CLASSIFICATION: Pacing called Costusspeciosus (Koenig) or Costus loureiri Horan belongs to the plant family Zingiberaceae. This plant is known by the name of the Tabar-Tabar, setawar, fresh flour, lingkuwas or muri-muri.
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES: This plant is rich in a variety of chemical constituents are already known, al:
Rhizomes and seeds contain diosgenin (Sapogeninsteroid), tigogenin, dioscin, gracillin, sitostrol, methyltriacontane, 8-hydroxutriacontan-25-one, 5alfa-stimast-9 (11)-en3beta, 24-hydroxytriacontan dan24-26-one-27-hydroxyhentriacontan -one. The chemical content of the above is the raw material contraceptive drugs (anti-pregnancy)
