Immuno-modulatory Activity Comparison of Black Tea Kombucha (Camelia sinensis) and Arabica Coffee Leaves Tea Kombucha (Coffea arabica) for Salmonella typhi-infected mice
Elok Zubaidah (a), Aulia Riska Iastika (b*), Tri Dewanti Widyaningsih (a), Kiki Fibrianto (a)

a) Department of Agricultural Product Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, East Java, Indonesia 65145
b) Clinic of Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, East Java, Indonesia 65145
*auliariska.iastika[at]gmail.com

Abstract

This study aimed to compare between black tea kombucha and Arabica coffee leaves tea kombucha on immunomodulatory activity on Salmonella typhi infected mice. The trial animals were divided into 2 groups; the infected and the non-infected group.. Each group consisted of controls group, the black tea kombucha group, and the Arabica coffee leaves tea kombucha group. Both types of tea kombucha increases the adaptive immune response as shown by an improvement of CD4+, CD8+, CD4+ IFN\gamma, CD4+TNF\alpha, CD8+IFN\gamma, and CD8+TNF\alpha. It was also suggested that immunomodulatory activity of black tea kombucha was higher than that of Arabica coffee leaves tea kombucha.

Keywords: kombucha, Arabica coffee leaves tea, black tea, Salmonella typhi, immunomodulators

Topic: HEALTH, NUTRITION AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY