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IPB Creates Healthy Drink from Sea Leeches and Wild Ginger

Marine resources such as marine leeches (Discodoris sp.) can be made into functional beverages/drinks. Marine leeches have antioxidant properties and contain taurine. The three researchers are R. Marwita Sari Putri from Food Technology Department, Indragiri Islamic University of Riau, Prof. Nurjanah from the Department of Aquatic Product Technology, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Bogor Agricultural University (FPIK IPB) along with Kustiariyah Tarman from the Center for Coastal and Marine Resources Studies (PKSPL) of LPPM-IPB conducted an experiment to see synergistic between taurine from marine leech with temulawak in powdered form of functional drinks.

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