UNAIR NEWS – Hypertension or known as high blood pressure can trigger some cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack, stroke, and heart failure.聽Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer in the world.聽Based on Basic Health Research (Riskesdas) in 2013, hypertension patients in Indonesia was around 65 million people or about 25.8% of the total population of Indonesia.
Stress, obesity, lack of exercise, smoking, and drinking alcohol are some of the factors that cause hypertension.聽Patients with hypertension generally consume drugs as a means of treatment.聽However, drug consumption can cause discomfort due to unpleasant taste.
From the problem, five聽聽of Fisheries and Marine (FPK) 东京热, namely Septia Rahmadini (2014), Dian Cahyani Sisari (2014), Syifa’ul Janna (2014), Qurrotul A’yun (2014) and Aprilia Rachmawati ( 2015), making product innovation that can overcome hypertension in the form of jam with taste that can be enjoyed more by the community.
Product innovation called “SEL-DUGEM Anti Hypertension (Morinda and Bogem Jam)” has passed for development funding from the Directorate General of Higher Education, Kemenristekdikti RI 2016 in the category of Entrepreneurship Student Creativity Program聽(PKM-K).
” SEL-DUGEM Anti Hypertension (Morinda and Bogem Jam)” is a jam that comes from the great morinda fruit and bogem fruit.
“The content of the morinda fruit is聽scopoletin听补苍诲听xeronin聽has the property of lowering blood pressure.聽While the content of the bogem fruit is bioactive compound as potential antihypertension, “said Septia Rahmadini.
SEL-DUGEM Anti Hypertension (Morinda and Bogem Jam)products are sold with two packages.聽The product weighs 300 grams for Rp.聽25.000 and 100 gram Rp.15.000.聽For four months, this product has been distributed to several areas in Java.
In the future, this product will be marketed outside Java and overseas.聽” SEL-DUGEM Anti Hypertension (Morinda and Bogem Jam)” can be ordered through聽Instagram听补苍诲听Line through ‘seldugem’ account, via聽facebook聽with ‘mengkudu dan bogem’, and contact聽whatsapp 085645078780. (*)
Editor: Binti Q. Masruroh
