<em>Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) as a partner has a clinic for patients with chronic diseases with regular inspections and education. Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common disease in PMI clinic, with main problems are diet style and medicine compliance. The pandemic has caused the clinic activities stopped; so it is necessary to modify the patients’ educational methods. Limitations in face-to-face education during pandemic, could be overcome by digital-based education. Community service activities were carried out through the identification of partner problems; collecting data on patients or patients' families with WhatsApp numbers, making scripts followed by making videos; distributing the video via Google Drive and Youtube and ended with a discussion session via WhatsApp group. The education contents include menus preparation and managing macronutrient intake and public education in medicine compliance. Changes in knowledge was measured from the results of the pretest and posttest related to the material. The results showed an increase in knowledge of good menu preparation to meet the needs of both macronutrients and micronutrients as well as knowledge of the correct use of diabetes drugs by 20%. These results indicated that the use of video and digital education through WhatsApp group can be an alternative of patients education during pandemic.</em>

The use of the pesticide which does not follow the procedure may potentially cause residue of pesticide to be left on vegetables and fruits sold in supermarkets and traditional markets. We aimed to find the pattern of pesticide usage and levels of residue found in plants. This study was an analytical observation with a cross-sectional design using detailed sampling procedure. We obtained the data of the pesticide residue concentration by conducting laboratory examinations on eight samples of cabbage and eight samples of tomatoes from traditional markets and supermarkets in the city of Solo. The data were tested using simple linear regression testing. The organophosphate measurement results showed no residues were detected, because it was below the Limit of Detection (LOD). We concluded that pesticides containing active substances were not used in the vegetables we tested or the active substances were no longer contained in the vegetables after harvesting.

Agriani CN, Kisrini, Dharmawan R. 2016. The effect of Averrhoa bilimbi stem extract on the blood glucose level of white rats induced by alloxan. Biofarmasi 14: 56-62. The purpose of this research is to find out the effect of belimbing wuluh stem (Averrhoa bilimbi L.) extract due to the blood glucose level in white rats (Rattus norvegicus) induced by alloxan. This research is a laboratory experiment using experimental control group pre-post test design. Subjects of this research are 25 white male rats (Rattus norvegicus), 2 months of age and 200 g of body weight. Subjects were divided into five groups. All groups were induced by 25 mg/200 g body weight/day of alloxan for three days. On the day of fourth, blood sample was collected from orbital vein of white rats for the measurement of the first blood glucose level (T1). Furthermore, the positive control group received 12,6 mg/200 g body weight/day of metformin, then the first, second, and third group received of each 25, 50, and 100 mg/200 g body weight/day of belimbing wuluh stem extract. On the fifteenth day of treatment, blood samples were collected again from the orbital vein of white rats for the measurement of the second blood glucose level (T2). The measurement of blood glucose was using spectrophotometer with the Glucose GOD PAP method. Then the data were analyzed by using One way ANOVA. Blood glucose rate after induction has subtracted from blood glucose rate after drug given. After that the data would be change in to mean data that represents as: negative control group = 24,4; positive control group 103,4; first given drug group = 83,4; second given drug group = 102,4; and third given drug group = 102,2 (in mg/100 mL unit). The statistical analysis by using One way ANOVA shows a significant difference in blood glucose level among the five groups of treatment with p-value = 0,000. Post Hoc Test shows that the first, second, and third group have the same effectively as the positive control group to decrease the blood glucose level with p > 0,05.

Pengaruh ekstrak herba meniran (Phyllantus niruri) terhadap kadar trigliserida darah tikus putihThe effect of meniran herbs extract (Phyllantus niruri) to triglycerides blood level in wistar rats . The aim of this experiment was to determine the effect of meniran herbs (Phyllantus niruri L.) extract to blood triglycerides level in Wistar rats (Rattus norvegicus). This experiment was a laboratory experiment with pre and post-test with a control group design. The samples were 30 male Wistar rats with ±200 gram of body weight and ±2 months old. The samples were divided into five groups by using a purposive random sampling technique and each group consisted of six rats. Group I as a negative control, group II as a positive control, and groups III, IV and V as meniran herbs extract groups with first dose, second dose, and third dose. All rats were simultaneously given with hyperlipemic feed. Group II was simultaneously administered with Cholvastin 0.5 mg/200 grams body weight/day. Groups III, IV and V were simultaneously treated with meniran herbs extract at dose of 25 mg, 50 mg and 100 mg/200 grams body weight/day. The total period of this experiment was 21 days. At the day 1 st and 21 st , blood was collected from rat orbital venous plexus. Serum was analyzed for their pre and post-test blood triglycerides. Statistical analysis was performed by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by a post-hoc test. The value of p=0.002 (p<0.05) showed there was a significant difference between pre-test and post-test in delta means of blood triglycerides level among groups. Meniran herbs extract had a significant triglycerides lowering effect against blood triglycerides level of Wistar rats. The most potential of meniran herbs extract dose was 100 mg/200 gram body weight/day.

Paparan alergen pada saluran napas secara berulang memicu terjadinya reaksi asma alergi. Asma alergi diinduksi oleh degranulasi sel mast yang melepaskan mediator proinflamasi seperti histamin, leukotrien, dan prostaglandin yang memicu terjadinya inflamasi bronkus yang ditandai dengan peningkatan eosinofil bronkus. Peningkatan eosinofil bronkus dapat ditekan oleh asam kafeat dan flavonoid. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pemberian ekstrak patikan kebo terhadap hitung eosinofil bronkus pada tikus Wistar model asma alergi. Subyek penelitian berupa 25 ekor tikus Wistar jantan dengan berat badan ± 200 g dan berumur 6 minggu, dibagi dalam 5 kelompok yaitu: Kontrol (K), Asma alergi (A), ekstrak patikan kebo 10 (P1), 15 (P2), 20 mg/tikus/hari (P3). Hitung eosinofil bronkus postes diukur setelah 28 hari perlakuan. Hitung eosinofil bronkus dianalisis dengan SPSS versi 23.0 menggunakan uji One Way ANOVA dan dilanjutkan uji post hoc multiple comparison Tukey. Tingkat kemaknaan digunakan p<0,05. Hitung eosinofil bronkus tikus P1, P2, dan P3 lebih rendah secara bermakna dibanding tikus Asma Alergi (p<0.05). Patikan kebo mampu menurunkan jumlah eosinofil bronkus pada tikus Wistar model asma alergi.