Status Penelitian Purwoceng (Pimpinella alpina Molk.) di Indonesia

Abstract

<p>Purwoceng was a commercial medicinal plant that could be used as aphrodisiac, diuretic, and body fit enhancer. The plant was indigenous of Indonesia that grew endemically at Dieng Plateau in Central Java, Pangrango Mountain in West Java, and mountaineos area in East Java. Recently the population was getting rare because of high genetic erosion. Based on the erosion level, the purwoceng was categorized as endangered species. In order to prevent from extinction, the conservation has to be done. The efforts of conservation could be conducted together with the efforts of its utilization optimally and sustainably. So far there were not many researches on purwoceng. Several aspects that had been reported were on agronomy, in vitro culture, phytochemistry, and pharmacology. However, the results of those researches had not been optimal and satisfying. Breeding research had not even been reported. This condition opened large opportunities for researchers to develop the researches that had been conducted to obtain the new technology. The supported technologies and the completed information would enhance the development of this commodity especially at industrial scale.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Abstrak</strong></p><p><strong></strong>digunakan sebagai afrodisiak, diuretic, dan tonik. Tanaman tersebut adalah tumbuhan asli Indonesia yang tumbuh secara endemik di dataran tinggi Dieng Jawa Tengah, Gunung Pangrango Jawa Barat, dan area pegunungan di Jawa Timur. Dewasa ini, populasinya sangat jarang yang disebabkan oleh erosi genetik secara besar-besaran. Berdasarkan tingkat erosinya, purwoceng dikategorikan sebagai spesies yang hampir punah. Untuk menghindari kepunahan, tindakan konservasi harus dikelola dengan baik. Upaya pelestarian sebaiknya dilakukan secara bersama dengan upaya pemanfaatannya secara optimal dan berkelanjutan. Hingga saat ini tidak banyak laporan penelitian tentang purwoceng. Beberapa aspek yang sudah dilaporkan adalah aspek agronomi, kultur in vitro, fitokimia, dan farmakologi. Namun demikian, hasil penelitian tersebut belum memuaskan. Penelitian pemuliaan bahkan belum pernah dilaporkan. Kondisi demikian membuka peluang bagi pengembangan penelitian yang sudah pernah dilakukan hingga diperoleh teknologi yang mantap. Teknologi yang mendukung dan informasi yang lengkap diharapkan akan meningkatkan pengembangan komoditas tersebut, terutama dalam skala industri.</p>

Potential Development of Purwoceng (Pimpinella pruatjan Molk or Pimpinella alpine Kds) Plant Scale Industry Using In-Vitro Culture Technique By Means of Rooting Induction

“…Of all parts of plants purwoceng having efficacy at the root part. It is become main causes for Endangered Purwoceng in Nature (Darwati & Roostika, 2006). Purwoceng was successfully cultivated outside its natural habitat of Dieng Plateau, but the main problem is scarcity of seeds or seedling materials (Rahardjo, 2003), because when it comes to harvesting, the whole parts of the plant are taken up.…”

Kinerja Reproduksi Tikus Bunting Akibat Pemberian Ekstrak Etanol Purwocen

“…Tetapi hanya bagian akar saja yang digunakan sebagai ekstrak karena bagian tersebut memiliki efek afrodisiak lebih tinggi dibanding bagian tanaman purwoceng yang lain. Rahayu dan Sunarlim (2002) serta Darwati dan Roostika (2006) melaporkan bahwa akar purwoceng merupakan tanaman herba komersial yang akarnya dilaporkan berkhasiat obat sebagai afrodisiak (meningkatkan gairah seksual dan menimbulkan ereksi) dan diuretik (melancarkan saluran air seni).…”

Metabolic profiling of endophytic bacteria from Purwoceng (Pimpinella pruatjan Molkend) root and antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

“…Purwoceng (Pimpinella pruatjan Molkend) is a commercial herbaceous plant contains secondary compounds such as coumarin, sterol, alkaloid, saponin and several kinds of oligosaccharide on the root [1]. Secondary metabolites produced by Purwoceng have an antibacterial, anticoagulant and antiinflammatory activity [1,2].…”

“…Secondary metabolites produced by Purwoceng have an antibacterial, anticoagulant and antiinflammatory activity [1,2].…”

“…One of them is the limited number of raw materials such as plants that will be extracted. One way to overcome these obstacles is to use the endophytic bacteria residing in the plant tissue [8,1]. The endophytic bacteria can produce the similar secondary metabolites to the host plant and also has antibacterial activity to the pathogenic bacteria [9].…”