2008
DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d090303
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Exploration of Central Kalimantan’s forest plants as bioactive compound resources

Abstract: The width of the forest area of Indonesia is about 75% of the entire land which has not been optimally utilized as a raw medicinal resource. The forest area is rich in plants of various medicinal benefits which have not been found out and developed. The aim of the study was to explore Central Kalimantan's forest plants as bioactive compound resources. Using Brine Shrimp Lethality Test (BST) method the exploration was conducted on 70 kinds of plants which had been traditionally used in that area. The dry powder… Show more

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“…As a megabiodiversity country, Indonesia still has a lot of potential unexploited forests to be developed as a source phytopharmaca or modern medicine [7]. Opportunity exploration of medicinal plants is still very wide open in line with the development of herbal industry, herbal medicine, and phytopharmaca.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…As a megabiodiversity country, Indonesia still has a lot of potential unexploited forests to be developed as a source phytopharmaca or modern medicine [7]. Opportunity exploration of medicinal plants is still very wide open in line with the development of herbal industry, herbal medicine, and phytopharmaca.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Natural resources provide a huge and highly diversified chemical bank from which we can explore for potential therapeutic agents by bioactivity-targeted screenings [ 6 ]. As a megabiodiversity country, Indonesia still has a lot of potential unexploited forests to be developed as a source phytopharmaca or modern medicine [ 7 ]. Opportunity exploration of medicinal plants is still very wide open in line with the development of herbal industry, herbal medicine, and phytopharmaca.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Alkaloid dari batang dan akar tumbuhan sekunyit tersebut berjenis sama. Selain itu, sekunyit juga diketahui mengandung senyawa terpenoid, baik pada batang, daun maupun akarnya (8).…”
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“…Uji toksisitas yang demikian dapat digunakan sebagi skrining awal terhadap senyawa aktif yang diduga berkhasiat sebagai antitumor. Skrining yang menggunakan BSLT seringkali mempunyai korelasi positif dengan potensinya sebagai antikanker (Anderson, 1991;Wahyuningsih, et al, 2008).…”
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