DIGITAL DICTIONARY APPLICATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS AND THEIR BENEFITS AGAINST DISEASES CAUSED BY MICROORGANISMS BASED ON ANDROID

Abstract

Infectious diseases are diseases caused by pathogenic microbes and are the main cause of high morbidity and mortality in hospitals. Bacteria that often cause nosocomial infections are Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella sp. These microbes are transmitted through food, medicine, medical equipment, or direct contact (Konoralma, 2019). Medicinal plants or commonly called herbal plants are plants that have medicinal properties and are used as medicines in healing and preventing diseases (Suwandi & Mildawani, 2018). Android-Based Medicinal Plants Encyclopedia Application Engineering is research that aims to provide information about medicinal plants using the Rational Unified Process and UML modeling as the research method (Sari, Puspasari, and Sunardi, (2018). Supported by research by Lutfiah, and Taurusta, (2022) SIDOTA or what is called Simplisia and Traditional Medicine is an android application that provides information about simplisia and herbal medicine recipes. The application of family medicinal plants can be applied on android-based smartphones because smartphones and gadgets based on android are communication and multimedia devices that are most widely used by the public today, therefore in its application this application can provide benefits and knowledge about the benefits of medicinal plants (Hanifuddin, (2017) Digital dictionaries are dictionaries that are used by the public. Based on the description above, the researchers will create a digital dictionary application of medicinal plants and their benefits against diseases caused by android-based microorganisms that presents information on traditional medicine processing both in text and video, as well as their benefits for treating diseases caused by microorganisms. This application is expected to make it easier for users to find out traditional medicinal plants and can process visually displaying the materials needed in the processing of traditional medicine effectively and efficiently for the prevention and treatment of diseases caused by microorganisms. The system development method used in this research is Multimedia Development Life Cycle (MDLC) methodology. The result is creating an android-based digital dictionary application of medicinal plants and their benefits against diseases caused by microorganisms and increase public knowledge in understanding medicinal plants and their benefits against diseases caused by android-based microorganisms. There were 30 out of 40 respondents felt that their knowledge increased about medicinal plants and their benefits against diseases caused by android-based microorganisms. Because the digital dictionary of onat plants provides knowledge that can be read repeatedly and implemented. This application is also easy to use and useful as a non-academic book for students in Biology Study Programs at Universitas Terbuka.