LITERATURE REVIEW: CHEMICAL CONTENT AND PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF KERSEN LEAF (Muntingia calabura L.)

Abstract

Kersen (Muntingia calabura L.) is known as a plant that is often used as a tree to absorb air pollution and shade on the roadside. Low economic value and public knowledge about the benefits of cherry as a medicinal and food ingredient is still minimal. The part that can be used as a medicinal ingredient comes from cherry leaves. The purpose of this review article is to provide information related to the chemical content and pharmacological activity of cherry leaves that can treat various diseases. The method used in making this article review is a literature study. The literature sources in this article review were obtained from national journals and international journals published in the last 10 years (2010-2020), which were carried out online through the search engines Google Scholar, Pubmed, and NCBI, using the keywords "Kersen leaves", "Activities cherry leaf”, “Pharmacological activity of Muntingia calabura”, “Chemical content of cherry leaf”, “Muntingia calabura L.”. Journals that enter the inclusion criteria are national and international journals that discuss the pharmacological activity and chemical content of cherry leaves, journals published in the last 10 years (2010-2020), and journals in full text. The chemical constituents contained in cherry leaves are flavonoids, saponins, tannins, and terpenoids. Cherry leaves are scientifically proven to have several pharmacological activities as antidiabetic, antioxidant, antibacterial, anthelmintic, antihyperlipidemic, and anti-inflammatory.

UJI POTENSI PENURUNAN KADAR KHOLESTEROL MENCIT (Mus musculus) DARI INFUSA DAUN KERSEN (Muntingia calabura L.) SEGAR DAN SIMPLISIA

“…Buku Apotik Herbal di Sekitar Anda, menyebutkan daun kersen (Muntingia calabura L.) dipercaya dapat membantu mengatasi berbagai macam penyakit, seperti melindungi fungsi otot jantung, menurunkan kadar gula pada penderita diabetes, antihipertensi, antikolesterol, antiinflamasi, antiseptik dan antitumor (Andareto, 2015). Daun dari tumbuhan kersen memiliki kandungan kimia diantaranya yaitu flavonoid, tanin, asam askorbat, dan saponin (Sumarni et al, 2022). (Widyaningrum, 2015).…”

The activity of Muntingia calabura leaf extract against pathogenic bacteria in fish

“…The chemical content of cherry leaves is flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins, saponins and terpenoids. M. calabura leaves have the potential to be further developed into herbal medicinal preparations [19].…”

Chemical and Organoleptic Quality of Kombucha Tea at Different Fermentation Time and Concentration of Cherry Leaves (Muntingia calabura L.)

“…[8] showed that cherry leaf kombucha tea with different concentrations (2,4,6, and 8%) during seven days of fermentation experienced an increase in total acid 1.586%, vitamin C 6.725 mg/100 ml, reducing sugar 7.194 mg/ml , and antioxidant content of 98.251%, but decreased in the degree of acidity of 3.563 and organoleptic taste of 1.475. [9] showed that cherry leaf tea made from 20 mg of simplicia fermented for 10 days resulted in a total flavonoid content of 44.027 mg/g quercetin and an IC50 value of 7.66 ppm in the very strong category. [10] showed that cherry leaf kombucha at a concentration of 2% which was fermented for 10 days resulted in cherry leaf kombucha having vitamin C 123.16 mg/100g, total phenol 6.21 mg TAE/g and antioxidant levels of 44.…”