Indonesia as a country with a tropical climate has one of the advantages among them is the rich biodiversity of herbal plants that can be used as medicine. However, not all medicinal plants are safe to consume. It takes handling and action in utilizing the chemical compounds contained in these plants. This was revealed by Dr Mohamad Rafi, a researcher at the Center for Tropical Biofarmaka Studies, Research and Community Service Institute (LPPM) who is also a lecturer of IPB University from the Department of Chemistry faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMIPA).