KAJIAN BOTANI, PENGGUNAAN TRADISIONAL, KANDUNGAN KIMIA, HASIL UJI PRAKLINIK BENGKUANG, PETAI, DAN JENGKOL

• Main Author: Muhammad Dwana Nugraha, Habib
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/61927
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Indonesia is the country with the second biodiversity worldwide, with a diversity of flora and fauna making Indonesia able to become one of the largest natural ingredient drug producing countries in the world. Bengkuang, petai, and Jengkol are plants belonging to the Fabaceae tribe that are known to be used as medicinal plants, in this study will be explained about Botany, Traditional Use, and Pre Klink Test Results that are searched using electronic databases such as Google scholar, Pubmed, and Science direct that have been filtered using inclusion and exclusion criteria. Bengkuang, petai and Jengkol are traditionally used for high blood pressure, diabetes, mold, and others. All three plants have several secondary metabolite compounds responsible for biological activity. Extracts of the three plants are reported to have activities as anti-inflammatory, antiulcer, antidiabetic, antihypertensive, anthoxidant, and antimicrobial. The information collected is expected to be able to be used as a reference for further research.