Chemical composition and physicochemical properties of red seaweeds (kappaphycus alvarezii, eucheuma spinosum and eucheuma striatum) from Sabah, Malaysia
Three tropical red seaweeds taken from Kunak, Sabah namely Kappaphycus alvarezii (KA), Eucheuma spinosum (ESp) and Eucheuma striatum (ESt) contains an important source of bioactive compounds for development of functional foods. The present study was aimed to investigate the nutrient and physicochemi...
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| description | Three tropical red seaweeds taken from Kunak, Sabah namely Kappaphycus alvarezii (KA), Eucheuma spinosum (ESp) and Eucheuma striatum (ESt) contains an important source of bioactive compounds for development of functional foods. The present study was aimed to investigate the nutrient and physicochemical properties of these red seaweeds. It was found that KA contained the highest level of protein and crude fibre with 3.72% and 12.5%, DW respectively. Nutrients content showed significant different among the 3 seaweed species, with value of 0.02-0.05% DW in lipid, ash (14.1-20.2% DW), energy (288-303 kcal) and carbohydrate (70.2-71.8% DW) (p<.05). Comparing the element contents of these species, KA was rich in K, Mn, Fe and Cu, while ESp was rich in Mg, Ca, Na and Zn. As for the physicochemical properties of the seaweeds, their swelling capacity (SWC), water retention capacity (WRC), and oil retention capacity (ORC) ranged from 20.6 to 34.1 ml/g DW, 8.4 to 13.4 g/g DW and 2.3 to 3.0 g/g DW, respectively. SWC and ORC of KA was higher than those of ESp and ESt (p<0.05). This study suggested that KA showed high nutritional value could be potentially used as ingredients in human food application. |
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| spelling | ump-304532021-10-14T03:16:39Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30453/ Chemical composition and physicochemical properties of red seaweeds (kappaphycus alvarezii, eucheuma spinosum and eucheuma striatum) from Sabah, Malaysia Farah Nurshahida, Mohd Subakir Wan Mohd Faizal, Wan Mohd Ishak Nurul Aini, Mohd Azman Aida, Ibrahim S Agriculture (General) Three tropical red seaweeds taken from Kunak, Sabah namely Kappaphycus alvarezii (KA), Eucheuma spinosum (ESp) and Eucheuma striatum (ESt) contains an important source of bioactive compounds for development of functional foods. The present study was aimed to investigate the nutrient and physicochemical properties of these red seaweeds. It was found that KA contained the highest level of protein and crude fibre with 3.72% and 12.5%, DW respectively. Nutrients content showed significant different among the 3 seaweed species, with value of 0.02-0.05% DW in lipid, ash (14.1-20.2% DW), energy (288-303 kcal) and carbohydrate (70.2-71.8% DW) (p<.05). Comparing the element contents of these species, KA was rich in K, Mn, Fe and Cu, while ESp was rich in Mg, Ca, Na and Zn. As for the physicochemical properties of the seaweeds, their swelling capacity (SWC), water retention capacity (WRC), and oil retention capacity (ORC) ranged from 20.6 to 34.1 ml/g DW, 8.4 to 13.4 g/g DW and 2.3 to 3.0 g/g DW, respectively. SWC and ORC of KA was higher than those of ESp and ESt (p<0.05). This study suggested that KA showed high nutritional value could be potentially used as ingredients in human food application. Faculty of Food Science and Technology, UPM. 2017-07 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30453/1/Full%20paper%20IFRC2017_Farah.pdf Farah Nurshahida, Mohd Subakir and Wan Mohd Faizal, Wan Mohd Ishak and Nurul Aini, Mohd Azman and Aida, Ibrahim (2017) Chemical composition and physicochemical properties of red seaweeds (kappaphycus alvarezii, eucheuma spinosum and eucheuma striatum) from Sabah, Malaysia. In: Proceedings of the International Food Research Conference 2017 , 25-27 July 2017 , Universiti Putra Malaysia. pp. 301-304.. (Published) https://expert.taylors.edu.my/file/rems/publication/106805_3047_1.pdf |
| spellingShingle | S Agriculture (General) Farah Nurshahida, Mohd Subakir Wan Mohd Faizal, Wan Mohd Ishak Nurul Aini, Mohd Azman Aida, Ibrahim Chemical composition and physicochemical properties of red seaweeds (kappaphycus alvarezii, eucheuma spinosum and eucheuma striatum) from Sabah, Malaysia |
| title | Chemical composition and physicochemical properties of red seaweeds (kappaphycus alvarezii, eucheuma spinosum and eucheuma striatum) from Sabah, Malaysia |
| title_full | Chemical composition and physicochemical properties of red seaweeds (kappaphycus alvarezii, eucheuma spinosum and eucheuma striatum) from Sabah, Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Chemical composition and physicochemical properties of red seaweeds (kappaphycus alvarezii, eucheuma spinosum and eucheuma striatum) from Sabah, Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chemical composition and physicochemical properties of red seaweeds (kappaphycus alvarezii, eucheuma spinosum and eucheuma striatum) from Sabah, Malaysia |
| title_short | Chemical composition and physicochemical properties of red seaweeds (kappaphycus alvarezii, eucheuma spinosum and eucheuma striatum) from Sabah, Malaysia |
| title_sort | chemical composition and physicochemical properties of red seaweeds (kappaphycus alvarezii, eucheuma spinosum and eucheuma striatum) from sabah, malaysia |
| topic | S Agriculture (General) |
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