Judul: Antibacterial Activity and Identification of Bioactive Compounds from Mangkokan Leaf Extract (Polyscias scutellaria)
Abstrak: Tanaman mangkokan (Polyscias scutellaria) merupakan salah satu tanaman obat Indonesia yang biasanya dimanfaatkan sebagai obat tradisional, tanaman hias, tanaman pagar, dan sumber pangan. Ekstrak daun mangkokan mengandung senyawa dengan aktivitas antibakteri. Penelitian ini bertujuan menguji aktivitas antibakteri ekstrak daun mangkokan, serta mengidentifikasi senyawa bioaktif yang terkandung dalam ekstrak. Ekstraksi daun mangkokan dilakukan menggunakan pelarut metanol, etanol, etil asetat, dan n-heksana. Ekstrak diuji aktivitas antibakteri dan diidentifikasi senyawa bioaktifnya menggunakan GC-MS. Hasil uji antibakteri menunjukkan bahwa ekstrak metanol dan etanol memiliki aktivitas antibakteri terhadap Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, dan Bacillus subtilis. Ekstrak n-heksana hanya memiliki aktivitas antibakteri terhadap E. coli, sedangkan ekstrak etil asetat tidak menunjukkan aktivitas antibakteri. Berdasarkan hasil analisis GC-MS, semua ekstrak daun mangkokan mengandung senyawa bioaktif dengan aktivitas antibakteri. Penelitian lebih lanjut diperlukan untuk menampilkan potensi antibakteri ekstrak daun mangkokan secara lebih baik., The mangkokan plant (Polyscias scutellaria) is one of the Indonesian medicinal plants which are usually used as a traditional medicine, ornamental plant, hedge plant, and food source. Mangkokan leaf extract contain antibacterial activity compounds. This study aims to examine the antibacterial activity of mangkokan leaf extract, as well as to identify the bioactive compounds contained in the extract. Mangkokan leaf extraction was carried out using methanol, ethanol, ethyl acetate, and n-hexane solvents. The extracts were tested for antibacterial activity and the bioactive compounds were identified using GC-MS. The results of the antibacterial test showed that the methanol and ethanol extracts had antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Bacillus subtilis. The n-hexane extract only had antibacterial activity against E. coli, while the ethyl acetate extract did not show antibacterial activity. Based on the results of GC-MS analysis, all mangkokan leaf extracts contained bioactive compounds which have antibacterial activities. Further research is needed to reveal the antibacterial potential of mangkokan leaf extract.
Keyword: Antibacterial, Bioactive compounds, mangkokan leaf extract

Judul: Kajian Aktivitas Antibakteri Daun Gatel (Laportea decumana (Roxb.) Wedd.) dan Daun Benalu Cengkeh
Abstrak: Many researches showed that several plants have a good antibacterial activity. The leaves of gatel and clove mistletoe are empirically used to cure several diseases. The aims of this research were: (1) to study the potential of antibacterial activity of gatel and clove mistletoe hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts against Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium and Pseudomonas aeruginosa by the well diffusion method; (2) to calculate the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) value of the potential extracts; and (3) to study the effect of various pH to antibacterial activity of the extracts. The results showed ethyl acetate and methanol extracts of the studied plants have low antibacterial activity against B. cereus and E. coli. Based on the MIC values, the ethyl acetate extract of gatel leaves showed over 99% percent inhibition against E. coli at a concentration of 3.5%, 4.0%, 4.5% and 5.0%. The same result was obtained by modifying the pH (4, 5 and 6) at the extracts concentration of 5% and 10%. The methanol extract of gatel leaves showed below 60% inhibition of B. cereus at a concentration of extract 4.0%, 4.5%, 5.0%, 5.5% and 6.0%, and more than 90% inhibition at the pH. The ethyl acetate extract of clove mistletoe showed more than 98% inhibition againts E. coli at a concentration of 3.5%, 4.0%, 4.5% and 5.0% and at pH 4, 5 and 6. Percent of inhibition less than 50% occured in the methanol extract of clove mistletoe at 4.0%, 4.5%, 5.0%, 5.5% and 6.0% concentration against B. cereus. For the methanol extract of clove mistletoe, the effect of pH variation (4, 5, 6 and 7) resulted in 92%-97% inhibition. The result may increase the utilization of research plant not only for health purposes but also as a natural food preservative and open new possibilities for the development of natural functional foods.
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Judul: Best Difference Equation Aproximation to Duffing 's Equation
Abstrak: Persamaan Duffing merupakan persamaan yang sering muncul sebagai model masalah sistem ayun mekanis atau pada masalah rangkaian listrik. Umumnya penyelesaian persamaan ini secara numerik memberikan hampiran dengan gala! yang tinggi, seperti dengan metode Runge-Kutta. Tulisan ini mengkonstruksi suatu persamaan beda untuk menghampiri persamaan Duffing tersebut. Penyelesaian dari persamaan beda ini melibatkan fungsi-fungsi eliptik Jacobi. Berdasarkan penyelesaian ini diperoleh basil bahwa penyelesaian hampirannya persis sama dengan penyelesaian analitiknya. Penyelesaian analitik yang diperolehjuga melibalkan fungsi-fungsi eliptik Jacobi.
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