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Gadjah Mada University (UGM). Photo/Doc/SINDOnews
Enhancement cholesterol in the body is a serious cause of death. The World Health Organization (WHO) puts the number of deaths due to increased cholesterol at 2.6 million. High cholesterol levels are caused by many things.
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Such as a high-fat and low-fiber diet, obesity, low physical activity, and smoking habits. These things then cause several non-communicable diseases such as coronary heart disease, stroke, and diabetes mellitus. The medical term that is often used to describe the state of high cholesterol levels in the blood is hypercholesterolemia.
Departing from these problems, the UGM PKM-RE team consisting of Shafira Salwa Salsabil (Veterinary Medicine, 2019), Raden Roro Prakasita BL (Veterinary Medicine, 2019), Vania Putri Ardana (Veterinary Medicine, 2019), Inarotul Wardah Pratiwi (Chemistry, 2018 ), and Rizky Aprillia Widianti (Kimia, 2018) made the nanoparticle innovation.
Reporting from UGM’s official website, Thursday (2/6/2022), Team Leader Shafira explained that this research started from a discussion discussing people’s habits in consuming kirinyuh leaves as a natural herbal medicine used to treat various diseases, one of which is hypercholesterolemia.
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From the discussion, Shafira et al. found several questions as well as denials that could not be answered and finally gave rise to a research idea with the accompanying lecturer, drh. Anggi Muhtar Pratama, M.Sc.
“Some of the questions on the team’s mind were what substance in the leaf is really so powerful that people think kirinyuh can cure various diseases? The local community is known to consume kirinyuh by boiling it until it boils. Wouldn’t heating at high temperatures remove the active compounds from the leaves?,” he said.
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