Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity
Vol. 7 No. 4 (2006)

Effect of Butanol Extract of Maturated Mahkota Dewa (Phaleria macrocarpa) Fruit on Liver Tissue of Mice (Mus musculus)

ARIF SOEKSMANTO (Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Bioteknologi, Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (LIPI), Cibinong 16911)



Article Info

Publish Date
13 Sep 2006

Abstract

Mahkota dewa (Phaleria macrocarpa [Scheff.] Boerl.) is a poisonous plant, but almost all parts of the plants can be used as a traditional medicine. Consuming the plant directly can cause swollen, sprue, numb at tongue, fever, even unconscious. Although the plant can conquere various diseases, from diabetes mellitus, hemorrhoid, impotency to cancer, but research on the plant is still limited. A research was conducted to find out effect of subchronic dosage of butanol extract of maturated mahkota dewa fruit. Observation was carried out on liver tissue which is main organ detoxifying poison in the body. Dosage of butanol extract of 0; 42,5; 85 and 170 mg/kg body weight was administered intra peritoneally to mice. The result showed that butanol extract of maturated mahkota dewa fruit did not affect liver tissue, although at dosage 170 mg/kg body weight, a vacuolization on liver's tissue, was occurred.© 2006 Jurusan Biologi FMIPA UNS SurakartaKey words: Phaleria macrocarpa, mahkota dewa, plant extract, mice, Mus musculus, liver, vacuolization

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Abbrev

biodiv

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Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology

Description

The Biodiversitas Journal was first published in 2000 by the Department of Biology, FMNS, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia, then in 2006 it was co-published by the Society for Indonesian Biodiversity and that department; since 2017 it was also hosted by Smujo. From 2003-2012 it was ...