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An Ethnobotanical Study of the Medicinal plant by the Malay Community in the Remedies for Diabetes at Kota Tinggi, Johor

An ethnobotanical survey of plants which has medicinal value used in the remedies of Diabetes at Kota Tinggi, Johor were conducted between September until May, 2015. Ethnobotanical data were collected by oral interview and semi-structured questionnaire administered to forty (40) respondents made...

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Main Author: Nurul Athirah, Yazid
Format: Final Year Project Report
Language:English
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Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2015
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spelling my.unimas.ir.346162021-03-01T07:46:41Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34616/ An Ethnobotanical Study of the Medicinal plant by the Malay Community in the Remedies for Diabetes at Kota Tinggi, Johor Nurul Athirah, Yazid SB Plant culture An ethnobotanical survey of plants which has medicinal value used in the remedies of Diabetes at Kota Tinggi, Johor were conducted between September until May, 2015. Ethnobotanical data were collected by oral interview and semi-structured questionnaire administered to forty (40) respondents made up of traditional medicinal practitioners, herb seller, civil servants, farmer and prevalence of diabetes. From the survey, approximately 50% of the Malay community aged between 41-50 years old, has knowledge about the ethnobotanical information and uses for the remedies of diabetes. A total of 40 plant species belonging to 26 families were found to be used useful in the remedies of diabetes. Recipes used in the remedies of diabetes were documented. Orthosiphon stamineus (Misai Kucing), Mimordica charantia (Peria katak), Tinospora crispa (Bakawali), Swietenia macrophylla (Tunjuk langit) and Pithecellobium jiringa (Jering) were frequent mentioned by respondents and useful in the remedies of diabetes. Survey revealed that leaves from the major part of the plants commonly used for herbal preparations. Decoction and ingestion were mostly used by the Malay community as the modes of consumption. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2015 Final Year Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34616/1/An%20ethobotanical%20study%20of%20medicinal24pgs.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/34616/2/An%20ethobotanical%20study%20of%20medicinalft.pdf Nurul Athirah, Yazid (2015) An Ethnobotanical Study of the Medicinal plant by the Malay Community in the Remedies for Diabetes at Kota Tinggi, Johor. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)
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An Ethnobotanical Study of the Medicinal plant by the Malay Community in the Remedies for Diabetes at Kota Tinggi, Johor
description An ethnobotanical survey of plants which has medicinal value used in the remedies of Diabetes at Kota Tinggi, Johor were conducted between September until May, 2015. Ethnobotanical data were collected by oral interview and semi-structured questionnaire administered to forty (40) respondents made up of traditional medicinal practitioners, herb seller, civil servants, farmer and prevalence of diabetes. From the survey, approximately 50% of the Malay community aged between 41-50 years old, has knowledge about the ethnobotanical information and uses for the remedies of diabetes. A total of 40 plant species belonging to 26 families were found to be used useful in the remedies of diabetes. Recipes used in the remedies of diabetes were documented. Orthosiphon stamineus (Misai Kucing), Mimordica charantia (Peria katak), Tinospora crispa (Bakawali), Swietenia macrophylla (Tunjuk langit) and Pithecellobium jiringa (Jering) were frequent mentioned by respondents and useful in the remedies of diabetes. Survey revealed that leaves from the major part of the plants commonly used for herbal preparations. Decoction and ingestion were mostly used by the Malay community as the modes of consumption.
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author Nurul Athirah, Yazid
author_facet Nurul Athirah, Yazid
author_sort Nurul Athirah, Yazid
title An Ethnobotanical Study of the Medicinal plant by the Malay Community in the Remedies for Diabetes at Kota Tinggi, Johor
title_short An Ethnobotanical Study of the Medicinal plant by the Malay Community in the Remedies for Diabetes at Kota Tinggi, Johor
title_full An Ethnobotanical Study of the Medicinal plant by the Malay Community in the Remedies for Diabetes at Kota Tinggi, Johor
title_fullStr An Ethnobotanical Study of the Medicinal plant by the Malay Community in the Remedies for Diabetes at Kota Tinggi, Johor
title_full_unstemmed An Ethnobotanical Study of the Medicinal plant by the Malay Community in the Remedies for Diabetes at Kota Tinggi, Johor
title_sort ethnobotanical study of the medicinal plant by the malay community in the remedies for diabetes at kota tinggi, johor
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
publishDate 2015
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