Effectivity of Hand Sanitizer Cempaka Flower Extract ( Michelia champaca L. ) on the Growth of Staphylococcus aureus

Abstract

Hand sanitizer is an antiseptic material that can reduce the contamination of normal flora bacteria on human hands. One of the plants that contain antiseptics that can sterilize human hands from bacteria is the cempaka flower plant (Michelia champaca L). This study aims to determine the effectivity of the cempaka flower extract hand sanitizer (Michelia champaca L) on the growth of Staphylococcus aureus. This study used an experimental method with non-factorial (RAL) consisting of 5 treatments and 3 replications: K + (commercial HS), K-(0%), P1 (5%), P2 (10%), P3 (15%). The research result hand sanitizer extract flower (Michelia champaca L) with n use values sig.0,003 (p ≤ 0.05) then there is a real effect on the treatment of hand sanitizer with flower extracts Cempaka (Michelia champaca L) against the formation of inhibition zone on the media NA Staphylococcus aureus bacteria culture. The concentration of P2 is 10%, the diameter of the inhibition zone formed is higher than the diameter of the inhibition zone formed from the commercial product hand sanitizer P0 positive 0%, namely 11.43 mm> 10, 57 mm, the second category of inhibition zone strength is hand sanitizer. Product innovation hand sanitizer extracts of cempaka flower (Michelia champaca L) effective as antimicrobials and can be commercially viable.