Review Of Potential Saponins Extract From Kolowe Fruit Seed (Chydenanthus excelsus) As Pharmaceuticals : A Wild And Rare Plants from Indonesia

Abstract

Kolowe (Chydenanthus excelsus) is a wild and rare plants as well as a small genus in the world, found only in the Andaman Islands, Myanmar and Buton islands, Indonesia. Seeds of this plant were found to contain saponins, spread in the fraction of n-butanol, methanol, methanol-water (7:3) and (1:1) to reach 41.96%. The saponins extract has several potential biological activity such as cytotoxic, antioxidant, antimicrobials, and potentially toxic to humans.