Diversity of morphological characters of 30 local torch ginger accessions from Pangandaran of West Java of Indonesia

Torch ginger (Etlingera spp.) is one of the herbal plants native to Indonesia that has long been known and used as medicines. Exploration on torch ginger plant needs to be done to conservate and determine genetic diversity. Study of genetic diversity torch ginger in the district of Pangandaran is important because as long as there has been no study in depth the potential of genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationship germplasm of torch ginger Genetic diversity based on this research had a proportion of 47% of the total of 100% in the PC1-PC3 was based on the analysis Principal Component Analysis (PCA) with the character influencing that form clumps, line leaf midrib, plant height, stem diameter, leaf length, color scales rhizome, stem color, rhizome and the leaf base forms. Based on the results of the genetic diversity cluster analysis found that narrow torch ginger euclidean indicated by coefficient of 0.79 and was divided into six clusters. Accession which had the closest kinship i.e. accession N1 from Cikadu subdistrict of Cintakarya and accession N2 from Cikoang subdistrict of Cintakarya, while accession with the farthest kinship namely accession N29 from Jangraga subdistrict of Mangunjaya with range euclidean of 0.79

Morphological Characterization of Etlingera Elatior (Jack) Explorated in Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia

Etlingera elatior (Jack), local Honje, is an underutilized species in Zingiberaceae family which is potentially used as resources of secondary metabolite compound for medicines, cosmetics, bio-insecticides and antioxidant needs. The recent research and report for this species in Indonesia, particularly its genetic diversity, pharmaceutical utilization as medicines, and conservation effort, still have limited access. Less attention and interest for this species will threat the existence of this potential species. Morphological characterization and study of genetic diversity is needed to increase its value and conservation efforts. This research aims to obtain the accessions as elder resources for plant development and the accessions which able to be used as medium compound. This research used descriptive explorative survey by choosing area based on altitude; low, medium, and high lands in Sukabumi District, West Java. Approximately 20 accessions of plant were collected from each location. Morphological character was observed according to Descriptor list of Zingiberacea and modified for Etlingera elatior (Jack). The exploration obtained 39 accessions of Honje and they were morphologically characterized. These 39 Honje accessions showed large genetic diversity with value of phenotypic variances are larger than two standard deviations in almost all agronomic characters. Cluster analysis between Honje accessions was showed in dendogram output with Eucidean coefficient by 3.30. TIN001 accession had the furthest genetic relationship with REN001 and REN002 thus these accessions are potential to be used as the mother in breeding program of Honje

Pengaruh Dance Movement Therapy terhadap Perubahan Tekanan Darah pada Lansia Hipertensi

This study aims to determine the effect of dance movement therapy on changes in blood pressure in hypertensive elderly. The research design used a quasi-experimental pre-post control group. The results showed a significant difference in changes in systolic and diastolic blood pressure after being given dance movement therapy (t = 2.781, p = 0.013), t = 2.465, p = 0.025), as well as changes in systolic and diastolic blood pressure after the intervention at control group (t = 1.458, p = 0.163), t = 0.606, p = 0.552). In conclusion, dance movement therapy can significantly reduce systolic blood pressure in hypertensive patients. Keywords: Dance Movement Therapy, Primary Hypertension, Blood Pressur

Cytotoxic constituents from the bark of Aglaia eximia (Meliaceae)

The new stigmastane steroid,3,4epoxy-(22R,25)-tetrahydrofuran-stigmast-5-en (1), along with two known triterpenoids (2–3) and two known steroids (4–5) were isolated from the stem bark of Aglaia eximia. The chemical structures of the new compound were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data. All of the compounds were tested for their cytotoxic effects against P-388 murine leukemia cells.Compounds 1–5 showed cytotoxicity against P-388 murine leukemia cells with IC50 values of 11.42, 4.26, 29.10, 45.96, and 52.09 mg/mL, respectively

Cytotoxic constituents from the bark of Aglaia eximia (Meliaceae)

The new stigmastane steroid,3,4epoxy-(22R,25)-tetrahydrofuran-stigmast-5-en (1), along with two known triterpenoids (2–3) and two known steroids (4–5) were isolated from the stem bark of Aglaia eximia. The chemical structures of the new compound were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data. All of the compounds were tested for their cytotoxic effects against P-388 murine leukemia cells.Compounds 1–5 showed cytotoxicity against P-388 murine leukemia cells with IC50 values of 11.42, 4.26, 29.10, 45.96, and 52.09 mg/mL, respectively