Ethnomedicine Study of Tengger People of Ngadas Village in Malang, East Java, Indonesia: In Search of Antimicrobial Plants

Abstract

Background: New antimicrobial substances are increasingly needed to face issues of antibacterial resistance, and plants are one of the potential sources of these substances. The Tengger people of East Java, Indonesia empirically possess the knowledge of medicinal plants that need to be documented and assessed further for their potencies. Objectives: This study aimed to find plants with the potency of antimicrobial activity, by quantifying ethnomedicinal data from The Tengger people. Materials and Methods: In this study, snowball sampling was chosen as the sampling method. Information about medicinal plants was obtained by interview with a semi-structured questionnaire, and four indices namely: ethnobotanical richness, use-value index, fidelity level, and knowledge value index were used for quantifying the information gathered from the respondents. Results: The results showed that four plants had prominent values of indices, which were adas (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.), jambu wer (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch), sempretan (Eupatorium sp.), and kayu ampet (Astronia macrophylla L.). Those four plants were recognized by The Tengger people for their medicinal properties, which were anti-diarrhea (jambu wer and sempretan), cough reliever (adas), and wound remedies (sempretan). Conclusion:The plants had the potency to be explored further for their antimicrobial activity. Further exploration is needed to find new active compounds responsible for antimicrobial activity.

Education System and Traditional Knowledge of Medicinal Plants for Healthcare in Tengger Tribe, Argosari Village, East Java, Indonesia

“…2). Decoction is the predominant method of herbal preparation, similar results are documented from the surrounding area [27,28,38,39]. The frequent preparation of decoction may be due to its easy preparation and the higher concentration of phytochemical compounds.…”

“…Recently Bhagawan and Kusumawati [26] documenting 30 species of medicinal plants for healthcare in only one village, namely Ranupani. Another ethnomedicinal field study was carried out in Ngadas Kidul village by Shalas et al [27] and Jadid et al [28] in Ngadisari village, which inventoried only a few species of medicinal plants. However, there is a lot of undocumented information from the Tengger community in other core villages, one of which is Argosari village.…”

Etnofarmasi Pada Pengobat Tradisional di Kabupaten Ngawi: Upaya Pelestarian Pengetahuan Jamu Cekok

“…Dalam satu dasawarsa terakhir, penelitian etnofarmasi telah banyak dilakukan pada masyarakat lokal di Jawa Timur, antara lain: Suku Tengger [15][16][17][18][19][20][21], Suku Madura [22,23], Suku Osing [24], dan Suku Jawa di lereng Gunung Wilis [25]. Hanya beberapa studi yang berfokus menginventarisasi pengetahuan tradisional Jamu Cekok, yang dilakukan di Yogyakarta [13] dan Kabupaten Wonogiri, Jawa Tengah [26].…”

Ethnopharmacology of medicinal plants used by the Tenggerese community in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, Indonesia

“…Despite the valuable insights provided by these studies, there remains a surprising lack of research in the field of ethnopharmacology, specifically analyzing the phytochemical content and pharmacological activity of medicinal plants used by the Tenggerese people. Only two ethnopharmacological studies have examined the pharmacological activity of Tengger medicinal plants (Aziz et al 2019;Shalas et al 2021).…”