Wawan Sujarwo

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• PhD
• Professor at National Research and Innovation Agency

Background: The contemporary use of plants signifies humanity’s adaptive strategies to its environment—a phenomenon that has persisted since the inception of human civilization. This study investigates historical plant use on Sumbawa Island, based on research conducted at the Doro Mpana and Tambora archaeological sites, which date back to the 13th...

Animal models with valuable information on biochemical profiles are essential for preclinical trials of new antidiabetic agents. This study was to optimize and characterize of high-fat, high-fructose diet (HFFD) and low-dose streptozotocin (STZ) induced type 2 diabetes mellitus (type 2 DM). Wistar rats were fed with HFFD for 2, 4, and 6 weeks, foll...

Chitosan-alginate and chitosan-pectin nanoparticles show great promise as delivery systems in cosmetics. To optimize efficiency of natural polymer utilization, we implemented a development approach for chitosan-alginate and chitosan-pectin nanoparticles, aiming to enhance their activity and stability compared to their extract forms. Through ionic g...

Background/Objectives: Natural polymer nanoparticles have potential as delivery systems, can enhance pharmacological activity, and can improve stability in the cosmetic field. In this research, we implemented a development approach for chitosan–alginate and chitosan–pectin nanoparticles. This study aimed to investigate effect of formulation, proces...

Mukia javanica is a close relative of the cucumber (Cucumis sativus) used to treat hypertension in the Leuwiliang community. Cucumis sativus contains calcium, magnesium, potassium, and phosphorus, which help lower blood pressure. In contrast, the content of metabolite compounds that are useful for lowering blood pressure in M. javanica has not been...

Indonesia is a biodiversity hotspot with high levels of endemism of globally important food crops and their crop wild relatives, as well as locally adapted cultivars. This rich diversity is essential to Indonesia’s food and nutrition security, while underpinning the livelihood strategies of small-scale farmers (both men and women) and traditional c...

This research aimed to identify true mangroves in the ecotone area of Bintuni Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. It applied a plotless transect sampling method to identify two true mangroves previously unknown to the area, namely Amyema mackayensis and Brownlowia Argentina. The presence of the species in Bintuni Bay extended its distribution to the northe...

This study investigates the potential of flavonoid compounds from Sandoricum koetjape leaf extracts as tyrosinase inhibitors, using in vitro and in silico methodologies. Tyrosinase is crucial for melanin synthesis, and its excessive activity leads to hyperpigmentation disorders. The extracts underwent maceration, partitioning, and concentration, fo...

Kemajuan teknologi di bidang farmakologi tidak hanya menguatkan dominasi obat modern yang berbasis bahan kimia anorganik, back to nature dengan pengobatan herbal selama dua dekade terakhir telah menguat, bahkan di beberapa negara maju, tingkat okupansi rumah sakit berbasis pengobatan herbal sudah mencapai 70 persen. Pengobatan herbal tentunya membu...

Lepironia articulata or the kolosua is a species of herbaceous plant from the Cyperaceae family used as a raw material for weaving crafts. The woven craft of kolosua is one of the additional incomes of the local community on Wawonii Island. This study aims to find out local knowledge about the utilization of kolosua as handicraft, various handicr...

Background As one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots, Indonesia contains over 25,000 plant species, including unconventional food plants (UFPs). These plants are integral to the dietary practices of rural communities, providing essential nutrients often overlooked in modern diets. However, the use of UFP is declining, with both their dietary and...

Background: The Karo ethnic group in Berastagi, North Sumatra, Indonesia, relies on traditional remedies like Karo oil for various health purposes. However, scientific documentation of its medicinal properties is lacking. This study aimed to document its traditional use, medicinal plants, and community-based development efforts. Methods: Semi-struc...

Background: Fruit is underrepresented as a source of nutrition owing to high production challenges and a lack of successful domesticating techniques. However, this issue can be addressed if an effective indigenous practice can be identified, and then the techniques can be promoted and shared with other communities. This research aims to document: (...

