tea composition   that  is  equal  to commercially available kombucha tea as relaxation drink. Fermentation   process   was    performed   with   green  tea concentrate and water ratio of 1: 4, 1: 3, 1: 2, 1: 1 and  1: 0 (v/v) using 0.5  % (w/v) of commercial kombucha starter at room temperature for one week. As a control kombucha tea  with ratio of commercial green tea and water of  1 : 0 was used. The result shows that L-theanine content in kombucha tea product equal to commercial kombucha tea (2.514  %, dry weight) was reached at the ratio of green tea concentrate and water of 1 : 2 (2.16  %, dry  weight)  and 1 : 1 (3.01 %, dry weight). Beside L-theanine, kombucha tea resulted from this ratio of green tea concentrate and water contains total polyphenol 1.03  %, total solids 11.67 %, total acids 0.53 % and reducing sugar 27.4 mg/mL, and total microbial counts of log 5.88 CFU/mL or 7.72 x 105 CFU/mL.