the treatment need to be considered as important problems. 4,5 In order to circumvent those problems, the development of new antiviral drugs is very much required. Some plants have been reported to have hepatitis C antiviral activity. Plant extracts from Toona sureni, 6 Artocarpus heterophyllus, 7 Ficus fistulosa, 8 Alectron serratus, 9 and Melicope latifolia 4 significantly inhibited HCV activity in vitro. A variety of active phytochemicals such as flavonoids, terpenoids, lignins, sulphides, polyphenolics, coumarins, saponins, furyl, alkaloids, polylines, thiophenes, protein, and peptides have been identified to inhibit various viruses. 10 Melicope latifolia belongs to the Rutaceae family, commonly known in Indonesia as Ki Sampang and is traditionally used to cure fever and abdominal cramps. The tree typically has a height of about 20 m and is commonly found in primary and secondary open forests. M. latifolia plants are distributed in Malaysia, Philippines, Java-Indonesia, Kalimantan-Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. 11 The chemical compounds which were contained in the M. latifolia plant, are flavonoids, alkaloid, coumarins and terpenoids. 10,12 In general, plant species in the Rutaceae family contain the chemical constituent of alkaloid group, including the Melicope genus.