Background: Bogor, a suburban area of Jakarta, harbors a rich diversity of plants traditionally used for medicinal purposes, one of them is Leuwiliang. Furthermore, comprehensive documentation regarding the use of these plants as traditional medicine is lacking. Therefore, this study aims to identify the medicinal plants, their uses, and conservati...

Background As one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots, Indonesia contains over 19,000 plant species, including wild edible plants (WEPs). These WEPs complement people’s diets and substitute for common vegetables, particularly in rural areas. However, in West Java, the biodiversity of WEPs is declining, which coincides with public health issues rel...

Background: The communities around Jering Menduyung Nature Recreational Park (NRP) have local wisdom for utilizing and managing natural resources. Nature management, which is done and influenced by the implementation of local wisdom, can be studied through ethnoecological studies. This research aimed to record the plant species protected by local w...

Background: Bogor, a suburban area of Jakarta, harbors a rich diversity of plants traditionally used for medicinal purposes, one of them is Leuwiliang. Furthermore, comprehensive documentation regarding the use of these plants as traditional medicine is lacking. Therefore, this study aims to identify the medicinal plants, their uses, and conservati...

in which the resins are burned to produce fragrant fumes. The study aims to understand the arrival and development of Islam in Indonesia, which is apparently brought by the Muslim traders with good understanding of Sufism. In order to achieve the high level of enlightenment, the Sufis need medium in the form of incense. Methods: Ethnohistorical app...

Objective: The objective of the present study is to determine antioxidant activities and phytochemical screening of ethanol extract from surian leaves (Toona sinensis). Methods: This study evaluated the antioxidant activity and conducted phytochemical screening of ethanol extracts obtained from surian leaves. Phytochemical screening was performed u...

With the development of technology, natural material components are widely used in various fields of science. Natural product components in phytochemical compounds are secondary metabolites produced by plants; they have been shown to have many pharmacological activities. Phytochemical compounds obtained from plants have an important role in herbal...

With the development of technology, natural material components are widely used in various fields of science. Natural product components in phytochemical compounds are secondary metabolites produced by plants; they have been shown to have many pharmacological activities. Phytochemical compounds obtained from plants have an important role in herbal...

Custom and tradition played essential roles in developing the built environment among the Balinese Hindu society for centuries. The wisdom in managing the environment has passed through generations, as demonstrated by some ancient remnants and Old Balinese inscriptions. We observed that glorifying the mountains in this society has long been a part...

The process of skin aging is a physiological phenomenon that can not be avoided. According to global population data, the rate of aging increases by approximately 13% every year. The impact of skin aging has become a significant concern and challenge for developed countries. Consequently, there has been a search for potential new anti-aging agents....

A new species of Freycinetia Gaudich. ( Pandanaceae ; Freycinetoidea ) with a lateral infructescence and rostrate berries each with 4–8 stigmatic remains, rarely 4, fairly common 8, mostly 5–6. The possession of rostrate berries places this new species in the section Devrieseella . The existence of F. wiharjae extends the distribution of the sectio...

This study investigated the efficiency of LENFLOC™ production using a microwave-assisted continuous-flow grafting process. The study discussed the contribution of plant-based coagulants for water and wastewater treatment toward the circular economy in water treatment. Lentil waste extract was used to produce LENFLOC™ using (2-methacryloyloxyethyl)...

The essential oil has been reported to be one of the Angiotensin I-Converting Enzyme (ACE) inhibitor resources. Moreover, it has been proven against bacterial pathogens that cause infectious diseases. Amomum compactum is one source of essential oil, known as Javanese cardamom is a spice herb commonly used for flavouring food and traditional medicin...

Indonesia has a variety of traditional culinary delights from the results of mixing between tribes in Indonesia, as well as with immigrants such as the Chinese. Bogor is one of the cities in West Java Province, Indonesia which is famous for its various traditional culinary influences from Chinese immigrants. Traditional culinary is a variety of foo...

