Efek Imunostimulasi Ekstrak Etanol Umbi Iles-iles Terhadap Aktivitas Fagositosis Sel Makrofag pada Tikus Putih Strain Wistar yang Diinokulasi Staphylococcus aureus

Abstract

This study was conducted to test the activity of macrophages based on the notion that macrophages play an important role in the immune response. This study analyzed the phagocytic activities due to the effects of flavonoids and polysaccharides iles-iles tubers in the immune response. The aim of this study was to analyze the immunostimulation effect of iles-iles tubers ethanol extract on phagocytic activities of macrophages in Wistar strain white rat inoculated with Staphylococcus aureus. This study used a complete randomized design with wistar strain white rat. This study was conducted at the Clinical Pathology Laboratory of Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital from January–March 2012. Wistar strain white rats (n=30) were divided into 5 groups. Wistar strain white rats in each treatment group were given treatment that was administered orally for 7 days from 1–7 January 2012. The result shows that the number of macrophages in iles-iles tubers ethanol extract group that received 220 mg /kgBW dose after 1 hour, 3 hours, and 6 hours of treatment was higher than that of the tuber-iles iles ethanol extract that received 110 mg /kgBW and 55 mg/kgBW (p<0.05), both for Zymosan A comparison group and control group (p<0.05). Conclusion of this study is iles-iles tubers ethanol extract (Amorphophallus variabilis BL.) is effective for immune-stimulatory healing activity and has better effectiveness for improving immune response compared to zymosan A 35 mg/ kgBW.

Keywords

• Ethanol extract
• iles-iles tubers
• liver index
• macrophages