Abra State Institute of Sciences and Technology

Lagangilang, Abra, Philippines

Assessment of Pancit-Pancitan (Peperomia

Pellucida Linn) and Malunggay (Moringa Oleifera )
Tea Concoction as a Nutraceutical Drink

Maria Aurene Labanen

Researcher

 Proper nutrition is one of the foundations of a strong nation.

The malnutrition rate in Abra is highly alarming.
The utilization of indigenous plants can be tapped for their
nutritious contents
To acquire the nutritional content of these plants there are
several methods that can be utilized.
One of them is through tea preparation as a form of
nutraceutical drink.
A probable source of nutritious tea that is safer and nutritious
and readily available and cheap could be from Pancit-pancitan
and Malunggay.
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OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

This study aimed to assess pancit-pancitan and malunggay
tea concoction as a nutraceutical drink.
Specifically, this research study aimed to:
1. Determine at what concoction is best suited and accepted as nutraceutical
health tea drink as to the following formulation;
T controlLipton
T1 pancit-pancitan (1 tsp) + malunggay (1 tsp)
T2 pancit-pancitan (1 tsp) + malunggay ( tsp)
T3 pancit-pancitan ( tsp) + malunggay (1 tsp)
2. Determine if there is a significant difference as to the different concoction
formulation.
3. To determine which among the formulation has the highest acceptability.

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METHODOLOGY
Collection process

Pansit pansitan (Peperomia

pellucida Linn)
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Malunggay (Moringa oleifera)

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DATA GATHERING INSTRUMENT

The researcher used the Likert Scale for the following descriptions:
Characteristics
-Aroma (sense of smell)
-Color (Shade)
-Flavor (sense of taste)
-Acceptability
Table 1
Likert Scale with Descriptive and Numerical Rating

Scale

Descriptive Rating

Numerical rating

4.40-5.0
3.40-4.39

Excellent/Like very very

much
Very Satisfactory/Like
very much
Satisfactory/Like much

Fair/ not much

1.80-2.59

Poor/ Not at all

1.0-1.79

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2.60-3.39

STATISTICAL TREATMENT OF DATA

Mean was used to determine the consumers acceptability on the
tea preparations.
ANOVA and DMRT were used to determine significant differences
on the treatment means.

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RESULT AND DISCUSSION

Table 2. Summary Mean on the different trials
Characteristics

Control

Trial 1

Trial 2

Trial 3

Aroma

3.42

3.28

3.21

3.86

Color

3.41

3.34

3.04

3.56

Flavor

3.00

3.26

3.13

3.56

Acceptability

3.34

3.54

3.27

3.76

Average

3.29

3.35

3.16

3.68

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The table shows that trial 3 earned the highest average mean as to aroma, color,
flavor and acceptability compared to the other trials as well as with the control. This
means that the concoction made from tsp pancit-pancitan and 1 tsp malunggay
is highly acceptable as a nutraceutical drink.
ANOVA shows a highly significant differences among the different concoction of
peperomia and moringa. This indicate that the concoction out of pansit-pansitan and
malunggay are highly acceptable.
DMRT result shows that there is a significant differences among the different
concoction. Treatment 3 has the highest acceptability (3.90 a), followed by treatment 2
(3.46ab) then treatment 1 (3.22bc) and lastly the control received the lowest
acceptability (2.94c).

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Table 6. Duncans Multiple Range Test of the Mean of the Different
Pancit-pancitan and Malunggay Tea Concoction
Treatment

Mean

Control

2.94c

Treatment 1

3.22bc

Treatment 2

3.46ab

Treatment 3

3.90a

*Means with the same letter are not significantly different

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CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

Based on the result of the study, the following conclusions are
drawn:
All concoctions of pancit-pancitan and malunggay are acceptable
as a nutraceutical drink which can provide essential vitamins and
minerals that can help alleviate malnutrition particularly in the
province of Abra.
The most acceptable concoction is at tsp pancit-pancitan and 1
tsp malunggay. This produced a distinctive aroma, color, flavor
and acceptability among nutraceutical drinkers.
The researcher recommends that further studies on the
technologies and results be published to be shared to other
researchers to improve the pancit-pancitan and malunggay tea
concoction as a nutraceutical health drink.
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