Orasi ini, menegaskan bahwa transformasi etnobotani dengan kekinian Iptek dalam pengungkapkan nilai guna dan potensi lokal tumbuhan diyakini dapat mewujudkan pengelolaan dan layanan ekosistemnya secara berkelanjutan. Transformasi etnobotani terkini harus mengaktualisasikan diri pada perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan, teknologi, dan inovasi terkini deng...

The number of diabetes mellitus (DM) cases has increased, and Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson is recognized for treating DM. Despite publications on T. crispa as an antidiabetic, there were no bibliometric reports on this topic. Thus, this study aimed to conduct bibliometric studies of existing articles on the preclinical trials of T. cris...

This review investigates the modification, optimisation, and characterisation of plant-based natural coagulants applied to water treatment. The disadvantages of plant-based materials hinder their application as alternatives to chemical coagulants, necessitating their modification to alter and enhance their physicochemical properties, making them su...

Mount Gede Pangrango National Park area (Taman Nasional Gunung Gede Pangrango or TNGGP) are mountains area in west java that has a high biodiversity. Local communities generally manage its natural resources with an orientation for the benefit of daily life. The current study aimed at identifying local insight/wisdom and socio culture knowledge of p...

A new species of Freycinetia Gaudich. ( Pandanaceae ; Freycinetoideae ) with conspicuous ellipsoid leaves and spiny auricles from the island of Halmahera in the Moluccan Archipelago is here newly described as F. halma­herensis A.P.Keim, W.Sujarwo & Sahroni. A full description of the new species and a key to the species of Freycinetia in the Molucca...

Air sebagai salah satu penyokong kehidupan manusia lambat laun semakin menurun kualitasnya. Penurunan kualitas disebabkan oleh tercemarnya mata air yang sebagian besar terjadi karena ulah dari manusia. Salah satu upaya untuk mencegah terjadinya pencemaran mata air adalah dengan kegiatan Perlindungan Mata Air (PERMATA). Komik ini bercerita tentang d...

Plant extracts are a rich source of natural compounds with numerous pharmaceutical properties including antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities. This study aimed to investigate the potential of 13 extracts derived from various Meliaceae family plants to inhibit the growth of some microbials and the biofilm formation. The antimicrobial activity of...

A new species of Freycinetia Gaudich. ( Pandanaceae ; Freycinetoidea ) with obvious pseudopetiolate basal leaf from Mount Tombrok in the vicinity of the Arfak Mountains, West Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, is newly described as Freycinetia pseudopetiolata A.P.Keim, K.Kartawinata & W.Sujarwo. The possession of the pseudopetiolate basal leaf form plac...

This review investigates the development of bioproducts from biomass and their contribution towards net zero carbon emissions. The promising future of biomasses conversion techniques to produce bioproducts was reviewed. The advances in anaerobic digestion as a biochemical conversion technique have been critically studied and contribute towards carb...

Dissemination of research results on spices to the student community is only limited to research articles or through photos and booklets. The limitations of dissemination media need to be overcome by developing other media more suitable for classroom learning, one of which is educational comic strips. The purpose of this study is to describe the ed...

Indonesia is rich in biodiversity and ethnic groups, including those that use traditional medicine to treat diabetes mellitus (DM). Ethnopharmacological of antidiabetic medicinal plants is still an essential field of study to organize preclinical and clinical trials. This study presents a review of the ethnopharmacology of antidiabetic plants and t...

Bali Island has a vast extent of vegetation, and the Balinese have good use of this in cultural, religious, and daily access aspects. This book uncovers the study of vegetation in Bali, extending from the seaside to the mountains. Moreover, in the ethnobotanical aspect, this book presents the result of a study on how Balinese people utilize the bio...

The natural resources and the environment need to be considered the capital for national development and, at the same time, support living systems. Sustainable natural resources will ensure the availability of sustainable resources for products. In addition, a beautiful living environment will improve the quality of human life. Therefore, to realiz...

The use of fungicides plays an important role in controlling plant diseases caused by Fusarium. However, the development of environment friendly fungicides is considered more effective, which used the plant secondary metabolites. This study aims to find the latest alternative fungicides using Psidium Cattleianum Afzel plant extract, ex Sabine from...

