PENGARUH PAPARAN PEWANGI RUANGAN BERBENTUK GEL DAN CAIR TERHADAP GAMBARAN HISTOLOGI TRACTUS RESPIRATORIUS (STUDI IN VIVO PADA TIKUS PUTIH (RATTUS NORVEGICUS))
Abstract
Air freshener is a material that provide a pleasant odor. Liquid and gel air freshener
regarded as a widely used in modern society. Various chemicals allegedly contained therein,
such as ethanol, formaldehyde, seeds fragrances, naphthalene, phatale, phenol and xylene or
its derivatives. Chemical substances enter the body through inhalation. Nasal cavity is the
first part that was exposed by chemical, so, the evaluation of effect of air freshener exposure
on respiratory mucosa needs to be done. The study design was performed by using post-test
only control group design. The subject of the research were 18 tails of white rat, divided into
three experimental groups, the negative control group (without exposed fragrances), liquid
air freshener treatment groups, and the air freshener gel treatment group. In the treatment
group performed fragrances exposure for 8 hours / day for 15 days. The result taken by
measuring the thickness of the respiratory mucosal epithelium under the microscope. The
results analyzed by using the Kruskal Wallis test followed by post hoc Mann-Whitney. Post
hoc test result show that there is significantly differences between liquid air freshener group
with gel air freshener group (p <0.05), and between group of liquid air freshener with the
control group (p <0.05). No significant difference shown by the gel air freshener group with
the control group (p> 0.05). This suggests that exposure of liquid air freshener have greater
influence on the histological changes in the nasal respiratory mucosa compared to gel air
freshener exposure