Virgin Coconut Oil Inhibits Candida Albicans Growth In-vitro

Umi Fitriyani, Meizly Andina

2018

Abstract

Candida albicans is the commensal organism act as a normal flora of the human body that can turn into pathogens. Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) is an oil obtained from coconut meat (Cocos nucifera l.). The purpose of this research is to obtain the inhibitory power of pure coconut oil (virgin coconut oil) to Candida albicans growth in-vitro. Preparation of VCO was set up in four concentrations, i.e. VCO 100%, 50%, 25%, 12.5%, fluconazole and distilled water as the control. The VCO antifungal test is performed through diffusion using the disc diffusion method (Kirby and Bauer test). VCO 50% has an average resistor of 5 cm larger than the average inhibition power of VCO 100% that is 4.5 cm, 1 cm on VCO 25% and 0.7 cm on VCO 12.5%. The inhibitory power of the fluconazole drug discs showed significantly different inhibitory power results (P-value <0.05) compared with VCO with 100%, 50%, 25%, 12.5% concentration, and distilled water. While the results of Mann Whitney-Test all VCO concentrations did not show differences in inhibitory results on the growth of C. albicans (P> 0.05), except in VCO concentrations 50% compared with 12.5% and distilled water (p <0.05). All VCO concentrations can inhibit the growth of Candida albicans in-vitro starting from concentration but the inhibitory power of the VCO test group is not as effective as the inhibitory power of the fluconazole drug disc.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Fitriyani U. and Andina M. (2018). Virgin Coconut Oil Inhibits Candida Albicans Growth In-vitro.In Proceedings of the 2nd Syiah Kuala International Conference on Medicine and Health Sciences - Volume 1: SKIC-MHS, ISBN 978-989-758-438-1, pages 23-26. DOI: 10.5220/0008790100230026

in Bibtex Style

@conference{skic-mhs18,
author={Umi Fitriyani and Meizly Andina},
title={Virgin Coconut Oil Inhibits Candida Albicans Growth In-vitro},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd Syiah Kuala International Conference on Medicine and Health Sciences - Volume 1: SKIC-MHS,},
year={2018},
pages={23-26},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008790100230026},
isbn={978-989-758-438-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd Syiah Kuala International Conference on Medicine and Health Sciences - Volume 1: SKIC-MHS,
TI - Virgin Coconut Oil Inhibits Candida Albicans Growth In-vitro
SN - 978-989-758-438-1
AU - Fitriyani U.
AU - Andina M.
PY - 2018
SP - 23
EP - 26
DO - 10.5220/0008790100230026