The prevalence of diabetes mellitus has increased over time. Medicinal plants, including Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f) Nees, are recognized for their use to manage hyperglycemia. Nowadays, plenty of papers are published about A. paniculata as an antidiabetic; however, no bibliometric study about the topic exists. This study examines the existing...

Bandar Bulukumba merupakan titik temu perdagangan rempah-rempah dari timur (cengkeh, pala, kemiri) dan barat (kayu manis, kemenyan, kapur barus) sehingga pertukaran komoditas timur-barat diyakini kuat juga berlangsung di Bulukumba. Oleh karena itu, perlu dilakukan studi mendalam untuk mengungkap dan memperkaya informasi tentang rempah di Indonesia...

Context The Austronesian peoples, predecessors of most of the population of Indonesia today, discovered and developed many kinds of plant-based medicines and treatments to combat illness and maintain good health. These include massage oils. Aims This study investigated how three tribal communities in Indonesia utilised plants for massage oils with...

Gelam commonly grows in clumps in peat swamp forests of South and Central Kalimantan. This study aims to determine the effects of growing sites on the biomass content of gelam stands. The study was carried out by analyzing the soil content of growing sites toward the growth of gelam (i.e. the number of individuals and biomass per hectare). The stud...

This current study is an ethnoecological study on land use for plant diversity by the Sasak people in Mandalika, Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara. Interview and direct observation methods were implemented. The study areas included the villages of Kuta, Mertak, and Sengkol. The results indicated four main groups of land: Leleah (a yard or home gard...

Image classifiers work effectively when applied on structured images, yet they often fail when applied on images with very high visual complexity. This paper describes experiments applying state-of-the-art object classifiers toward a unique set of images in the wild with high visual complexity collected on the island of Bali. The text describes dif...

Belitung is an island on the south eastern coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Geologically, Belitung is an continental island and during Pleistocene was united with Sumatra and Borneo to form a subcontinent named Sundaland indicated by the existence of an archaic Pleistocene river located in Tebat Rasau in the East Belitung Regency with the presence of A...

The study figured out dynamic interactions between forests and the Malays in Sumatera (i.e. Riau Province), Indonesia. The interactions observed in this study indicate that in many cases human activities resulted in a direct impact on forest degradation, but at the same time some people have fought to protect the forests. This study also revealed t...

Tebu ireng (Saccharum officinarum L.) merupakan jenis tebu lokal yang memiliki ciri khusus yaitu warna batangnya yang hitam.Secara tradisional tebu ireng dimanfaatkan sebagai obat penyakit diabetes.Selain dapat dimanfaatkan secara tradisional sebagai obat diabetes, diyakini tebu ireng masih banyak menyimpan manfaat lain yang belum banyak diketahui....

Perhimpunan Masyarakat Etnobiologi Indonesia (PMEI) didirikan untuk tujuan memajukan ilmu Etnobiologi di Indonesia melalui berbagai kegiatan riset, pengamatan dan perekaman pengelolaan keanekaragaman hayati berbasis pada masyarakat lokal Indonesia. Seperti halnya disiplin ilmu pengetahuan yang lainnya, ilmu Etnobiologi bergerak dan berevolusi sejal...

Coagulation-flocculation is the key process of water treatment in water turbidity removal. However, the usage of inorganic coagulants has raised awareness of researchers due to the threat possess on human health and environment. Therefore, studies in natural coagulant and modification of natural coagulant have raised various interest of researchers...

The objective of this study is to ensure the conservation of iconic Hibiscus species in the Asia-Pacific Islands region though collaborative action. Almost all of the 23 species of Hibiscus in section Lilibiscus are rare and restricted or critically endangered in nature. The study focussed on establishing the status of horticulturally important and...

Leucorrhoea is one of common disease in Indonesia that caused by infections of fungus Candida albicans. In dealing with this fungi, the synthetic and even an natural compound had used. Based on pre-screening data of the plants from botanical garden of Eka Karya Lipi Bali, there found apotential plant. This study aims to find the latest alternative...

