@article{js2016413,
author={{Arimbi, Delidios and Yuwono, Hendro Sudjono},
title={pH Of Wound Fluids Treated Using Coffee Powder and Bacitracin-Neomycin Powder},
journal={Global Journal of Surgery},
volume={4},
number={1},
pages={9--11},
year={2016},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/js/4/1/3},
issn={2379-8750},
abstract={<b>Introduction: </b>Coffee powder has been known for its traditional remedy for wounds because of its effectiveness in wound healing. The process of wound healing is influenced by various factors, including the wound-pH. The pH of coffee powder is 4.5-5, which is also the optimal pH for wound healing. The following study will compare the wound-pH of coffee powder with Bacitracin-Neomycin powder (BN). <b>Methods</b>: Wistar rats were divided into three groups, namely coffee group (group I), BN group (group II) and control group (group III), in which the pH measurements were taken at the 24<SUP>th</SUP>-hour and 7<SUP>th</SUP>-day of treatment respectively. Data analysis was done as the Shapiro Wilk test or Kruskal Wallis test depending on parametric or non-parametric data, and the significance was rated using One Way Anova. <b>Results:</b> At the 24<SUP>th</SUP>-hour of treatment the wound-pH of group I was significantly lower compared to group II (p=0.010) and group III (p=0.002). At the 7<SUP>th</SUP>- day of treatment, group I was unsignificantly lower than group II (p=0.105), but was significantly lower than group III (p = 0.003), where as group II was unsignificantly lower than group III (p=0.323). <b>Conclusion:</b> This study showed that the pH of the wound fluid which used coffee powder is lower than the BN powder.},
doi={10.12691/js-4-1-3}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}