AbstrakKandidiasis merupakan penyakit infeksi Candida baik primer maupun sekunder. Penyebab utama kandidiasis adalah Candida albicans (C. albicans). Pengobatan kandidiasis dilakukan dengan pemberian obat antijamur, terutama nistatin, amfoterisin-B dan azole, tetapi toksisitas dan resistensi obat ini menjadi masalah potensial. Diperlukan pemakaian obat lain yang lebih aman. Salah satunya adalah pemanfaatan bahan alami, yaitu minyak kelapa murni. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengetahui potensi asam lemak minyak kelapa murni dalam menghambat pertumbuhan C. albicans. Desain penelitian eksperimental. Penelitian menggunakan difusi Kirby Bauer untuk mendapatkan konsentrasi hambat minimum minyak kelapa murni dalam menghambat C. albicans. Penelitian dilakukan pada bulan September-Oktober 2010 di Laboratorium Kimia dan Mikrobiologi Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Jenderal Achmad Yani Cimahi. Hasil menunjukkan asam lemak dalam fraksi n-heksan dan metanol hasil hidrolisis berpotensi dalam menghambat pertumbuhan C. albicans. Fraksi n-heksan konsentrasi minimal yang memberikan hambatan adalah 75% dengan diameter hambatan rata-rata sebesar 3,3 mm, sebanding dengan antibiotik nistatin 195 unit. Fraksi metanol memberikan hambatan dimulai pada konsentrasi 75% dengan diameter hambatan rata-rata sebesar 4 mm, sebanding dengan antibiotik nistatin 195 unit. Hasil konsentrasi hambat minimum asam lemak masing-masing untuk fraksi metanol konsentrasi 25% dan fraksi n-heksan 100%. Simpulan, asam lemak pada minyak kelapa murni dapat menghambat C. albicans. . The main cause of candidiasis isCandida albicans (C. albicans). Candidiasis is treated by antifungal drug treatment, specifically using nistatin, amphotericin-B, and azole. However, drug toxicity and resistance have become potential problems. Therefore, other methods are needed as a safer treatment. One of the natural resources which has antifungal property is virgin coconut oil. This was an experimental study to determine the potential of fatty acid in virgin coconut oil to inhibit C. albicans. Kirby Bauer Method was used to determine the minimum inhibition concentration. This study was performed in September-October 2010 at the Chemistry and Microbiology Laboratory of the School of Health Sciences, Jenderal Achmad Yani University Cimahi. The result showed the hydrolyzed fatty acid in n-hexane and methanol fractions had the potential to inhibit the growth of C. albicans. Minimum inhibitory concentration againstC. albicans was 75% with an average diameter of inhibiting zone of 3.3 mm, which was equal to 195 units of nistatin. The methanol fraction inhibition on C. albicans started from 75% with an average diameter of 4 mm or equals to 195 units of nistatin. The minimum fungicidal concentration showed that C. albicanswas inhibitedby 25% methanol fraction and 100%n-hexane fraction. . In conclusion, fatty acid of virgin coconut oil has the ability to inhibit C. albicans. [MKB. 2016;48(4):200-4]
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