Prediabetes is a condition blood glucose levels are higher than normal but lower than diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. Parameters prediabetes according to the American Diabetes Association 2017, blood glucose levels ≥100 - <126 mg/dL in impaired fasting glucose, ≥ 12 mg/dL in impaired glucose tolerance...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of some medium on tubers of decoction water on the growth of C. albicans and find out the type of medium of tubers boiling water which produced the best growth of C.albicans colonies. This study used the experimental method of Completely...

Objectives: The increasing of blood cholesterol levels is one factor of atherosclerosis risk. Estrogen hormone secretion decreases in postmenopausal women as a result of atrophy of the ovaries so that tends to increase in total cholesterol levels, LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein) cholesterol, triglycerides...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate protective power of rind durian lotion to Aedes aegypti mosquitoes by observing for 6 hours. Method: objects in this research were 75 number of Aedes aegypti mosquitos. Volunteer were use rind durian lotion and lotion X (positive control) and then...

Hyperuricemia is a condition characterized by an increase in uric acid levels in the blood. It can cause inflammation. The sign of inflammation is to check the count of leukocyte and the parameter neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR). The condition of the number of leukocytes with NLR in hyperuricemia needs...

HDL (High Density Lipoprotein) is one of the lipoproteins in the human body. It acts like a vacuum cleaner that absorbs as much excessive cholesterol as possible. There are several risk factors that can cause cholesterol metabolism abnormalities in the body, one of which is a decrease of HDL levels in...

Objectives: The aim of the research is to find out the relationship between students knowledge and behavior towards handling chemicals. Method: The research is descriptive correlation. The research involved 50 students’ Health Analyst Department as respondents using Cross Sectional Technique. The instrument...

Objective: Because so far the paper-based commercial chikungunya tool in Indonesia has a very low sensitivity of only 20.5-50.8%, and this is supportive because of the different use of strain in the diagnostic tool so the purpose of this research is to study the selectivity of sampling from Indonesian...

Objectives: One of the disease vectors that harms humans is the house fly. Therefore, it is necessary to control measures against the fly population. Flies control measures can be done both by physical and chemical means. For example, by using insecticides, plants that can be used as insecticides are...

Green Mussels (Perna viridis L) is consumed by a lot of people, but the waste of green mussels shells is still not used optimally. This study aims to determine the antioxidant activity of waste of green mussels shell using DPPH method. Chitosan obtained through deproteination, demineralization and deacetylization...

Orthosiphon aristatus is a medicinal plant that used as traditional medicine raw material. These leaves have similar morphology with Eupatorium riparium so that it is possible to adulterate the raw material of Orthosiphon aristatus. The purpose of this research was to identify the existence of Eupatorium...

Optimation of cyanide adsorption has been done from tapioca industry liquid waste using activated sludge. This study was aimed to know the optimum condition of the adsorption process and to determine the adsorption efficiency of active sludge to cyanide contents of tapioca industry liquid waste. The...

Chicken meat is the most consumed food. In Indonesia, meat is one of the contributors to poisoning because meat has a high protein and nitrogen content and environmental conditions suitable for the growth of microorganisms. Both dyes from nature and synthesis have been developed as the detection for...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the physicochemical properties of mefenamic acid after going through the process cocrystallization using solvent evaporation method and characterization. Method: cocrystallization process is made with 3 ratio (mefenamic acid:ascorbic acid) that is...

Objectives: Natural antioxidants have an important role in the prevention of many diseases and promotion of health. Many natural sources of antioxidants derived from plants that ware spread throughout the plant. Phenolic compounds are potent antioxidants. The Ficus elastica L. (F. elastica) leaf is one...

Leaves mareme (Glochidion arborescens Blume) has a very strong antioxidant activity. One potential secondary metabolites as antioxidants are flavonoids. This study aims to determine the effect of the extraction method on total flavonoid levels of mareme leaf extract. Total flavonoid content was determined...

