KARAKTERISTIK FLAKE UBI JALAR ORANGE DAN UNGU DENGAN PENAMBAHAN MINYAK NABATI (MINYAK SAWIT, MINYAK KELAPA, DAN MARGARIN)

Sweet potato flake is ready-to-eat foods comsumed by the adding a milk. Lipid or oil in the flake can change the crunchy and texture. Oil was added to fungtions as the stabilisator, lubricant and to improved crispness of flake. The aims of this study was to evaluate of physical and sensory characteristic of flake made from orange and purple sweet potatoes with addition the vegetable oils. This study used Complete Random Design (CRD) with two factors and two replications. The A factor was type of sweet potatoes, i.e. orange sweet potato (A1) and purple sweet potato (A2). The B factors (B) were type of oils; palm oil (B1), coconut oil (B2) and margarine (B3). The results showed that the rehydrations flake of orange and purple sweet potatoes with additions of variation oil type ranged from (58,13 - 85,61%,); hygroscopicity ranged (6,93 - 8,86%); water content ranged from (3,57 - 6,47%). The highest favorite value of color on orange sweet potato flake with addition margarine (5,42), while purple sweet potato flake with addition palm oil has the lowest favorite value (3,46). The aroma value of orange and purple sweet potatoes flake with the addition coconut oil has the highest (5,15) and (5,35) than palm oil and margarine. Preference taste of orange and purple sweet potatoes flakes was the highest if additions of coconut oil, i.e. very like (score 5,12). Crispness preference was preferred from orange sweet potato flake with coconut oil additions (4,96). Favorite taste was preferred on purple sweet potato flake with coconut oil addition (5,38). Keywords: coconut oil, flake, preference test, sweet potato, vegetable oil

Effects of anthocyanin-rich purple potato flakes on antioxidant status in F344 rats fed a cholesterol-rich diet

We examined the antioxidant effects of polyphenol/anthocyanin-rich potato (Solanum tuberosum cv. Shadow-Queen) flakes in male rats fed a high-cholesterol diet. The rats were served either a high-cholesterol (0·5 % cholesterol plus 0·125 % sodium cholate) diet, or a high-cholesterol diet containing a mixture of 243 g α-maize starch/kg supplemented with one of the following (per kg diet): 300 g medium purple potato (Shadow-Queen), 300 g white potato (Solanum tuberosum cv. Toyoshiro) or 300 g dark purple sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas cv. Ayamurasaki) flakes for 28 d. We analysed thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) levels in the serum and liver, and antioxidant enzyme activities in the liver. At this dosage, TBARS levels in the serum and liver of the Shadow-Queen and Ayamurasaki groups were significantly lower than those in the control and Toyoshiro groups. The serum urate levels in all the flake groups were significantly lower than that in the control group. The hepatic glutathione levels in the Shadow-Queen and Ayamurasaki groups were significantly higher than in the control and Toyoshiro groups. The activities of hepatic glutathione reductase and glutathione S-transferase in the Shadow-Queen and Ayamurasaki groups were significantly greater than those in the control group. These results show that modulation of antioxidant enzymes and oxidative status in the serum and liver by the purple potato flake diet (Shadow-Queen) containing polyphenols/anthocyanins may play an important role in the protection against adverse effects related to oxidative damage in rats fed a high-cholesterol diet.

Anthocyanin-rich purple potato flake extract has antioxidant capacity and improves antioxidant potential in rats

Anthocyanins from various vegetables and fruits have antioxidant activities, however, the bioactivities of coloured potato anthocyanins are not well studied. We examined the antioxidant capacities of pigmented fractions from purple potato flakes in vitro, and the antioxidant potentials of purple potato flakes in vivo. 1,1-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging activity of the pigmented fraction from Hokkai no. 92 (H92) potato flakes was higher than that from Kitamurasaki (KM) potato flakes. Extracts equivalent to 600 μg pigmented fractions from KM and H92 potato flakes inhibited linoleic acid oxidation in the order trolox>H92 ≥ KM>control. Rats were fed 25 % KM or H92 potato flake diets for 4 weeks. The major anthocyanin was identified as petanin. Control rats were fed a diet with cornstarch instead of potato flakes for 4 weeks. The serum antioxidant potential level in the H92 group was significantly higher than that in the control group. The degree of hepatic lipid peroxidation in the H92 group was significantly lower than that in the control group. Hepatic Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD), Mn-SOD and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) mRNA levels in the H92 group were significantly higher than those in the control group. Similar significant differences in Cu/Zn-SOD and Mn-SOD mRNA levels between the KM and control groups were found. The present results suggest that purple potato flakes have antioxidant functions with regard to radical scavenging activity and inhibition of linoleic acid oxidation, and that they improve the antioxidant potentials in rats by enhancing hepatic Mn-SOD, Cu/Zn-SOD and GSH-Px mRNA expression.

Bilateral Pulmonary Aspergilloma Caused by an Atypical Isolate of Aspergillus terreus

A case of bilateral pulmonary aspergilloma caused by an atypical isolate of Aspergillus terreus is described. The diagnosis was established by the presence of septate, dichotomously branched fungal elements in freshly collected bronchoalveolar lavage and sputum specimens and by repeated isolation of the fungus in culture. Specific precipitating antibodies against the A. terreus isolate were demonstrated in the patient's serum. The isolate was atypical as it failed to produce fruiting structures on routine mycological media, but it did so on extended incubation on potato flake agar and produced globose, relatively heavy-walled, hyaline accessory conidia (formerly termed aleurioconidia) on both vegetative and aerial mycelia. Also, it produced an intense yellow diffusing pigment in the medium. The report underscores the increasing importance of A. terreus in the etiology of pulmonary aspergillosis. It is suggested that A. terreus antigen be included in the battery of serodiagnostic reagents to facilitate the early diagnosis of infections caused by this species.