Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0412
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2167-0412
+44 1300 500008
Nurul Qamariah
Muhammadiyah University of Palangkaraya, Indonesia
Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Med Aromat Plants
In Islam, ethical teachings of biomedical ethics are linked with Holy Quran and Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Quran is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be a revelation from God. The Quran is divided into chapters (surah in Arabic), which are then divided into verses (ayah). Quran mention a great number of wild plants that are still used in folk medicine. Quran is one of the best reference books describing the importance of plants for medical benefits, where there are 28 Chapter (Surah) those mentioned specific name of plants in Al-Quran. This paper aims to compile the up-to-date information about some medicinal plants that mentioned in Al-Quran. Based on the collected data, there are 27 plant species mentioned in Al-Quran. In this paper, plants species were arranged in systematic order of identity of plant. The identity of the selected plants were confirmed from existing literature such as, books, journal article and family and species of plants were confirmed from nomenclatural and bibliographic database, followed by Indonesian name, English name, family, references cited from Holy Quran, part used, chemical constituents and efficacy of herbal medicine that has been used both empirically and scientifically.
Nurul Qamariah was born in Palangkaraya, Indonesia, in 1990. She received the B.E degree in Chemistry Education from Palangkaraya University, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, in 2011, and the M.Sc degree in Pharmacy Herbal Medicine from University of Indonesia, Indonesia, in 2014. In 2014 She joined Faculty of Health Science, Muhammadiyah University of Palangkaraya, as a Lecturer. Since 2015, she became head of planning and database division of Muhammadiyah University of Palangkaraya. Her current research interests include herbal medicine, natural product, and ethnobotanical.