Identifikasi steroid teripang pasir (Holothuria scarbra) dan bioassay produk teripang sebagai sumber aprodisiaka alami dalam uapya peningkatan nilai tambah teripang

Abstract

Teripang merupakan salah satu komoditas unggulan hasil perikanan laut Indonesia dan mempunyai potensi untuk dikembangkan karena mengandung berbagai bahan aktif yang sangat berguna bagi manusia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji pemanfaatan komponen aktif di dalam teripang pasir (Holothuria scabra) sebagai aprodisiaka alami. Adanya penelitian ini diharapkan membuka potensi ekonomis dari teripang, sehingga dapat memberikan nilai tambah teripang pasir.

The important causing cause foodborne diseases are Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Listeria spp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Protease produced by these bacteria are involved in the molecular mechanisms of the diseases. Therefore, there has been rapidly increase concern on proteases as medical target for bacterium diseases. Various sponges has been reported to produce protease inhibitor which could inhibit protease activity of pathogenic bacteria. The previous research showed that bacteria-associated with sponge could produce bioactive compound similar with their host. Therefore, there is a possibility that the bacteria also produce protease inhibitor.