Objective: The aim of the present study was to validate HPLC method for analysis bromelain levels in pineapple water and application that method to determine the storage time of pineapple water. Methods: The reversed phase of HPLC method was tested and optimized before it is validated. The composition and the flow rate of the mobile phase is the optimized parameter. The analytical parameters validated were detection limits, linearity, accuracy and precision. Pineapple water was stored for 8 h at 10ºC and bromelain was determined using the validated HPLC method. Result: The optimum mobile phase composition was methanolwater (70:30) with a flow rate of 1 ml/min. The detector concentration-response was linear with coefficient of determination of 0.993. The accuracy of HPLC method at a recovery of 1 and 2% bromelain was 106.37 ± 1.94% and 98.12 ± 1.29% (n = 5), respectively. The precision, expressed as the coefficients of variation (CV), at 1 and 2% bromelain were 1.83 and 1.32% (n = 5), respectively. Bromelain level at zero time was 81.53%. After storage for 8 h at 10ºC, bromelain levels in pineapple juice appeared to decrease not statistically significant (p > 0.05), with to mean value of 78.46 ± 2.88%. Conclusion: The HPLC method developed was valid to analyze accurately concentrations of bromelain in pineapple water and it can be used to study the shelf life of pineapple water based on bromelain content. The bromelain content in pineapple juice was not statistically significantly different after 8 h storage at 10°C.

Objective: Infection with antibiotic-resistant organisms, requiring the selection of the right drug to fight these organisms. Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves as natural ingredients have MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus) antibacterial activity. The purpose of this study is to identify the chemical compounds and to determine the antibacterial activity from the 96% ethanol extract of Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves against MRSA bacteria. Methods: The Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves were extracted by maceration using 96% (v/v) ethanol. Mass spectrometry was performed on an LC-MS/MS Xevo, G2-XS QTof (Waters MS Technologies) to identified chemical compounds from the extract. The ionization type is ESI. The method of the antibacterial activity test was using agar paper disc diffusion. Antibacterial activity was based on the diameter of the bacterial inhibition zone. Results: The result of the antibacterial activity test for 96% ethanol extract of Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves a concentration of 10, 20, and 40 % each has inhibition diameter was 10, 13, and 15.5 mm, and for linezolid as a positive control at 30µg has diameter inhibition was 20 mm, ethanol 96% as a negative control was 0 mm. The 96% ethanol extract of Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves contains 13-hydroxy-9,11-hexadecadienoic acid, 3-tert-butyl-4-methoxyphenol, bistortaside, daturametelin H, digiprolactone, ephedradine C, kaempferol-3-O-rutinoside,kaempferol-3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, kaempferol-7-O-α-L rhamnoside, phenyl propionic acid, pyrophaeophorbide A, quercetin, stearidonic acid, stigmastan-3,6-dione. Conclusion: The 96% ethanol extract of Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves contains 14 compounds. The 96% ethanol extract of Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves have activity against MRSA bacteria. The antibacterial effect of the extract increased with an increase in its concentration. The extract exerted a greater antibacterial effect on the concentration 40%.

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Objective: The study aimed to obtain active compounds from Cymbopogon nardus as candidates for protease inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 virus by assessing the ligand-binding affinity in the binding pocket of SARS-CoV-2 main protease protein. Methods: Molecular docking as a protease inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 was carried using computational software Molegro Virtual Docker (MVD); computational docking was carried using receptors with Protein Data Bank (PDB) were also used to compare the affinity strength of the test compounds against the protease receptor (code of 5R81). The compounds of Cymbopogon nardus were optimized before docking using ChemDraw and minimized energy using Chem3D. Visualization of the docking result by using Discovery Studio and pkCSM was utilized to perform a pharmacokinetic and toxicological analysis (ADMET). Results: The result showed geranyl acetate, elemol, citronellal, and citronellyl acetate compounds from Cymbopogon nardus has a rerank score more negative than native ligand from 5R81 receptor as a protease inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2. Conclusion: Cymbopogon nardus can be developed as an antivirus with the mechanism of a protease inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 candidates after further experimental tests.

Michelia champaca L. is known to have effi cacy as an antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anticancer.In general, endophytic fungi that live in plant tissues is capable of producing secondary metabolites as theirhost plant. The objective of this research is to examine the antimicrobial potential of endophytic mold isolates C.1.1 and C.3.3 from yellow cempaka branches (Michelia champaca L.). Isolates obtained from previous research, fi rst was rejuvenated on PDA. Fermentation was carried out on each isolate for 12 days. The fermented supernatant was then extracted partially with n-hexane, ethyl acetate, and n-butanol solvent. The extract was then concentrated and tested for antimicrobial activity using disk diff usion and microdilution methods. N-butanol extract of endophytic fungi isolates of yellow champaca branches was able to inhibit the microbial growth with the largest inhibition area in isolate C.1.1 in Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538 (12.26 mm), Escherichia coli ATCC 8739 (11.40 mm), Candida albicans ATCC 10231 (10.50 mm), and Metichillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (11.30 mm) with Minimum Inhibitory Concentration and Minimum Concentration of 12,5% . It was concluded that both endophytic fungi isolates of yellow champaca branches had the potential to inhibit the growth of pathogenic microbes.