Abstract:
The growth rate of the Indonesian population increases the community’s dependence on wheat flour, which is wholly made from imported wheat. Local protein and carbohydrate sources that can function strategically as food reserves are traditional Indonesian seeds, tubers, and roots. Seed, tubers, and roots also contain bioactive compounds with physiological effects as antioxidants, antidiabetic and antihypertensive. The bioactive compounds found in these inferior local seeds are melinjo seeds (Gnetum gnemon) and have been shown to have the ability to ward off free radicals, diabetic and hypertensive. This review explained to improve and develop melinjo seeds flour products and increase added value by utilizing appropriate technology and diversification of processed products. This manuscript is relevant for the agriculture and food industry; the use of bioactive as a nutraceutical product has developed rapidly and might be used for human nutraceutical health applications.
Biography:
Prof. Tri Agus Siswoyo, SP., M.Agr., Ph.D., in 1995 completed the Bachelor of Agriculture program at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jember. The master program (M.Agr.) was completed in 1999, and the Doctoral Program (Ph.D.) was completed in 2002 at Applied Biochemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, Osaka Prefecture. University, Japan. Since 1998 he has been a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jember. Research focus: Finding bioactive protein or peptides from local resources and developing them to produce protein-based supplement materials (Nutraceutical). Several research results have been published in journals (national and international), seminars (national and international), and patents. He is also active in professional associations (Indonesia Protein Society; Indonesian Association of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Asia Pacific Protein Association). Since 2014, He has earned the title of Professor in Biochemistry. He is currently chair of the graduate school for biotechnology and chair of the center of excellence on crop industrial biotechnology.
