Judul: Evaluasi Kadar Kurkuminoid Rimpang Temulawak (Curcuma xanthoriza Roxb.) Menggunakan Analisis Citra Berbasis Red Green Blue
Abstrak: Turmeric (Curcuma xanthoriza Roxb.) is one of the important natural product in Indonesia. Quality of turmeric is dictated by content of curcuminoid. The curcuminoid content could be determined by spectrophotometry, titration volumetry, or chromatography, but those analytical methods are destructive to the material and need long time. One of rapid and nondestrucive method is image analysis. The objectives of this research were to evaluate content of curcuminoid using image analysis based on red green blue (RGB). Picture taking for image analysis was using USB Digital Microscope with enlargement 800x and curcuminoids were measured using spectrophotometry Uv-Vis at wavelength of 420 nm. The data showed that RGB value is equivalent with the content of curcuminoid. The result can be used as parameter to differentiate turmeric with harvest age 3, 6, and 9 months. The obtained equation of predicted content of curcuminoid is y = - 0,22 - 0,0062 R + 0,0643 G - 0,0330 B, R² = 96,1%.
Keyword: turmeric., RGB, curcuminoid, image analysis

Judul: Kendali Mutu Rimpang Temulawak (Curcuma xanthorrhiza) menggunakan Fotometer Jinjing dengan Analisis Kemometrik
Abstrak: Temulawak (Curcuma xanthorrhiza) is widely used herb in Indonesia. The complex composition of the herbal extract requires quality control in the evaluation. This study aimed to develop portable photometer as a quality control device for temulawak rhizome age 9 months based on quality diversity of stem rhizome and branch rhizome that was combined with pattern recognition techniques (PCA & PLSDA) and compare the result of the analysis with high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method. PCA analysis on portable photometer data with 8 filters was able to classify stem rhizome and branch rhizome with just 2 main components. Curcuminoid content of stem rhizome was higher than the branch rhizome in plant 2, 4, and 8, and its grouping was in accordance with PCA analysis result using 3 filters (blue-green, green-yellow, and yellow) only on stem fresh rhizome samples. The grouping formed a PLSDA model with plant 2, 4, and 8 were in group A and the curcuminoid content fell into that respective range. It indicates that portable photometer as an alternative instrument cannot provide quantitative results based on differences of stem and branch rhizomes, but fairly informative in grouping stem rhizome and branch rhizome.
Keyword: temulawak, quality control, portable photometer, curcuminoid, chemometric

Judul: Infeksi Virus Parainfluenza Pada Anjing
Abstrak: Virus parainfluenza anjing termasuk famili Paramyxoviridae, berbentuk pleomorf dengan ukuran bervariasi (bergaris tengah antara 100-500 nm), berpembungkus peka ether, berisi genom RNA dan secara serologis mempunyai kesamaan dengan virus SV-5 kera; dikenak sebagai salah satu kausa penting dari sindrom "kennel cough". Infeksinya dapat mengenai anjing semua umur yang belum pernah terinfeksi atau mendapatkan vaksinasi mengakibatkan gejala klinis ringan yang terbatas pada traktus respirasi atu infeksi yang secara klinis tidak memperlihatkan gejala nyata. Gejala klinis yang nampak setelah masa inkubasi (1-5 hari) terlewati berupa batuk yang tidak berat selama beberapa hari, berbagai tingkat tonsilitis dan pharyngitis dan kadang-kadang ditemukan kenaikan temperatur rektal antara 1-2 derajat C dari temperatur normal rat-rata. Anjing terinfeksi mengandung virus pada traktus respirasi bagian atas dan bawah serta limfonoduli sampai hari ke 9 setelah infeksi. Penyebaran virus antar anjing terjadi secara aerogen.
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