Proximate Analysis in Seagrass Plants and Rengkam Long Island East of Batam City Aprilya Sri Rachmayanti (a*), Suci Fitriani Sammulia (b), Muhammad Akbar (c)
(a) Mitra Bunda Health Institute, Jl. Seraya No 1, Batam City, Kepulauan Riau
*aprilyasrirachmayanti[at]gmail.com
(b,c) Mitra Bunda Health Institute
Abstract
Panjang Timur island is one of the islands in the Riau Islands that has vast
waters as well as a variety of macroalgae. Enhalus acoroides and rengkam
(Sargassum sp) are one type of plants that live in marine ecosystems that have
content that is still not much in the analysis of its utilization. The purpose of this
study is to conduct a proximate analysis on seagrass and rengkam plants.
Proximal analysis includes water content tests using the oven method, ash levels of
dry ashing methods, fat levels of methods (soxhlet), protein levels of methods
(kjeldhal), and carbohydrate levels of methods (by different). The results of the
examination of seagrass water content by 18.71% and rengkam by 17%. The results
of the examination of seagrass ash levels by 22.6% and rengkam by 17.7%. The
results of the examination of seagrass fat content by 26% and rengkam by 45%.
The results of the examination of seagrass protein levels by 6.3% and rengkam by
5.07%. Total seagrass carbohydrate content by 26.39% and rengkam by 15.23%.
