Preliminary study of the potential medicinal plants at Behrang forest reserve for establishment of UPSI Edu-Forest Tuanku Zara Salim

Wan Mohd Nuzul Hakimi Salleh

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Type :	research_report
Subject :	Q Science
Main Author :	Wan Mohd Nuzul Hakimi Salleh
Title :	Preliminary study of the potential medicinal plants at Behrang forest reserve for establishment of UPSI Edu-Forest Tuanku Zara Salim

Place of Production :	Tanjong Malim
Publisher :	Fakulti Sains dan Matematik
Year of Publication :	2018
Corporate Name :	Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

The search for plants with medicinal use has led to some ethnobotanical studies that have documented traditional medicine of plant species, uses, part used, mode of administration and disease treated by local communities. In Malaysia, documentation on traditional knowledge on medicinal plants by local communities is still on-going. Traditional knowledge on medicinal plants is a legacy passed from one generation to another and some of them are being lost with the increasing rate of habitat destruction. Despite many studies have been carried out on medicinal plant resources in Malaysia, a larger number of medicinal plants and traditional uses are still waiting for proper documentation especially at Behrang Reserve Forest, Perak. Therefore, this study was urgently required because many of the plant species reported to have medicinal values are in danger of becoming extinct due to the loss of their natural habitats caused deforestation. Thus, to achieve these goals, the identification of potential medicinal plants which available at Behrang Reserve Forest, has been the focus of current research in order for establishment of UPSI Edu-Forest Tuanku Zara Salim. The research findings also may expand to the genetic resources obtainable in the area of research and signify a potential source of natural products for treating various diseases.

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