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Indonesia is a tropical country and has many mountains with thousands of unexplored plant species, including chemical contents and biological activities. One of the genuses of plants that live in this tropical mountain area is the Rubus genus or Rosaceae. The type of plant (Rosaceae) is included in plants that have berry type fruits, which are small, soft, commonly eaten as fruit, colorful, and having important nutritional content. Some Rubus is reported to have strong anti-oxidant, anti-elastase, anti-tyrosine, anti-collagenase, anti-UV, and anti-aging activities and to have major phyto-chemical contents, namely compounds ofterpenoid, polyphenols, and flavonoids. The Rubus has a lot of benefits which make one of the doctors at UI research this.

Yesi Desmiaty in her dissertation examined this plant whose extract has anti-aging benefits. In this study, the stems, fruit, and leaves of the plant were extracted by using the Soxhlet tool to conduct research and to test whether it is true that the content in this fruit has anti-aging benefits for humans. In the research process, a separation and isolation process was carried out on the extract compound. The stratified extraction results showed that the methanol extract of R. fraxinifolius leaves has anti-elastase and antioxidant activity.

The results said that several species of the Rubus genus were reported to have anti-aging activity. Groups of compounds that are known to have anti-aging activity in Rubus fruit are triterpenoids, polyphenols, and flavonoids. Besides being spread abroad, it turns out that Rubus are also scattered in the forests and mountains of Indonesia. Based on reports both in publications and in the herbarium, there are 25 Rubus types spread throughout Indonesia.