CHARACTERISTICS OF HERBAL TEA POWDER OF TENGGULUN (Protium javanicum Burm.F.) LEAF AND TESTING THE HYPOGLICEMIC EFFECTS IN VIVO IN DIABETIC TRY ANIMALS

Tenggulun is one type of plant
that is efficacious for traditional medicine. Tenggulun leaves are often used
to treat several diseases such as cough, diarrhea and inflammation. Tenggulun
leaves are reported to contain compounds from terpenoids, steroids, flavonoids,
tannins and essential oils (Eniek, 1997). The Balinese generally utilize
tenggulun leaves as a complementary vegetable and rarely develop them into
other processed products. Based on the components of the bioactive compounds
found in the leaves of the tenggulun, one of the processed products that can be
developed is powdered herbal tea powder. Processing of herbal tea powder of tenggulun leaf is an effort to produce functional
food products that are expected to have positive physiological effects,
especially to overcome degenerative diseases such as diabetes mellitus. The specific purpose of this
study was to determine the characteristics of herbal tea powder  of Tenggulun leaf and to examine the hypoglycemic
effect in vivo on diabetic animal. The stages of the research carried out began
with the manufacture of herbal tea powder of tenggulun leaf  and testing of its physical, chemical and
sensory characteristics, followed by bioassay testing using diabetic rats
injected with alloxan. The analysis included proximate analysis, antioxidant
analysis of blood sugar, weight weighing and observation of animal feed consumption. 
activity on raw materials and herbal tea products of tenggulun leaf powder,