The prevalence of celiac disease has increased significantly over the past decades due to people’s growing knowledge and awareness of the disease, as well as recent advances in its diagnostic tests. This causes the rise of gluten-free foods, including gluten-free bakery goods. Out of all gluten-free flours, rice flour has been recognised as the most suitable flour for gluten-free bakery go…
Influenza A virus (IAV) remains a significant global health concern, prompting ongoing efforts to explore novel antiviral agents. This study investigates the potential of Laportea decumana (Daun Gatal) extract as an antiviral against IAV using A549 cell lines. The objective was to evaluate the extract's impact on cell viability, cytotoxicity, and viral replication dynamics. A series of cytot…
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a retrovirus responsible for causing acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The pol gene of the HIV genome encodes protease and reverse transcriptase, and integrase region which is responsible for viral infection and survival inside the host cell. Antiretroviral Therapy is usually administered to target these regions due to their significance in vir…
Utilizing natural antioxidants is a crucial method for controlling lipid oxidation in food, preventing deterioration and rancidity. Common natural antioxidants include green tea, rosemary, and tocopherol. Polyphenols in green tea and rosemary scavenge oxidation, inhibit free radical formation, and prevent lipid peroxidation. The phenolic compounds in tocopherol also contribute to antioxidan…
The search for potential antiviral compounds in scientific research has emerged as a key target in battling against a global health threat from diverse infectious diseases. Daun gatal, also known as Laportea decumana, is a traditional native plant known for its pain relieving properties. Despite its unassuming nature, Daun gatal offers an abundant quantity of phytochemicals that indicate the…
Excessive exposure toward sun exposure manifests various dermatological issues, including sunburn and skin aging, and subsequently leads to advanced conditions such as skin cancers, with UV-B playing a key role by causing oxidative stress and mutations. Sunscreen is necessary to prevent the detrimental consequences of UV-B radiation. However, the inconvenience and concerns over chemical ing…
Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun can elicit both positive and negative effects on the skin. Among the three types of UV radiation, UVB (280-315 nm) is particularly detrimental, causing sunburns, skin cancer, and premature aging. Furthermore, UV exposure induces the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which the skin recognizes as external ROS. This study investigates …
One of the problems faced by palm oil industry and consumers is its susceptibility to lipid oxidation, leading to food deterioration. Therefore, there is a rise interest in antioxidant utilization, especially natural antioxidants to maintain the quality of oil and to prevent the oxidation. The objective of this study was to observe the effect of antioxidant utilization towards the oxidation lev…
Tea consumption in Indonesia is on the rise including Ready to Drink (RTD) tea. TehBotol Sosro is the one of the popular ready-to-drink (RTD) tea brand in Indonesia. Tehbotol Sosro is famously known for not having preservatives in its beverages. It only consists of water, tea, and sweetened with sugar and contains no artificial ingredients. The physicochemical properties, such as pH, brix level…
Japanese curry is a popular dish which contains a high amount of spices, which provides the dish with quite a considerable amount of antioxidant activity. Even if curry may contain a high amount of spices, curry itself also contains a moderate amount of fat and oil which is involved in its production. Due to the moderate amount of fat and oil in curry, the product will be susceptible to auto-ox…
Dysregulation of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) leads to the accumulation of aggregationprone proteins which has been linked to neurodegeneration and cancer. The 26S proteasome is acentral component of the UPS. It assembles by the successive recruitment of the 33 different proteasome subunits which is assisted by proteasome assembly chaperones: five for the CP and five for the RP. RPAC…
Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunistic pathogen that commonly inhabits the human skin and can cause skin infection, especially in individuals with impaired immune systems when skin is damaged. Treatments usually involve the usage of antibiotics. However, antibiotic effectiveness is in danger due to the fast development of resistant microorganisms worldwide. As a result, there is a growing …
The market of slimming tea has grown significantly in recent years as a result of rising demand for natural and organic products on growing awareness of the importance and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. This broad industry offers a range of slimming tea products, from conventional blends to specialty formulas created to meet particular health objectives. Consumer opinions on slimming tea vary…
Cervical cancer is the fourth most prevalent cancer and is the primary cause of mortality among women on a global scale. It is deadly once metastasize and therefore its early detection and prevention of its metastasis was crucial for the survival of the patient. Treatment targeting the prevention of metastasis was a necessity. Laportea decumana is a plant which has been shown to possess anti-ca…
This internship report focuses on the utilization of winnowing waste which was cacao husks into variants of cacao tea. Huge amounts of cacao waste are being thrown away, which causes environmental pollution in along with increasing economic issues. One of the waste products of chocolate that are typically discarded as waste are cacao husks. Cacao husks could be transformed into a variety o…
Machine generated contents note: Foreword Preface: So What the Heck is Culinology(r), Anyway? Acknowledgements Chapter 1: The Business of New Product Development and The Role of the Culinology(r) Professional Chapter 2: The Principles of Food Science Chapter 3: Applying Food Science to Cooking Chapter 4: Protein-Based Foods: Introduction and Red Meats Chapter 5: Protein-Based Foods: Poultry Cha…
The four-month internship activities were carried out at Pusat Penelitian Teh dan Kina, located in Gambung, Bandung Regency, West Java, and focused on tea processing. In this internship activity, the authors focus on the product engineer division, where the authors pick, process, and innovate special teas (oolong, black, and green tea). The author has also conducted industrial-scale green t…
Ultra High Temperature treatment is a process of heating the product between 135 and 145 C for around 1-10 seconds which resulted in an effectively sterile product with a shelf life that lasted months at ambient temperature. The UHT system used in PT XYZ is an indirect small-scale process plant initially and mainly used for clients to conduct trials for their products and application to tes…
"Due to the increasing trend of sleep difficulties among consumers and the widespread consumption of sport drinks, the project that was assigned to the author is to develop a Calming Tea and Sport Drink product in PT Bintang Toedjoe The objectives of this project can be fulfilled by adjusting the formula of Calming Tea and Sport drink prototype that are accepted by the Internal of Bintang T…
Huge quantities of waste are being discarded, as a consequence increasing economic problems, as well as polluting the environment. Cocoa shells are one of the examples of chocolate by-products that are mostly treated as a waste. Cocoa bean shells could be developed into many potential beverage products with beneficial nutritional value. Thus, the development of cocoa husk tea as a herbal tea…
Assistive technology (AT) is invaluable to people with special educational needs and disabilities, enabling them to function more efficiently. Designed with low power consumption and a GPU capable of running AI frameworks, NVIDIA's Jetson Nano is an affordable embedded system device. With this system, users will be mobile and connected to any computer with an appropriate interface, and able…
Among the many causes of death, cancer has ranked second as the major contributor of mortality worldwide and has caused a high rate of mortality in Indonesia alone. Chemotherapy is a common treatment used to treat cancer, yet chemotherapy is cytotoxic to both cancer cells and healthy cells, causing a lot of undesired adverse effects such as hair loss, nausea, and anemia. Recently, plant-derived…
Deodorants have been developed to control axillary skin microbiota, which contributes to the production of body odor, as well as mask the odor. They are one of the solutions to address human body odor as a long-term problem for many people, which affects their social capability negatively. However, no study that we are aware of has examined the antibacterial effectiveness of a range of deod…
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