UNAIR NEWS – Utilizing the abundance of calabur trees which containsaponin, tannin ²¹²Ô»åÌýflavonoidin their leaves, 51¶¯Âþ uses them as material ofhand sanitizeror antiseptic preventing bacterial or bacteriostatic growth.
Moreover, the use ofhand sanitizersamong students and society, today is not new.The use of hand sanitizeror hand antiseptichas become habit in the wider community, because usinghand sanitizeris practical and has the same effect as washing hands.
Commonly used antiseptics (in the market) are composed with alcohol. Alcohol is an active substance in mosthand sanitizers.However, excessive use of alcohol can lead to dry the skin.
Students of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FKH) 51¶¯Âþ want to innovate to makehand sanitizerfrom calabur tree leaves.Ìý¾±²Ô´Ç±¹²¹³Ù¾±±¹±ðÌýare Maulita Maharani Ulfa (2014), Nur Lailatul Fitrotun Nikmah (2014), Shendy Canadya Kurniawan (2014), Gayoh Mahardika Wan Mahsuri (2015), and Nandana Abimantra (2015).
“Because saponin, tannin²¹²Ô»åÌýflavonoidinhibits bacterial or bacteriostatic growth, and it is also present in calabur tree leaves,” said Maulita Maharani Ulfa, the team leader.
PKMK team of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine UNAIR while showing homemade Calabura Septic.(Photo: Doc PKMK-FKH)
This creativity is then written as an Entrepreneurship Student Creativity Program (PKM-K) proposal, and successfully passed the selection by Dikti, thus obtaining developmental fund from Kemenristekdikti for PKM 2016-2017program.
Maulita continued, the calabur leaves extract based onnatural protectionalso participated in the ecoficiency effort of the tree itself.The intended ecoficiency is to maximize the potential of this relatively large tree, without damaging the ecosystem.
“The advantages we offer from this product is the use of 0% chemicals, edible, so it is safe for all ages,” said Maulita.
By PKMK Team, this product is named “Calabura Septic”.It is offered in two packs ofspraybottlesize 60 ml and 100 ml.The price is affordable, Rp 10,000 for the 60 ml packaging and Rp 18,000 for 100 ml the packaging. (*)
Editor: Bambang Bes
