To elucidate the pretreatment of a heat moisture treatment that could increase the DS and hydrophobicity of OSA starch, the effect of the moisture level of the HMT process on the physicochemical properties was investigated. The higher moisture content (MC) in the HMT process led to a decreasing degree of crystallinity and gelatinization enthalpy and also produced surface damage and cracking of the granules. HMT pretreatment with the right moisture content resulted in OSA starch with the maximum DS value and reaction efficiency. Pre-treatment HMT at 25% MC (HMT-25) followed by OSA esterification exhibited the highest DS value (0.0086) and reaction efficiency (35.86%). H25-OSA starch has been shown to have good water resistance (OAC 1.03%, WVP 4.92 × 10⁻⁵ g/s m Pa, water contact angle 88.43°), and conversely, has a high cold water solubility (8.44%). Based on FTIR, there were two new peaks at 1729 and 1568 cm⁻¹ of the HMT-OSA starch, which proved that the hydroxyl group of the HMT starch molecule had been substituted with the carbonyl and carboxyl ester groups of OSA.

The effects of steam explosion (SE) treatment, acid hydrolysis (AH), and the combination of steam explosion and acid hydrolysis treatment (SE+AH) on structural and rheological properties of sago starch were investigated. Steam explosion (SE) is a hydrothermal pre-treatment in high-pressure which caused the expansion of water vapor and hydrolyzing the material into low molecular weight. It is a potential method for changing the structural and functional properties by hydrolyzing the starch with low cost and environmentally friendly. Sago starch and distilled water (1:12) were added into a cylinder of SE reactor at 140°C. The slurry was exploded when the temperature reached. And then sago starch was hydrolyzed in hydrochloric acid at 50°C, 60°C, 70°C for 1, 1.5, 2 h. The solubility, dextrose equivalent, hygroscopicity, viscosity, crystallinity, and rheological properties of acid-hydrolyzed sago starches (AH) were analyzed. Steam explosion (SE) treatment increased the solubility up to 40.1%; meanwhile, the combination of SE+AH increased the solubility up to 70.8%. While the viscosity decreased with increasing degree of acid hydrolysis (i.e. from 2155 cP to 27 cP). The results showed that combination SE+AH could be an effective method to produce maltodextrin. The combination of SE+AH at 70°C for 2 h has dextrose-equivalent value was increased up to 11.97 almost similar to the dextrose equivalent of maltodextrin. It changed the morphology and decreased the crystallinity up to 9.6%. Thus, SE+AH methods could be used to modify properties of starch for a specific product such as maltodextrin.

Porang is a local plant of Indonesia, which has a high content of glucomannan. In this study, porang glucomannan (PG) was esterified with octenyl succinic anhydride (OSA) to enhance emulsion properties to be widely used in food industry. OSA-modified PG (OSA-PG) enhanced the phagocytosis activity of macrophage-like J774.1 cells and mouse peritoneal macrophages. In addition, OSA-PG increased the production of IL-6 and TNF-α by enhancing their gene expression. Immunoblot analysis displayed that OSA-PG tended to activate both nuclear factor-κB and mitogen-activated protein kinase cascades. Treatment of OSA-PG with polymyxin B revealed that cytokine production induced by OSA-PG was not caused by endotoxin contamination. Our findings also indicated that OSA-PG activates macrophages through not only Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4, but another receptor. Overall findings suggested that OSA-PG has a potential as an immunomodulatory food factor by stimulating macrophages.

Salam leaf has a β-ocimene as a key volatile compound that gives a fresh aroma to the food when the salam leaves are involved in the cooking process. As a secondary metabolic product, enzymatic biosynthesis as the early stage of β-ocimene is a factor that needs to be known. Thus, this study was done to identify the mechanism of the two wellknown terpenoid biosynthetic pathways, namely Mevalonate Acid (MVA) and 1-Deoxy-DXylulose 5-Phosphate (DXP) pathways, in the biosynthesis of β-ocimene in salam leaves. The activity of the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMGR)-MVA pathway-determining enzyme and 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate synthase (DXS)-DXP pathway-determining enzyme in the crude enzyme and their derivative products of salam leaves were analysed for their changes by differences of substrate ratios and enzyme inhibitors. The results showed that the activity of the HMGR enzyme was lower significantly than the DXS enzyme based on the addition of variations to the substrate ratio. These results were also supported by the enzyme and substrate reaction products, MVA and Isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) intermediates from the MVA pathway, which were significantly lower when compared to DXP and IPP intermediates from the DXP pathway. As the end product of the reaction, β-ocimene gave a significantly higher value of the DXP pathway than the MVA pathway. Therefore, it can conclude that the mechanism of the biosynthetic pathway of β-ocimene in salam leaves was synthesised via the DXP pathway. The production of β-ocimene could have crosstalk-pathway through the MVA pathway, especially when the DXP pathway was blocked.

