Abstract: Isoflavones in soybean and unfermented soybean product are in glycoside form which could not be absorbed by the body and should be hydrolyzed before it is metabolized. Hydrolysis by bacteria producing β-glucosidase occur throughout the gastrointestinal tract. Probiotic microorganisms, like Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, have an endogenous enzyme β-glucosidase that plays an impor…
Filariasis is still a public health problem in lndonesia especially in rural areas. In South Sumatra Province, 186 patients with chronic filariasis were reported in 2009 and 130 of them came from Banyuasin District. In Muara Padang SubDistrict, there were 7 patients with chronic filariasis and 1 of them lived in Muara Padang Village. A finger blood survey has never been conducted in Muara Padan…
Middle age is age between 40-60 years old where it is a long period of human life. Middle age is risky age on degenerative disease, but also poses potential to keep healthy by changing life style. Hyper-cholesterol is common disease suffered by this age group, caused by wrong life style, such as consumption of food stuff with excessive hypercholesterol risk. This research aimed to identify …
Isoflavones in soybean and unfermented soybean product are in glycoside form which could not be absorbed by the body and should be hydrolyzed before it is metabolized. Hydrolysis by bacteria producing β-glucosidase occur throughout the gastrointestinal tract. Probiotic microorganisms, like Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, have an endogenous enzyme β-glucosidase that plays an important role …
Based Kepmenkes No. 1098/Menkes/SK/VII/2003 on Hygiene Sanitation Requirements for food vendors and Restaurant, that the minuman content of Excherichia coli (E.coli) is 0 gram.Insouth of Jakarta 2002, food contamination by E. Coli by 58.3% and 37% respectively in lemper and arem-arem. 2003 in South Jakarta, was also found cooked food contaminated with colfrom presence of 45.1%, by E. Coli 31.8%…
Indonesia is a tropical country where parasites can grow well and causing in-fection among people due to poor environmental sanitation, lack of individual hygiene and low social economic condition. Diseases caused by Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura are public health problems in Indonesia, of which 60 – 80% of their prevalence occurs among school children. According to the re…
Prevention of pancreatic tissue damage by free radicals under conditions of hyperglycemia chronic would be important and vitamin E can act as scavengers of these oxygen radicals in preventing the development of diabetes mellitus. This study aims was to evaluate the effect of vitamin E on the hyperglycemia conditions on the blood glucose, enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase…
Background: Neonatal mortality is the death of an infant who is born alive within 7 days after birth (early neonatal mortality/perinatal), and the death of a baby born alive more than 7 days until approximately 29 days (advanced neonatal mortality). Neonatal deaths (infants aged 28 days) is two thirds of infant mortality, whereas early neonatal mortality/perinatal (infant age of 7) days is two …