Hepatoprotector compound can provide liver protection to the liver from damage caused by drugs, chemical compounds and viruses. This study was aim to determine the hepatoprotector effect of several doses of papaya (Carica papaya L.) ethanol extract in acetamnophen-induced rats. This research was an experimental...

The use of traditional medicine is recommended by WHO to maintain of peoples health, preventing and treatment of diseases. Indonesia as a country that has biodiversity of banana, one of them is a tongka langit banana. Musa troglodytarum L. better known as banana tongka langit is one of the banana plants...

Inflammation is a local protective response caused by damage to tissue. Plants that have been scientifically proven to have anti-inflammatory properties of Artocarpus altilis (parkinson) Fosberg leaves. The biosynthesis process can cause changes in color, content and type of content that is in the breadfruit...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to increased solubility of curcuminoid by inclusion complex formation. Method: Curcuminoid-kappa carrageenan complex formation was perform by kneading method. Then the complex solubility and dissolution rate was evaluated and characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy...

Objectives: Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever is a disease caused by the dengue virus (DENV) which is transmitted through the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. There are four widely known serotypes of dengue virus, namely DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, and DENV-4. The dengue virus genome is composed of...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to make lotion preparations containing ethanol extract of pear rind and to test the inhibitory activity of the tyrosinase enzyme from pear rind ethanol extract lotion preparations. Method: Determination of tyrosinase enzyme inhibitory activity was carried out...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the antibacterial activity of flower, stem, and tuber of Polianthes tuberosa L against Staphylococcus epidermidis and Propionibacterium acnes. Method: The extraction was conducted by a maceration method using different polarity of solvent (n-hexane,...

Ethyl p-methoxycinamate (EPMC) is a compound derived from kencur (Kaemferia galanga) and has a pharmacological effect as an antiinflammatory. EPMC has poorly water solubility and need to be modified to increase its solubility. The aim of this study was to improve the water solubility of EPMC by cocrystallization...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the interaction between Indonesian NS1 DENV-2 with 6D4B10 and 8A6F2 single chain fragment variable antibodies. Method: In this study, bioinformatics approach was performed on the six structures of Indonesian NS1 antigenes of DENV-2 to obtain the best...

Objectives: The purpose of this research was to determine the antioxidant activity, total phenolic and total flavonoid content of ethanol 70% extract fruit peel, pulp, seeds and leaves Pouteria campechiana (Kunth) Baehni. Method: extraction was performed using maceration by 70% ethanol. The extract was...

Objectives: Tengkawang (Shorea mecistopteryx Ridley) is one of the typical Kalimantan plants that can produce fat from the seeds. The tengkawang seeds fat is not yet fully known for its physico-chemical characteristics, especially its polymorphism. The purpose of this study was to determine the thermal...

Objectives: Molecularly Imprinted Polymer (MIP) is a selective polymer that can bind target molecules, is made with a ratio 1:4:20 (mmol) between caffeine, acrylamide, and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate. The ratio will form a polymer that will be released again so that it can selectively recapture the...

Objectives Oxidative stress is suspected as a major factor triggering cataracts. Yellow pumpkin contains beta-carotene compounds can reducing oxidative stress, and it is suspected to be able to reduce the occurrence of cataracts. This study aims at determining and proving the benefits of yellow pumpkin...

Selada air (Nastrium officinale R.Br) is a plant that grows in the highlands. Watercress is widely consumed by people as a vegetable. This study aimed to examine the antioxidant activity of watercress extract by using DPPH method. The extraction used the reflux method with n-hexane, ethyl acetate and...

Areca palm is a type of palm and is commonly found in India, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia and other Asian countries, both individually and in populations (Jaiswal wt al, 2011). The pharmacological potential of Areca catechu is one of its benefits as an anthelmintic. Part taken from areca nut for anthelmintic...

Objectives: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is defined as high levels of hyperandrogenism, menstrual irregularities, anovulation and high levels of insulin (hyperinsulinemia secondary to increased insulin resistance).The estimated that> 75% of women with PCOS are insulin resistant, the incidence...

