MARINA CHIMICA ACTA
Vol. 20 No. 2 (2019): Volume 20, No. 2 (2019)

CHARACTERIZATION OF SEA GRAPES (Caulerpa lentillifera) FROM VIETNAMESE COMPANY’S PRODUCTS

Imran Lapong (Department of Aquaculture, STITEK Balik Diwa)
Nicholas Paul (University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, QLD)
Akbar Reza (Departement of Fishery, University of Gajah Mada)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Dec 2019

Abstract

Species of sea grapes (Caulerpa spp.) are consumed broadly in many regions such as in Southeast Asia and Pacific areas. However, it damages easily if packed incorrectly and may only last for couple of days. A company in Vietnam (Tritin Pty Ltd) has developed a preservation technique for sea grapes that enables export to many countries. The aim of this study is to characterization of the Vietnamese company’s product of Caulerpa. The study found that the product based on a 10% brine concentration (114.33 g/L ±2.30 SD). The average weight of each sachet package is 22.47 g ±0.37 containing 65 fronds of Caulerpa lentillifera. The average weight and length of the fronds is 0.73 g ±2.30 SD and 7.27 cm ±1.59 SD. There was a significant relationship between the weight and the length of the fronds during the rehydration process in freshwater (R2=0.35, p<0.01), with rehydration of weight and length complete after x seconds

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Journal Info

Abbrev

mca

Publisher

Subject

Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology

Description

When the first time appeared in 1999, Marina Chimica Acta was introduced as trilingual journal meaning that we can accept to publish articles in any kind of three languages such as bahasa Indonesia, English, and French. Starting April 2017, however, the publication has been made in English only, no ...