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Determinination Of Iron, Potassium, Calcium, And Sodium In The Fruit Of Guava (Syzygium Aqueum) And Guava Semarang (SyzygiumSamarangense) In Spectrophotometry Atomic Absorpti Syahputri, Hindri; De Lux Putra, Effendy; Rahman Harun, Fathur
International Journal of Science, Technology & Management Vol. 4 No. 1 (2023): January 2023
Publisher : Publisher Cv. Inara

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.46729/ijstm.v4i1.717

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Syzygium belongs to the guava tribe or Myrtaceae, originating from Southeast Asia. Syzygium is divided into two: small water guava known as Syzygium aqueum and large water guava known as Syzygium samarangense. This study aims to determine the mineral levels of iron, potassium, calcium, and sodium contained in guava and guava Semarang and to compare mineral levels between a guava and guava Semarang. Each sample was dry digested, and then quantitative analysis of iron, potassium, calcium, and sodium was carried out using atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS) with a wavelength of 248.3 nm; potassium 766.5 nm; calcium 422.7; and sodium 589.0 nm. The advantage of this method is that it can determine the content of minerals in small quantities without being influenced by other minerals. The results showed the levels of iron, potassium, calcium, and sodium in guava and guava Semarang, respectively: (0.2553 ± 0.0077) mg/100g and (0.1548 ± 0.0152) mg/100g; (70.2326 ± 1.5738) mg/100g and (45.7714 ± 0.9827) mg/100g; (3.8588 ± 0.1619) mg/100g and (0.4663 ± 0.0507) mg/100g; (8.1187 ± 0.3375) mg/100g and (6.1648 ± 0.1689) mg/100g. A comparison of mineral content between guava and guava Semarang shows that iron, potassium, calcium, and sodium minerals in guava are more significant than in guava Semarang. Statistically, the different tests of the average content of iron, potassium, calcium, and sodium between guava and guava Semarang using the F distribution found that the content of iron, potassium, calcium, and calcium sodium in guava was significantly higher than in guava Semarang.
Immunomodulator Activity Test of Curucuminoid Extract Derived from Turmeric Rhizome (Curcuma domestica Val.) In VCO On Rats Injected with Staphylococcus aureus Against an Increase in The Concentration of Leucocyte and Its Components. Pratiwi, Indah; Yuandani; Putra, Effendy De Lux; Satria, Denny
International Journal of Science, Technology & Management Vol. 4 No. 4 (2023): July 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.46729/ijstm.v4i4.905

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One of the medicinal Zingiberaceae plants which is regularly used by the society as a traditional remedy is turmeric rhizome. The pharmacological properties of turmeric rhizome include anti-inflammatory, anti-immunodeficiency, anti-viral. Anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-oxidant, anti-carcinogenic, and anti-infectious. This study aimed to identify the immunomodulator activity of curcuminoid extract of turmeric rhizome against the increase of leucocyte and its components, lymphocyte and neutrophil in white Galur Wistar rats that had been injected with Staphylococcus aureus. These test animals were given curcuminoid extract in VCO 100 mg/ml on a dosage of 1 ml, 0,5 ml, 0,25 ml curcuminoid powder 200 mg/kg body weight. Curcuminoid was suspended in Na CMC0,5%, Levamisole 25 mg/kg of body weight suspended in Na CMC 0,5%, VCO 1 ml. For the negative control, merely Na CMC 0,5% was given. The extract was orally given daily for 14 days. On the 4th day, Staphylococcus aureus was injected intra-peritoneally. The rats’ blood was then drawn from the heart and was observed to calculate the volume of the leucocytes, lymphocyte, and neutrophil which was conducted using flow cytometry.The findings suggested that there was a significant difference between the immunomodulatory activity of the curcuminoid extract in VCO at the doses of 1 ml, 0,5 ml, 0,25 ml on the increase in leucocyte, lymphocyte, and neutrophil compared to that of the negative control.Therefore, the findings of this study indicated that the extracts of curcuminoid in VCO could increase the number of leucocytes, lymphocytes, and neutrophils. Thus, the curcuminoid extract of turmeric rhizome in VCO potentially possessed immunomodulatory activity.