Indonesia has a lot of seaweed that have high potential as a producer of alginate, but the method of extraction has not been as expected. The objective of this study to develop a method of extraction of sodium alginate from seaweed Sargassum through the calcium alginate pathway. This study used different variations of the concentration of calcium chloride. The concentration of calcium chloride used varied 0.5, 0.75 and 1 M. As a control, the extraction of alginate performed through alginic acid pathway which was developed at the Center for Research Product Processing and Biotechnology of Marine and Fisheries, Jakarta. Quality parameters were observed including alginate yield, product appearance, viscosity and gel strength. The result showed that the yield of alginate produced successively for 32.67; 44.67 and 53.33 % and 31.67 % for controls. In appearance, the concentration of calcium chloride did not significantly affect the alginate product appearance, but darker when compared with the product extracted through the alginic acid. Viscosity alginate produced successively 149, 131 and 144 cP, while 304 cP for control. In general, the alginate gel strength extracted through of calcium alginate pathway is lower than the alginic acid pathway.ABSTRAKIndonesia mempunyai banyak rumput laut yang berpotensi tinggi sebagai penghasil alginate, namun metode ekstraksinya belum sesuai yang diharapkan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan metode ekstraksi natrium alginat dari rumput laut Sargassum melalui jalur kalsium alginat. Dalam penelitian ini digunakan berbagai variasi konsentrasi kalsium klorida yang digunakan pada pemisahan alginat dari filtrat hasil ekstraksinya. Konsentrasi kalsium klorida yang digunakan divariasi 0,5; 0,75 dan 1 M. Sebagai kontrol dilakukan ekstraksi alginat melalui jalur asam alginat yang dikembangkan di Balai Besar Riset Pengolahan Produk dan Bioteknologi Kelautan dan Perikanan, Jakarta. Parameter kualitas alginat yang diamati meliputi rendemen alginat, kenampakan produk, viskositas dan kekuatan gel yang dihasilkan. Hasil pengamatan menunjukkan bahwa rendemen alginat yang dihasilkan berturut-turut sebesar 32,67; 44,67 dan 53,33 % dan untuk kontrol 31,67 %. Secara kenampakan, konsentrasi kalsium klorida tidak terlalu mempengaruhi kenampakan produk alginat yang dihasilkan, tetapi lebih gelap jika dibandingkan dengan produk hasil ekstraksi melalui jalur asam alginat. Viskositas alginat yang dihasilkan berturut-turut 149, 131 dan 144 cP, sementara untuk kontrol 304 cP. Secara umum kekuatan gel alginat yang dihasilkan dari jalur kalsium alginat lebih rendah dibandingkan dengan yang diekstrak melalui jalur asam alginat.

Oxidation of tapioca via ozone oxidation was carried out under different conditions in comparison with H₂O₂. The impact of ozonation on physicochemical properties of tapioca was studied and fried peanuts coated with different tapioca were characterized. Different ozone oxidation times (10, 20, and 30 min) and various pH values (5, 7, and 9) were used for tapioca modification. Tapioca oxidized by ozone for 20 min at pH 7 had higher swelling power (SP), water holding capacity (WHC), oil holding capacity (OHC), and viscosity than the native counterpart (P < 0.05). This coincided with the higher carbonyl and carboxyl contents (P < 0.05). The highest frying expansion (FE) with the lowest hardness was attained for fried peanut coated with tapioca oxidized under the aforementioned condition. Therefore, oxidation of tapioca using ozone under optimal conditions could be a potential means to improve frying expansion as well as the crispiness of the fried coated peanuts.