Phytochemical Test and Toxicity Test for Methanol Extract of Belajang Susu (Scindapsus pictus Hassk.)

Abstract

Abstract Plant Belajang Susu (Scindapsus pictus Hassk.) is a species of the genus Scindapsus including Araceae family that has long been used by Mambi traditional communities as anticancer. Plant that include genus Scindapsus are generally used as ornamental plants, and there are also used as medicinal plants because they contain active compounds and can be antiinflammatory, analgesic, antioxidant and anti-tumor. Methods used included of extraction or maceration, phytochemical test, fractionation and bioactivity test extract with Brine Shrimp Lethality by using Artemia salina. From the results of the phytochemical test it is known that methanol extract of Belajang Susu contain alkaloid and steroid, while toxicity method Brine shrimp lethality test, showed that activity extract methanol Belajang Susu with each LC50 value 1,1365 μg mL−1.