UJI AKTIVITAS SEDIAAN MASKER GEL PEEL – OFF EKSTRAK DAUN KELOR (Moringa oleifera L.) TERHADAP Staphylococcus epidermidis

Abstrak

Moringa leaf extract was made in a peel-off gel mask preparation with a concentration of 10% and 15%. This study used a laboratory experimental method which was carried out at the Microbiology Laboratory of the Makassar Pharmacy Academy. Then the antibacterial activity of the peel-off gel mask was tested with Moringa leaf extract (Moringa oleifera L.) using the well method and Agar Medium (NA) as a bacterial medium and then incubated for 1x24 hours at 37oC. Furthermore, observations were made by measuring the inhibition zone that occurred at each concentration of the preparation on Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteria. The results showed that the inhibition zone of 10% concentration was 6.64 mm in diameter and at 15% concentration showed a diameter of 8.68 mm with the results of moderate category of bacterial inhibition. The conclusion of this study is that the peel-off gel mask of Moringa leaf extract (Moringa oleifera L.) can inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteria at concentrations of 10% and 15% as evidenced by the formation of an inhibition zone around the test wells, the most effective in inhibiting the growth of bacteria is at a concentration of 15%.