The Arabian Peninsula is known to have a comprehensive and rich endowment of unique
and genetically diverse plant genetic resources. Analysis and conservation of biological …

Scorpion sting envenoming poses major public health problems. The treatment modalities
include antivenoms, chemical antidotes and phytotherapy, with varying degrees of …

Abstract The Zygophyllum and Tetraena genera are intriguingly important ecologically and
medicinally. Based on morphological characteristics, T. hamiensis var. qatarensis, and T …

Growing popularity of herbal medicine has increased the demand of medicinal orchids in the
global markets leading to their overharvesting from natural habitats for illegal trade. To stop …

The need for herbal medicinal plants is steadily increasing. Hence, the accurate
identification of plant material has become vital for safe usage, avoiding adulteration, and …

The rapid conversion of Southeast Asian lowland rainforests into monocultures calls for the
development of rapid methods for species identification to support ecological research and …

DNA barcoding of United Arab Emirates (UAE) native plants is of high practical and scientific
value as the plants adapt to very harsh environmental conditions that challenge their …

Nutmeg (family: Myristicaceae) is a plant that originated from Banda islands and is widely
cultivated in several places in the world. Secondary metabolites of this plant have a high …

DNA barcoding is currently gaining popularity due to its simplicity and high accuracy as
compared to the complexity and subjective biases associated with morphology-based …

Background Terrestrial, freshwater and marine green algae constitute the large and
morphologically diverse phylum of Chlorophyta, which gave rise to the core chlorophytes …