UNAIR NEWS 揊ood preserved with nitrosamineis widely distributed in the market.In fact,nitrosamineis a carcinogen compound (a substance that triggers cancer).From the concern to share the health of the community,of 51动漫 have managed to produceNitrosamin Test Kit(Nisa Kit), which detects food that containsnitrosaminesor not.
“We have not found other products that can detectnitrosaminesin food.Most products sold outside are products that can only detectnitrites听, notnitrosamines, “said Yovilianda Maulitiva Untoro, the leader of theEntrepreneurship Creativity Program(PKMK)Science and Technology (FST) UNAIR in the press release.
The other four members of the PKMK team are Krisnadewi Suciati, Arini Sabilal Haque, Anisa Maharani, and Dwiki Rizaldi Wijaya.They conveyed this innovation in PKMK proposal, and have successfully passed the assessment of the Directorate General of Higher Education, so they deserved to get research funding from Kemenristekdikti in PKM program in 2017.
Furthermore, Yovilianda said that the cost ofnitritedetection productsis very expensive, reaching hundreds of thousands while Nisa Kit product is cheaper and easy to use.Mothers can easily prevent nasopharyngeal cancer, at least in their families.
There are still food products with nitrosamines content in the market. The process of preserving these foods usually usesnitrite, and generally the type of food that is preserved withnitriteis meat and salted fish.Nitrosamine isformed because during the process of food preservation there is a reaction between proteins andnitritethat causes different protein formulation in food.
Nitriteitself is more toxic thannitrates, therefore the consumption ofnitritefor humans is limited from concentrations of 10-200 ppm.So the presence ofnitrosaminein food is also very dangerous, among others, can cause tumors and other organ damage and the most fatal is to trigger the development of nasopharyngeal cancer.
Unfortunately, many people do not notice, they even do not know what nasopharyngeal cancer is.This disease had becomea trending topic听,thanks to South Korean actor who suffered from nasopharyngeal cancer, a cancer that grows in the nasopharynx.Nasopharynx is a part of the respiratory system located on the inner nose to the throat.
Based on the observations, the public or some of them do not know what causes cancer, including nasopharyngeal cancer.When the cancer has grown in the body and has reached a critical phase (high stage), they just realize it.
“In fact, people can do a prevention early, so it can minimize the development of a disease in the body.With this Nisa Kit we hope that housewives can easily know what foods are exposed tonitrosamines,so they can do nasopharyngeal cancer prevention, “Yovi said.(*)
Editor: Bambang Bes.
