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RESULTS
AND DISCUSSION
Maranta arundinacea AS A PHYSICAL GEL IN SERUM SEPARATOR TUBE
Serum Separator
Tube
INTRODUCTION
Maranta arundinacea
Maranta
Arundinacea
LESS EXPENSIVE
Aims
Natural Alternative
Aims
statement of the problem
1.What are the physical characteristics of the Maranta arundinacea gel compared to serum separator gel based on the ff. parameters:
a.physical appearance;
b.colour;and
c. odour?
2. Does the concentration of gel affects the ability to separate serum and blood cells?
3. Is there a significant difference between the uraro serum separator tube and the commercial serum separator tube?
statement of the problem
Medical Industry
significance
of the
study
Environment
environment
general procedures: collection of plant sample
METHODOLOGY
general
procedures
General procedures: extraction of starch
General procedures: extraction of starch
General procedures: extraction of starch
General procedures: extraction of starch
general procedures: gelatinization
general procedures: gelatinization
general procedures: gelatinization
general procedures: gelatinization
general procedures: gelatinization
general procedures: gelatinization
general procedures: blood extraction and clotting
general procedures: centrifugation
general procedures: centrifugation
general procedures: centrifugation
general procedures: centrifugation
Table 4. The results in the preliminary evaluation of serum separation ability of Maranta arundinacea in different concentration.
discussion
LEGEND:
T1 – Trial 1 T3 – Trial 3
T2 – Trial 2 T4 – Trial 4
T5 – Trial 5 x̅- mean
(+) = positive formation of a barrier between the serum and red blood cells
(-) = negative formation of a barrier between the serum and red blood cells
Table 5. The density of 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100% concentrations of Maranta arundinacea gel
LEGEND:
T1= Trial 1
T2= Trial 2
T3= Trial 3
Table 6. The result of the serum separation ability of Maranta arundinacea against positive control group (store-bought serum separator gel) and negative control group (plain glass tube).
LEGEND:
T1 –Maranta arundinacea SST
T2 - Positive Control T3-Negative Control
x̅- mean S1 – Sample 1
S2 – Sample 2 S3 – Sample 3
S4 – Sample 4 S5 – Sample 5
(+) = positive formation of a barrier between the serum and red blood cells
(-) = negative formation of a barrier between the serum and red blood cells
commercial
sst
Maranta
arundinacea
sst
CONCLUSIONS
AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
Maranta arundinacea was able to settle between the serum and formed elements which makes it a potential alternative serum separator gel.
commercial sst