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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Ethnobotany: A Living Science for Alleviating Human Sufering Guest Editors: Rahmatullah Qureshi, Shahina A. Ghazanfar, Hassan Obied, Viliana Vasileva, and Mohammad A. Tariq Ethnobotany: A Living Science for Alleviating Human Suffering Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Ethnobotany: A Living Science for Alleviating Human Suffering Guest Editors: Rahmatullah Qureshi, Shahina A. Ghazanfar, Hassan Obied, Viliana Vasileva, and Mohammad A. Tariq Copyright © 2016 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. Tis is a special issue published in “Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine.” All articles are open access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Editorial Board M. Abdel-Tawab, Germany J. Youl Cho, Republic of Korea D. García Giménez, Spain Jon Adams, Australia K. B. Christensen, Denmark Gabino Garrido, Chile Gabriel A. Agbor, Cameroon Shuang-En Chuang, Taiwan Ipek Goktepe, Qatar U. P. Albuquerque, Brazil Y. Clement, Trinidad And Tobago Michael Goldstein, USA Samir Lutf Aleryani, USA Paolo Coghi, Italy Yuewen Gong, Canada M. S. Ali-Shtayeh, Palestine Marisa Colone, Italy Settimio Grimaldi, Italy Gianni Allais, Italy Lisa A. Conboy, USA Maruti Ram Gudavalli, USA Terje Alraek, Norway Kieran Cooley, Canada Alessandra Guerrini, Italy Shrikant Anant, USA Edwin L. Cooper, USA Narcis Gusi, Spain Isabel Andújar, Spain Olivia Corcoran, UK Svein Haavik, Norway Letizia Angiolella, Italy Muriel Cuendet, Switzerland Solomon Habtemariam, UK Makoto Arai, Japan Roberto K. N. Cuman, Brazil Abid Hamid, India Hyunsu Bae, Republic of Korea Vincenzo De Feo, Italy Michael G. Hammes, Germany Giacinto Bagetta, Italy Rocío De la Puerta, Spain K. B. Harikumar, India Onesmo B. Balemba, USA Laura De Martino, Italy Cory S. Harris, Canada Winfried Banzer, Germany Nunziatina De Tommasi, Italy Tierry Hennebelle, France Panos Barlas, UK Alexandra Deters, Germany Eleanor Holroyd, Australia Samra Bashir, Pakistan Farzad Deyhim, USA Markus Horneber, Germany Jairo Kennup Bastos, Brazil Manuela Di Franco, Italy Ching-Liang Hsieh, Taiwan Arpita Basu, USA Claudia Di Giacomo, Italy Benny T. K. Huat, Singapore Sujit Basu, USA Antonella Di Sotto, Italy Helmut Hugel, Australia G. David Baxter, New Zealand M.-G. Dijoux-Franca, France Ciara Hughes, Ireland André-Michael Beer, Germany Luciana Dini, Italy Attila Hunyadi, Hungary Alvin J. Beitz, USA Caigan Du, Canada Sumiko Hyuga, Japan Louise Bennett, Australia Jeng-Ren Duann, USA H. Stephen Injeyan, Canada Maria Camilla Bergonzi, Italy Nativ Dudai, Israel Chie Ishikawa, Japan Anna Rita Bilia, Italy Tomas Eferth, Germany Angelo A. Izzo, Italy Yong C. Boo, Republic of Korea Abir El-Alfy, USA Chris J. Branford-White, UK Monica Borgatti, Italy Giuseppe Esposito, Italy Suresh Jadhav, India Francesca Borrelli, Italy Keturah R. Faurot, USA G. K. Jayaprakasha, USA Gloria Brusotti, Italy Nianping Feng, China Zeev L Kain, USA Arndt Büssing, Germany Yibin Feng, Hong Kong Osamu Kanauchi, Japan Rainer W. Bussmann, USA P. D. Fernandes, Brazil Wenyi Kang, China Andrew J. Butler, USA J. Fernandez-Carnero, Spain Shao-Hsuan Kao, Taiwan Gioacchino Calapai, Italy Antonella Fioravanti, Italy Juntra Karbwang, Japan Giuseppe Caminiti, Italy Fabio Firenzuoli, Italy