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Journal of Tropical Life Science : International Journal of Theoretical, Experimental, and Applied Life Sciences
Published by Universitas Brawijaya
ISSN : 20875517     EISSN : 25274376     DOI : -
Core Subject : Agriculture, Social,
The Journal of Tropical Life Science (JTLS) provides publication of full-length papers, short communication and review articles describing of new finding or theory in living system, cells and molecular level in tropical life science and related areas. The journal publishes articles that report novel findings of wide Tropical Life system phenomenon in the areas of biodiversity, agriculture, fisheries, health, husbandry, forestry and environmental technology. JTLS has 1 volume with 3 issues per year.
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Improvement of Trimethylamine Uptake by Euphorbia milii: Effect of Inoculated Bacteria Dian Siswanto; Paitip Thiravetyan
Journal of Tropical Life Science Vol. 6 No. 2 (2016)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11594/jtls.06.02.11

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In the last few years, a great emphasis has been placed on phytoremediation of indoor air pollution studies. However, limited work has been addressed to observe the bacteria potential to assist the phytoremediation process of trimethylamine (TMA). In this work, the ability of 4 different bacteria for individual TMA removal and IAA production were observed. In addition, the enhancement of TMA removal efficiency by Euphorbia milii with various inoculating bacteria were investigated. Bacillus thuringiensis, Citrobacter amalonaticus Y19, Bacillus nealsonii, and white colony-soil bacteria (WCSB) were able to absorb TMA and produce IAA individually. B. thuringiensis and C. amalonaticus Y19 were the two most effective bacteria to improve TMA removal efficiency by the plant. Since concentrations of IAA production by individual bacterium were highly correlated with TMA removal efficiency by plants in early periods of fumigation and highly correlated with leaf IAA production of bacterially inoculated plants, two predicted mechanisms on improving TMA uptake by bacterially inoculated plants are presented: (1) bacteria migration from plant roots to leaves increases leaf IAA concentration and (2) increasing concentration of bacterially inoculated root IAA inhibits transportation of IAA from leaves to roots, resulting in higher leaf IAA concentration. The higher concentration of leaf IAA is suggested to be a factor to increase stomatal opening which improves TMA removal efficiency of the plant.
Anthropometry, Fatty Liver, Plasma Lipid, and Adipose Tissue on Rat Wistar Induced Low-Protein Diet Dian Handayani; Inggita Kusumastuty; Kanthi Permaningtyas Tritisari; Laily Ekawati; Glaveria Galuh; Lailatul Muniro; Lega Satya; Ratih Indah Supratiwi; Anis Mahmudah
Journal of Tropical Life Science Vol. 7 No. 1 (2017)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11594/jtls.07.01.08

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Protein energy malnutrition problem still exists in developing country. In fact, Indonesia has faced it as double burden of nutrition problems. This study aims to develop a standardized diet for developing protein energy malnutrition (PEM) on the rat to support nutrition research. Low-protein modified AIM-93M diet (LP) has been given to rats for 12 weeks intervention compared to normal protein diet (ND). Anthropometry, plasma lipid, fatty liver and the weight of adipose tissue have been analysed. The LP group showed a significantly lower body weight, body length and waist circumference (p < 0.05), a more fatty liver marker shown in LP compared to ND (p < 0.05). This study suggests that giving low protein modified AIN-M93 diet promotes protein energy malnutrition in the rat.
Secretory Leukocyte Protease Inhibitor (SLPI) Decreased the Celluler Expression of NF-Kβ and IL-1β on Wound Macrophages of Rattus novergicus Post Tooth Extraction Agustine Hanafi Putri; Abdur Razaq Komaruzzaman; Putri Noerpuspita; Delfi Fitriyani; Nur Permatasari; Edi Widjajanto
Journal of Tropical Life Science Vol. 6 No. 3 (2016)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11594/jtls.06.03.05

