Background: Indonesia is the biggest archipelago country with the second biggest biodiversity in the world. A lot of medical plants for treating various diseases can be found in Indonesia, including medical plants for tuberculosis, an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Objective: The goal of this research is to document the information of Indonesia indigenous medical plants that used various local societies to treat tuberculosis and also analyze active compounds of medical plants with proteins that related to tuberculosis. Methods and Materials: The annotation of medical plants for treating tuberculosis was collected from a various source comprising local research papers, theses, and other resources. The information of active compound was taken from Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. A network of active compounds-proteins was analyzed by using Cytoscape 3.6.0. Results: The result described that there were twenty-seven species from nineteen families of medical plants used by local societies of Indonesia for tuberculosis therapy, and there were sundry of active compounds from fourteen medical plants had direct interaction with proteins related tuberculosis. Conclusion: Most of the active compounds targeted proteins that had a prominent role in immune system. It indicated that medical plants treating tuberculosis through regulating immunity of human body. ABSTRACT SUMMARY • Tuberculosis is a respiratory infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. For a long time, Indonesia local societies have been used medical plants for tuberculosis therapy. By using network analysis study, the active compounds of medical plants can modulate human immunity to treat tuberculosis. Sherry Aristyani, a master student of Biology in Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Brawijaya. Her master research focuses on active compounds of Indonesia medical plants for tuberculosis therapy. Sri Widyarti, Lecturer and researcher in Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Brawijaya. She has expertise in biology cell. Sutiman Bambang Sumitro, a professor in Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Brawijaya. He has expertise in biology cell, bioinorganic, and nano-biology.
ABOUT AUTHORS