Ahmad Sulaeman
Department of Community Nutrition, Faculty of Human Ecology, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia

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Kandungan Gizi dan Manfaat Air Kelapa terhadap Metabolisme Diabetes: Kajian Naratif: Nutritional Content and Benefits of Coconut Water for the Diabetes Metabolism: a Narrative Review Jeallyza Muthia Azra; Budi Setiawan; Zuraidah Nasution; Ahmad Sulaeman; Sri Estuningsih
Amerta Nutrition Vol. 7 No. 2 (2023): AMERTA NUTRITION (Bilingual Edition)
Publisher : Universitas Airlangga

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.20473/amnt.v7i2.2023.317-325

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Background: Coconut water is one of the natural food products that is widely available around the world. This commodity provides nutritional content that could increase rehydration status and improve health. The application of coconut water to health, including improving type 2 diabetes metabolism, has gotten research interest in recent years. Objectives: This narrative review paper aimed to summarize several articles about the nutritional content and the mechanism of the potential bioactive component in coconut water to improve type 2 diabetes metabolism. Methods: This study design was a narrative review of several articles from five databases search: PubMed/MEDLINE, Scielo, PsycINFO, Microsoft Academic, and Google Scholar. Discussion: Coconut water includes several biologically active components such as protein, amino acid, fatty acid, mineral, vitamin, and phenolic compounds. The recent discovery of nutrient content, especially antioxidant properties, and arginine in coconut water, signifies a good potential in improving type 2 diabetes mellitus. Antioxidant and arginine altered blood glucose, glycated hemoglobin, serum creatinine, blood urea, albumin, albumin/globulin ratio, liver function enzyme, lipid profile, antioxidant status, and lipid peroxidation without any significant hepatocellular damage. Arginine enhanced the nitric oxide synthase activity in the liver and arginine levels in the plasma. In mammals, the arginine-nitric oxide system, which includes AMPK, cGMP, PGC-1α, and PI3K, can maintain blood glucose homeostasis, increase insulin sensitivity, and prevent diabetes-induced oxidative stress. Conclusion: Coconut water can help to improve metabolism in type 2 diabetes mellitus conditions through antioxidant activity and arginine content.
Determinants of BSI Gold Savings Use among Micro Customers :: an Extended Theory of Planned Behavior Lukman Setiawan; Ahmad Sulaeman; Warcito Warcito
Vifada Management and Social Sciences Vol. 4 No. 2 (2026): July - December
Publisher : Yayasan Vifada Cendikia Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.70184/vtjmy076

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Purpose: This study examines the determinants of BSI Gold Savings usage among micro-business customers by extending the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). It investigates the effects of financial literacy on attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control (PBC), as well as the influence of these TPB constructs, intention, and business liquidity on actual usage behavior. Research Method: A quantitative explanatory survey was conducted among 185 active micro-financing customers of BSI Jakarta Kebon Jeruk Area selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected using 25 reflective indicators measured on a four-point Likert scale and analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) with SmartPLS 4. Results and Discussion: Financial literacy positively affects attitude (β=0.442), subjective norm (β=0.562), and PBC (β=0.623). Attitude, subjective norm, and PBC positively influence intention, while intention is the strongest predictor of actual behavior (β=0.684). Business liquidity also significantly affects actual behavior (β=0.224). The model explains 72.3% of intention and 69.3% of behavior. Implications: BSI should strengthen financial education, community-based engagement, behavioral activation, and gradual asset-building strategies while considering customers’ working-capital liquidity. Originality: This study extends TPB by integrating financial literacy as a cognitive background factor and business liquidity as a contextual financial condition to explain the intention–behavior gap among micro-business customers.