Alternative medicines from edible bitter plants of Besut Malaysia

Nor Asiah Awang, . and Abdul Manaf Ali, . and Nashriyah Mat, . Alternative medicines from edible bitter plants of Besut Malaysia. pp. 80-91. ISSN 2180-1983

In Besut some elderly is believing the bitter taste vegetables may provide medicinal benefits. However discontinuity of their knowledge to the young generation leads to deterioration. To this time there still no documentation is done on the consumption of edible bitter plants in Besut. This research conducted to reveal their knowledge in consuming edible bitter and native plants for medicinal purposes. From the field visit and conversation a list of accessions had been made followed by the frequencies on how it had been used. A dendrogram to show the linkage between the purposes of the studied plants as alternative medicine and supplement had been done by using IBM SPSS Statistics 20 software and bar chart plotted by using Microsoft Excel. There were 15 native families comprised of 17 plants species had been consumed for treating 31 types of health problems. The highest percentage of diseases treated represented by digestion problems 64.7 . The species of Morinda citrifolia (mengkudu besar) found achieved the highest uses among the studied plants. The value of Pearson correlation r 0.633 showed a positive correlation between the purposes of treating diabetes and digestion problems at a significant level p 0.01. Based on the dendrogram there was the nearest linkage at the distance of 3/25 in a cluster of 3; Crateva religiosa (dala) Oroxylum indicum (beka) and Tylopilus felleus (kulat gelam) which were used for treating hypertension diabetes and supplement for a person with poor food appetite. The bitter taste from plants was stimulated positive perception of people to eat them as alternative medicine. Besides the leafy vegetables mushroom also had been consumed as healing food.

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Abstract

In Besut some elderly is believing the bitter taste vegetables may provide medicinal benefits. However discontinuity of their knowledge to the young generation leads to deterioration. To this time there still no documentation is done on the consumption of edible bitter plants in Besut. This research conducted to reveal their knowledge in consuming edible bitter and native plants for medicinal purposes. From the field visit and conversation a list of accessions had been made followed by the frequencies on how it had been used. A dendrogram to show the linkage between the purposes of the studied plants as alternative medicine and supplement had been done by using IBM SPSS Statistics 20 software and bar chart plotted by using Microsoft Excel. There were 15 native families comprised of 17 plants species had been consumed for treating 31 types of health problems. The highest percentage of diseases treated represented by digestion problems 64.7 . The species of Morinda citrifolia (mengkudu besar) found achieved the highest uses among the studied plants. The value of Pearson correlation r 0.633 showed a positive correlation between the purposes of treating diabetes and digestion problems at a significant level p 0.01. Based on the dendrogram there was the nearest linkage at the distance of 3/25 in a cluster of 3; Crateva religiosa (dala) Oroxylum indicum (beka) and Tylopilus felleus (kulat gelam) which were used for treating hypertension diabetes and supplement for a person with poor food appetite. The bitter taste from plants was stimulated positive perception of people to eat them as alternative medicine. Besides the leafy vegetables mushroom also had been consumed as healing food.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Medicinal plants
AGROVOC Term:	Traditional medicines
AGROVOC Term:	Bitterness
AGROVOC Term:	Interviews
AGROVOC Term:	Surveys
AGROVOC Term:	Identification
AGROVOC Term:	Consumption
AGROVOC Term:	Medicinal properties
AGROVOC Term:	Supplements
AGROVOC Term:	Diseases
Depositing User:	Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 06:29
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24973

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