Scientifically proven Natural Medicine

By Nawa Tunggal Tahongai leaves (Kleinhovia hospita) have long been utilized community of East Kalimantan to treat liver disease. Researchers from the University of Mulawarman, East Kalimantan, since 2007 attempting to parse this natural medicine scientific data. In public life, such as the Dayak community in Borneo, found a lot of information from different types of drug plants. This information is important to embark on scientific research, “said Enos Tangke Whitewater, a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of forestry, Mulawarman University in mid-January, in Samarinda, East Kalimantan. Enos researching along his colleague, Irawan Wijaya Kusuma, from Mulawarman University Faculty of forestry. Research results it has now entered in Journal of Wood Science of the Japan Wood Research Society. The research was carried out with Kim Ung-Yong, Kuniyoshi Shimizu, and Kondo of Japan Ryūichirō. Tahongai is a shrub plant grows naturally in many suburban River in East Kalimantan. Soft-leaved plants and that green always cultivated some people now began to Borneo. Tahongai known to contain active compounds Eleutherol and Kaempferol 3-glucoside serves as antioxidant substances. From research, tahongai extract is also capable of lethal liver cancer cells, i.e. cells HepG2. In addition, it contains the compound, namely 7-kumarin hydroxy-6-methoxy group kumarin (skopoletin) which is able to give the effect of antihipertensi, a bitter taste, and antialergi as well as inhibit prostaglandins synthetase, a compound of fatty acids. Extraction Enos says, tahongai’s research began in 2007. It was taken about 1 kilogram of dried tahongai leaves and reconstituted into ethanol as much as 15 litres at a temperature of 25 degrees celsius. Next, tahongai leaves and created powder extract is filtered. This extract in the laboratory to find out which researched their subjects. Research on the extract of tahongai that Enos first get Kaempferol 3-glucoside. At the next tahongai extracts obtained Eleutherol. Both are antioxidant compounds to increase the resilience of the system of the body. Power research against cancer cell drag tahongai HepG2 hearts also developed. This research utilizes L-glutamine 10 percent and its accompanying bovine serum, sodium bicarbonate, 100 micrograms per milliliter antibiotics streptomycin, penicillin and 100 micrograms per milliliter. “From the results prove this scientifically, we support tahongai marketing efforts,” said Enos. Enos hired a group of small and medium enterprises in Samara to pack the leaves tahongai as the teabag, then marketed to a number of areas. In General, the description of the performance tahongai to treat liver disease is removing the toxins and treat the inflammation that occurs in the liver. The compounds in the tahongai function reduces kumarin pain due to inflammation of the liver. Tahongai able to recover compound on and strengthen the heart so it can perform its functions back like store minerals, vitamins, and sugar to fuel the body. The liver also serves outstanding wash away toxins in the blood as well as controlling the production of cholesterol and spending on cholesterol. Healthy liver Organ will support the performance of the kidneys. The liver breaks down some of the compounds that are toxic and produces ammonia, urea and uric acid by utilizing nitrogen from amino acids. The process of solving compound poison by liver detoxification process called. It is the burden of the kidney. The antioxidant content of tahongai also neutralizes the damage body cells caused by free radicals. Free radicals due to excess amounts of pollution will damage the body’s cells, causing premature aging, as well as a wide range of degenerative diseases, like arteriosclerosis (hardening of the blood vessel wall), hypertension, arthritis, cataracts, coronary heart disease, and cancer. According to Enos, tahongai expected to cure hepatitis A and hepatitis b. current traditional medicinal plants that still need to be improved to be a drug. Challenge Iravan is the head of the chemical laboratory of forest products Mulawarman University said, knowledge of herbal medicines widely owned community, in this case the Dayak community. Exemplifies the wisdom of local manufacture of iravan powder cold to whiten the skin and onion tiwai are used to stop bleeding in the body. “Cold Powder is actually not just for dayak to whiten the skin, but it is also useful to prevent the overproduction of melanin, which can cause skin cancer,” said Irawan. In the laboratory, the powder is known to inhibit cold dayak cell B16, namely skin cancer cells. Cold powder composition most dayak rice flour mixed with some spices and papilak leaves. Irawan said, onions tiwai used to prevent bleeding in the body are known to the public could whiten the skin. Onions contain tiwai antioxidants. “Compounds in onion already proved capable of inhibiting the tiwai microbes Trichophyton mentagrophyte that causes skin cancer,” said Irawan. So much information treatment of various diseases that make use of biodiversity was available. In Indonesia there are about 1,300 species of plants which can be used as medicine. The plant was now waiting for the efforts of researchers to scientifically prove the benefits of this natural remedy. (diterjemahkan dari Kompas.com)