Abstract Momordica charantia is a herbaceous climber, in which the Indonesian people know the species with the name of "pare". This plant is used by the Balinese to make loloh (Balinese traditional herbal drink) to relieve heartburn, fainting and anti-diabetes. This study aims to reveal the uses of M. charantia and its pharmacological activities....

This paper gives an overview of the project Return to Bali that seeks to create a living dataset of ethnobotanically significant flora on the island of Bali and new methods through which underrepresented forms of knowledge can be documented, shared and made compatible within the logics of machine learning while considering practical approaches to b...

This paper gives an overview of the project Return to Bali that seeks to create a living dataset of ethnobotanically significant flora on the island of Bali and new methods through which underrepresented forms of knowledge can be documented, shared and made compatible within the logics of machine learning while considering practical approaches to b...

We describe new opportunities created by bring A.I. to the field of ethnobotany. In particular we describe a novel approach to ethnobotany documentation that harnesses machine learning opportunities, specifically for the documentation of traditional ecological knowledge with mobile phones in emerging economies. Using a case study on the island of B...

Pandanus tectorius Parkinson ex Du Roi forma integrifolius S. Agustika, S. Santiago and A.P. Keim is a new forma described from Kelapan Island in the Bangka and Belitung Province, Indonesia. This new forma is identified through the distinctive morphological character of spineless leaf margin. These facts are important to be explained related to the...

The current paper is based on the result of a comprehensive study on Karawang Regency from the ethnobiological, ethnoecological, and ethnoarchaeological point of view. Being an area in the Northcoast of Java, mangrove is an integral part of the livelihood of Karawang and now is being seriously conserved. The ethnobiology and ethnoarchaeology of Kar...

Sandoricum koetjape has been used as folk medicine for the treatment of several diseases. The study was undertaken to determine antioxidant property of S. koetjape extract. The xanthine oxidase inhibitory effect was also evaluated. The dried powder of S. koetjape leaves was extracted with methanol. The extract was then successively partitioned with...

Abstrak Museum merupakan tempat untuk melihat informasi, koleksi benda, dan peristiwa-peristiwa dari masa lalu. Museum Panca Yadnya menjadi salah satu museum yang menyimpan artefak kebudayaan di Bali. Saat ini museum tidak dibuka untuk umum karena masih minimnya petugas yang berjaga. Sehingga perlu adanya akses informasi bagi masyarakat umum agar...

The growing global concern with environmental issues has raised the interest in the research into natural biopolymers as a coagulant aid in order to reduce the use of inorganic coagulants. This paper investigated the feasibility of sesbania seed gum (SSG) as a plant-based coagulant aid and ferric chloride as a coagulant in drinking water treatment....

The importance of graft copolymerization in the field of polymer science is analogous to the importance of alloying in the field of metals. This is attribute to the ability of the grafting method to regulate the properties of polymer ‘tailor-made’ according to specific needs. This paper described a novel plant-based coagulant, LE-g-DMC that synthes...

Amlapura is a Sanskrit name for the city of Karangasem and the result of the ethnobiological research conducted in this study indicates that it refers to a species of plant named Phyllanthus emblica (Phyllantaceae). In Indonesian, particularly Javanese the name is known as ‘malaka’, ‘mlaka’, ‘kemloko’, or ‘mloko’. This present ethnobiological study...

The result of this current study shows that Bone as the centre of origin of the Bugisnese civilization is still preserving most of the original tradition alive like the Mattompang Arajang procession, which is now connected with the Anniversary of the City of Watampone, the capital of Bone Regency. Mattompang Arajang procession involves an important...

The performance of the local sub-sector of orange in Bantama, Kumasi should be improved. This study aims to improve the performance of the local orange value chain in the Bantama market using rich picture analysis, scenario analysis, cigar box analysis, stakeholders’ analysis, and SWOT analysis. The study suggests two strategic objectives, (1) the...