Influenza A virus (IAV) remains a significant global health concern, prompting ongoing efforts to explore novel antiviral agents. This study investigates the potential of Laportea decumana (Daun Gatal) extract as an antiviral against IAV using A549 cell lines. The objective was to evaluate the extract's impact on cell viability, cytotoxicity, and viral replication dynamics. A series of cytot…
The search for potential antiviral compounds in scientific research has emerged as a key target in battling against a global health threat from diverse infectious diseases. Daun gatal, also known as Laportea decumana, is a traditional native plant known for its pain relieving properties. Despite its unassuming nature, Daun gatal offers an abundant quantity of phytochemicals that indicate the…
Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunistic pathogen that commonly inhabits the human skin and can cause skin infection, especially in individuals with impaired immune systems when skin is damaged. Treatments usually involve the usage of antibiotics. However, antibiotic effectiveness is in danger due to the fast development of resistant microorganisms worldwide. As a result, there is a growing …
Cervical cancer is the fourth most prevalent cancer and is the primary cause of mortality among women on a global scale. It is deadly once metastasize and therefore its early detection and prevention of its metastasis was crucial for the survival of the patient. Treatment targeting the prevention of metastasis was a necessity. Laportea decumana is a plant which has been shown to possess anti-ca…
Among the many causes of death, cancer has ranked second as the major contributor of mortality worldwide and has caused a high rate of mortality in Indonesia alone. Chemotherapy is a common treatment used to treat cancer, yet chemotherapy is cytotoxic to both cancer cells and healthy cells, causing a lot of undesired adverse effects such as hair loss, nausea, and anemia. Recently, plant-derived…
Despite being the second leading cause of death, treating cancer is still remarkably challenging. The most commonly used option to treat cancer is chemotherapy regardless of its toxicity not only to cancer cells but also to highly proliferative cells under normal physiological conditions such as hair follicle, bone marrow, and GI tract mucosa, which possibly decrease the patient's quality of li…