Efek Antimitogenik Fraksi Alkaloid Achyranthes aspera Linn. terhadap Induksi Apoptosis pada Mencit yang Terinfeksi Mycobacterium tuberculosis (The Antimitogenic Effect of Alkaloid Fraction of Achyranthes aspera Linn. on Apoptotic Induction in Mice Infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis)

The aims of this research was to determine the antimitogenic effect of alkaloid Achyranthes aspera Linn. on apoptotic induction, growth and cell development in lung cell infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Antimitogenic effect of alkaloid A. aspera was tested in 120 mice that infected with 100 cell/mL M. tuberculosis and divided into 6 groups so that each group consist of 20 mice. The treatment groups were: negative control that healthy mice was given adjuvans only, positive control that was given rifampisin 600 mg/kg bb/day, and treatment group of P 0 , P 1 , P 2 and P 3 infected by M. tuberculosis and given alkaloid with dose 0, 60, 12 and 180 mg/kgbw/po/day continously during 30 days. The parameter of observation were total leucocyte count, total differential leucocyte count, total carbuncel in lung, and percentage of apoptotic lung cells. The result showed that mice infected by M. tuberculosis have decreased in total leucocyte and diferentiated leucocyte total (eosinophil, neutrophil, lymphocyte, and monocyte), and total carbuncel in lungs after treated by akaloid A. aspera with dose begin 60 mg/kgbw. Apoptotic cell in lung was also decreased in the group tretaed by akaloid A. aspera with dose begin 60 mg/kgbw that the value was equal to the group of rifampisin. In conclusion, treatment of alkaloid from