Journal article
Ethanol Extraction of Hoya Carnosa Leaves Improved Stroma of Middle Ear Epithelium Infected by Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Made Lely Rahayu I MADE BAKTA W. Suardana I NYOMAN MANTIK ASTAWA I G KAMASAN NYOMAN ARIJANA I Ketut Tunas
Volume : 12 Nomor : 1 Published : 2019, March
Biomedical and Pharmacology Journal
Abstrak
Hoya carnosa leaves or tebel-tebel leaves are known by the Balinese people in the countryside to treat middle ear infections in the medical language, otitis media or “curek” in the Balinese language. The study is true experimental randomized posttest-only control group designto evaluatethe impact of ethanol extract sample as antibacterial. As antibacterial, the extract has an impact on the thickness of stroma middle ear epithelium with otitis media due to Pseudomonas Aeruginosa. The result showed average mean thickness stroma in the treatment group lower than controls. Keywords: Ethanol extract, Hoya carnosa, stroma, middle ear, Pseudomonas aeruginosa.