MEDICINAL, AROMATIC AND POISONOUS PLANTS RESEARCH CENTER  ( MAPPRC )

A quarter of a century ago the Committee of Medicinal Plants held its first session and decided to form a Medicinal Plants Research Unit. Therefore in 1976, a Medicinal Plant Research Unit came into existence. The prime objec­tive of this unit included a thorough survey of national wealth of medicinal, aromatic and poisonous plant species for the possible utilization in pharma­ceutical and/or economical purposes. The global renewed interest for medici­nal preparation from plants in the prevention and treatment of certain ailments stimulated the creation of the Center. Keeping in view of the achievements of the unit and to focus on the herbs used in Arab Traditional Medicine, and to exploit rationally the endemic flora of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the King Saud University Scientific Council approved the establishment of the Medici­nal, Aromatic and Poisonous Plants Research Centre (MAPPRC) at the College of Pharmacy, in 1985.