AIM The aim of the study is to investigate the antibacterial activity of 10 volatile oils extracted from medicinal plants, including galangal (Alpinia galanga Linn.), ginger (Zingiber officinale), plai (Zingiber cassumunar Roxb.), lime (Citrus aurantifolia), kaffir lime (Citrus hystrix DC.), sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum Linn.), tree basil (Ocimum gratissimum), lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus D...

The people of District Sukoharjo in the Midle Java Province have traditionally use medicinal plants for maintaining their health and to cure illness by using what so called Jamu Gendong. verification, validation standardization these general, as yet, are not satisfactory. In order obtain better understanding this Gendong, Study Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry, Bioactivity has been carried out 3 Sub...

In a Letter to the Editor published last year [1] possible factual errors in the paper by Laohakunjit et al. [2] that is the subject of this Editor's Note were brought to our attention. In that paper the major component of the solvent extracts of essential oil of galanga (Alpinia galanga Sw.) was identified as fraesol (ethyl 3-methyl-3-phenylglycidate, 1). In [1] it was suggested that since fra...

The purpose of this research was to determine the effect Alpinia galanga extract for seminiferous tubular epithelial thickness, and diameter mice induced lead acetate. This study experimental, 25 male (Mus musculus) strain Balb/C with average arround 30 gram were divided into 5 groups in a completely randomized design different treatments 24 days. negative control group C (-) given CMC-NA, posi...

The presence of vesicular - arbuscular mycorrhizae in the roots of Kaempferia galangal is reported in the article.

Acute monocytic leukemia (AML M5 or AMoL) is one of the several types of leukemia that are still awaiting cures. The use of chemotherapy for cancer management can be harmful to normal cells in the vicinity of the target leukemia cells. This study assessed the potency of the extracts from lesser galangal, turmeric, and ginger against AML M5 to use the suitable fractions in neutraceuticals. Aqueo...