PERBANDINGAN PENGARUH PEMBERIAN MINUMAN DAUN MINT, MINUMAN LEMON, DAN MINUMAN LEMON MINT TERHADAP MEMORI TIKUS

Background: Adding mint leaves and lemon as variation of water, can add a little taste, aroma and the content of menthol, flavonoid, limonene in mint leaves and lemon can increase memory. This research is to find out and examine between mint drinks, lemon drinks, and lemon mint drinks on the memory of rats. Methods: This research uses an experimental research design with a post-test only control group design approach on test animals. The sample of research are male rat strain Sprague Dawley, 4 weeks old, 24 rats divided into 4 groups, namely the control group, mint leaf group, lemon group, and lemon mint group. Dosage of 1.5% mint drink is 9 ml/kgBW, 46% lemon drink is 16.6 ml/kgBW, and 46.8% lemon mint drink is 16.6 ml/kgBW were given orally with gastric tube. Memory is measured through the Morris Water Maze, recorded time, latency distance and percentage of memory retention. Data analysis using One Way Anova and Kruskall-Wallis. Result: Adminisration of mint, lemon, and their combinations drinks tends to increase latency time (p= 0.967), latency distance (p=0.939), and retention time (p=0.639). Conclusion: Administration of mint, lemon, and lemon mint drinks did not cause differences in memory levels in rats.