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Ten gamat species in Malaysia’s seawaters for health-based industries

Gamat the most well known sea cucumber species by the Malaysians especially in Peninsular Malaysia or West Malaysia. Gamat is a local name for all species of family S=chopodidae. Genera of S&chopus and Thelenota are the wo members of family S=chopodidae which can be found in Malaysia’s seawat...

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Main Authors: Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim, Hashim, Ridzwan
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Q Science (General)
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spelling my.iium.irep.175802012-12-21T03:05:53Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/17580/ Ten gamat species in Malaysia’s seawaters for health-based industries Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim Hashim, Ridzwan Q Science (General) Gamat the most well known sea cucumber species by the Malaysians especially in Peninsular Malaysia or West Malaysia. Gamat is a local name for all species of family S=chopodidae. Genera of S&chopus and Thelenota are the wo members of family S=chopodidae which can be found in Malaysia’s seawaters e.g. S&chopus horrens Selenka, 1867 and Thelenota anax H.L. Clark, 1921. For years, gamat has become popular as the main ingredient in the traditonal medicine industry in Peninsular Malaysia. Gamat has been exploited for its body fluid extracts i.e. air gamat and lipid extracts i.e. minyak gamat. The Langkawi Archipelago and Pangkor Island are the main produc=on sites of air gamat and minyak gamat. In line with the development of science and technology, modern-­‐formularised gamat-­‐based products sold by Malaysia’s companies e.g. Gamat eMas Sdn. Bhd., Nur Af Enterprise, Nutrifes Food & Beverages Industries Sdn. Bhd., and Luxor Network Sdn. Bhd. are also available in the markets. S. horrens or Gamat Emas has been used as the main ingredient, and the availability of other potential gamat species will offer great alternatives to avoid its depletion and then extinction 2012-02-21 Conference or Workshop Item REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/17580/1/2012_ID_1334_IRIIE_2012_Kamarul_Rahim_KOS.pdf Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim and Hashim, Ridzwan (2012) Ten gamat species in Malaysia’s seawaters for health-based industries. In: IIUM Research, Invention and Innovation Exhibition 2012 , 22 February 2012, Gombak Malaysia. (Unpublished) http://www.iium.edu.my/irie/12/
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
building IIUM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider International Islamic University Malaysia
content_source IIUM Repository (IREP)
url_provider http://irep.iium.edu.my/
language English
topic Q Science (General)
spellingShingle Q Science (General)
Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim
Hashim, Ridzwan
Ten gamat species in Malaysia’s seawaters for health-based industries
description Gamat the most well known sea cucumber species by the Malaysians especially in Peninsular Malaysia or West Malaysia. Gamat is a local name for all species of family S=chopodidae. Genera of S&chopus and Thelenota are the wo members of family S=chopodidae which can be found in Malaysia’s seawaters e.g. S&chopus horrens Selenka, 1867 and Thelenota anax H.L. Clark, 1921. For years, gamat has become popular as the main ingredient in the traditonal medicine industry in Peninsular Malaysia. Gamat has been exploited for its body fluid extracts i.e. air gamat and lipid extracts i.e. minyak gamat. The Langkawi Archipelago and Pangkor Island are the main produc=on sites of air gamat and minyak gamat. In line with the development of science and technology, modern-­‐formularised gamat-­‐based products sold by Malaysia’s companies e.g. Gamat eMas Sdn. Bhd., Nur Af Enterprise, Nutrifes Food & Beverages Industries Sdn. Bhd., and Luxor Network Sdn. Bhd. are also available in the markets. S. horrens or Gamat Emas has been used as the main ingredient, and the availability of other potential gamat species will offer great alternatives to avoid its depletion and then extinction
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim
Hashim, Ridzwan
author_facet Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim
Hashim, Ridzwan
author_sort Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim
title Ten gamat species in Malaysia’s seawaters for health-based industries
title_short Ten gamat species in Malaysia’s seawaters for health-based industries
title_full Ten gamat species in Malaysia’s seawaters for health-based industries
title_fullStr Ten gamat species in Malaysia’s seawaters for health-based industries
title_full_unstemmed Ten gamat species in Malaysia’s seawaters for health-based industries
title_sort ten gamat species in malaysia’s seawaters for health-based industries
publishDate 2012
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/17580/1/2012_ID_1334_IRIIE_2012_Kamarul_Rahim_KOS.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/17580/
http://www.iium.edu.my/irie/12/
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