TY - JFULL AU - Etty Riani and Endang Gumbira-Said and Kashwar Syamsu and Kustiariyah and Kaseno and Muhammad Reza Cordova PY - 2013/6/ TI - The Potency of Sandfish (Holothuria scraba) as a Source of Natural Aphrodisiacs T2 - International Journal of Biotechnology and Bioengineering SP - 339 EP - 346 VL - 7 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9996642 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 77, 2013 N2 - Sandfish is one of marine biota that has a biomedicine (bioactive compound) potency. People in Gorontalo Province, Indonesia, have been sandfish as an aphrodisiac for men as it is believed that sandfish has a steroid hormone potency. This research aims at studying using the steroid hormone potency from every fraction of sandfish (meat and innards) and its activity of male reproduction (rooster) as an aphrodisiac. Steroid extraction was done using Touchstone and Kasparow method, and then it was utilized to study the effectiveness of bioassay of rooster. This research had five treatments and was done in complete randomized design. Based on Lieberman-Burchard and bioassay test, the author found that sandfish extract contains steroid hormone. Sandfish extract was able to enrich testosterone and cholesterol concentration in blood serum; fastening secondary reproduction characteristics of the rooster, and increasing growth as well as improving rooster’s comb. Therefore, sandfish steroid is potential to be used as an aphrodisiac for men. ER -