Judul: Aktivitas Antioksidan Ekstrak Biji Mahoni (Swietenia mahagoni Jacq.) sebagai Kandidat Obat Antidiabetes
Abstrak: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a progressive chronic degenerative disease with glucose, protein, and lipid metabolic dysfunction. DM is one of oxidative stress conditions that requiring additional exogenous antioxidants. Mahagony is potential for antioxidant which can be used as an antidiabetic medicine. The objective of this research is to compare antioxidant activity of several Swietenia mahagony seed extracts from different methods of extraction (reflux and maceration) and type of solvents (ethanol and water). Antioxidant activity of all extract were evaluated by DPPH method and quantified the IC50 values. The IC50 values of all extracts are 1.03 mg/ml, 1.87 mg/ml, 4.09 mg/ml, and 1.15 mg/ml, respectively to ethanol maceration extract (ME), water maceration extract (MA), ethanol reflux extract (RE), and water reflux extract (RA). The result showed that extract resulted from maceration method using ethanol has the highest antioxidant activity, compare to the others (MA, RE, and RA).
Keyword: Swietenia mahagoni Jacq, reflux, maceration, DPPH, antioxidant, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB)

Judul: Aktivitas Antioksidan Ekstrak Etanol Biji Mahoni (Swietenia mahagoni Jacq.) pada jaringan Hati dan Ginjal Tikus Model Diabetes: Studi Imunohistokimia
Abstrak: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a syndrome metabolic disease that can be indicated with high of blood glucose levels. The decreasing of carbohydrate metabolism, protein, and lipid in DM caused by deficiency and resistance of insulin. The DM condition has increased production of free radical and reactive oxygen spesies (ROS) that create a situation of known as oxidative stress, which antioxidant is lower than the amount of free radicals. As an alternative to handle oxidative stress condition, the patients of DM can consume high antioxidant plant to prevent the complication of the disease due to diabetes and to help lower of blood sugar. Any one of plant which has the antioxidant is the mahogany seeds (Swietenia mahagoni Jacq.). The mahogany seeds were conducted from the Leuwiliang, Bogor Districts, West Java. The aim of this research were to: (1) analyze the antioxidant activity of an ethanol mahogany seeds extract, (2) measure the amount of feed consumption, body weight, and blood glucose levels of diabetic rats, (3) measure of malondialdehyde levels (MDA) of the liver and kidney tissues of diabetic rats, and (4) analyze the content of antioxidant Cu,Zn-SOD of the liver and kidney tissues of diabetic rats using immunohistochemical technique. The study was used male Rattus norvegicus strain Sprague Dawley. The rats were divided into 5 groups: (i) negative control group/ non DM (K-), (ii) positive control group/ DM (K+), (iii) DM group was treated with 500 mg/kgBW of the ethanol mahogany seeds extract (EM), (iv) DM group was treated with 2 mg/kgBW of acarbose (KO), and (v) non DM group was treated with 500 mg/kgBW of the ethanol mahogany seeds extract (KE). The condition of DM was obtained by alloxan (110 mg/kgBW) induction that injected by intraperitoneal. The the measurement of blood glucose levels was used glucometer two days after alloxan induced. The blood has taken with piercing the tip of tail rats using a frank needle. Furthermore, each group has given extract treatment once a day in the morning for 28 days. The treatment has given using sonde needle. The extracts was used an ethanol mahogany seed extract macerated with 96% ethanol solvent. The weight of feed consumption was conducted every day, while the measurement of blood glucose levels and body weight of rats was conducted every four days. The weight of feed number, body weight and measurement of blood glucose levels should be done every morning before the provision of extract treatment. At the end of the treatment, the rats were anesthetized with ketamine (75 mg/kgBW) and xylazine (8 mg/kgBW). The liver and kidney tissues were conducted and analyzed for (a) the content of malondialdehyde (MDA) using thiobarbiturate acid reactive substance (TBARS) method and (b) the content of antioxidant Cu,Zn-SOD using immunohistochemical technique. The results showed that an ethanol mahogany seeds extract that macerated with 96% ethanol solvent have a weak in antioxidant activity. The DM rats that has given an ethanol mahogany seeds extract (EM) have the similiar number of feeds consumption (P>0.05) with K- group. This condition was followed by the increasing of body weight on the EM group
Keyword: diabetic experimental rats, malondialdehyde, superoxide dismutase, Swietenia mahagoni Jacq

Judul: Sistem Pakar Perencanaan Jalur Saluran Transmisi dan Dimensi Pondasi Strap Footing Untuk Tower Listrik Saluran Udara Tegangan Tinggi (SUTT)
Abstrak: Pusat-pusat pembangkit tenaga listrik terutama yang menggunakan tenaga air, biasanya terletak jauh dari pusat-pusat beban. Dengan demikian, tenaga listrik yang telah dibangkitkan harus disalurkan melalui saluran-saluran transmisi. Saluran-saluran ini membawa tenaga listrik dari pusat pembangkit ke pusat-pusat beban baik langsung maupun melalui gardu-gardu induk. Pada penelitian ini, saluran transmisi yang diteliti adalah Saluran Udara Tegangan Tinggi (SUTT) berdaya 150 Kv. Secara ideal jalur saluran transmisi untuk SUTT yang terdiri dari beberapa tower adalah sebuah garis lurus. Akan tetapi dalam aplikasi lapangannya tidak demikian. Bisa saja berupa titik-titik dengan lokasi yang tidak beraturan, karena disesuaikan dengan kondisi lapangan. Setelah titik-titik rencana jalur saluran transmisi lokasi tower dapat dibuat, hal lain yang perlu didisain adalah dimensi pondasi tower tersebut. Apabila kita salah memilih atau merencanakan pondasi, maka kesalahan tersebut mengakibatkan terjadinya kerusakan pada struktur bangunan lainnya. Pondasi yang dipakai adalah pondasi telapak kombinasi (strap footing) dengan perbaikan tanah menggunakan pondasi sumuran (bore pile).
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