APPLICATION OF PHYTOREMEDIATION FOR HERBAL MEDICINE WASTE AND ITS UTILIZATION FOR PROTEIN PRODUCTION
<p>Herbal industry in Indonesia is progressing very rapidly. Increasing number of herbal medicine<br />industries lead to an increase of the waste which are normally processed in anaerobic ponds by using<br />chemical and biological process. However this process are not economical...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Diponegoro University
2012-11-01
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| Series: | Reaktor |
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| Online Access: | http://ejournal.undip.ac.id/index.php/reaktor/article/view/4797 |
| Summary: | <p>Herbal industry in Indonesia is progressing very rapidly. Increasing number of herbal medicine<br />industries lead to an increase of the waste which are normally processed in anaerobic ponds by using<br />chemical and biological process. However this process are not economical feasible and therefore an<br />alternative method by using natural resource is required. Phytoremediation is an environmental<br />friendly method to reduce contaminant using aquatic plant. This method uses water plant to reduce<br />COD and nutrients content in the waste. Since the waste still high content of nutrient, therefore it is<br />potential for medium growth of algae Spirulina. This study was aimed to evaluate the use of various<br />plant species (water hyacinth and lotus) in decreasing contaminant and to determine optimal nutrient<br />composition of the growth media. The phytoremediation was performed in 3-8 days and height of<br />liquid in the tank was maintained constant at 5 cm. The effluent of first phytoremediation was<br />transferred to second stage for cultivation of Spirulina with 15 days of cultivation time. The external<br />nutrients were added each 2 days and the concentration of biomass was measured for its optical<br />density. Spirulina grow well in herbal medicine waste that has been phytoremediation with lotus for 3<br />days and had a CNP ratio amounted to 57.790 : 9.281 : 1 with a growth rate of 0.271/day.</p><p> </p><p>Industri obat di Indonesia tumbuh sangat cepat. Pertumbuhan ini<br />mengakibatkan meningkatnya limbah yang umumnya dilakukan dalam kolam anaerobik dengan<br />menggunakan proses kimia dan biologi. Namun demikian, proses tersebut belum menunjukkan hasil<br />ekonomis sehingga diperlukan metode lain yang relatif aman dan ekonomis. Salah satu cara yang<br />dapat digunakan adalah phytoremediasi mengguanakn tanaman air untuk mengurangi kandungan<br />COD dalam limbah dan nutrient. Dikarenakan limbah masih mengandung nutrient yang cukup banyak,<br />maka limbah tersebut juga sangat potensial untuk digunakan sebagai medium mikroalga. Penelitian<br />ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi penggunaan tanaman air (enceng gondok dan teratai) untuk<br />mereduksi kontaminan dalam limbah obat jamu. Phytoremediasi dilakukan selama 4-8 hari dan tinggi<br />cairan dalam reaktor dijaga pada 5 cm. Keluaran dari phytoremediasi pertama menggunakan<br />tanaman air digunakan sebagai medium di phytoremediasi menggunakan mikroalga Spirulina. Untuk<br />mendapakan pertumbuhan yang optimum, maka ditambahakan juga nutrient dan menunjukkan bahwa<br />Spirulina tumbuh dengan sangat baik dalam medium ini. Pertumbuhan terbaik diperoleh dari<br />phytoremediasi menggunakan teratai selama 3 hari dan kecepatan pertumbuhan 0,271/hari dengan<br />perbandingan C:N:P = 57,790:9,28:1.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 0852-0798 2407-5973 |