Leguminous plants in the Indonesian archipelago: Traditional uses and secondary metabolites

Anton Bahtiar, Kanit Vichitphan, Jaehong Han

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Abstract

Indonesia is one of the richest countries with respect to plants resources. People from various ethnic, language, and religious groups have used the plants as alternative medicines, health foods and beverages for hundreds of years. To establish modern application for these understudied plant resources, ethnopharmacological data from more than 40 leguminous plants in Indonesia, spanning the western to the eastern parts of the Indonesian archipelago, were reviewed. In particular, bioactive secondary metabolites, including flavonoids, were described in detail to promote research into these plants as functional foods, nutraceuticals, and medicines.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)461-472
Number of pages12
JournalNatural Product Communications
Volume12
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2017

Keywords

  • Biotransformation
  • Ethnopharmacology
  • Flavonoids
  • Herbal medicine
  • Indonesia
  • Leguminous plant

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