Open AccessANTI DIARRHEA EFFECT OF ETHANOL EXTRACT KECAPI BARK (SANDORICUM KOETJAPE MERR) ON MALE GUINEA PIG INDUCED WITH CASTOR OIL AND BACTERIA ESCHERICHIA COLI
Author(s) -
Eva Diansari,
Edy Suwarso,
Aminah Dalimunthe
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.v11s1.26571
Subject(s) - castor oil , bark (sound) , diarrhea , traditional medicine , guinea pig , loperamide , feces , escherichia coli , ethanol , biology , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , food science , chemistry , veterinary medicine , medicine , biochemistry , ecology , genetics , gene , endocrinology
Objective: Kecapi bark (Sandoricum koetjape Merr.) is a plant of the Meliaceae family that is often used by people to treat diarrhea and abdominal pain. This study aims to determine the effects of antidiarrheal from the ethanol extract of the Kecapi stem bark on induced with castor oil and bacteria Escherichia coli.Methods: Before the in vivo on male guinea pig test was switched first, then 10 ml of castor oil was induced and 7.7 ml of E. coli male guinea pig was induced, then each male guinea was given a variation of dose ethanol extract kecapi stem bark and loperamide as the comparison. Parameters measured in this study were the start time of diarrhea, consistency of feces, frequency, and duration of diarrhea.Result: The results obtained showed that ethanol extract of kecapi bark antidiarrheal effect on guinea pigs induced castor oil (dose of 800 mg/kg body weight) and E. coli.Conclusion: Ethanol extract of Kecapi bark has an activity of antidiarrheal..