Jurnal Akademika Kimia
Vol. 8 No. 4 (2019)

Crude Bromelain Enzyme Activities Based on Maturity Level of Pineapple

Detris Poba (Universitas Tadulako, Palu – Indonesia 94119)
Ijirana Ijirana (Universitas Tadulako, Palu – Indonesia 94119)
Jamaludin Sakung (Universitas Tadulako, Palu – Indonesia 94119)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Nov 2019

Abstract

Utilization of pineapple is always focused on consumption for fresh fruit and animal feed. many people do not know the other benefits of pineapple. The presence of protease enzymes in it, increasing its utilization. The enzyme is bromelin, which can be obtained by isolating it from pineapple. For this reason, the aim of this study is to isolate the crude bromelain enzyme based on the maturity level of pineapple and then test its proteolytic activity. Pineapple was blended, then the filtrate was deposited, then centrifuged to obtain crude bromelain which is dried by the drying method and tested for its activity using milk substrate. The results showed that old pineapple is the best level of maturity and the sun is the best drying method with proteolytic activity of 0.053 and 0.056 MCU/mg respectively. Its optimum activity is pH 5.8 and 55 oC.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jak

Publisher

Subject

Chemistry Education

Description

Jurnal Akademika Kimia is an electronic open-access journal that aims to publish the latest research results in the area of chemistry education and pure chemistry from academicians, professionals, and other practitioners at all levels of chemistry education. The journal coverage includes the ...