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Seaweed has potential as a source of bioactive compounds, food and medicine. One of the seaweeds that has the potential to be used for its bioactive compounds is the brown seaweed Sargassum plagyophyllum. Fractionation is a technique of separating and grouping the chemical content of extracts based on their polarity. This study aims to determine the bioactive components (secondary metabolites) of flavonoids, alkaloids, steroids/terpenoids, saponins and phenols qualitatively and quantitatively from the extract of S. plagyophyllum by fractionation method. The research method used was experimental. S. palgyiophyllum was extracted using the fractionation method. The treatment given by different polarity solvents consisted of methanol, was done fractionation with using n-hexane, ethyl acetate, and butanol. Extraction of samples the first used methanol, after that methanol extract was diffracted with n-hexane, ethyl acetate and butanol. Parameter analysis was consisted of phytochemical test (qualitative analysis) and quantitative analysis of total phenol, flavonoid, and saponin content. The results showed that qualitative testing of the secondary metabolites of S. plagyophyllum contained in the methanol extract were steroids/terpenoids, saponins and phenols, the positive hexane fraction contained steroids/terpenoids, saponins, the ethyl acetate fraction positively contained alkaloids, flavonoids, steroids/terpenoids, and saponins. and phenol while the butanol fraction contains steroids/terpenoids, saponins. While quantitative secondary metabolites were tested on the hexane fraction (0.18% saponins), then the ethyl acetate fraction (0.14% flavonoids, 0.11% saponins, 0.12% total phenol) and butanol fraction (0.05% saponins).

Enzymes are biocatalysts that function as catalysts in biological functions. Collagenase enzymes have activities that can support product production. Enzyme activity for protein hydrolysis is influenced by several factors such as protein concentration, pH, temperature, substrate, inhibitor and activator. This study was aimed to determine the effect of differences in pH on the crude extract activity of the collagenase enzyme from the internal organs of malong fish. The study used a non-factorial completely randomized design, the treatments used were different pH (6.5, 7.5, and 8.5). This research consisted of several stages, namely sample preparation, extraction of internal organs to produce crude extract of the collagenase enzyme and test the activity of crude extract of the collagenase enzyme based on different pH. The analysis parameters was consisted of the proportion of fish yield, and the enzyme crude extract activity test at different pH. The results showed that malong fish has a proportion of meat 7,2 parts, bone 3,8, internal organs 1, skin 2,1. The yields of crude extract of collagenase enzyme pH 6.5, 7.5, and 8.5 were 60.83%, 64.09%, and 83.15%, respectively. The crude extract activity of collagenase enzyme from the internal organs of malong fish at pH 6.5, 7.5 and 8.5 was resulted in 0.293 U/ml, 0.5877 U/ml, and 0.7767 U/mL. The highest collagenase enzyme crude extract activity was produced at pH 8.5.

Spatial market integration ensures price discovery, market efficiency and market competition. Price integration in fed cattle markets is a significant subject of research due to perishable nature of fed cattle, geographical distance between production and consumptions areas, and considerable transportation cost. This study examines United States fed cattle market integration using weekly price series of live steer and heifer for five major fed cattle markets in the era of Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting Act. Results indicate that all markets are cointegrated with sharing a common stochastic trend suggesting the Law of One Price. Causal relationship was found among most of the regional markets in case of steer prices, while the relationship was absent among most of the markets for heifer prices.