Kajian Keamanan

Achyrocline satureioides

Nama B Indonesia :-
Nama Asing : Macela or Marcela
Sinonim :

Achyrocline satureioides var. satureioides

Achyrocline satureioides var. vargasiana (DC.) Baker
Achyrocline vargasiana DC.
Gnaphalium candicans Kunth
Gnaphalium rufum Willd. ex Less.
Gnaphalium satureioides Lam.
Gnaphalium satureioides var. candicans (Kunth) Kuntze
Gnaphalium satureioides var. satureioides
Gnaphalium satureioides var. vargasianum (DC.) Kuntze
Gnaphalium saturejaefolium Poepp. ex DC.

Famili/Keluarga :
Deskripsi :
A. satureioides (Lam.) DC. is a suffrutex, perennial, aromatic plant that can grow to a height of 80 cm.
Leaves are simple, alternate, sessile, entire, linear to linear-lanceolate, acute, smooth-edged, 5
cmlong and up to 4 mm wide, pinnately nerved and downy. Flowers occur in numerous small
cylindrical capitula forming dense,yellowish-gray or golden yellow terminal glomeruli. Marginal female
flowers are infrequent, with toothed, filiform 4–5 corolla split at the apex; central flowers are only 1–2,
perfect, with narrow tubular corolla, 5-toothed at the limb. The fruit type is achene and is attached to
the plant by a pappus. The weight of a thousand seeds is 37.1 mg.
Kandungan tanaman :
A large number of compounds belonging to several phytochemical groups have been isolated from A.
satureioides aerial parts and inflorescences. Polyphenols and flavonoids found in marcela include:
caffeic acid, two esters of calleryanin (3,4- dihydroxybenzyl alcohol-4-glucoside) with caffeic acid and
protocatechuic acid, respectively, galangin, galangin-3-methyl ether, quercetin, quercetin-3-methyl
ether, gnaphalin and isognaphalin, quercetagetin, quercetin-3-methyl ether-7-diglucoside, tamarixetin,
tamarixetin-7-glucoside, 3-caffeoylquinic acid, 4-caffeoylquinic acid, 5-caffeoylquinic acid, 3,4-
dicaffeoylquinic acid, 3,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 4,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid, luteolin, scoparol, 5,8-
dihydroxy-3,7-dimethoxyflavone, 3- methoxyquercetin, 3,5,7,8-tetramethoxy-flavone, 5,7,8-
trimethoxyflavone, 7-hydroxy-3-5-8-trimethoxyflavone and a new chalcone: achyrobichalcone. Other
compounds found in this plant include coumarins, polysaccharides, achyrofuran lactones and
polyacetylenides identified five possible glycolipids in A. satureioides inflorescences1.

Kegunaan
A. satureioides aerial parts and inflorescences are traditionally used as digestive, anti-inflammatory,
antispasmodic, antidiabetic and anti-asthmatic agents, as a stimulant and emmenagogue and as a
antipyretic agent. This plant material also has tonic, stimulating and anthelmintic properties and is
used for the treatment of digestive and intestinal disorders, colics, diarrhea, menstrual irregularities.
Some studies showed that the plant also has antibacterial activity. Plant material macerated in water
is used as a slimming agent, and is also reported to have sedative and anxiolytic properties. Other
registered applications include the treatment of bronchial asthma. Moreover, in Venezuela plant
material is used as an antidiabetic infusion, to regulate blood pressure, for arthritis and as antipyretic
agent. In Bolivia applications range from use as expectorant, sudorific and antipyretic agents; and
boiled flower residues are used to relieve cough, even in children. In Colombia, plant material has
been used for the treatment of tumors 1.

Referensi :
1. Retta D, Dellacassa E, Villamil J, Suárez SA, Bandoni AL. 2012. Marcela, a promising
medicinal and aromatic plant from Latin America: A review. Industrial Crops and Products
38:27–38.