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Prevalence of tooth extraction or dental surgery was 48.5% of all dental care in Indonesia. Tooth extraction carries potential health risks and side effects such as pain, swelling, trismus and dysfunction of the oral cavity during recovery. Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI) is one of innate immunity proteins that can inhibit the activation of macrophages. We are expecting the provision of SLPI can decrease excessive inflammatory response in healing after tooth extraction. This study was to investigate the administration of SLPI on cellular expression of NF-Kβ and IL-1β on wound macrophages of Rattus novergicus post tooth extraction. The research design is in vivo experimental study. In total, 20 rats were randomly divided into four groups (each group n=5) and underwent tooth extraction on left incisor teeth of mandible. One of the groups did not receive SLPI administration (control group) and the socket was stitched after tooth extraction. Meanwhile, the remaining three groups (experimental groups) were given SLPI administration after tooth extraction with three different doses (0.1 µM, 0.5 µM and 2.5 µM, respectively). After SLPI administration, the socket of experimental groups was stitched. The effects of SLPI administration were evaluated by counting at the percentage of NF-Kβ translocation and the expression of expression of IL-1 in macrophages cells of the rat socket using immunohistochemistry analysis. The cellular expression of NF-Kβ and IL-1β were significantly decreased (p < 0.05) on groups with SLPI may decrease cellular expression of NF-Kβ and IL-1β on wound macrophages cells of rats post tooth extraction in a dosedependent manner.
Role of Antibody Anti-AGE in the Expression of Nephrin and RAGE on Primary Glomerulus Cell Exposed with AGE Rudy Salam; Diana Lyrawati; Nur Samsu
Journal of Tropical Life Science Vol. 7 No. 2 (2017)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11594/jtls.07.02.03

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Upregulation of nephrin expression occurs at the early stage of nephropathy and decrease in the period 6 months on hyperglycaemic condition. Nephrin is associated with the initial stage of the loss of the permeability barrier in diabetic nephropathy. Interaction AGE-RAGE increases angiotensin II on Renin Angiotensin-Aldosterone System (RAAS) and activation of protein kinase c (PKC) which induce alterations in nephrin mRNA expression. Alterations of nephrin expression induces transformation of slit membrane structure and the permeability changes at the glomerular filtration barrier. Anti-AGE vaccination once may cause the changes of nephrin and RAGE expression and can prevent progression of diabetic nephropathy. This study used primary glomerulus cell culture obtained from renal of Wistar mice aged 3 months, weighting 200-300 grams that consist of negative control group that exposed to BSA 100 µg/ml, positive control group that exposed to AGE-BSA 100 µg/ml, treatment group 1 that exposed to polyclonal anti-AGE 5 µg/ml and AGE-BSA 100 µg/ml and treatment group 2 that exposed to monoclonal antibody anti-CML 5 µg/ml and AGE-BSA 100 µg/ml. Paired t-test with a 0.05 level of confidence results showed that there were significant differences in level of RAGE expression among experimental groups with control groups. Administration of polyclonal antibody decreased RAGE expression among negative control (p=0.188). but not in positive control (p=0.000). In contrast to monoclonal anti-AGE antibody, RAGE expression did not differ significantly compared to negative control but significant than positive control. Administration of monoclonal anti-AGE antibody inhibited increasing of nephrin expression compared to negative and positive control (p=0.73; 0.125). In conclusion, this study suggested that administration of polyclonal and monoclonal anti-AGE antibody could inhibit increasing of RAGE and nephrin expression in glomerulus primary culture that exposed to AGE which is expected to prevent the progression of diabetic nephropaty.
Prominently Increased of Mannose Binding Lectin (MBL) and Myeloperoxidase (MPO) Levels in Severe Valve Regurgitation and Heart Failure of Rheumatic Heart Disease Rachmania Putri; Renny Suwarniaty; Loeki Enggar Fitri; Susanto Nugroho; Mohammad Saifur Rahman
Journal of Tropical Life Science Vol. 7 No. 2 (2017)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11594/jtls.07.02.04

