WHITE RAT HAIR GROWTH ACTIVITY TEST COMBINATION CELERY LEAVES Apium graveolens L AND RAJA BANANA PEEL Musa acuminate L

Abstract

Celery leaves and Raja banana peel contain flavonoids that can stimulate the hair growth process This study aims to determine the effect of a combination of ethanol extracts of celery leaves and raja banana peel on the hair growth This type of research is a laboratory experimental study using test animals that are randomly grouped and given combination extract topically group I 7 5 : 6 25 group II 7 5 : 12 5 group III 7 5 : 25 group IV normal control and group V positive control hair tonic 2 minoxidil The results of hair weight in this study showed that the group given a combination of extracts was able to affect the growth of rat hair Data on the 21st day was analyzed using the one way ANOVA statistical test obtained a value of p lt; 0 01 which means there is a significant difference in the average hair growth of rats treated then continued with the LSD post hoc test showed treatment II significantly different p lt; 0 001 with all treatments It can be concluded that the treatment group given a combination of extracts can affect the hair growth of rats < p>