Revealing indigenous Indonesian traditional medicine: anti-infective agents.
Indonesia is rich in medicinal plants which the population has used traditionally from generation to generation for curing diseases. Our interest in the treatment of infectious diseases has lead to the investigation of traditional Indonesian treatments. In this review, we present a comprehensive review of ethnopharmacologically directed screening in Indonesian medicinal plants to search for new anti-viral, antimalarial, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal agents. Some potent drug leads have been isolated from Indonesian medicinal plants. Further research is still required for the lead development as well as the search for new bioactive compounds from the enormous medicinal plant resources.
School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia 2522. asn559@uowmail.edu.au
Ari S
AS
Nugraha
Paul A
PA
Keller
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007214:Indonesia; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts