Indonesia is at third rank as country having a large number of people with pulmonary-tuberculosis disease after India and China. Low nutritional status, unhealthy lifestyle, poor living condition, and low consumption of natural sources of antioxidant (fruits, vegetables and herbs) can decrease immunity sistem and increase the risk of pulmonary-tuberculosis (pulmonary-TB) infection. The study ai…
Klebsiella sp.’s infection has been a serious problem as catheter associated urinary tract infection at hospital. Klebsiella sp.’s resistance to ampicillin has been found 100 % in Indonesia and it is caused by a new strain of bacteria which can produce SHV, CTX-M and PER type Extended Spectrum Betalactamase(ESBL). The study was to know ampicillin’s sensitivity between Klebsiella sp. as ES…
Human Immunodeficiency Virus is retrovirus that can decrease immune system in human body. There are two types of HIV which could be genetically specified as HIV-I and HIV-2. HIV-I consists of three groups: M, N, and 0. The 'M' group is further classified as nine subtypes i. e, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and I subtypes. In certain condition, two viruses from different subtypes can mix and form a hy…
Research on the effect of black soybean extract feeding on Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) level of rat has been done. Twenty four male white Wistar rats (Rattus norvegicus) divided into three groups randomly, were given high fat diet to induce hypercholesterolemic condition. Hypercholesterolemic condition was gained after feeding high fat diet content for 4 weeks (a month). After a month the fir…
Macro and micro vascular diseases are currently the principal causes of morbidity and mortality in diabetes mellitus patients. Loss of the modulatory role of the endothelium may be a critical and in'itiating factor in the development of diabetic vascular disease. Polyphenol is known behave protective active compound to function endothelium cell. Polyphenol that contained in brown algae was phlo…