Unlocking the secrets of Indonesia’snatural remedies

摘要

Supercritical fluid technologies developed by chemical engineersat the University of New South Wales (UNSW) will play a vitalrole in extracting medicinal compounds from a range of nativeIndonesian herbs and enable new methods of drug delivery.A memorandum of understanding was recently signed betweenUNSW and PT SOHO Global Health of Indonesia, a leadingpharmaceutical company based in Jakarta, which plans to usethese technologies to uncover the evidence-based potential oflong-used herbal remedies.