Welly Ratwita
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani, Cimahi, Indonesia

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SUBCRONIC TOXICITY TEST OF EXTRACT PERIA FRUIT (Momordica charantia L) ON WISTAR RATS TOTAL CHOLESTEROL (UJI TOKSISITAS SUBKRONIK EKSTRAK PERIA (Momordica charantia L) TERHADAP KADAR KOLESTEROL TOTAL TIKUS WISTAR) Welly Ratwita; Fransiska Ambarukmi; Anieq lyatunafsy Syifa
Journal of Health and Dental Sciences Vol. 1 No. 3 (2022): Journal of Health and Dental Sciences
Publisher : Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi Unjani

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Bitter melon had been widely used by the community as traditional medicine and proven to have effects including antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, antioxidant, antitumor. Further testing is needed to determine the toxic effects that have not been detected in the acute toxicity test, the subchronic toxicity test. This study aims to assess the toxicity seen from the number of deaths, changes in body weight, changes in the weight of rat liver, and cholesterol levels in rat blood. This research is an experimental study using the Posttest Only Control Group Design method. A total of 40 male and female rats wistar strains were divided into a control group (K) and 3 treatment groups (P). Each group consisted of 5 male rats and 5 female rats. Group K is only given food (pellets) and drinking water. P1, P2, and P3 groups were given feed (pellets), drinking water and ethanol extract of peria fruit (Momordica charantia L.) at levels of 250 mg/kg, 500 mg/kg, and 1000 mg/kg. After the first 24 hours of administration the number of rats that died was counted, the change in body weight was weighed for 29 days and on the 29th day a rat’s blood was taken to calculate the cholesterol level of the rat, surgery was also performed to weigh the relative organ weigh of the rat liver. There were no rat deaths in the entire group, there were no weight loss, relative liver organ weight, and cholesterol levels were significant in all group(p>0,05). The ethanol extract of peria fruits in this study showed no toxic. The dose has reached the maximum dose of 1.000 mg/kg but the results have no effect on death, body weight, relative organ weight of the liver, and cholesterol levels. DOI : 10.54052/jhds.v1n3.p233-246
BLACK RICE ETHANOL EXTRACT EFFECT ON ACCUMULATION OF LYMPHOCYTES IN LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE-INDUCED WISTAR RATS SPLEEN Henny Juliastuti; Welly Ratwita; Meyra Aretha Ridzki
Journal of Health and Dental Sciences Vol. 2 No. 3 (2023): Journal of Health and Dental Sciences
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Infectious diseases are the second leading cause of death in the world after cardiovascular disease. Chronic infections were caused by anaerobic gram-negative bacteria that contain lipopolysaccharides which function as the primary defense of bacteria against antibiotics and antimicrobials. These bacteria can cause chronic inflammation. Chronic inflammation can lead to the accumulation of lymphocytes in the spleen, which plays a role in the immune system. An adequate immune system is needed to overcome these infections through immunostimulators, one of which was obtained from anthocyanins derived from black rice (Oryza sativa L.indica). This study aims to determine the effect of black rice ethanol extract on the spleen of Wistar rats induced by lipopolysaccharide. This study is an experimental laboratory study with a sample of 27 rats given 400 mg/kg BW black rice extract for 14 days; then, rats were induced with LPS 0.3 mg/kg BW intraperitoneally for 24 hours before being CO2 euthanized, and the spleen was taken to examine the diameter of the lymphoid follicles. The design of this research is the Posttest Only Control Group. The results were analyzed using the One-way ANOVA test with a p-value <0.05, meaning that there was a significant difference in the diameter of the lymphoid follicles between the treatment groups. The results showed that the diameter of the lymphoid follicles in the treatment group was more extensive than that in the positive and negative control groups. In conclusion, the ethanolic extract of black rice can increase the accumulation of lymphocyte cells in the white pulp zone, thereby increasing the diameter of the lymphoid follicles in the spleen of Wistar rats induced by lipopolysaccharide. DOI : 10.54052/jhds.v2n3.p415-428