UNAIR NEWS – TheCOVID-19 pandemic did not stop three students of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FKH) 51动漫 (UNAIR) to make achievement at national level.Suwaibatul Annisa (class of 2017) with two of her friends Diva Salsabilla (class of 2017) and Ratna Wahyuning Prastiwi (class of 2017) managed to get 2nd place in 2020 Public Health National Competition (PHNC) held by the Research and Achievement Department of Student Executive Board (BEM), Faculty of Public Health UNAIR.
When confirmed by theUNAIR NEWS听迟别补尘,Suwaibatul Annisa explained that their wish to take part in the national competition was to convey their group’s ideas.She also wanted to show that veterinary medicine students have a broad field of science.
“Actually, studying at FKH is not only about animals, but can also be beneficial for human health,” she said.
After going through the paper selection, the FKH UNAIR team together with nine other teams from UI, UNDIP, UGM, ITB, UII, UB, ITS, and UPI presented their works on Saturday, October 10, 2020.In 2020 PHNC presentation, Suwaibatul Annisa or Ica and her team proposed an idea, “In Silico Screeningof bioactive compounds in Indonesian herbal plants as antiviral candidates for Covid-19”.
“This idea is important for us especially at a critical time like now.The cure for COVID-19 has not been yet found.Besides, the biodiversity in Indonesia is also extraordinary, said Ica toUNAIR NEWSon Tuesday, October 13, 2020.
She added, in silico screeningwithmolecular dockingwas chosen as the main method because it was considered effective in matching proteins and ligands before being testedin vitroorin vivoin order to find a drug that could cure COVID-19.Ica and the team tried to conductscreeninginsilicobioactive components of 6 herbs Indonesia, Abrus precatorius,Euphorbia tirucall,Sonchus arvensis,Calophyllum sp.,Glochidion sp.andClerodendrum minahassae against the 3CLproprotein receptor(main proteaseSARS-COV-2) using amolecular dockingmethodto determine the energy of the bond between the formed ligand-receptor complexes.
“We hope is that this idea can be followed up so the potential of Indonesian herbal plants can be explored, especially to 榗onquer the pandemic, considering that until now the COVID-19 medicine has not been found,” she concluded. (*)
Author: Muhammad Suryadiningrat
Editor: Nuri Hermawan
