Detoxifying Propertiesof Peperomia pelucida(Pansit Pansitan)

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The influence of career choice has a lasting impact on an individual. It serves to be a settling factor or determinant of their prospective level ofsalary, nature of work and outlook to one's personality, thus one wrong decision can change the fate of an individual. Choosing a career does not only have a great effect on an individual but also to the country it lives to as it is connected to the economic prosperity of a nation. In this study, Pansit-partisan or Peperomia pellucida were tested if it has the detoxifying ability.

METHODS

There are nine (9) set-ups that were prepared to test the study, set-ups number 1 to 3 have the leaves of the pansit-pansitan, set-ups 4 to 6 have the stem, and set-ups 7 to 9 have the root part of the plant. Set-ups 1, 4, and 7 were placed to extreme temperature; direct sunlight, set-ups 2, 5, and 8 were placed to room temperature; indirect sunlight, and set-ups 3, 6, and 9 were placed to room temperature; without sunlight.

RESULTS

After preparing the set-ups, the researcher then waited for two (2) days before testing the pH level of the vinegar and water solution that serves as the acidic water that has a pH level of three which is acidic. Set-ups 1 to 3 yielded to a pH level ranging from 3.1 to 3.4, while set-ups 4 to 6 have a pH level ranging from 3.6 to four and the set-ups 7 to 9 resulted to pH level ranging from 4 to 5. As the acidity level of the set-ups after twodays, the root part of pansit-pansitan was the best part to detoxify acidic water.

DISCUSSIONS

The results proved that Peperomia pellucia (Pansitan-pansitan) exhibits detoxifying property, the root part to state best. Based on the table of results, the root part of the said plant, in room temperature with no direct sunlight, gave the best result as its roots developed dark spots that indicated the absorption of water impurities. Hence, the effectivity of the detoxifying properties of Peperomia pellucia Linn (Panist-pansitan) can be affected by the temperature, amount of sunlight and amount to be detoxified.