Objectives: Kidney is organ that plays an important role in maintaining the homeostasis of the body. Kidney damage can be caused by several things, such as hypovolemia, sepsis, acute glomerulonephritis, rhabdomyolysis and drugs (gentamicin and NSAIDs). Consumption of drugs like gentamicin can cause damage...

objectives: Nutmeg is a native Indonesian plant which is widely exported in the form of nutmeg and nutmeg essential oil. Exploration of nutmeg essential oils content and its activities continues to be carried out. Nutmeg essential oil contained 8-11% of myristicin, and this compound has alkenylbenzenes...

Objectives: Myristica fragrans volatile oil has presented strong antimicrobial activity against a wide variety of bacteria. The antimicrobial activity would be expected to relate to the respective composition and their relative percentage, and possibly synergistic interaction between its components....

Objective: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of Allium Sativum and Olive Oil in overcoming pruritus in kidney failure patients at Hemodialysis Unit of dr. Soekardjo Hospital Tasikmalaya City. Method: This study was a pre-experimental study “one group pre-test post-test” design. The sample...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the potential of Family-Based Dietary Management Program For People with Hypertension Diet Behavior. Method: The research method used was quasi experiment, the design used was pre-test and post-test with control group design. The sampling technique...

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the antifertility effect of N-hexane, ethyl acetate, and water fractions from C. papaya leaves on sperm motility in male Wistar rats. Method: Twenty four rats used in this study. Rats were devided into 4 groups: normal group and Carica papaya fraction...

Deep breathing is one of the non-pharmacological therapists that can increase sensitivity of baro reflex and reduce sympathetic and chemical reflex activity which shows a potentially beneficial effect in reducing systolic and diastolic in hypertensive patients at the Kahuripan Community Health Center...

One of the population problem in Indonesia is a large population with a relatively high population growth rate. Government efforts to control population growth with the Family Planning program have not produced as expectations. The choice of contraception is influenced by various factors. Objectives:...

Objective: to the description of self-adaption to stress based on criminal punishment for prisoners in Tasikmalaya Second Class Penitentiary. Methods: descriptive research, participants in this study were prisoners on criminal punishment (n=40). Results and Discussion: obtained in this study that normal...

Adolescent reproductive helath is a component of reproductive health. Problems of reproductive health in adolescent usually have a characteristic that is associated with knowladge about reproductive health itself. Parentaal ignorance of clear and true and adequate knowladge about aspect of the development...

Safety becomes a global issue which consist of five important issues namely patient safety, safety of workers or health workers, safety of buildings and equipment in hospitals that can impact on the safety of patients and personnel, safety of the environment (green productivity) which impacts on environmental...

Objectives: Progressive relaxation is a therapy based on the relationship between muscle and emotional tension. Anxiety is a subjective feeling of disturbing mental tension as a general reaction to the inability to overcome a problem or un secure. The Objectives is discusses of complementary protection...

Various problems of the lawsuit exist because the health service is not optimal, complaints about the quality of health services are also perceived. If the medical record document is filled with complete, it will be easy for health professionals to explain it if there is a lawsuit. The contents of the...

Low birth weight (LBW) is mostly used to investigate the conditions for survival and the quality of life of children. The study aimed to assess the role of assistance toward pregnant women in the risk of children with LBW. This is part of operational research entitled “Development of Model for Assisting...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was To know effectiveness of green beans and soybeans in Increasing levels of Hemoglobin and Oxygen Saturation method: This research is a kind of non-randomized quasi-experimental pre-test post-test. Samples were taken by using purposive sampling method that meet...

Glasses are a visual aid. Comfort in using glasses is one of the motives for someone to use optical services. This study aims to examine the effect of the use of progressive lenses on the comfort of novice users in Optical Padang. This type of research is quantitative with the Quasi Experiment approach...

This study was designed to evaluate the effect of permed lash wear of the selected 4-th year female students in the School of Optometry. Subjects were purposely selected according to our inclusion and exclusion criteria which narrowed down to forty-three subjects. The subjects’ undergone pre-post assessment...

