Efektivitas Antibakteri Infusa Kunyit Asam dan Jamu Kemasan terhadap Kuman Penyebab Diare secara In Vitro

Antibacterial Effectiveness of Kunyit Asam and Packaging Herbal
Medicine against Several Bacteria of Diarrhea In Vitro
Lilis Suryani 1, Eva Kusumaningsih2
1Bagian Mikrobiologi Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta,
2 Mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
Abstract
Most people consume liquid herbal medicine known as kunyit asam and powder
(package) herbal medicine that contains guava leaf extract (Psidii folium), tumeric rhizome
(Curcuma domesticate rhizome), jali seeds (Coicis Semen), mojokeling fruit (Chebulae fructus),
pomegranate peel (Granati Pericarpium). Those ingredients had been known to treat dysentery
and chronic diarrhea, because containing tanin, astringent, flavonoid, fenol, alkaloid, atsiri
oil, and vitamin C.
This research is done to know the antibacterial effectiveness of kunyit asam infusion
and herbal package medicine to various germ of diarrhea cause, like Escherichia coli, Shigella
Dysenteriae, and Vibrio cholerae. The antibacterial activity determined by amount MIC and
MBC applying Tube Dilution Method. The research bacterials are Escherichia coli strain ATCC
25922, Shigella Dysenteriae 2a 1992/2/Belgia, Vibrio Cholerae 01 1986/1/2/Belgia.
The result of research of antibacterial effectiveness show us that kunyit asam infusion
unable to inhibit and kill the Escherichia coli by MIC and MBC > 75 gr%. While kunyit asam
infusion able to inhibit and kill the Shigella dysenteriae by MIC and MBC 4,3 gr% and 5,5
gr%, Vibrio Cholerae by MIC and MBC 1,4 gr% and 2,734 gr%. Herbal package medicine
able to inhibit Escherichia coli by MIC 30 gr%, Shigella Dysenteriae by MIC and MBC 15
gr% and 30 gr%, Vibrio Cholerae by MIC and MBC 0,003 gr% and 0,004 gr%. The conclusion
from the result of the research were the infusion of kunyit asam and herbal package medicine.
Efective to kill the Shigella dysenteriae and Vibrio cholerae, but there is no antibacterial
effect to Escherichia coli.
Key words: infusion, herbal medicine, antibacterial, Escherichia coli, Shigella dysenteriae,
Vibrio cholerae.
Abstrak
Masyarakat sering mengkonsumsi jamu kunyit asam serta jamu kemasan yang mengandung
ekstrak daun jambu biji (Psidii folium), rimpang kunyit (Curcuma domesticate rhizome), biji jali
(Coicis Semen), Buah mojokeling (Chebulae fructus), kulit buah delima (Granati Pericarpium).
Bahan ini sudah lama dikenal untuk mengobati penyakit disentri dan diare kronik, karena mengandung
tanin, astringent, flavonoid, fenol, alkaloid, minyak astiri, dan vitamin C. Penelitian ini dilakukan
untuk mengetahui efektivitas antibakteri infusa kunyit asam dan jamu kemasan terhadap berbagai
kuman penyebab diare, seperti Escherichia coli, Shigella dysenteriae, dan Vibrio cholerae.

Sumber: http://jurnal.umy.ac.id/index.php/mutiaramedika/article/viewFile/32/35