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Forest medicinal plant generally refers to the plant species that usually grow and get harvested around the forest areas. It has been highlighted as a new potential source of foresters' income, as there are a variety of plant species with different effectiveness and growth areas by climate and soil quality. Its usage has been increasingly widened, ranging from medicinal herbs and food ingredients to various products with natural substances, such as functional food products, drinks, cosmetics, etc. Raw materials of forest medicinal plants have good quality for highly functional component, bioequivalence evaluation division, and standardization process. To develop the substitution for imported medicinal herbs, FMRRC selected research plants from Korea native plants in consideration of cultivation efficiency, commercialization potential, marketability, and research requirement. Especially, plant-derived natural products are used as functional phytochemicals considering valuable resources of bioactive components in our life. One of our goals is to build up the ‘natural products map’ of major forest medicinal plants based on the contents and activities of biomarkers from various cultivation sites in Korean peninsula. Natural products map is focused on selection of ideal cultivation sites which show the best medicinal effects.