Kenji Kawakita, Japan Rafaele Capasso, Italy Peter Fisher, UK Teh Ley Kek, Malaysia Francesco Cardini, Italy Filippo Fratini, Italy Deborah A. Kennedy, Canada Opher Caspi, Israel Brett Froeliger, USA Cheorl-Ho Kim, Republic of Korea Pierre Champy, France Maria pia Fuggetta, Italy Youn C. Kim, Republic of Korea Shun-Wan Chan, Hong Kong Joel J. Gagnier, Canada Yoshiyuki Kimura, Japan Il-Moo Chang, Republic of Korea Siew Hua Gan, Malaysia Toshiaki Kogure, Japan Kevin Chen, USA Jian-Li Gao, China Jian Kong, USA Evan P. Cherniack, USA Mary K. Garcia, USA Tetsuya Konishi, Japan Salvatore Chirumbolo, Italy S. Garcia de Arriba, Germany Karin Kraf, Germany Omer Kucuk, USA Yoshiharu Motoo, Japan Tadaaki Satou, Japan Victor Kuete, Cameroon Kamal D. Moudgil, USA Michael A. Savka, USA Yiu W. Kwan, Hong Kong Yoshiki Mukudai, Japan Claudia Scherr, Switzerland Kuang C. Lai, Taiwan Frauke Musial, Germany Andrew Scholey, Australia Ilaria Lampronti, Italy MinKyun Na, Republic of Korea Roland Schoop, Switzerland Lixing Lao, Hong Kong Hajime Nakae, Japan Sven Schröder, Germany Christian Lehmann, Canada Srinivas Nammi, Australia Herbert Schwabl, Switzerland Marco Leonti, Italy Krishnadas Nandakumar, India Veronique Seidel, UK Lawrence Leung, Canada Vitaly Napadow, USA Senthamil Selvan, USA Shahar Lev-ari, Israel Michele Navarra, Italy Felice Senatore, Italy Chun-Guang Li, Australia Isabella Neri, Italy Hongcai Shang, China Min Li, China Pratibha V. Nerurkar, USA Karen J. Sherman, USA Xiu-Min Li, USA Karen Nieber, Germany Ronald Sherman, USA Bi-Fong Lin, Taiwan Menachem Oberbaum, Israel Kuniyoshi Shimizu, Japan Ho Lin, Taiwan Martin Ofenbaecher, Germany Kan Shimpo, Japan Christopher G. Lis, USA Junetsu Ogasawara, Japan Yukihiro Shoyama, Japan Gerhard Litscher, Austria Ki-Wan Oh, Republic of Korea Judith Shuval, Israel I-Min Liu, Taiwan Yoshiji Ohta, Japan Morry Silberstein, Australia Yijun Liu, USA Olumayokun A. Olajide, UK K. N. S. Sirajudeen, Malaysia Víctor López, Spain Tomas Ostermann, Germany Graeme Smith, UK Tomas Lundeberg, Sweden Siyaram Pandey, Canada Chang-Gue Son, Republic of Korea Dawn M. Bellanti, USA Bhushan Patwardhan, India Rachid Soulimani, France Filippo Maggi, Italy Florian Pfab, Germany Didier Stien, France Valentina Maggini, Italy Sonia Piacente, Italy Con Stough, Australia Gail B. Mahady, USA Andrea Pieroni, Italy Annarita Stringaro, Italy Jamal Mahajna, Israel Richard Pietras, USA Shan-Yu Su, Taiwan Juraj Majtan, Slovakia Andrew Pipingas, Australia Barbara Swanson, USA Francesca Mancianti, Italy Jose M. Prieto, UK Giuseppe Tagarelli, Italy Carmen Mannucci, Italy Haifa Qiao, USA O. Taglialatela-Scafati, Italy Arroyo-Morales Manuel, Spain Waris Qidwai, Pakistan Takashi Takeda, Japan Fulvio Marzatico, Italy Xianqin Qu, Australia Ghee T. Tan, USA Marta Marzotto, Italy E. F. Queiroz, Switzerland Hirofumi Tanaka, USA James H. McAuley, Australia Roja Rahimi, Iran Norman Temple, Canada Kristine McGrath, Australia Khalid Rahman, UK Mayank Takur, Germany James S. McLay, UK Cheppail Ramachandran, USA Menaka C. Tounaojam, USA Lewis Mehl-Madrona, USA Elia Ranzato, Italy Evelin Tiralongo, Australia Peter Meiser, Germany Ke Ren, USA Stephanie Tjen-A-Looi, USA Karin Meissner, Germany Man Hee Rhee, Republic of Korea Michał Tomczyk, Poland Albert S Mellick, Australia Luigi Ricciardiello, Italy Loren Toussaint, USA