Bioactivities Evaluation of Indonesian Mistletoes (Dendrophthoe pentandra (L.) Miq.) Leaves Extracts.
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2012-01
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Mistletoes or benalu in bahasa Indonesia is a semi-parasitic plant that also known as
medicinal plant. It used in traditional/alternative medicine such as for for cough, diabetes,
hypertension, cancer, diuretic, smallpox, ulcer, skin infection and after child-birth treatment.
There are many species of mistletoes in Indonesia. Dendrophthoe pentandra (L.) Miq. is one of
the Indonesian mistletoes species that commonly found grew on many different species of host
plant. In this paper we reported in vitro toxicity, antioxidant and antidiabetes activities of MeOH
and water extracts of D. pentandra grew on four different host plants (Stelechocarpus burahol,
Spondias dulcis, Annona squamosa and Camellia sinensis). Toxicity was measured using brine
shrimp lethality test (BSLT). Antioxidant activity was measured using DPPH free radical
scavenging assay. Antidiabetes activity was measured using -glucosidase inhibitor assay. The
results show that all mistletoes extracts tested (MeOH and water extracts) were non-toxic and
show significant antidiabetes activity, whereas for antioxidant activity, only MeOH extracts
show significant activity. Therefore, it is suggest that D. pentandra extracts are potential source
for natural antioxidant and antidiabetes compounds.
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Dendrophthoe pentandra (L.) Miq., medicinal plant, BSLT, antioxidant, DPPH, antidiabetes, α-glucosidase
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Artanti Nina, Firmansyah Taufik, Darmawan Akhmad. Bioactivities Evaluation of Indonesian Mistletoes (Dendrophthoe pentandra (L.) Miq.) Leaves Extracts. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science. 2012 Jan; 2(1): 24-27.