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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 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. This 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 GabrielA.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 RobertoK.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 Thierry 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 BennyT.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 Thomas Efferth, 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. Fe r n an d e s , B r a z i l 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 Raffaele 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 Kraft, 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 Offenbaecher, 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 Thomas Ostermann, Germany Graeme Smith, UK Thomas 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 Thakur, Germany JamesS.McLay,UK Cheppail Ramachandran, USA Menaka C. Thounaojam, 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, Thailand Nobuo Yamaguchi, Japan Ruixin Zhang, USA Michael Weber, Germany Eun J. Yang, Republic of Korea Contents Ethnobotany: A Living Science for Alleviating Human Suffering 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 The Status of Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Medicinal Plants and the Impacts of Resettlement in Delanta, Northwestern Wello, 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 Different 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 The Antioxidant and Starch Hydrolase Inhibitory Activity of Ten Spices inan 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 The Ameliorating Effect 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