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Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is mediated by an abnormal immunological response following a Streptococcus pyogenes infection that induces a disturbance of oxidants and antioxidants balances. Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) binds to N-acetylglucosamine, a molecule present on the Streptococcus cell wall and human heart valves. There is a disturbance of oxidant and antioxidant balance in rheumatic disease. Myeloperoxidase (MPO) is a marker of oxidative stress and inflammation. This study was aimed to determine the correlation of MBL and MPO levels and severity of valvular regurgitation and heart failure (HF) in RHD patients. A case-control study was conduct using human peripheral blood samples from 32 children aged 6 to 14 years old. The subjects were divided into two groups: 16 RHD patients included in the case group and 16 healthy children as a control group. The level of MBL and MPO was investigated using ELISA method. There were significant differences on MBL and MPO level between patient and control group. The level of MBL and MPO were significantly increased in RHD group, especially on severe valvular regurgitation. There was a strong correlation between MBL and MPO levels and the severity of valvular regurgitation (r = 0.94 and r = 0.88). The least significant diff-erence (LSD) analysis showed that significant difference occurs in the severe heart failure group. Our research revealed that the MBL and MPO levels in pediatric RHD patients were significantly higher than in healthy children. The MBL and MPO levels were significantly correlated with the severity of valvular regurgitation and heart failure.
A Dynamical Analysis on a Tumour Virotherapy Model with Standard Incident Rate Deasy Sandhya Elya Ikawati; Wuryansari Muharini Kusumawinahyu; Trisilowati Trisilowati
Journal of Tropical Life Science Vol. 7 No. 1 (2017)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11594/jtls.07.01.03

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This paper discusses a dynamical analysis on a model that governs the growth of tumour cell under a therapy by using oncolytic viruses, on the standard incident rate. The model is a modification of the similar one by replacing the bilinear incident rate with the standard one. The conducted dynamical analysis consists of the determination of equilibrium points and their existence conditions, followed by local as well as global stability analysis of the equilibrium points. The analytical result shows that there are two equilibrium points, namely uninfected and the endemic point, which needs a condition to exist. Stability analysis shows that there is a dimensionless basic reproduction number that marks the existence as well as the stability of equilibrium points. When basic reproduction number is less than one, there is only the uninfected equilibrium, which is global asymptotically stable. On the other hands, both of equilibrium points exist when the basic reproduction number is more than one, but the uninfected point is not stable anymore, while the endemic one is local asymptotically stable under a condition. Some numerical simulations are performed to illustrate the analytical result. Numerically, it can also be demonstrated that there is a set of parameters which indicates that tumour can be fully removed.  
Botanical Survey in Moyo Island, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia: Inventory of Flora Collection at Forest Trimanto Trimanto; Febrina Artauli Siahaan
Journal of Tropical Life Science Vol. 7 No. 2 (2017)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11594/jtls.07.02.12

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Nusa Tenggara consists of some small islands, one of them is Moyo Island. The diversity of plant species in this island is not really known for certain. This research was determined to observe the diversity of plant spe-cies in Moyo Island forest. The research was conducted in April 2013 by using floristic analysis method. The characteristic of Moyo Island forest is lowland evergreen rain forest. The results showed there were 60 tree species recorded in Moyo Island forest. There were many fruiting trees and seedling from the trees which show healthy growth, indicated that the plant regeneration in this forest is went well. The diversity of Pteri-dophytes and orchids were not high. Epiphytic fern which often found in the forest were Drynaria quersifolia and Platycerium bifurcatum and terrestrial orchid that dominated in the forest was Nervilia aragoana. Tuber plant was often found in this forest and grew prolifically were Tacca, Dioscorea and Amorphophallus. In coastal area lived a population of Pandanus tectorius. There were three new record plants found. The first was epiphytic orchid: Pteroceras javanica, the second was the epiphytic plant: Hoya verticillata and wild tuber plant: Tacca leontopetaloides.
Prevention of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) Associated with the Aedes aegypti Larvae Presence based on the Type of Water Source Nurul Hidayah; Iskandar Iskandar; Zainal Abidin
Journal of Tropical Life Science Vol. 7 No. 2 (2017)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11594/jtls.07.02.05

