Abstract :
Starfruit leaves are one of the plants that have antibacterial properties. Flavonoids in
star fruit leaves can function as antibacterial against Staphylococcus aureus, in a
concentration of 10% has a strong inhibitory power. Gel preparations have several
advantages including water content that is cooling, soothing, moisturizing, easy to use,
easy to penetrate the skin, thus providing a healing effect. The purpose of this study
was to determine the optimal ratio of CMC-Na and carbopol 940 in the leaf extract gel
of Averrhoa bilimbi Linn starfruit leaf extract using the Simplex lattice design (SLD)
method and to determine the antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus.
Extraction of star fruit leaves by maceration extraction method using 96% ethanol.
Determination of the optimal formula using the Simplex Lattice Design method using
Design Expert 11. Verify the optimal formula with a one sample T-test. Antibacterial
activity test against Staphylococcus aureus by well method and the results were
analyzed by One Way Anova. The optimal concentrations of CMC-Na and carbopol
940 produced by the Simplex Lattice Design method were CMC-Na of 35% (0.7 g)
and Carbopol 940 of 65% (1.3 g) with a total weight of 2g basis. The results of the
antibacterial test showed that the gel preparation was able to inhibit Staphylococcus
aureus bacteria with an average inhibition zone of 14.43±0.707. The results of the
optimal formula verification test obtained p value> 0.05 so that the data obtained were
not significantly different and it can be said that the formula for the results of the
simplex lattice design method was valid as expected including pH, viscosity,
spreadability, adhesion.