Profile of amino acid, fatty acid, and mineral content of Tambelo (Bactronophorus sp.) from Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi
<p>Public coastal had trust natural material as medicine became one of the most important things in<br />the discovery of medicine latest. Papua, Belitung, and Kendari coastal communities believed that tambelo<br />(Bactronophorus sp.) can treat various kinds of diseases like lumbago, rheumatism, cough, flu, malaria, and<br />improve production of the breast milk, increase appetite, and vitality of man. It was important to know what<br />course content of tambelo. Tambelo could be examined amino acids, fatty acids, and mineral contents. The<br />highest essential amino acids in tambelo were leucyne, lysine, and valin of 0.57%, 0.39%, 0.36%. The highest<br />non essential amino acid was alanin, glutamic acid, and aspartic acid of 1.24%, 1.09%, and 0.78%. Barrier<br />of amino acid was histidine. Fatty acid total of tambelo was 29.52%, whereas the fatty acid compositions<br />consist of 10.09% saturated fatty acid (SAFA) was 14.37% monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA) was 5.06%<br />polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). Among them, those occuring in the highest proportions were palmatic<br />acid (4.49%), oleic acid (5.73%), palmitoleic acid (4.96%), and Aracidic acid (1.88%). Tambelo had n6/n3<br />ratio of 1.84. Tambelo had mineral contents as Natrium of 1144000 mg/kg, calcium of 17000 mg/kg, Kalium<br />of 21000 mg/kg, magnesium of 13000 mg/kg, phosphor of 1900 mg/kg, cadmium < 0.24 mg/kg, and lead<br /><1.25 mg/kg.<br />Keyword : amino acids, Bactronophorus sp., fatty acids, mineral contents, tambelo</p>