Hyperlipidemia has an important role in the occurrence of cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and peripheral vascular diseases. High cholesterol and LDL levels in the blood are at risk of causing various diseases such as atherosclerosis, pancreatic dysfunction and kidney disorders. Meanwhile, high triglyceride levels can cause impaired liver, pancreas and kidney function. Green bean, oolong tea and cinnamon are plants that can lower cholesterol levels. Oolong tea contains catechins, Green Bean contain phytosterols and cinnamon contains cinnamaldehyde. Determination of secondary metabolite levels of extracts was carried out using the Liquid Chromatography – Mass Spectroscopy (LC-MS) method. The activity test was carried out with 30 Wistar white rats which were divided into 6 test groups. The normal control group was treated with CMC-Na without feeding hypercholesterolemia, the positive control group was treated with simvastatin 0.4 mg/KgBW, the negative control group was treated with CMC-Na, the test groups 1, 2 and 3 were treated with cinnamon extract, oolong tea and green bean, respectively (150:50:50 mg/KgBW), (50:150:50 mg/KgBW) and (50:50:150 mg/KgBW). The detected metabolite content was cinnamaldehyde in cinnamon up to 10%, catechins in oolong tea up to 12% and stigmasterol in beans as much as 3.4%.The results obtained by test group 1 and test group 2 can reduce cholesterol and triglyceride levels (p0.05). All test groups had no significant effect on HDL and LDL levels.
Earthworms are widely used by Indonesian people as an alternative treatment of typhoid fever in addition to the main treatment using antibiotics. One of the main ingredients of earthworms (Lumbricus rubellus) is protein. The amount of protein content of the extracts is highly dependent on the production process. For this reason, a spectrophotometric analysis was carried out to determine the protein content of the worm extracts in the market. As a result of the analysis using the Lowry method at a maximum wavelength of 650.8 nm, the protein content of a sample of earthworm extract obtained from the market was (10.41 ± 0.47) %.
Demam tifoid merupakan salah satu penyakit yang menjangkit masyarakat Indonesia dengan 500 kasus per 100.000 penduduk dengan angka kematian mencapai 5%. Pengobatan utama demam tifoid adalah menggunakan berbagai macam antibiotik. Namun masyarakat Indonesia cenderung lebih memilih pengobatan alternatif atau tradisional. Salah satu obat tradisional demam tifoid adalah ekstrak cacing (Lumbricus rubellus) yang mempunyai kandungan protein sampai 71%. Kandungan protein sangat tergantung pada proses produksinya. Untuk itu diperlukan metode preparasi dan analisis untuk menentukan kadar protein yang bisa digunakan untuk menjamin mutu produk ekstrak cacing. Metode preparasi yang optimum adalah dengan pemanasan pada temperatur 50°C selama 5 menit kemudian dianalisis kadar proteinnya dengan metode Lowry menggunakan spektrofotometer UV-Vis pada panjang gelombang 650,8 nm. Metode linier, akurat dan teliti dengan batas deteksi sebesar 0,18 mg/mL dan batas kuantifikasi sebesar 0,58 mg/mL.
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