Evaluation of microplastics ingested by sea cucumber Stichopus horrens in Pulau Pangkor, Perak, Malaysia

Objective: The study was aimed to extract, formulate and characterize collagen extract of Stichopus horrens into serum preparations and decide antioxidant activity in powders and serum preparations. Methods: The sea cucumber meat was extracted collagen in three stages, namely the pretreatment stage using 0.3 M NaOH solution 1:10 (w/v) for 48 h, the hydrolysis step in the 0.3 M 1:10 acetic acid solution (w/v) for 48 h, and the extraction stage with distilled water 1: 2 (w/v) for 2 h at 45 °C. The collagen extract was freeze-dried to obtain collagen powder. Collagen powder was characterized by HPLC and its antioxidant activity was determined using the DPPH method. Collagen powder formulated with extract variation of 0, 0.5 and 1%. Evaluation of serum included organoleptic, homogeneity, stability of pH and viscosity as well as antioxidant activity. Results: The results showed that collagen powder had a % yield of 0.24%, which consisted of the amino acids glycine, proline, alanine, and glutamic acid as the dominant amino acids. The % Free radical inhibition of collagen powder at concentration of 5000 ppm was 63.23%. IC50 values were obtained at 4045.37 ppm. The stability test resulted in stable serum preparations without significant changes at 4 °C and 27 °C±2 °C storage temperatures. Conclusion: The measurement of DPPH Radical reduction activity in the highest serum preparation was 1% extract with a value of 2.4%.

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Uncommon Ossicle in Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) Leucospilota from Teluk Nipah, Pangkor Island

Malaysian Journal of Science Health & Technology ◽

10.33102/mjosht.v2i.22 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

Author(s):

Kamarul Rahim Kamarudin ◽

Fatin Najihah Muhd Lutfi ◽

Mohd Zulhafiz Che Zahri ◽

Maryam Mohamed Rehan

Keyword(s):

Traditional Medicine ◽

Sea Cucumber ◽

Dominant Species ◽

Molecular Techniques ◽

Main Ingredient ◽

Previous Record ◽

New Finding ◽

The Common ◽

Stichopus Horrens

The high popularity of a commercial sea cucumber species on Pangkor Island (i.e. Stichopus horrens) has resulted in a lack of studies on Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) leucospilota from Pangkor Island, Perak, Malaysia. S. horrens is the main ingredient of gamat-based traditional medicine on the resort island, while H. leucospilota is the most dominant species. For that reason, this study aimed to isolate ossicles from a specimen of morphospecies H. leucospilota collected from Teluk Nipah Beach, Pangkor Island; and to determine the shapes of the ossicles for species verification. A number of six ossicle shapes were observed. Beside buttons and tables as the common ossicle shapes; I-shaped rod, long I-shaped rod, branched rod, and spider-shaped rod were also documented. Nonetheless, the spider-shaped rod is an unusual ossicle shape in H. leucospilota as there was no previous record on it, thus it could be considered as a new finding. In summary, the results of this research indicate the uniqueness of the specimen of morphospecies H. leucospilota as a result of the presence of the spider-shaped rod. More studies with more samples, more morphological approaches as well as more molecular techniques need to be incorporated in future for a better insight.

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