A. G. Mensah-Nyagan, France Daniela Rigano, Italy Yew-Min Tzeng, Taiwan Andreas Michalsen, Germany José L. Ríos, Spain Dawn M. Upchurch, USA Oliver Micke, Germany Paolo Roberti di Sarsina, Italy Konrad Urech, Switzerland Roberto Miniero, Italy Mariangela Rondanelli, Italy Takuhiro Uto, Japan Giovanni Mirabella, Italy Omar Said, Israel Sandy van Vuuren, South Africa Francesca Mondello, Italy Avni Sali, Australia Alfredo Vannacci, Italy Albert Moraska, USA Mohd Z. Salleh, Malaysia S. Vemulpad, Australia Giuseppe Morgia, Italy A. Sandner-Kiesling, Austria Carlo Ventura, Italy Mark Moss, UK Manel Santafe, Spain Giuseppe Venturella, Italy Aristo Vojdani, USA Silvia Wein, Germany Junqing Yang, China Chong-Zhi Wang, USA Janelle Wheat, Australia Ling Yang, China Shu-Ming Wang, USA Jenny M. Wilkinson, Australia Ken Yasukawa, Japan Yong Wang, USA D. R. Williams, Republic of Korea Albert S. Yeung, USA Jonathan L. Wardle, Australia Christopher Worsnop, Australia Armando Zarrelli, Italy Kenji Watanabe, Japan Haruki Yamada, Japan Chris Zaslawski, Australia J. Wattanathorn, Tailand Nobuo Yamaguchi, Japan Ruixin Zhang, USA Michael Weber, Germany Eun J. Yang, Republic of Korea Contents Ethnobotany: A Living Science for Alleviating Human Sufering Rahmatullah Qureshi, Shahina A. Ghazanfar, Hassan Obied, Viliana Vasileva, and Mohammad A. Tariq Volume 2016, Article ID 9641692, 3 pages Ethnobotanical Study of Plants Used in the Management of HIV/AIDS-Related Diseases in Livingstone, Southern Province, Zambia Kazhila C. Chinsembu Volume 2016, Article ID 4238625, 14 pages Te Status of Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Medicinal Plants and the Impacts of Resettlement in Delanta, NorthwesternWello, Northern Ethiopia Misganaw Meragiaw, Zemede Asfaw, and Mekuria Argaw Volume 2016, Article ID 5060247, 24 pages Ethnomedical Knowledge of Plants Used for the Treatment of Tuberculosis in Johor, Malaysia Siti Fatimah Sabran, Maryati Mohamed, and Mohd Fadzelly Abu Bakar Volume 2016, Article ID 2850845, 12 pages In Vitro Pharmacological Activities and GC-MS Analysis of Diferent Solvent Extracts of Lantana camara Leaves Collected from Tropical Region of Malaysia Mallappa Kumara Swamy, Uma Rani Sinniah, and Mohd. Sayeed Akhtar Volume 2015, Article ID 506413, 9 pages Te Antioxidant and Starch Hydrolase Inhibitory Activity of Ten Spices in an In Vitro Model of Digestion: Bioaccessibility of Anthocyanins and Carotenoids Nilakshi Jayawardena, Mindani I. Watawana, Ruchini T. Jayathilaka, and Viduranga Y. Waisundara Volume 2015, Article ID 764238, 9 pages Te Ameliorating Efect of Myrrh on Scopolamine-Induced Memory Impairments in Mice Samrat Baral, Du-Hyong Cho, Ramesh Pariyar, Chi-Su Yoon, Bo-yoon Chang, Dae-Sung Kim, Hyoung-Kwon Cho, Sung Yeon Kim, Hyuncheol Oh, Youn-Chul Kim, Jaehyo Kim, and Jungwon Seo Volume 2015, Article ID 925432, 9 pages Ethnomedicinal Plants Used by Traditional Healers to Treat Oral Health Problems in Cameroon Michael Ashu Agbor and Sudeshni Naidoo Volume 2015, Article ID 649832, 10 pages Hindawi Publishing Corporation Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 2016, Article ID 9641692, 3 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9641692 Editorial Ethnobotany: A Living Science for Alleviating Human Suffering 1 2 3 Rahmatullah Qureshi, Shahina A. Ghazanfar, Hassan Obied, 4 5 Viliana Vasileva, andMohammad