Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Sulfur |
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| English name | Sulfur | |
| Original plant name | Sulfur | |
| Used part | Classification | Mineral origin | Sub classification | mineral |
| Collection information | Republic of Indonesia, East Java Province , East Java | |
| Collection date | 2011/07/12 | |
| Collector | Hirotoshi Fushimi | |
| TMPW No. | 27179 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Indonesian name, English name | Belerang, Sulfur | |||
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| Original plant name | Sulfur | ||||
| Distribution area | Sulfur is a mineral naturally occurring near hot springs and volcanic craters. Some volcanic craters are famous as a source of sulfur in Java, such as Ijen crater in East Java [217]. | ||||
| Description | Sulfur is a pale yellow, odorless, brittle solid, which is insoluble in water but soluble in carbon disulfide. It has ''rotten egg'' smell caused by sulfur dioxide escaping into the air. | ||||
| Frequency in use | Moderate | ||||
| Common uses | Sulfur is used as an ingredient in topical OTC medications such as cream, lotion, ointment and bar soap to treat acne and many kinds of skin disorders such as scabies. Some hot sulfur springs in Java are used primarily to ease some skin disorders, such as eczema and to relief pain in some people with arthritis. | ||||
| Side effect | Sulfur possesses very little if any risk to human health. But exposure to a high level of particles of dust and sand can lead to eye and nasal irritation and some respiratory health concerns. Some people are highly allergic to sulfur such as sulfites and sulfa drugs and can trigger asthma, hives and other allergic reactions. | ||||
| Pharmacological effect | A research has been conducted to study about the environmental management of sulfur trioxide emission. Decline in the emission of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide have been effective in reducing acidification due to long-range transport. Reduction in sulfur trioxide may be more effective in improving local human health [PMID: 11393318]. Study on the role of dietary supplementation of sulphur on the induction of altered hepatic foci using medium term liver bioassay in Wistar rats revealed the possible tumorigenic risk associated with the high sulphur-containing diet [PMID: 15222400]. | ||||
| Medical system | Indonesian medicine (Jamu) | ||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | [217] A. seno Sastroamidjojo and A. Tjokronegoro: Obat asli Indonesia (Indonesian original medicine). Dian Rakyat, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1997. p 269. | |||
| Research paper | 1. Arora A, Shukla Y. Induction of preneoplastic altered hepatic foci following dietary sulphur supplementation. Hum. Exp. Toxicol., 23(5):229-34, 2004. (PMID: 15222400) 2. Kikuchi R. Environmental management of sulfur trioxide emission: impact of SO3 on human health. Environ. Manage., 27(6):837-44, 2001. (PMID: 11393318) | ||||
| Last renewal date | 2022/06/14 | ||||