Objectives: Dense settlements spend the distance between the well and the toilet. So, many sources of clean water are contaminated by coliform bacteria. Microalgae is an important micro-plant which is a bioindicator of clean water. Besides that microalgae can also decrease the number of coliform bacteria....

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a failure of kidney function to maintain metabolism, fluid and electrolyte balance due to progressive damage of kidney structure with manifestations of accumulation of metabolites. The impact of CKD on the integumentary system includes itching almost all over the body,...

The case discusses the low vision assessment and management given appropriate for the 18-year-old male student with congenital aniridia and associated cataract and high myopia. Congenital aniridia is a rare, usually bilateral, panocular condition that mainly affects the iris and other ocular structures,...

Cone-rod dystrophy is considered to be one of the rare ocular diseases that arises hereditarily. The nature of the disease can easily be mistaken with other ocular condition due to its unusual characteristics. This case report covers extensive ocular examinations and proper management of the condition.

The inner layer of the cornea is composed of endothelial cells that make the cornea clear [2]. Corneal trauma may result to significant ocular discomfort, visual difficulty, or even blindness. Corneal decompensation which is manifested by corneal opacity is a result of several factors like deep penetration...

Objectives: Monascus purpureus (M. purpureus) is the predominant mold of the red yeast rice. Red yeast rice is the product of rice fermentation by M. purpureus through solid fermentation system. The red yeast rice has long been consumed as flavoring, food coloring and traditional medicines for various...

The aim of this study was to look at DNA damage studied in cancer patients during radiotherapy using the comet test. Subjects were from patients diagnosed with different solid tumors who received radiotherapy and control groups adjusted for age, sex. Blood samples were collected from patients with several...

Objective: The study aimed to identify risk factors of preeclampsia on pregnant women including mother’s age, gestational age, weight gain, pregnancy type, history of hypertension, number of children’s births (parity), history of disease, and history of preeclampsia. Method: The research design was descriptive...

Durian skin waste that has not been utilized properly, because of it’s difficult to decompose character, has the potential to become one of the biological wastes that can cause environmental pollution (Prabowo, 2009). Even though some studies have stated that durian rind has the potential as an anti-inflammatory...

Objectives: In this research, lead analysis was carried out on the blush cosmetic preparations using the UV-Vis Spectrophotometry method and dithizone complex. The purposes of this study are to determine lead levels in cosmetics blush preparations and to determine the safety of the blush preparations...

Objective: To assess if the patient has a low vision condition and to give proper management to the patient who has adherent leukoma associated with measles. Method: The patient was referred back by an ophthalmologist to the optometrist for low vision assessment and management. The demographic profile...

Objectives: The aims of this study were to developed snakes-and-ladder game as an eye health promotion. Method: A research and development (RnD) method was conducted in this study, adapting ADDIE development model which consist of analysis stage, design stage, development stage, implementation stage,...

Objectives: The study aims to determine the analgesic activity of beluntas radix infusion. Method: The research used 25 of male mice. The mice were divided into five groups, which are negative control, positive control, and three testing groups (in different doses). Fifteen minutes after infusion of...

Depression was one of the leading cause number of person lived with disability and related to premature death. Most depression first occurred in young age. Attention needs to be given to mental health problems in Indonesia starting from the young. Objective: To analyze the relation between level of depression...

Objectives: Hospital wastewater is a waste product from hospital activities that are infectious and toxic so that it can affect health. In this case, the wastewater analyzed is wastewater in one of the Tasikmalaya City Hospitals. The purpose of this study is to determine the analyzed wastewater containing...

Health problems that often arise in school-age children are behavioral disorders, one of which is hand washing behavior. Based on a preliminary study in the Work Area of the Sambi Community Health Center in Boyolali District, it was found that the incidence of diarrhea was one of the 10 biggest diseases...

Objectives: Myricetin is a flavonoid compound with natural antioxidant activity. Solubility, permeability and absorption rate is very low makes myricetin’s bioavailability very limited. To address this problem, myricetin made in nano-phytosome technology. Nano-phytosome was made by mixing phytoconstituents...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of anxiety levels with the incidence of insomnia in the elderly at the Welas Asih Nursing Home in Tasikmalaya City. Method: This type of research is quantitative research design was descriptive correlational that aims to determine...

This clinical evaluation deals with the possible maintenance and slowing down the development of degenerative myopia in a 29 years old patient. Series of eye examinationswere done to disclose why his refractive error continually increased. He was discovered to have degenerative myopia which was inherited,...

Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine the factors are associated that smoking behavior in students diploma of Biomedical Engineering STIKes Binalita Sudama Medan. Method: The results showed that respondents who smoked were 29 respondents (48.3%). Results and Discussion: The results of...

Nano-phytosome is a nano technology that’s use to improve the bioavailability of active compound in plants by binding with phospholipids which have similar characteristic with cell membranes. In this study, Myricetin is the main ingredient that we used in nano-phytosome formulation. Myrisetin is a natural...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of self awareness and knowledge of diabetes with the value of fasting blood glucose level. Method: Descriptive correlational research method with cross sectional design, sampling taking with consecutive sampling method, the research...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of age on the incidence of antepartum hemorrhage in Cilacap District Hospital in the period of 2016 - 2018. The design of this study was descriptive analytic with the case control approach method. This research is a study using secondary data instruments...

The use of plants as traditional medication has been widely used in the community. Asteraceae is a family plant with activity against many diseases. The bioactivity dues to bioactive compounds contained in the plants as flavonoids, alkaloids, terpenoids and saponins. This study aims to determine the...

Objectives. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a relationship of knowledge to the attitudes of a pregnant women’s husband about preeclampsia. Methods: Participants in this study were the husband of pregnant women (n = 40). 40 husbands of pregnant women who experienced preeclampsia,...

Objectives: The aim of the study was to identify the specific and sensitive intervention that has been done under the National Action Plan for Stunting Program. Method: This study was qualitative study using in-depth interviews. We interviewed twenty informants from health sector, non health sector,...

Objectives: Detemination of this study was to determine the effect of exclusive breastfeeding on the incidence of ARI in infants aged 6-12 months in the RAB RSUD dr. Soekardjo Tasikmalaya City in 2014. This type of research is case control. The power of the relationship of exclusive (independent) breastfeeding...

Objectives: The objective of the study was to determine the appropriate administration time of allopurinol between morning and night administration. Method: This research was conducted in a controlled and open label. Eleven patients (six in night and five in morning) were fulfilled the criteria. Results...

Objectives: Mannitol Salt Agar (MSA) medium used to distinguish mannitol fermented ability among Staphylococcus species. The ability to ferment mannitol visualized by color changing in agar medium. Fenol red is color indicator usually used in standard MSA medium which has ability to turn from red to...

Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world and Indonesia. The coverage of breast cancer detection in the City of Tasikmalaya 2018 was 6,542 people. in Karsamenak Sub-District in the working Area of Kawalu’s Public Health Center, in Tasikmalaya 2019, which has the highest number...

Perinatal is an episode of life at 28 or more gestational ages coupled with a baby less than 7 days old. During the perinatal period is very vulnerable to morbidity and death. Perinatal Mortality Rate (PPA) is the number of fetal deaths born at 28 weeks or older plus the number of infant deaths less...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine differences in the characteristics of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) patients between those who have complications and those who do not have complications. Method: Participants in this study were type 2 DM patients (n = 41). Member of Prolanis South...

A preliminary evaluation on the cytogenetic effects and DNA damages was done in blood of twenty two person at the age between 30-56 years old from medical workers as expose group and their matched twenty from administration workers (control). Their bloods were collected with their full informed consent...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between absolut neutrophil counts with the Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) in hyperuricemia. Method: Participants in this study were men 18-65 years old (n = 30). Living in Indonesia the city of Tasikmalaya. Participation selection...