The goal of this study was to determine the antibacterial activity and combined effect of a 10% w/v methanol extract of ketepeng cina leaves (Cassia alata) with six selected plant extracts against Staphylococcus epidermidis using the diffusion and paper strip methods. The results revealed that the average antibacterial activity of each extract inhibited the growth of S. epidermidis. The inhibition zones of single extract of C. alata, Excocaria cochinchinensis, Ocinum tenuiflorum, Persea americana, Oroxylum indicum, Impatiens balsamina, and Peronema canescens were 6.28±0.20 mm, 7.90±0.31 mm, 2.30±0.37 mm, 3,53±0.50 mm, 4.35±0.52 mm, and 4.69±0.17 mm, respectively. Furthermore, the combination of ketepeng cina leaves (C. alata) methanol extract with the six selected plants extract in an average diameter of inhibition zone greater than the average diameter of inhibition zone of each extract. However, the combined extract's average diameter of the inhibition zone was not significantly larger than the sum of the diameters of the inhibition zones of each extract. According to the findings of this study, combining the methanol extract of C. alata with six selected plant extracts has an additive/indifferent effect on the growth of S. epidermidis.

Termiticide activity of methanol extract of Centella asiatica L. Urban against Coptotermes curvignathus Holmgren was investigated using the no choice test. The chemical components of methanol extract of C. asiatica were identified by GC-MS. The antitermite activity showed that the percentage of termite mortality increased when the concentrations of extract increased. The concentrations of 25% indicated the highest termite mortality which reached 100% on the sixth day. Profiling GC-MS methanol extract of C. asiatica revealed 85 chemical components. Based on MS spectral data, 56 chemical components were identified which were grouped into fatty acids (27.09%), esters (23.73%), hydrocarbons (16.56%), ethers (8.28%), sesquiterpenes (1.61 %), alcohol (1.55 %), aldehydes (3.50%), monoterpenes (1.08%), diterpenes (0.67%), steroids (0.43%), and ketones (0.31 %). Among these, the presence of palmitic acid, patchouli alcohol, and β-caryophyllene may be responsible for its termiticide activity. Other compounds such as triterpenoids, saponins, flavonoids, tannins, steroids, and glycosides that were reported previously not detected by GC-MS in this study, possibly contributing to its activity.