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Capsaicin Extract of Bird's Eye Chilli as an inhibitor of the growth of the oral pathogen Mutans streptococci and the applying in prevention for Dental caries.
No full textNowadays, there are many of general non-communicable diseases in the countryside of Thailand that need to be concerned. We focus on the well known non-communicablediseases “Dental caries” from oral pathogen Streptococcus mutans. From the literaturereview, we found that the Capsaicin, extract of Bird’s Eye Chilli can be a good antibiotic forseveral types of microorganism. And the capsaicin is such a component that found in Chilliadded in many Thai foods. So we predict that the Streptococcus mutans could be inhibitedby Capsaicin too. Because we think it will be good if something that we eat everyday caninhibit many types of bad microorganism in our body, we do the scientific research inheadline “Capsaicin Extract of Bird's Eye Chilli as an inhibitor of the growth of the oralpathogen Mutans streptococci” proving our hypothesis that the capsaicin, extract of Bird'sEye Chilli can inhibit growth of oral pathogen Streptococcus mutans. Evidence from the experiments, capsaicin was tested in disk diffusion method andthe minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) analyzing method of both the crude extractcapsaicin from Bird's Eye Chilli and pure capsaicin. The result MIC of the crude extractconstant is 75 mg/ml and the MIC of pure Capsaicin is 140 µg/ml, so it can be concludedthat crude extract Capsaicin has an abilities in inhibiting the growth of Streptococcus mutanswith the concentration 75 mg / ml. As the matter of fact, we plan to do the research poll insome countryside of Thailand that might confirm our theory, people who like spicy food orChilli may have a lower risk of the dental caries than the others. In addition, we plan to apply more in the term of “Prevention” to help people incountryside of Nakhon Ratchasima to decrease a number of patients, if any
Synergistic Effects of Arthrospira platensis (Spirulina) and Moringa oleifera Lam. (Malunggay) on Tumor-induced Rattus norvegicus (Sprague-Dawley Rat)
Full text linkThe study determined the histopathologic and hematologic effects of Arthrospira platensis and Moringa oleifera Lam., and their synergism on tumor-induced Sprague- Dawley rats. Induction of tumors was done through intraperitoneal administration of 1,2- dimethylhydrazine and 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene for four weeks. Readily available capsules and tablets of Spirulina and malunggay mixed with water were used to achieve the desired 50% and 75% concentration. Intraperitoneal administration of the extracts and intravenous administration of 5-fluorouracil as the positive control treatment were done for two weeks post tumor induction. After treatment, representatives of each treatment groups were drawn blood and dissected for hematologic and histopathologic examination, respectively. Results show anti-tumor activity of all extracts in the liver in contrast to their ineffectiveness in the lungs. Furthermore, all but the 75% Spirulina extract were effective against gastric tumor development while both concentrations of Spirulina and its 75% concentration successfully countered development of tumors of the small intestine and large intestine, respectively. All of the extracts caused a general negative effect on the complete blood count. In conclusion, A. platensis proved to be the more effective against tumor development
Post Conference Report: Indonesia International (bio)Medical Students’ Congress (INAMSC) 2013
Full text linkThe 1st Indonesia International (bio)Medical Students’ Congress, a part of Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia’s “LigaMedika”, was held in Jakarta and Depok from May 1st-4th 2013. A total of 183 students from 5 different countries participated in the event. The theme for this year was “Cancer: Pursuing the Cure of the Century”
