The importance of herbal plants cannot be denied anymore, even the existence of herbal medicines has been used by humans since thousands of years ago.

The contribution of herbal plants is used in various aspects of health care and medicine, especially used as food and fragrance.

In fact, the national herbal industry is also classified as an agricultural commodity by the Malaysian government and estimates that the industry is worth more than RM32 billion with a projected expansion of 15 percent per year.

Herbalist at the Institute of Climate Adaptation and Marine Biotechnology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Prof. Dr. Fadzilah@Adibah Abdul Majid said, Malaysia lost data related to traditional herbal medicines because the information was never recorded.