Indonesia Chimica Acta
Volume 2 No 1 - June 2009

Skrining Bioaktivitas Beberapa Bagian Jaringan Tumbuhan Paliasa(Melochia umbellata (Hout) Stapf var. Degrabrata K)

Erwin, Erwin (Unknown)
Noor, Alfian (Unknown)
Soekamto, Nunuk Hariani (Unknown)
Harlim, Tjodi (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jun 2009

Abstract

Paliasa is one of tropical plants that used as an etnobotanical traditional drug by the people of South Sulawesi. Paliasa leaves is believed and used as a drug for hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cholesterol, and hepatitis diseases. Preliminary study was done by Brine shrimp lethality test with Artemia salina to a tissue part of one of type paliasa, Melocia umbellata (Houtt.) Stapf. var. degrabrata K. The result show that the wood of this plant is the most active with LC50 value of 1,80 ppm. Keywords : Paliasa, traditional drug, M. umbellata, bioactivity.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ica

Publisher

Subject

Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Bioengineering

Description

Jurnal Akta Kimia Indonesia (Indonesia Chimica Acta) is a peer-reviewed research journal that is devoted to the dissemination of new and original knowledge in all branches of chemistry. The result of research and development in the fields of chemistry in both experimental and theory/ computation, ...