RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON INDONESIAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINES A COMPARISON TO MALAYSIA
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2002-03-27
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Research Center for Chemistry, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Kawasan PUSPIPTEK, Serpong 15314
Abstract
Research and development on Indonesian traditional medicines has been
performed by researchers from universities, research institutes and traditional
medicines industries. All aspects Of research on traditional medicines have been
conducted starting from cultivation, ethnopharmacology, utilization, isolation and
identification of active constituents, efficacy evaluation, pharmacology, safety,
standardization, formulation, and clinical evaluation. Policy on Indonesian tradi-
tional medicines has also been set up. Many factors give influences on the develop-
ment of traditional medicines, such as, research quality in a holistic approach,
research integration one to the other, the attitude of individual researcher, scientific
community etc. Indonesian traditional medicines are not. only belong to the
Indonesians. Many of Indonesian traditional plant medicines are part of Flora
Malesiana species, which grow in Malay peninsula, or imported plants from India,
China and Brasilia. Indonesian traditional medicines are pssibly to be developed by
Malaysian researchers, a country that has set up her mission to be a world center in
conservation, research and utilization of tropical biodiversity by the year 2020.
Indonesian Traditional Medicines National Working Group (pokjanas TOI) need to do
a reposition and make a new strategy to be able to compete with their colleagues in
Malaysia. Some policies and activities on development of traditional medicines in
Malaysia will be discussed as an input for Indonesian research purposes.