Judul: Khasiat Ekstrak Rimpang Kunci Pepet dan Buah Asam Gelugur sebagai Pelangsing secara In Vitro dan In Vivo
Abstrak: Garcinia atroviridis (gelugor) fruits and Kaempferia angustifolia (kunci pepet) rhizomes have been traditionally used as herbal medicine to reduce body weight. The extract of these plants has been shown (in vitro) to have antiobesity activity. The objectives of this research is to evaluate the activity of the combination of these herbs‟ ethanol extracts towards human pancreatic lipase activity by in vitro analysis (pH = 8.0, incubation time = 45 minutes, and temperature = 40 °C) and mouse pancreatic lipase by in vivo analysis. The combined extracts activity towards human pancreatic lipase was analyzed using lipase concentration of 1.4 х 10-6 μg/μL with sesame oil (0.243 μg/μL) as the substrate. The in vivo test were conducted to female mice by investigating their body weight and feed consumption changes before and after the combined extract administration. The in vitro test results showed that the 1:1 gelugor–kunci pepet ethanol extract combination had the highest inhibition activity towards human pancreatic lipase (75.69%) at 20 ppm concentration. The lowest body weight average of (171.38 g) was observed in the mice group that had been admistered with 564 mg combined extract per 200 g body weight. Their average feed consumption decreased from 30.13 g to 19.87 g per day. These results gave conclusion that the combined gelugor–kunci pepet ethanol extract is able to inhibit human pancreatic lipase activity, decrease mouse body weigth and appetite.
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Judul: In Vitro Assay of Water and Ethanol Extracts of Asam Gelugur Fruits, Lengkuas, and Kencur Rhizomes as Inhibitor of Pancreatic Lipase Activity.
Abstrak: Asam gelugur fruits of Garcinia oftenly used to reduce body weight. Lengkuas and kencur are traditional herbal that potential as inexpensive and available antiobesity because they had been studied could reduce the level of phospholipids, triglycerides, and cholesterol. This research evaluated the potencies of these herbal as antiobesity by their water and ethanol extracts capabilities in inhibiting pancreatic lipase activity in vitro at pH 8,0, incubation time 45 minutes, and temperature 40°C. This research used human pancreatic lipase (1,4 × 10-5 μg/μL) and sesame oil (16,2 μg/μL) as substrate. The water and ethanol extracts of asam gelugur fruits contained saponins and alkaliods, respectively. The water extract of lengkuas rhizomes contained alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, dan quinones, while the ethanol extract contained alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, and steroids. The water extract of kencur rhizomes contained saponins and quinones, while the ethanol extract contained alkaloids, flavonoids, steroids, and quinones. These plants have potencies as antiobesity based on in vitro assay in inhibiting pancreatic lipase activity. The highest inhibitory effect of all extracs was obtained from the ethanol extract of asam gelugur fruits with value of 86,3% at 150 ppm. The highest inhibitory effect of lengkuas extracts was from the ethanol extract at 200 ppm, which was about 56,2%. The highest inhibitory effect of kencur was showed by the ethanol extract with the value 37,6% at 300 ppm. These values were higher than the inhibitory effect of the positive control (Xenical®) at 100 ppm, about 10,6%.
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Judul: Characteristic of Overshooting Top (OT) Based on  Himawari  8  Satellite  as  a  Convective  Cloud  Feature  that  Generates  Extreme Weather in the Java Island Region
Abstrak: Overshooting Top (OT) is a feature at the top of a convective cloud that is associated with extreme weather. Research on OT in tropical Indonesia is still very limited. The existence of geostationary satellites with wide area coverage and fast frequency observations is useful for observing the fast dynamics of the OT life cycle. Therefore, this study intends to analyze the relationship between OT and extreme weather, updraft and thermodynamic conditions of OT when extreme weather occurs, the best objective method for detecting OT in the day time and night time, and the spatiotemporal distribution of OT in the tropical region of Java Island during the 2018-2021 period. Based on visual analysis using visible channel and Himawari 8 sandwich products, 87% of extreme weather events in Java were accompanied by the appearance of OT. It indicates that the presence of the OT pattern is a convection cloud pattern or feature that is closely related to extreme weather events for the Java Island region. The existence of a time lag between the appearance of OT and extreme weather events on Java Island indicates that the OT of convection cloud can be used as a precursor or nowcasting for the appearance of extreme weather. Most of the convective cloud OT features during extreme weather events on Java Island have altitude that were only able to exceed the altitude of the equilibrium level and few were able to exceed the tropopause level of 9 km – 16 km. The difference in atmospheric conditions during extreme weather events on Java Island, which is in the tropics and subtropics, is a strong and unstable convective energy condition characterized by a larger CAPE, as well as unstable KI, LI, SI and TTI values. It is offset by kinematic factors in the form of a weak vertical wind shear (bulk wind shear 0-6 km) and a higher freezing point height. The difference between extreme weather events in the Java Island region and other tropical regions compared to subtropical regions is the strong updraft speed of convection clouds. The IRW Texture COMB algorithm based on the IRW-Texture Gradient modification and the COMB algorithm shows a significant increase in quality for detecting OT and non-OT pixels in Java. Rainy days with rainfall > 50 mm/day are very common in areas with an altitude of > 500 m. On the other hand, the level of convection activity which is indicated by the presence of OT and lightning is significantly reduced in this area. OT of convective clouds appear more frequently during the DJF season and less frequently during the JJA season. OT often appears during the day time and rarely at night time. Most OTs appear in the central part, away from the south and north coasts of Java Island during the day, while OTs that appear near the south and north coasts of Java Island can appear in the morning or afternoon.
Keyword: convective clouds, extreme weather, Overshooting Tops, Himawari 8 Satellite