Abstract :
Acne or acne vulgaris is a disorder in the form of inflammation of the polysebaseus
layer which is accompanied by blockage and accumulation of keratin material
which is triggered by Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteria. One of the native
Indonesian plants that is widespread in several regions in Indonesia and has the
potential to be developed is the beluntas plant (Pluchea indica L.). The cosmetic
patch is a delivery system through the skin that allows the administration of
essential ingredients such as vitamins. The purpose of this study was to determine
the optimum combination formula of HPMC and CMC Na in the beluntas leaf
extract patch. The extract obtained was made of 8 patch dosage formulas, patch
preparations were tested for physical quality, weight uniformity, thickness,
moisture content, folding endurance, loss on drying, pH, elongation presentation.
The method used for optimization is the simplex lattice design (SLD). The results
of this research were the patch formula with a combination of HPMC (0.3gram) and
CMC Na (0.03gram). Antibacterial activity test of patch preparations was carried
out by looking at the size of the inhibition zone, the data obtained were processed
with ANOVA statistics. The average diameter of the inhibitory power obtained is
1.49 ± 0.03 in the medium category. The results of the Independent T-Test analysis
showed that the results were 0.361> 0.05, indicating that the positive control and
patch samples were not significantly different.