A Study on Contamination of Nitrite in Edible Bird 's Nest (Swiftlets)

Edible bird’s nest (EBN) derived from the hardened saliva of swallows and considered as high-end health food with organic nutrients. Excessive of nitrite were found in EBN imported from Malaysia to China in past few years and still an issue till today. Therefore the purpose of this study is to inves...

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Main Authors: Maizatul Farhain, Ismail, Nurul ‘Azyyati, Sabri, Saiful Nizam, Tajuddin
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Language:English
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Published: 2014
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spelling ump-241532019-02-13T06:50:43Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24153/ A Study on Contamination of Nitrite in Edible Bird 's Nest (Swiftlets) Maizatul Farhain, Ismail Nurul ‘Azyyati, Sabri Saiful Nizam, Tajuddin Q Science (General) Edible bird’s nest (EBN) derived from the hardened saliva of swallows and considered as high-end health food with organic nutrients. Excessive of nitrite were found in EBN imported from Malaysia to China in past few years and still an issue till today. Therefore the purpose of this study is to investigate the source of EBN contamination. EBNs were collected in Aspa Cottage, Kuantan and divided into two treatment (a) treated EBN (tEBN), which exposed to bird soil; (b) untreated EBN (uEBN). The nitrite (NO2) and nitrate (NO3) level were analyzed using ion chromatography for 14 days. Result showed the level of NO2 and NO3 level for treated EBN reported significantly more than untreated EBN. The source of NO2 and NO3 could have been derived mainly from the bird soil. It is suspected also the color of EBN change from yellowish and brownish simultaneously as levels of NO2 and NO3 of EBN increased. Thus, the bird soil could be the source of the NO2 contamination in EBN. 2014 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24153/1/A%20Study%20on%20Contamination%20of%20Nitrite-poster.pdf pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24153/2/A%20Study%20on%20Contamination%20of%20Nitrite.pdf Maizatul Farhain, Ismail and Nurul ‘Azyyati, Sabri and Saiful Nizam, Tajuddin (2014) A Study on Contamination of Nitrite in Edible Bird 's Nest (Swiftlets). In: Edible Birds Nest Industry Conference (EBNIC 2014), 25-26 November 2014 , Putrajaya, Malaysia. pp. 1-3.. (Unpublished)
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Maizatul Farhain, Ismail
Nurul ‘Azyyati, Sabri
Saiful Nizam, Tajuddin
A Study on Contamination of Nitrite in Edible Bird 's Nest (Swiftlets)
description Edible bird’s nest (EBN) derived from the hardened saliva of swallows and considered as high-end health food with organic nutrients. Excessive of nitrite were found in EBN imported from Malaysia to China in past few years and still an issue till today. Therefore the purpose of this study is to investigate the source of EBN contamination. EBNs were collected in Aspa Cottage, Kuantan and divided into two treatment (a) treated EBN (tEBN), which exposed to bird soil; (b) untreated EBN (uEBN). The nitrite (NO2) and nitrate (NO3) level were analyzed using ion chromatography for 14 days. Result showed the level of NO2 and NO3 level for treated EBN reported significantly more than untreated EBN. The source of NO2 and NO3 could have been derived mainly from the bird soil. It is suspected also the color of EBN change from yellowish and brownish simultaneously as levels of NO2 and NO3 of EBN increased. Thus, the bird soil could be the source of the NO2 contamination in EBN.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Maizatul Farhain, Ismail
Nurul ‘Azyyati, Sabri
Saiful Nizam, Tajuddin
author_facet Maizatul Farhain, Ismail
Nurul ‘Azyyati, Sabri
Saiful Nizam, Tajuddin
author_sort Maizatul Farhain, Ismail
title A Study on Contamination of Nitrite in Edible Bird 's Nest (Swiftlets)
title_short A Study on Contamination of Nitrite in Edible Bird 's Nest (Swiftlets)
title_full A Study on Contamination of Nitrite in Edible Bird 's Nest (Swiftlets)
title_fullStr A Study on Contamination of Nitrite in Edible Bird 's Nest (Swiftlets)
title_full_unstemmed A Study on Contamination of Nitrite in Edible Bird 's Nest (Swiftlets)
title_sort study on contamination of nitrite in edible bird 's nest (swiftlets)
publishDate 2014
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24153/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24153/1/A%20Study%20on%20Contamination%20of%20Nitrite-poster.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/24153/2/A%20Study%20on%20Contamination%20of%20Nitrite.pdf
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