Ciplukan

Fruit ciplukan ((Physallisa angulata L) and Withanolid Fisalin contains compounds that can cure cancer.

"Fisalin and Withanolid are cytotoxic to some cancer cells and could inhibit the growth of breast cancer cells, lung, and blood cancers," said the student at the Faculty of Pharmacy Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta Yogyakarta Amelilinda Monikawati Tuesday.

Amelilinda with Inna Amandari and Sofa Farida successfully tested the potential kemopreventif etanolik herb extracts ciplukan on breast cancer cells.

Thanks to test potential anti-cancer research at the third ciplukan Faculty of Pharmacy Gadjah Mada University student won a Young Researcher Competition Indonesian Elections (PPRI), the field of Natural Sciences, 2010.

"In vitro, the study managed to suppress cancer cell growth by 20 percent. From research conducted ciplukan strengthens the hypothesis has the potential to be developed as an agent kemopreventif," he said.

Not only in vitro, said he was to support the research potential as agents ciplukan kemopreventif on breast cancer also conducted a test in vivo.

"Test in vivo aimed to observe the effect of herb extracts on animals etanolik test strain Sprague Dawley female rats," he said.

During this time, he said breast cancer treatment with chemotherapy is considered less effective because it often creates resistance and few side effects.

"Side effects from chemotherapy such as nausea, vomiting, toxicity to normal tissue, cardiac toxicity, and suppress the immune system," he said.

Therefore, he says it takes an alternative cancer therapy that is more secure, affordable, effective, and does not harm the immune system.