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Aedes aegypti is the vector of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) disease. Containers are breeding places for DHF vector and the most commonly found larvae in the bath water containers. The presence of Aedes aegypti larvae in a container could be affected by the type of water source besides the container’s color, material, location, lid existence and the container’s drain frequency. This study was conducted to determine the associate of water source type with larvae presence and the additional factors. This study used observational analytic with case control design. The case group consisted of households using well water and the control group consisted of households using tap water with a sample size of 130 households for each group. The sample was collected by proportional random sampling in five villages. The data was analyzed using a regression logistic test. The significant variables associated with the presence of larvae were the water source type (OR=1.923), container’s color (OR=2.345), container’s location (OR=2.241), container’s lid existence (OR=2.122) and the container’s drain frequency (OR=2.260). This study did not consider the significant association of the container’s material. The dominant variable associated with the presence of larvae was the container’s drain frequency which was controlled by the water source type, container’s color and container’s location.
The Role of Coenzymes on Mercury (Hg2+) Bioremediation by Isolates Pseudomonas aeruginosa KHY2 and Klebsiella pneumonia KHY3 Liswara Neneng; Yohanes Edy Gunawan
Journal of Tropical Life Science Vol. 8 No. 1 (2018)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11594/jtls.08.01.04

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Mercury pollution is dangerous to health. Previous research was found two potential Gram-negative bacteria for mercury bioremediation, from gold mining in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.  These isolates were identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa KHY2 and Klebsiella pneumonia KHY3. Mechanisms of mercury bioremediation had not known yet by these isolates.  This study purposed to test the role of coenzymes on mercury bioremediation by these isolate and to determine the coenzymes best level of mercury bioremediation. Experimental design was Completely Randomized Design in a laboratory.  Treatment factors were coenzymes obtained from vitamins B1, B6, B12, with 6 levels of treatments, included 1 control.  All treatments were done in Luria Broth media that contain 12 ppm of mercury. Mercury was measured by AAS Shimadzu AA-6200. The results showed that coenzymes effect was very significant to improve mercury bioremediation by P. aeruginosa KHY2 and K. pneumonia KHY3.  Supplementation of vitamin B12 in culture media, more enhance of mercury bioremediation compared with vitamin B1 and B6. These result above, indicated the mechanism of mercury bioremediation in both isolates, were the enzymatic process.
Pollen Viability of Aeschynanthus tricolor Hook. Vitri Garvita Gandadikusumah; Hary Wawangningrum; Sri Rahayu
Journal of Tropical Life Science Vol. 7 No. 1 (2017)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.11594/jtls.07.01.09

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Aeschynanthus (Gesneriaceae) is climbing or trailing epiphytes from the tropical forests of South-East Asia. Several species are widely cultivated for their attractive flowers, which usually scarlet with long corolla tubes and probably bird pollinated.This study was carried out on Aeschynanthus tricolor Hook. to determine in vitro germinability of (1) pollen collected from flowers at anthesis, on the day before anthesis, or up to five days after anthesis and (2) pollen collected on the day of anthesis and then stored at -20oC for 127 days. Germinability tests were carried out on pollen grains after stored for four hours in 10% sucrose solution. The highest in vitro germination percentage observed was pollen collected on the day of anthesis (96.3%) and the lowest was pollen collected on the fifth day after anthesis (5.6%). The germination percentage of pollen after stored at -20oC was 98% at beginning and 22% after 127 days. From this research we can conclude that pollen of A. tricolor can be successfully collected and then stored for some time, will be practical benefit for plant breeding and conservation purposes.

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