Problems and prospects of traditional collection and processing of medicinal plant materials; standardisation of material designated as Ajisamat / Tengku Azlan Shah Tengku Mohamad

• Main Author: Tengku Mohamad, Tengku Azlan Shah
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Medical botany (General); Drugs and their actions; Herbs. Herbal teas
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/5928/1/TM_TENGKU%20AZLAN%20SHAH%20TENGKU%20MOHAMAD%20PH%2011_5%201.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/5928/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

The current practices of collection and processing of herbal materials by traditional practitioners (mostly Malays) in Perak, Malaysia, were reviewed in order to evaluate how these practices could possibly have an impact on the quality of the final products. The documentation was done through a stru...