Judul: IPB (Bogor Agricultural University)
Abstrak: The goals of this research wwe to observe the influence of isoflavon and its combination with vitamin E on (1) cholesterol metabolism (hypolipidemik effect), (2) LDL resistance towards oxidation, and (3) atherosclerotic plaque formation. Blood samples for plasma lipid measurements were taken every th-ree -months. At the end of the treatment period, LDLaxidation was determined and animals were sacrificed. Left anterior descending (LAD) and left circumflex coronary (LCX) artery tissues were processed for morphometric analyses of plaque formation.
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Judul: IPB (Bogor Agricultural University)
Abstrak: Hypercholesterolemia and LDL oxidation are the major factors of atherosclerosis. The ethanol extract of the ginger (EEG) and Zn each posses effect reduce cholesterol and antioxidant. These research combined EEG and Zn as antihypercholesterolemia and antioxidant to prevent atheroma in New Zealand white fed rabbits atherogenic diet and hypercholesterolemia rabbits. Twenty eight male rabbits were divided into seven groups. For 6 weeks, group 1 was fed with a normal diet and group 3 was fed with an atherogenic diet. Beside the atherogenic diet, group 2,4,5,6, and 7 were also treated by supplementary treatment. Second phase research, 24 male hypercholesterolemia rabbits were divided into 6 groups. For 6 weeks, group 1 was fed with a normal diet. Fed rabbits atherogenic diet group 2,4,5,6, and 7 and hypercholesterolemia rabbits group 2,3,4,5, and 6 were treated by supplementary treatment, which are Zn 6.67 mg/kg, EEG 200 mg/kg, combination EEG 50 mg/kg and Zn 6.67 mg/kg, combination EEG 100 mg/kg and Zn 6.67 mg/kg, and atorvastatin (positive control) 1.9 mg/kb BW per day. Combination EEG 50 mg/kg and Zn 6.67 mg/kg and combination EEG 100 mg/kg and Zn 6.67 mg/kg treatment impeded the increase of total cholesterol, LDL, and prevent atheroma equal to the positive control. Based on the ability to restrain the increase of MDA (lipid peroxidation) in fed rabbits atherogenic diet the treatment with combination EEG 50 mg/kg and Zn 6.67 mg/kg resulted higher than positive control or the other treatment. Based on reduced plaque atheroma in hypercholesterolemia rabbits, combination EEG 50 mg/kg and Zn 6.67 mg/ kg treatment also the best result. These researches concluded that combination EEG 50 mg/kg and Zn 6.67 mg/kg BW per day treatment exhibited the highest atheroma prevention effect in fed rabbits atherogenic diet or hypercholesterolemia rabbits as compared to the positive control or the other treatments.
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Judul: Pemanenan Energi Listrik dari Kincir Angin Vertikal
Abstrak: Usaha pemanenan energi angin di Indonesia masih sedikit. Sampai Tahun 2016 hanya 3.54 MW alat pemanenan energi angin yang sudah terpasang. Kendala utamanya ialah dibutuhkan investasi yang besar untuk membuatnya. Pembuatan kincir angin dengan ukuran yang lebih kecil dengan bahan yang dapat dibeli di pasar lokal menjadi solusi agar pembuatan kincir angin lebih ekonomis. Pembuatan kincir vertikal tipe Savonius dapat menjadi solusinya. Kincir vertikal Savonius dapat beroperasi pada kecepatan < 3 m/s dan ketinggian < 50 m. Kincir angin ini terdiri dari tiga sistem, yaitu generator, rotor kincir dan transmisi pulley-belt. Generator dibuat dari modifikasi motor AC dan magnet neodymium. Rotor kincir dibuat dari pipa PVC 4”, pipa alumunium ¾”, dan papan polikarbonat. Transmisi pulley-belt dibuat dari plastik dan karet. Kincir ini membutuhkan gaya minimal 3 N untuk dapat berputar atau torsi minimalnya 0.75 Nm. Kecepatan angin yang dibutuhkan untuk merotasikannya sebesar 1.9 m/s. Daya maksimal yang dapat dihasilkan ialah 5.76 watt berupa tegangan sebesar 36 volt dan arus 160 mA.
Keyword: energi terbarukan, generator, motor AC, sudu Savonius