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Determination of Total Ammonia Nitrogen by Gas-Diffusion Flow Injection Analysis (GD-FIA)-Spectrophotometry using Minnieroot Flower (Ruellia tuberosa) as Natural Reagent Putri, Lani Artana; Mufidah Sari, Puspita; Sulistyarti, Hermin; Sabarudin, Akhmad; Sulistyo, Erwin
Makara Journal of Science Vol. 26, No. 4
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Total ammonia nitrogen (TAN) is a pollutant agent found in water and generated from the metabolisms of living organisms and the decomposition of organic matter. This research aims to develop an efficient, low-cost, and environmentally friendly TAN analysis method. The principle of this method is based on the reaction of TAN injected in the donor stream with NaOH to form alkaline gaseous ammonia. The gaseous ammonia diffuses through a hydrophobic membrane into an acceptor stream containing Ruellia tuberosa extract. The presence of NH3 gas in the acceptor stream changes the extract color from pinkish to green, which is monitored by spectrophotometer at 620 nm. This method was also validated based on linearity, selectivity, and accuracy. Under the obtained optimum conditions of 1 M NaOH, 5% extract, a 120 cm mixing coil, and a 200 µL sample volume, the proposed method showed excellent linearity at 10–1000 ppm (R2 = 0.993). The selectivity test result shows that this method was selective against sulfite and nitrite compounds up to 600 ppm with a % error value <10%. This method was applied to measure the total ammonia concentration in agricultural water, and satisfying results were shown by high recoveries of 95.03%–98.84%.
Enzyme-Free Colorimetric Sensing of Glucose using Silver Nanoparticles with a Green Stabilizing Agent from Capsicum chinense Jacq Extract Putra, Boyfannie Ivan; Sulistyarti, Hermin; Utama, Muhammad Mashuri; Haryanto, Aura Ananda; Retnowati, Rurini; Rafi, Mohamad; Sabarudin, Akhmad
Makara Journal of Science Vol. 29, No. 4
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Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a significant global health issue characterized by abnormal glucose levels in the human body. DM diagnostics are often based on invasive sampling from blood, which poses a potential risk of infection and tissue damage. Therefore, a non-enzymatic and non-invasive method for glucose monitoring is demanded as a simple alternative to glucose detection in urine samples. In this work, enzyme-free glucose determination is based on the formation of silver nanoparticles stabilized by Capsicum chinense Jacq extract (CCJ-AgNPs). Under alkaline conditions, glucose functions as a reducing agent for silver ions, and the extract acts as a stabilizer to prevent agglomeration. The effect of reaction time, extract concentration, NaOH concentration, and AgNO3 concentration was studied to determine the optimum conditions for glucose sensing (reaction time: 5 min, extract volume: 2 mL, NaOH concentration: 0.05 M, and AgNO3 concentration: 0.2 mM). The linearity of glucose determination was obtained from 0 to 900 mg/L with LOD and LOQ of 1 and 5 mg/L, respectively. The proposed method demonstrated good selectivity against citric acid, NH4Cl, NaCl, H2PO4, and urea at a concentration of 100 mg/L, with good accuracy for the recovery test, ranging from 93.7% to 101.8%. This method can serve as an alternative approach for simple, non-invasive, and non-toxic glucose monitoring in human urine with high sensitivity and specificity.