Fatma Nadya Nursyamsi, Amir Husni*
Department of Fisheries Faculty of Agricultur e Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Abstract:
The brown seaweed Sargassum polycystum contains bioactive compounds, including antioxidants and antidiabetes, letting it be a functional food ingredient such as seaweed tea. However, seaweed tea is less preferred by consumers because of its fishy smell, which must be reduced using various methods, including soaking in a lime solution. This study aims to determine the effect of the soaking time in lime solution on the antioxidant activity, antidiabetic activity, and consumer acceptance of S. polycystum seaweed tea. In this study, the seaweed was soaked in a lime solution at pH 5 at 85°C for 0, 4, 8, 12, and 16 minutes. Analysis was conducted on S. polycystum seaweed tea to obtain the moisture content, total phenol, antioxidant activity (inhibition of 1,1 diphenyl 2 picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), and ferric reduction antioxidant power (FRAP)), the inhibitory activity of α glucosidase, and consumer preference test using hedonic. The results show that the soaking time in the lime solution at pH 5 had no effect on the water content but had a significant effect (p<0.05) on the total phenol, antioxidant and antidiabetic activities and consumer preference of S. polycystum seaweed tea. The best treatment was obtained at 16 minutes of soaking time with a water content of 4.68 ± 0.12%, a total phenol content of 74.53 ± 0.59 mg GAE/g, a DPPH inhibitory activity of 52.70 ± 0.86%, a FRAP value of 123.94 ± 1.39 µM/g, an α glucosidase inhibitory activity 51.56 ± 0.70%, and consumer preference levels for appearance, color, flavor, taste and overall of 4.63 ± 0.74, 4.49 ± 0.75, 4.39 ± 1.07, 4.43 ± 1.03, and 4.49 ± 0.11, respectively.
Keywords: lime, Sargassum polycystum, seaweed tea, soaking
