This paper reviews the relevant information from journal articles and other resources on the most important medicinal plants present in the desert of Wadi Araba in South-West Jordan including the pharmaceutical and indigenous knowledge research. Many of Wadi Araba plants are common in the deserts of other Arab countries such as Arab gulf countries, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Palestine and Sudan a...

Abstract Understanding biodiversity of plants depends on detailed knowledge floristics and environmental parameters. According to the Flora Ethiopia Eritrea (FEE; 1989–2009), latest academic flora these two topographically complex countries, number taxa (including non-indigenous ones) is 6027 which 647 are endemic. Since 2009, 56 indigenous have been described from FEE area. Based data later in...

The present study was carried out to assess and document ethnobotanical knowledge of the plants of Sabalan district in Ardabil Province, as the area has diverse flora and high ethnobotanical potential. Medicinal plants of Sabalan were studied through collections of plant specimens and by interviewing local informants from several villages. For Each plant species the scientific and vernacular na...

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Medicinal plant species in Lebanon are experiencing severe threats because of various environmental conditions, human expansion footprints and recent growing global demand. Organized research and information on indigenous medicinal plants and knowledge have been very limited and little efforts have been invested to develop a complete inventory for native medicinal...

BACKGROUND Researchers are required to seek consent from Indigenous communities prior to conducting research but there is inadequate information about how Indigenous people understand and become fully engaged with this consent process. Few studies evaluate the preference or understanding of the consent process for research with Indigenous populations. Lack of informed consent can impact on rese...

Background A study of disability among the indigenous Sami people in Norway presented a number of ethical and methodological challenges rarely addressed in the literature. Objectives The main study was designed to examine and understand the everyday life, transitions between life stages and democratic participation of Norwegian Sami people experiencing disability. Hence, the purpose of this art...