Abstract :
Burns are an event of loss of tissue caused by contact with a heat source.
The use of natural ingredients as a burn treatment replaces the use of drugs with
synthetic materials that can have side effects. The leaves of sweet potato (Ipomoea
batatas L.) have burn healing activity. The compounds in sweet potato leaves
which had burn treatment activity were extracted using 70% ethanol and
fractionated using ethyl acetate as a solvent.
The ethyl acetate fraction of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) was
identified to see the secondary compound content. The ethyl acetate fraction of
sweet potato leaves (Ipomoea batatas L.) was formulated in the form of a gel. The
concentrations of the ethyl acetate fraction studied consisted of 1%, 2% and 3%.
The burn test was carried out using male Wistar rats which had been treated with
second degree burns. Burns were made using metal with a diameter of 2 cm which
was heated on a bunsen fire. Burn observation was carried out every 3 days by
measuring the diameter of the burn.
The percentage of reduction in burns was processed using the One Way
Anova test and observed through a graph of the percentage of reduction in burns.
The statistical results showed a p value > 0.05, which means there was no
statistically significant difference between F1, F2, F3, positive controls and
negative controls. However, the graph shows the difference in the reduction of
burns, the highest graph is obtained when giving F2 with a concentration of 2%
ethyl acetate fraction of sweet potato leaves (Ipomoea batatas L.).