What is Mas Cotek?
Mas cotek (Ficus deltoidea) is becoming more and more popular in herbal field and is used as tea and coffee amongst most herbal manufactures in Malaysia.
 Mas Cotek has been used for health purposes for a long time historically.
According to the one of the expert organization of Malaysia Technical Services Centre MARDI, Serdang they give the following information in favor Mas cotek (Ficus deltoidea) is gaining popularity among the local herbal practitioners. It is traditionally used for the postpartum treatment and as health tonic. Mas cotek is an epiphyte and found growing mainly on the branches of higher plants (1). Efforts to develop the technology for the commercial planting were established. These include identification of potential accessions, requirement for planting medium, water and other agronomic practices on the incidence of pests and diseases were also conducted. Studies on its bioactive contents in the effort to develop an effective and safe standardized products based on mas cotek were also conducted. The collection effort has successfully collected 31 morphologically different accessions (2). Assessment made showed that mas cotek requires well drained soils such as brisk for optimum growth. Among the things that need special considerations is the use of soil ameliorant and water management. Planting of emas cotek under 50% shade in the open field (monoculture) system produced yields two times higher than the unshaved plants. Besides the field planting, mas cotek can also be commercially produced under containerized systems using polybags. Some of these accessions (MFD 2, MFD 4, MFD 6 and MFD 9) showed good growth and were capable of producing more than 1,200kg/ha dry yield six months after planting (3). Biochemical studies conducted show that mas cotek leaves contain 0.04% of moretenol. This compound has the potential to be used as a chemical marker or biomarker due to a significant amount of moretenol in the leaves. An analytical method for analyzing the moretenol content by GC-MS was developed.
Acknowledgements: Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia (MOSTI) for funding this project through IRPA Fund No. EA 1126

What is UTAMA Mas Cotek?
UTAMA Mas Cotek Tea (Ficus Deltoidea Tea) is a unique and rare combination of 7 different species of the same herb that reveal the true treasure of our nature, dedicated to human wellness.
Mas Cotek is well known to be found under the Malay Archipelago. It is a valuable plant that grows wild in the forest and could reach the height of six feet. Under extensive research and development, today this precious herb is grown in a specially formulated compose contained in a poly bag which yields high quality leaves and fruits.
Our herb products is produces from 100% specially selected leaves of 7 different species of Mas Cotek. It is formulated based on traditional preparation and extensive scientific research. These precious herbs have undergone vigorous chemical tests and conform to the International Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). The leaves are dried under low temperature to preserve its natural properties and maintain its efficacy. It is well-known for its nutrition which is beneficial for preventing various types of disease and good for health maintenance for both man and women.
According to the concept of Doctrine of signature, the shape, color, taste and smell of each of the segment of the plant of Mas Cotek reflects the applications of the herbs for treatment of diseases.
For traditional medical practitioner, Mas Cotek is capable of preventing and healing various types of diseases if prescribed accurately·