A. Tariq 1 Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 46000, Pakistan 2 Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, Surry TW9 3AB, UK 3 School of Biomedical Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia 4 Institute of Forage Crops, “Gen. Vl. Vazov” Street 89, 5800 Pleven, Bulgaria 5 California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, CA 95814, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Rahmatullah Qureshi; 2 Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine traditional/folk medicinal use along with latest development gastric and duodenal digestion revealing a correlation with for validation of such information through scientifc studies. the antioxidant assays quantifying the water-soluble antioxi- Tis special issue is a collection of seven articles portraying dant capacity of the extracts. Tey concluded that the tested the use of medicinal plants and their therapeutic potential. spices had a signifcant source of total phenolics, antioxidant, Te issue ismainly divided into twomain themes; the frst one and starch hydrolase inhibitory activities. Finally, S. Baral describes the traditional knowledge of plants and the other et al. studied in vivo ameliorating efect of myrrh (AEM) one describes validation of such knowledge through in vitro on scopolamine-induced memory impairments using mice assays. model. Te AEM was estimated with (2E,5E)-6-hydroxy- From ethnobotanical perspective, four articles are 2,6-dimethylhepta-2,4-dienal as a representative constituent selected. K. C. Chinsembu carried out an ethnobotanical through HPLC. Te oral administration of AEM amelio- study from Livingstone, Southern Province, Zambia. He rated the scopolamine-induced memory impairments and reported 94 medicinal plant species which are used to treat increased the phosphorylation of Akt and ERK in the hip- HIV/AIDS-related diseases. He stressed to confrm the pocampus of mice brain. antimicrobial efcacies, pharmacological parameters, cyto- We anticipate that this special issue will provide tradi- toxicity, and active chemical ingredients of the discovered tional knowledge of plants existing in various traditional plants. In a study carried out by M. Meragiaw et al. communities to manage and treat various diseases as well as reported ethnobotanical enumeration of Delanta (Ethiopia) their scientifc validation through bioassay assessment. to examine the use of medicinal plants and impacts of the 1984/85 resettlement program on the local people’s Acknowledgments knowledge on herbal medicine and its uses. Tey reported 133 species belonged to 116 genera and 57 families in treating We express our great gratitude to all authors for their 76 human and livestock ailments. Teir analysis showed that contributions and reviewers for their great help. We convey the resettlement program has both positive and negative our sincere thanks to the Editorial Board of ECAM for their impacts on nature rehabilitation and local knowledge approval on this topic and continuous support in successful along with many human induced threats. S. F. Sabran et publication of this special issue. Te lead guest editor would al. discovered ethnomedical knowledge of plants used for like to thank the guest editors for their enthusiastic assistance. the treatment of tuberculosis by the Jakun community Wehope