PENGARUH PEMBERIAN EKSTRAK KUNYIT PUTIH (Curcuma alba) TERHADAP NILAI Hb (Hemoglobin), PCV (Packed Cell Volume), JUMLAH DAN DIFERENSIAL LEKOSIT TIKUS YANG TERPAPAR ASAP SEPEDA MOTOR

• Main Author: Perpustakaan UGM, i-lib
• Format: Article NonPeerReviewed
• Published: [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2011
• Subjects: Jurnal i-lib UGM
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/28504/; http://i-lib.ugm.ac.id/jurnal/download.php?dataId=11567
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

The fumes as an industrial waste and motor vehicle exhaust contains lead as major component. As the air pollutan lead will enter the body through the respiration or skin contact. The lead toxicity is proven to damage the blood and tissues, causes many effects such as anemia, disruption of red blood cell and tissue necrosis. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of white turmeric extract to the rat blood which was exposed by gas emission of motorcycle. The 25 male Wistar rats were used as model and divided equally into 5 groups. Group 1,2,3and 4 were exposed with gas emission of motorcycle for 30 minutes every morning and evening, everyday for 16days. Group 1,2and 3 were treated with 50, 100,and 200 mg/kg of body weight of white turmeric extract, respectively. Group 4 and 5 received destilled water. On day 16, the blood samples were taken from medial canthus vein of orbital sinus to measure the value ofHb, PCV,total and differential count ofleucocytes. The one wayANOVA analysis ofHb showed significant difference (P