CELLUOSE FROM (Eichhornia crassipes) AS ACRYLAMIDE ADSORBENT IN FRYING OIL

Abstract

Cooking oil that is often used by the community one of them is palm oil, oil that is often heated will produce acrolein which is one of the acrylamide-forming compounds. Eichhornia crassipes cellulose contains an-OH group that can bind acrylamide. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the addition of Eichhornia crassipes cellulose as an adsorbent and determine the effect of soaking time and the effect of cellulose weight on acrylamide levels. The analysis was carried out using HPLC, with methanol and 0.1% phosphoric acid as mobile phase in a ratio of 5:95, flow rate 1mL/min;the volume of the injected sample was 20 µL.. Acrylamide in oil was identified at retention time of 4,700 minutes and the results of acrylamide calibration curve obtained regression equation is y=229.52 x + 10,472 with correlation coefficient (R2) of 0.9988. In this study, it can be concluded that 24 hours of soaking can reduce acrylamide levels by 69.13% and 6 grams of cellulose weight variation can reduce acrylamide levels by 75.15%.