this special issuewill bring readers a useful academic of Kampung Peta (Malaysia). Tey identifed 23 plants reference in their research. which are used by the community for the same purpose. Dipterocarpus sublamellatus was recorded for the frst time Rahmatullah Qureshi as novel species to treat tuberculosis. Tey urged that Shahina A. Ghazanfar fndings of this study are worth being further investigated Hassan Obied for conservation strategies and are worthy of verifying their Viliana Vasileva ethnomedical claims scientifcally. A survey was conducted Mohammad A. Tariq by M. A. Agbor and S. Naidoo to document ethnomedicinal use of plants by the traditional healers in treating oral health References problems in Cameroon. Tey reported 52 plants which are being used for the management of toothache, sore throat, [1] A. Gurib-Fakim, “Medicinal plants: traditions of yesterday and mouth sores, abscess, broken tooth and jaw, tooth sensitivity, drugs of tomorrow,” Molecular Aspects of Medicine, vol. 27, no. mouth thrush, dental caries, gingivitis, sinusitis, tonsillitis, 1, pp. 1–93, 2006. xerostomia, oral syphilis, oral cancer, TMJ pain, halitosis, [2] R. E. Schultes, “Te place of ethnobotany in the ethnopharma- tooth bleaching, and dental extraction. cologic search for psychotomimetic drugs,” in Ethnopharmaco- From the bioactivity assessment point of view, four logic Search for Psychoactive Drugs, D. H. Efron, B. Holmstedt, articles were selected. M. K. Swamy et al. investigated the andN. S. Kline, Eds., PublicHealth Service Publication no. 1645, efect of diferent solvents on the extraction of phytocon- pp. 33–57, Public Health Service, Washington, DC, USA, 1967. stituents of Lantana camara leaves and their antioxidant [3] WHO, WHO Monographs of Selected Medicinal Plants, vol. 1, and antibacterial activities. Tey reported that the methanol World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 1999. solvent yielded the highest phenolic (92.8mgGAE/g) and [4] D. J. Newman, G. M. Cragg, and K. M. Snader, “Te infuence favonoid (26.5mgRE/g) content revealing antioxidant activ- of natural products upon drug discovery,” Natural Product ity. Methanol extract had the highest inhibition activity Reports, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 215–234, 2000. against all the tested microbes. Tey identifed major com- [5] M. S. Butler, “Te role of natural product chemistry in drug pounds such as hexadecanoic acid (5.197%), phytol (4.528%), discovery,” Journal of Natural Products, vol. 67, no. 12, pp. 2141– caryophyllene oxide (4.605%), and 9,12,15-octadecatrienoic 2153, 2004. acid, methyl ester, (Z,Z,Z)- (3.751%) throughGC-MS. A labo- [6] G. Samuelsson, Drugs of Natural Origin: A Textbook of Phar- ratory study carried out by N. Jayawardena et al. investigated macognosy, Swedish Pharmaceutical Press, Stockholm, Sweden, antioxidant and starch hydrolase inhibitory activities of 10 5th edition, 2004. spices through in vitro model of digestion mimicking the [7] N. F. Balandrin, A. D. Kinghorn, and N. R. Farnsworth, “Plant- gastric and duodenal conditions. Te total phenolic contents derived natural products in drug discovery and development,” in all spice extracts had signifcantly increased following both in Human Medicinal Agents from Plants, A. D. Kinghorn and

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