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Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants in Malaysia, the Kangkar Pulai region

The medicinal plants play an important role in rural health care system throughout the world in remedying and preventing various kinds of diseases. This study documented the use of plants as traditional herbal medicine in the Kangkar Pulai region Johor, Malaysia. It also identified the homogeneity o...

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Main Authors: Alsarhan, Ali Ata, Sultana, Naznin, Abdul Kadir, Mohammed Rafiq, Aburjai, Talal
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Published: 2012
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RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/46937/
http://dx.doi.org/10.3923/ijp.2012.679.686
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spelling my.utm.469372017-09-27T03:12:15Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/46937/ Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants in Malaysia, the Kangkar Pulai region Alsarhan, Ali Ata Sultana, Naznin Abdul Kadir, Mohammed Rafiq Aburjai, Talal RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology The medicinal plants play an important role in rural health care system throughout the world in remedying and preventing various kinds of diseases. This study documented the use of plants as traditional herbal medicine in the Kangkar Pulai region Johor, Malaysia. It also identified the homogeneity of informant knowledge on medicinal plants suitable for different ailments and types of plants most favored for the treatment of each ailment in the study. The information was gathered through semi-structured interviews, discussions with key informants and informal conversations with local people and herbal practitioners. The data was calculated based on informant consensus factor (Fic) and use value (UV). Information on 40 medicinal plants species from 29 taxonomic plant families used for traditional treatment of different diseases/ailments was documented. The informant consensus factor values (Fic) showed that the local people tend to agree more with each other in terms of the plants used to treat sexual weakness (0.95), blood pressure (0.94), diabetes (0.93), delivery and female problems (0.90), hair problems and dandruff (0.87), respiratory disorder (0.86) and kidney problems (0.85). By contrast, digestive problems (0.76) and skin problems (0.71) and inflammation pain (0.70) were found to have low Fic values. Calculated values of the UV and Fic indicate that this community is knowledgeable on healing and treatment using traditional herbal medicines. 2012 Article PeerReviewed Alsarhan, Ali Ata and Sultana, Naznin and Abdul Kadir, Mohammed Rafiq and Aburjai, Talal (2012) Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants in Malaysia, the Kangkar Pulai region. International Journal of Pharmacology, 8 (8). pp. 679-686. ISSN 1811-7775 http://dx.doi.org/10.3923/ijp.2012.679.686
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
spellingShingle RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Alsarhan, Ali Ata
Sultana, Naznin
Abdul Kadir, Mohammed Rafiq
Aburjai, Talal
Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants in Malaysia, the Kangkar Pulai region
description The medicinal plants play an important role in rural health care system throughout the world in remedying and preventing various kinds of diseases. This study documented the use of plants as traditional herbal medicine in the Kangkar Pulai region Johor, Malaysia. It also identified the homogeneity of informant knowledge on medicinal plants suitable for different ailments and types of plants most favored for the treatment of each ailment in the study. The information was gathered through semi-structured interviews, discussions with key informants and informal conversations with local people and herbal practitioners. The data was calculated based on informant consensus factor (Fic) and use value (UV). Information on 40 medicinal plants species from 29 taxonomic plant families used for traditional treatment of different diseases/ailments was documented. The informant consensus factor values (Fic) showed that the local people tend to agree more with each other in terms of the plants used to treat sexual weakness (0.95), blood pressure (0.94), diabetes (0.93), delivery and female problems (0.90), hair problems and dandruff (0.87), respiratory disorder (0.86) and kidney problems (0.85). By contrast, digestive problems (0.76) and skin problems (0.71) and inflammation pain (0.70) were found to have low Fic values. Calculated values of the UV and Fic indicate that this community is knowledgeable on healing and treatment using traditional herbal medicines.
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author Alsarhan, Ali Ata
Sultana, Naznin
Abdul Kadir, Mohammed Rafiq
Aburjai, Talal
author_facet Alsarhan, Ali Ata
Sultana, Naznin
Abdul Kadir, Mohammed Rafiq
Aburjai, Talal
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title Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants in Malaysia, the Kangkar Pulai region
title_short Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants in Malaysia, the Kangkar Pulai region
title_full Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants in Malaysia, the Kangkar Pulai region
title_fullStr Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants in Malaysia, the Kangkar Pulai region
title_full_unstemmed Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants in Malaysia, the Kangkar Pulai region
title_sort ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants in malaysia, the kangkar pulai region
publishDate 2012
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/46937/
http://dx.doi.org/10.3923/ijp.2012.679.686
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