System Biology Approach for Elucidating the Relationship Between Indonesian Herbal Plants and the Efficacy of Jamu

Abstract

Jamu is Indonesian herbal medicine made from a mixture of several plants. Some plants perform as main ingredients and the others as supporting ingredients. By utilizing biplot configuration, we explored the relationship between Indonesian herbal plants and the efficacy of jamu. Among 465 plants used in 3138 jamu, we determined that 190 plants were efficacious in at least one efficacy. We therefore consider these plants to be the main ingredients of jamu. The other 275 plants are considered to be supporting ingredients in jamu because their efficacy has not been established.