Judul: Karakteristik Penempelan Dan Koagregasi Bakteri Asam Laktat Indigenous Dadiah Dan Yogurt Sebagai Kandidat Probiotik Pada Usus Halus Tikus in vitro
Abstrak: Dadiah is a traditional food from West Sumatra. That made from buffalo milk and ripened in bamboo and covered with banana leaves. One of the criterions of probiotic bacteria is its ability to adhere on the mucosa of intestine. The aims of this research were to identify the characteristic of indigenous dadiah lactid acid bacterias (LABs) (Lactobacillus acidophilus Y-01, Bifidobacterium longum Y-01) and lactid acid bacteria from yoghurt (Lactobacillus plantarum D-01 and Lactococcus lactis D- 01) as probiotic through its abilities to adhere on intestine mucosa of rats (adhesi) and to coaggregate between probiotic bacterias candidate. Probiotic bacterias candidate were tested for aggregation, autoaggregation, coaggregation, adhesion on the intestinal mucosa of rats and attachment on stainless steel plate by in vitro tests. Research showed that indigenous dadiah LABs and LABs from yoghurt had ability to adhere on intestinal mucosa of rat and attache on stainless steel plate. The average number of LABs attached on stainless steel plate was 5 log10 CFU/cm2 of average initial bacterial population of 8 log10 CFU/ml. The highest of LABs attached on stainless steel plate was found from L. lactis D-01 that was equal to 5,80 log10 CFU/cm2. Indigenous dadiah LABs and LAB from yoghurt cows had a positive aggregation value proven by the sediment existence. The average of percentage bacterial autoaggregation value was in weak position and fluctuated during the five hours of testing. The coaggregation test found that the lowest coaggregation percentage was between L. lactis D-01 and L. acidophilus Y-01, that showed by the value was 0,16%., Dadiah merupakan salah satu makanan tradisional hasil fermentasi alami dari susu kerbau yang terkenal di Sumatera Barat. Hasil isolasi terhadap dadiah mendapatkan dominasi Lactococcus lactis dan Lactobacillus plantarum. Produk susu fermentasi lain yang cukup dikenal masyarakat Indonesia adalah yogurt. Bakteri asam laktat yang berhasil diisolasi dari yogurt susu sapi diantaranya Bifidobacterium longum dan Lactobacillus acidophilus. Penelitian mengenai bakteri asam laktat asal dadiah susu kerbau dan asal yogurt susu sapi sebagai kandidat probiotik sudah dilakukan, khususnya tentang karakteristik pertumbuhannya secara in vitro dalam keasaman lambung, toleransinya pada garam empedu dan kemampuan antagonistiknya terhadap bakteri patogen (Sunaryo, 2011). Salah satu kriteria lain untuk memenuhi persyaratan sebagai kandidat bakteri probiotik yang menarik untuk diteliti adalah kemampuan bakteri asam laktat untuk menempel pada permukaan usus halus secara in vitro serta sifat koagregasinya terhadap bakteri asam laktat yang lain, bila digunakan sebagai mixted culture. Manfaat probiotik pada kesehatan saluran pencernaan telah banyak diteliti khususnya untuk mencegah dominasi bakteri patogen pada saluran pencernaan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari kemampuan penempelan bakteri asam laktat indigenous dadiah (Lactobacillus plantarum D-01 dan Lactococcus lactis D-01) dan asal yogurt susu sapi (Lactobacillus acidophilus Y-01 dan Bifidobacterium longum Y-01) pada usus halus tikus secara in vitro serta kemampuan koagregasi antar bakteri untuk diidentifikasi sebagai probiotik. Penelitian ini berlangsung dari bulan Mei sampai November 2010 bertempat di Laboratorium Mikrobiologi Bagian Teknologi Hasil Ternak, Laboratorium Lapang Pemuliaan dan Genetika, Laboratorium Terpadu, Departemen Ilmu Produksi dan Teknologi Peternakan, Fakultas Peternakan serta Laboratorium Histologi, Departemen Anatomi, Fisiologi dan Farmakologi, Fakultas Kedokteran Hewan, Institut Pertanian Bogor. Materi yang digunakan meliputi BAL indigenous dadiah (L.
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Judul: Karakteristik Ketahanan Bakteri Asam Laktat Indigenous Dadiah Sebagai Kandidat Probiotik Pada Kondisi Saluran Pencernaan in vitro
Abstrak: Probiotic bacteria defined as living microorganisms which will confer health benefit to the host when administered in adequate amounts. The aims of this research were to study the potential of Lactobacillus plantarum D-01, Lactococcus lactis D-01, Bifidobacterium longum Y-01, and Lactobacillus acidophilius Y-01 as probiotic bacteria through its ability to survive in gastrointestinal conditions (acid conditions of stomach and the presence of bile salts in the small intestine), its resistance to antibiotics, and its antimicrobial properties against pathogen bacterias. This study initiated with assays of four tested Lactic Acid Bacterias for its ability to grow and survive in acid conditions and the presence of bile salts or antibiotics, also its antagonistic activities against indicator strains of pathogen bacterias (Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 and Salmonella Thypimurium ATCC 14028). Result showed the ability of L. plantarum D-01, L. lactis D-01, B. longum Y-01 and L. acidophilus Y-01 to grow in acid conditions and tolerance at the presence of bile salts and antibiotics (t-test). Research found that difference species LABs tested influenced diameter of the inhibition zone against pathogen indicator bacterias (P<0.01). L. acidophilus Y-01 had the largest inhibition zone against S. Thypimurium ATCC 14028 and E. coli ATCC 25922, while B. longum Y-01 was able to produce the largest inhibition zone against S. aureus ATCC 25923 (P<0,05). Based on the characterization of four species LAB, it could be concluded that L. plantarum D-01, L. lactis D-01, B. longum Y-01, and L. acidophilius Y-01 can be used as probiotic.
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Judul: Pricing of Lookback Options with Floating Strike Price Using The Monte Carlo Method
Abstrak: Opsi lookback adalah opsi yang payoff-nya bergantung pada harga saham terbesar atau harga saham terkecil yang dicapai selama masa berlaku opsi. Opsi lookback dikatakan dengan floating strike price jika nilai dari strike price sebesar harga saham pada saat jatuh tempo. Nilai hampiran opsi lookback ditentukan dengan metode Monte Carlo, sedangkan nilai eksak didapat dari nilai simulasi terbesar yang mampu dihitung oleh komputer. Berdasarkan hasil penghitungan, nilai galat relatif yang dihasilkan semakin kecil dengan semakin bertambah banyaknya simulasi yang dilakukan, sehingga metode Monte Carlo untuk menghitung harga opsi lookback dengan floating strike price konvergen ke nilai eksaknya., Lookback option is an option whose payoff depends on the maximum or minimum of the asset price reached during the option period. The lookback option is said to be a floating strike price if the value of the strike price is equal to the stock price at maturity. The value of the lookback option is determined by the Monte Carlo method, while the exact value is obtained from the largest simulation value that the computer can compute. Based on the calculation results, the resulting relative error value get smaller with the increasing number of simulations performed. Therefore, the Monte Carlo method to calculate the price of the lookback option with the floating strike price converges to the exact value.
Keyword: lookback option, floating strike price, Monte Carlo method, convergent