It is a cross-sectional study to evaluate semen quality of plantation workers that due their daily obligation make them susceptible to herbicide exposures. The research participants were male workers of oil palm plantations in the District of Lampung Tengah, Lampung Province, Indonesia. They were those who meet the criteria of having more than one year work experience with herbicide, married and having children. Semen samples were taken by asking the participants to masturbate after they were advised to abstain from sexual intercourse for 4-5 days. Semen quality parameters that examined are volume, pH, sperm count, sperm motility, normal morphology and HOS-test. Based on years of the work periods, there were three groups of participants obtained. Group-1 are the participants who worked less than 10 years; group-2 are those who have work periods of 10-20 years; while group-3 are those who have worked more than 20 years. All of the semen quality parameters, except pH, decreased significantly with the increase in work periods far beyond the maximum decrease in normal elderly male. In conclusion, the daily tasks of oil palm plantation workers which prompt them expose to herbicide, suspected to be the cause of the decrease in semen quality parameters.

Objectives: For decades, scholars have debated the benefits of exercise during pregnancy. Birthing ball exercise is the latest among the antenatal exercises which pregnant women commonly perform in Indonesia. Therefore, the current study aimed to investigate whether pelvic rocking exercise using the birth ball is effective in correcting the fetal lie, presentation, and attitude in the late third trimester of pregnancy. Materials and Methods: To this end, pregnant women (n=114) enjoying the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into intervention (who were assigned to perform pelvic rocking using the birth ball) and control (without exercise) groups. Fetal lie, attitude, and presentation before and after the trials were determined in both groups by performing the abdominal palpation of Leopold’s maneuver. Results: Based on the results, the intervention group showed a higher proportion of fetus with flexed attitude (P<0.001) as compared to the control group. In addition, 49.1% of women in the intervention group indicated longitudinal lie compared to 29.8% of those in the control groups (P<0.001). Finally, 56 out of 57 women in the intervention group demonstrated head presentation whereas only 45 out of 57 women in the control group showed the same presentation (P<0.01). Conclusions: Overall, it is suggested that pelvic rocking exercises using the birth balls are useful for maintaining lies, fetal attitudes, and presentations and thus it is worth recommending for pregnant women.

Ginger is recognized as antioxidants and chemoprotective. Therefore the rhizome extract of this plant could allegedly reverse aging process. The study is intended to investigate the possible effects of rhizome extract of white ginger (Zingiber officinale Roxb.) on the testicular function of aging male mice (Mus musculus Linn.). Male albino mice aged 12-14 months, grouped into three consisted of 12 mice, were given extract orally as follows: 0 mg/kg (as a control), 50mg/kg and 100 mg/kg daily for 70 days. The testicular function parameters assessed were: the number of spermatogenic cells, the number and quality of sperm. Compared to control group, male mice treated with ginger extract showed significant high quality of sperm count, viability, motility and morphology (P<0.001). Histological parameters of the testis: pre-leptotene as well as pachytene spermatocytes and spermatids cells also significantly higher in the treated group (P <0.01) than that of control. In conclusion, rhizome extract of ginger effectively maintain function of reproductive system of male mice in aging process and, thus, ginger is potentially as the fertility and anti-aging herbs.

Penggunaan obat skabies (skabisida) umumnya terbuat dari senyawa kimia sintetik. Efek pemberian dari senyawa sintetik kimia adalah resistensinya tungau terhadap obat. Daun kemangi dapat menjadi alternatif skabisida karena memiliki kandungan minyak atsiri berbahan aktif eugenol, sineol dan flavanoid. Penelitian dilakukan pada bulan Oktober-November 2019. Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mengetahui potensi ekstrak daun kemangi sebagai skabisida dan untuk mengetahui sediaan ekstrak daun kemangi yang lebih efektif antara salep dan spray. Penelitian ini berjenis eksperimental dengan Rancangan Acak Lengkap (RAL) yang terdiri dari empat kelompok perlakuan (kontrol+, kontrol-, salep ekstrak daun kemangi, spray ekstrak daun kemangi) dan enam ulangan. Data hasil penelitian dianalisis menggunakan One Way (ANOVA) dan didapatkan hasil terdapat perbedaan lebar keropeng sangat bermakna pada antar perlakuan (p=0.000). Hasil penelitian dilanjutkan menggunakan Fisher LSD (Least Significant Different) pada taraf nyata 5%, didapatkan lebar keropeng terkecil pada sediaan salep ekstrak daun kemangi. Kesiimpulan dari penelitian ini yaitu ekstrak daun kemangi dapat digunakan sebagai skabisida dan sediaan bentuk salep lebih efektif dibandingkan bentuk spray.

Sexual disorders have a great impact on men's life, so that is why efforts in searching materials and techniques for the effective treatment of safe and cheap still continued. However, many of the natural material that is claimed efficacious drugs for the high content of bioactive, particularly for sexual disorders, has not been scientifically tested. This study was designed and conducted to ascertain whether the dragon fruit (Hylocereus sp) which is claimed to be efficacious as an antioxidant as well as anti-aging, can be used as a remedy for sexual function disorders and fertility in male rats. Male Sprague-Dawley rats (Rattus novergicus) aged 10 – 12 weeks, grouped in to four consisted of six rats each, treated once daily for 25 days. Group 1 (control) was given 1 ml CMC 1%; group 2 received extract of pitaya fruit at a dose of 500mg/kg; group 3 treated with cyproterone acetate (CPA) at a dose of 25mg/kg; whereas group 4 adminstered with 25mg/kg CPA and 500mg/kg of pitaya fruit extract. CPA treatment effectively reduces serum testosterone while pitaya fruit extract effectively enhances the androgen concentration; increases spermatozoa counts, sperm viability, sperm motility, and spermatid counts. However, pitaya fruit fail to restore the decrease of primary spermatocyte due to CPA induction. So, the conclusion white pitaya fruit extract effectively increase the synthesis of testosterone and play a role spermiogenesis, thus the pitaya fruit herbs can be used as an enhancer of sexual activity and fertility in male.