Insights of phytoconstituents and pharmacology activities of Salacca plants
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Date
2019-10
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Open Science Publishers LLP
Abstract
In the last 20 years, plant-based therapy had become the world's attention. Our country Indonesia is popular in itsmegabiodiversity, among which is Salacca zalacca Gaert. (Voss.), or salak. The fruit of this plant is generally utilizedas pickles, chips, etc. However, its benefits for health remain unexplored. Library searches using PubMed, GoogleScholar, Science Direct, and Google resulted that S. zalacca, which contains flavonoids, alkaloids, terpenoids, andsitosterols exerts various pharmacology activities, e.g., antioxidant, cholesterol reducer, antidiabetic, skin whitening,antihyperuricemia, antibacterial, immune system enhancer, cancer cell growth inhibitor, and adsorbent.
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Antioxidant, cancer cell, immune system, skin whitening
Citation
Ridho Abdurahman, Wathoni Nasrul, Subarnas Anas, Levita Jutti. Insights of phytoconstituents and pharmacology activities of Salacca plants. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science. 2019 Oct; 2019 Oct: 120-124