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The Evaluation of Antiurolithiathic Properties of Ananas nanus,
Aquilaria malaccensis, Curcuma xanthorrhiza, Pandanus
atrocarpus and Garcinia mangostana
Nur Halimah Sairi
1
, Norhayati Muhammad
1,2 *
, Aslia Natasha Pauzi
1
,
Mohd Fadzelly Abu Bakar
1,2
, Balkis Hj. A. Talip
1, 2
, Norazlin Abdullah
1, 2
,
Laily B. Din
3
and Nazlina Ibrahim
4
1
Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Hab Pendidikan Tinggi Pagoh, KM 1, Jalan
Panchor, 84600 Muar, Johor, Malaysia
2
Centre of Research for Sustainable Uses of Natural Resources (CoR-SUNR), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Parit Raja, 86400
Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
3
School of Chemical Sciences and Food Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi,
Selangor D.E., Malaysia
4
School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor
D.E., Malaysia
Abstract
Medicinal plants was commonly used as an alternatives for treating many ailments including kidney stones disease. These plants
provides various promising features as to confered health benefits, lessen the side effect and safe to be consumed. In this regards,
a present study was conducted on five Malaysian traditional plant which are A. nanus, A. malaccensis, C. xanthorrhiza, P.
atrocarpus and G. mangostana to investigate their inhibition effect towards stone crystallization using in-vitro technique. The
plant extracts was obtained by using water decoction method. The turbidity of plant extract and calcium oxalate (CaOx) mixture
was observed for inhibition activity in nucleation assay using UV-Vis spectrophotometer. Standard drugs Cystone, was used as
positive control in comparison. Among all, the best inhibition rate was possessed by A. Malaccensis extract (77.27%) with no
significant different (p<0.05) in comparison to Cystone while the lowest inhibition rate was occupied by C. xanthorrhiza extract
(32.95%). The abundance amount of phytochemicals particularly steroid and saponin in A. Malaccensis extract might contributes
to the high inhibition activities of calcium oxalate crystallization while low amount of phytochemicals was observed in C.
Xanthorrhiza extract. Therefore, it can be concluded that these five traditional plant exhibited antiurolithiatic properties by
inhibiting the crystallization of calcium oxalate.
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Keywords: Antiurolithiathic; inhibition; A. malaccensis; A. nanus; C. xanthorrhiza; P. atrocarpus; G. mangostana.