PENGARUH SALEP EKSTRAK ETANOL DAUN SIRIH (Piper betle) TERHADAP PENYEMBUHAN LUKA IRIS PADA TIKUS PUTIH JANTAN (Rattus norvegicus)

Abstract

Background One of the medicinal plants used to treat wounds is betel leaf. Betel leaf (Piper betle) is also used by Indonesian since the first medication to treat ulcers. However, there is currently no scientific evidence of the effects of betel leaf to accelerate incision wound healing in experimental animals or in humans. Objective The study aims to assess the ethanol extract of Piper betle leaf ointment on the healing of incised wounds in the rats Methods This type of study was purely experimental design. Research subjects were randomly divided into three groups and each group consisted of 10 rats. The incision wound were made 2-cm long and 0.5-cm deep and were given different treatments. Group I was treated with the ointment of betel leaf extract. Group II was a positive control by administering povidone-iodine 10%, and group III was a negative control with the provision of Vaseline-album. The length of incision wound in each group were measured and observed every day until the 14th day, then the data obtained were analyzed using Oneway Anova. Results Wound healing at the ethanol extract of betel leaf group, the povidone-iodine group and the vaseline-album groupwere 10,8±0,422; 11,9±0,316; 13,8±0,422, respectively (p=0,000). Conclusion This study showed that the ointment of betel leaf had the shortest healing times. Later, Ointment betel leaf can be utilized and become a new therapeutic alternative for wound healing.