The Application of Using Local Plant for Determination of Formalin Contaminated in Food
Keywords:
Formaldehyde, Formalin, Local plant, Residue chemicalAbstract
This research aimed to apply extracted from local plants to determine formalin residue in food. The precipitation would be appeared from this reaction. Four plants in Phyllanthaceae family were studied, 2 pants were consisted of adenosine (Phyllanthus acidus and Sauropus androgynus) and another 2 were Antidesma bunius and Phyllanthus emblica. It was found that only the extract from Sauropus androgynus was precipitated with formalin. The Sauropus androgynus extract was made to be powder by freeze drying process. Using 0.5 gram of extract powder in 5 milliliters of formalin solution showed 5% w/v formalin concentration as the detection limit This extract powder was then applied to determine formalin in squid and white shrimp. For method validation, the results were compared with those determined by commercial formalin test kit. Formalin detection of this developed method showed the similar results with all commercial products. This research showed the useful of determination of formalin in food by using plant extracted to be simple and rapid test kit. Moreover, this research is also adding value to the local plant.
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