Hardoko Eveline, Fonny Yuliana,
The Influence of Sweet Soy Sauce or Honey Addition Toward Antibacterial
Activity of Lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) Juice,
International Journal of Tropical Medicine,
Volume 9,Issue 1,
2014,
Pages 15-20,
ISSN 1816-3319,
ijtmed.2014.15.20,
(https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ijtmed.2014.15.20)
Abstract: In Indonesia, lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) juice
is frequently used as a medicine for acute respiratory tract infection by mixing
it with sweet soy sauce or honey. Therefore, a study aiming to know the influence
of sweet soy sauce or honey addition toward antibacterial activity of lime juice
at Salmonella aureus and S. pyogenes bacteria is conducted. At
the beginning, lime juice is measured at its resistivity toward S. aureus
and S. pyogenes bacteria. Then, the chosen concentration is mixed with
sweet soy sauce or honey in different concentration. The result shows that lime
juice concentration of 50% has a strong antibacterial activity with each value
of MIC and MBC for S. aureus is 0.48 and 1.93% and for S. pyogenes
is 0.59 and 2.97%. Sweet soy sauce or honey addition does not affect the antibacterial
activity while the optimum concentration which can be added is 50%. Antibacterial
activity of lime juice is indicated by cell wall damage which gives effect on
lysis and morphological changes on bacterial cell.
Keywords: : Antibacterial activity;honey;sweet soy sauce;wall