Cisplatin is an effective chemotherapeutics against a wide range of cancers. However, it causes significant nausea and vomiting which limit its usefulness. In the present study, the effects of methanolic root extract of Pluchea lanceolata (DC.) C. B. Clarke , asteraceae ( MPL ) was investigated against cisplatin-induced nausea using a rat pica model. In rat pica model, rats react to cispla...

Daun beluntas(Plucheaindica L.) dinyatakan mengandung metabolit sekunder yang efektif sebagai antiinfeksi. Penyakit infeksi disebabkan oleh bakteri Streptococcuspyogenes berdampak serius terhadap perkembangan penyakit faringitisakut hingga endocarditis mengancam jiwa. Penelitian ini ditunjukkan untuk membuktikan efektivitas ekstraketanol daun beluntas antibakteri S.pyogenes. Uji pada konsentras...

The genus Berthelotia DC. (presently a synonym of the accepted name Pluchea Cass.), Asteraceae, Inuleae has been regarded as comprising two species, B. lanceolata and sericea (Nutt.) Rydb. It honors French naturalist Sabin Berthelot (1794–1880) for his contribution to studies flora fauna Canary Islands. Under leadership Philip Webb (1793–1854), co-authored most important work pertinent natural ...

Many traditional healing plants successfully passed several hundred years of empirical testing against specific diseases and thereby demonstrating that they are well tolerated in humans. Although quite a few ethno-pharmacological plants are applied against a variety of conditions there are still numerous plants that have not been cross-tested in diseases apart from the traditional applications....