PENANG: Langkawi's pharmaceutical treasure trove the gamat (sea cucumber) has vanished, Universiti Sains Malaysia School of Biological Sciences deputy dean Prof Dr Zulfigar Yasin said.
There was no more gamat in the island resort, he said, adding that scientific names were yet to be given to the species in Langkawi that had been known to have curative properties.
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