Open AccessANTITUBERCULOSIS ACTIVITY OF EXTRACT AND FRACTIONS OF TINOSPORA CRISPA AGAINST MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS H37RV USING MYCOBACTERIA GROWTH INDICATOR TUBE AND AGAR PROPORTION METHOD
Author(s) -
Retno Wahyuningrum,
Ritmaleni Ritmaleni,
Tatang Irianti,
Subagus Wahyuono,
Takushi Kaneko
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
asian journal of pharmaceutical and clinical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2455-3891
pISSN - 0974-2441
DOI - 10.22159/ajpcr.2018.v11i3.22587
Subject(s) - maceration (sewage) , agar , mycobacterium tuberculosis , tuberculosis , microbiology and biotechnology , agar plate , traditional medicine , antimycobacterial , biology , medicine , food science , bacteria , pathology , materials science , genetics , composite material
Objective: The increasing incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) has created a need to discover a new anti-TB drug candidates. The aim of this study was to screen extract and fractions of Tinospora crispa for activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv.Methods: The dried and pulverized T. crispa stem was extracted by maceration method using ethanol (96%). The anti-TB activity was carried out using mycobacteria growth indicator tube (MGIT) system and agar proportion method with Lowenstein–Jensen (LJ) medium.Result: The result of this study showed that ethanolic extract and fractions of T. Crispa did not exhibit anti-TB activity in the range of 100–1000 μg/ml with MGIT method, while with agar proportion method, there were M. tuberculosis colonies growth on the LJ containing 1000 μg/ml extract slants.Conclusion: The tested extract and fractions of T. crispa have no anti-TB activity against M. tuberculosis until 1000 μg/ml.