Markherb

Markherb is a brand of various products derived from natural ingredients, especially the reference compounds (markers) from medicinal plants used for standardization of herbal medicines. Markherb had been initiated as a community service program conducted by researchers from the Pharmaceutical Biology, School of Pharmacy, Bandung Institute of Technology, through a funding from the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education (Kemenristek Dikti) in 2013 via the Scheme of Science and Technology for Campus Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IbIKK). However, the related community service program was previously started in 2009 with a Multi-Year Voucher scheme (VMT). The development of Markherb is based on the need of reference compounds for research, development and standardization of herbal medicinal products. The need for these compounds is commonly obtained from imported products that are expensive and indent, even though these compounds are widely available in medicinal plants that grow in Indonesia. At the same time many Indonesian researchers for natural products have been isolating such compounds, but have not been optimally utilized. Through this program, various reference compounds from plants were isolated by methods ranging from the classic ones or those that had used the latest separation technology. Various simple, effective and efficient separation methods have been developed and resulted in several pure compounds which can be used directly for various purposes.