Judul: Potensi Abu dan Simplisia Pelepah Aren (Arenga pinnata.Merr) sebagai Inhibitor Tirosinase
Abstrak: Abu pelepah aren merupakan hasil samping dari pemanfaatan pohon aren yang diambil niranya untuk bahan baku industri gula aren. Abu tesebut telah biasa digunakan oleh kalangan masyarakat sebagai pencerah kulit atau penghambat pigmentasi kulit. Tirosinase merupakan enzim kunci dalam proses melanogenesis atau proses pigmentasi kulit. Penelitian ini bertujuan mempelajari aktivitas inhibisi tirosinase dari ekstrak pelepah aren. Pengujian aktivitas inhibisi tirosinase menggunakan metode kit assay dan analisis logam menggunakan Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). Dari hasil pengujian aktivitas tirosinase diperoleh nilai IC50 sebesar 1458.98 μg/mL untuk ekstrak abu pelarut akuades dan 1960.91 μg/mL untuk ekstrak abu pelarut etanol 96%. Sedangkan ekstrak simplisia dalam pelarut etanol 96% dan etanol 70% tidak memiliki aktivitas inhibisi tirosinase (nilai IC50 > 2000 μg/mL ). Analisis logam menunjukan adanya kandungan logam mineral seperti Al, Mg, Fe, Zn, dan Cu dalam abu pelepah aren yang diduga memiliki peran dalam proses inhibisi tirosinase.
Keyword: Aren, IC50, Logam, Mineral, Tirosinase

Judul: Aktivitas Antioksidan Ekstrak Pelepah Pohon Aren (Arenga pinnata Merr.)
Abstrak: Stem sugar palm has been reported to contain tannin compound, however, there is no scientific information about its potential as antioxidant. Hence, the objective of this research was to measure the antioxidant activity of stem sugar palm extract (Arenga pinnata Merr.) in vitro. This research used water, ethanol 70% and ethanol 96% as solvents. The stem sugar palm was extracted in water solvent by boiling method and by maceration in ethanol 70% and 96% solvents. Bioactive compounds in the extracts were determined by phytochemical method. Antioxidant activity of stem sugar palm extracts were determined by 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical absorption method (DPPH) and the content of the total phenolic measured in colometric with Folin-Ciocalteu method. The result showed that the stem sugar palm extracts contained saponin, tannin and phenol, and steroids and triterpenoid. Analysis of antioxidant activity showed that both ethanol 70% and 96% stem sugar palm extracts were potential as natural antioxidant. The highest antioxidant activity and the total phenolic value were showed by ethanol 96% extract (IC50 = 2.570 μgL-1; 3.75 GAE mgg-1).
Keyword: phenolic, phytochemical, stem sugar palm, DPPH, Antioxidant

Judul: Hamiltonian formulation for linear waves motion in two layers fluid
Abstrak: The surface wave could be considered as a wave that separates two fluids, namely water and air. Based on this assumption, it is introduced the interfacial wave, a wave between two layers of fluid with different density. The formulation of interfacial waves motion begins with deriving the base equation of irrotational ideal fluid. Furthermore, according to irrotational fluid assumption, the base equation can be stated in velocity potential. In this derivation, the fluids domain is assumed to be restricted by rigid lid boundary conditions, both at the upper and lower limit. Therefore, the interfacial waves motion can be explained in a hamiltonian formulation. In the hamiltonian formulation, total energy is defined as the sum of kinetic and potential energy. The hamiltonian system is obtained from reduction of kinetic energy by using the Dirichlet Neumann Operator. The resulted kinetic energy equation is nonlinear. Therefore, this form is linearized by first part of the Taylor expansion. This linearization gives a dispersion relation of linear wave. Based on this dispersion relation, the phase speed of the linear wave depends on the density ratio of the two layers fluid.
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