Antioxidant is an interesting bioactivity since it has several correlations with disease such as Alzheimer, cancer, ageing and many others in which were promoted by free radicals. Investigation on our endophytic fungus collection namely Fennelia nivea NRRL 5504 revealed that the fermented mediumhas antioxidant property against DPPH through free radical scavenging effect. Fermentation in liquid medium i.e. Potatoes Dextrose Broth, resulted that the fermented medium reached about 86.51% (p < 0.05) of free radical inhibition on the eighth day. Results ofphytochemical screening from extracted fermentation medium showed the presence of terpenes, triterpenes, phenolic compound, tannin, flavonoid and also saponin. The highest antioxidant activity was showed by ethyl acetate extract. Calculation on total phenolic content of ethyl acetate crude extract was 0.544 mg g(-1) equivalent to pyrogallol. By exposure above, we have alternative source of antioxidant that came from our endophytic fungus collection which we isolated previously from Typhonium divaricatum Lodd.

Methylene blue dyes are widely used in textile, batik, plastic, paper, and many other industries. The remain of methylene blue dyes in the textile waste is hazardous for health and the environment. Therefore, it takes effort to deal with it. One of the efforts is the process of adsorption using adsorbents. In this study, the adsorbent ZrSiO4/Fe2O3 was synthesized using the coprecipitation method using NaOH as precipitant. Either ZrSiO4 or Fe2O3 was synthesized from Indonesia mineral local zircon sand and jarosites, respectively. The composites of ZrSiO4/Fe2O3 were prepared in %mole variation, which is 75:25; 50:50; and 25:75. All obtained composites were then characterized using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). The XRD analysis showed that the crystal structure formed was tetragonal for ZrSiO4 and hexagonal for Fe2O3 (also known as α-Fe2O3). Evaluation toward isotherm adsorption and kinetic adsorption showed that the adsorption of MB using ZrSiO4/Fe2O3 follows the Langmuir isotherm model and pseudo-second-order model, respectively.

The electroplating industry is one of the industries producing various kinds of pollutant waste. One of the pollutants is Copper (Cu). It can cause environmental problems such as soil pollution that endanger microorganisms and other living beings and shift its ecological balance. Phytoremediation is a way to improve polluted land by using plants. This study aimed to investigate the reduction of Cu after the treatment of vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty). Plants were grown on contaminated soil for 28 days (absorption condition), then transferred to the soil without contamination and allowed to live for 28 days (elimination condition). In this study, the concentration of Cu heavy metal was analyzed in plants using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). Phytoremediation potential was evaluated through absorption rate, elimination rate, along with Bioconcentration Factor (BCF), Biological Absorption Coefficient (BAC), and Translocation Factor (TF). The results showed that C. zizanioides could absorb Cu with the highest absorption rate of 1.45 mg.kg−1.d−1 and the highest elimination rate of 0.36 mg.kg−1.d−1. The absorption rate tends to be higher than the elimination rate. In this case, C. zizanioides can be used as an alternative for phytoremediation of Cu contaminated soil in the lightly to heavily polluted category.