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Abbas, J.A.; El- Oqlah, A.A. and Mahasneh,A.M. 1992. Herbal plants in the traditional medicine of Bahrain, Eco. Bot. 46(2): 158-163.

 

Abdallah, E.M. & El Ghazali, G.E. 2013. Screening for antimicrobial activity of some plants from Saudi folk medicine. Global J. Res. Med. Plants & Indigen. Med. 2(4): 210-218.

 

Abdulmoniem MA, Saadab AMA, 2006. Antifungal activity of some Saudi plants used in traditional medicine. Asian J. Plant Sci., 5: 907-909.

 

Abulfatih, H.A. 1987. Medicinal plants in South Western Saudi Arabia. Eco. Bot. 41 (3): 354-60.

 

Ageel, A.M.; Parmar, N.S.; Mossa, J.S.; Al-Yahya, M.A.; Al-Said, M.S. and Tariq, M. 1985. Anti-inflammatory activity of some Saudi Arabian medicinal plants Agents and Actions, 17,(3/4): 383-384.

 

Ageel, A.M., Mossa, J.S., Tariq, M, Al-Yahya, M.A., Saied, M.S. 1987. Saudi plants used in traditional medicine. Riyadh: King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology.

 

Ageel, AM; Mossa, J.S., Tariq, M., Al-Yahya, MA, Saied, M.S. 1987. Plants in Saudi Arabia used for folk medicine. Riyadh: King Saud University Press.

 

Ahmad, H.A.(Alfarhan, A.H.), Ghazanfar, S.A. 1991. Conservation of medicinal plants on the Arabian Peninsula. Two case studies: Med. Plant Conservation, 3: 15-16 IUCN.

 

Alfarhan, A.H. (2000) Plants of economic importance. Folklore Encyclopedia of Saudi Arabia, The circle for information Co. Ltd. Saudi Arabia.

 

Al-Asmari, A.K.;   Al-Elaiwi, A.M.;   Athar, M.T.; Tariq, M.;  Al Eid, A. and Saeed M. Al-Asmary, S.M. 2014. A Review of Hepatoprotective Plants Used in Saudi Traditional Medicine. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/890842

 

Al-Qurainy, F.; Gaafar, A.Z; Khan, S., M. Nadeem, M.; Tarroum, M.; Alaklabi, A. and Thomas, J. 2013. Antibacterial activity of leaf extract of Breonadia salicina (Rubeaceae), an endangered medicinal plant of Saudi Arabia.  Genetics and Molecular Research 12 (3): 3212-3219

 

Ali B.H.; Bashir A.K. and Rasheed R.A. 2011.Effect of the traditional medicinal plants Rhazy.a stricta, Balanitis aegyptiaca and Haplophyllum tuberculatum on paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity in mice. Phytother Res. 15(7):598-603.

 

Al-Said MS. 1993. Traditional medicinal plants of Saudi Arabia. Am J Chin Med. 21(3-4): 291-298.

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Al-Shanwani M. 1996. Plants used in Saudi folk medicine. King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh.

 

Alsherif, E.A.; Ayesh, A.M.; Allogmani, A.S. and Rawi, S.M. 2012. Exploration of wild plants wealth with economic importance tolerant to difficult conditions in Khulais Governorate, Saudi Arabia Scientific Research and Essays Vol. 7(45): 3903-3913.

 

Al-Sherif, E.A. ; Ayesh, A.M.; Rawi, S.M. 2013. Floristic composition, life form and chorology of plant life at Khulais Region, Westrern Saudi Arabia. Pak. J. Bot. 45(1): 29-38

 

Atiqur Rahman, M.; Mossa, J.S. Al-Said, M.S. and Al-Yahya, M.A. 2004. Medicinal plant diversity in the flora of Saudi Arabia 1: a report on seven plant families . Fitoterapia 75(2): 149-161

 

Ayensu, E.S. 1979. Plants for medicinal uses with special reference to arid zones 117-178. in: Goodin, J.R. and Northington, D.K. (eds.) Arid land plant resources. Lubbock, Texas.

 

Bailey, C. & Danin, A. 1981. Bedouin plant utilization in Sinai and the Negev. Eco. Bot. 35(2): 145-162.

 

Bailey, C. 1974. Bedouin weddings in Sinai and the Negev. in I. Ben-Ami, (ed) Studies in marriage customs pp. 113-115. Folklore Research Centre studies IV. Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem.

 

Bailey, C. 1974. Bedouin star-lore in Sinai and the Negev. Bull. school Orient. African Stud. 37: 584-586.

 

Bailey, C. 1977. Bedouin place names in Sinai and the Negev. in Bailey, C. (ed) Notes on the Bedouins, pp. 64-68. VII. Midrashat Sde Boker.

 

Balfour, I. B. 1888. The Botany of Socotra and Abd el Kuri. Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 31.

 

Batanouny, K.H. 1986. Medicinal plants in the Arab Countries. A plenary paper presented before the Conference on the Medicinal Plants and their Development in the Arab World. Baghdad, Iraq. November 24-26, 1986 (in Arabic). Proceedings published by the Union of Arab Research Centres, Baghdad 1989, pp.41-63.

 

Beek, G.W. van 1958. Frankincense and Myrrh in Ancient South Arabia. Journal of the American Oriental Society, 78, no 3 Jul-Sep 1958, pp 141-152

 

Blair, H. 1970. Maternal and Health Manuel, Part II. ARAMCO, Dhaharan, Saudi Arabia.

 

Carter, H. J. 1848. Frankinecense in Arabia. J. Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 2: 380-390.

 

El-Ghazali, G.E; Al-Khalifa, K.S.; Saleem, G.A. and Abdallah, E.M. 2010. Traditional medicinal plants indigenous to Al-Rass province, Saudi Arabia. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research 4(24): 2680-2683.

 

El-shabasy, A. 2017. Problems of medicinal plant in Jazan region and solutions, Asian J Med Health Res. 2(1): 8-20

 

El-Sheikh, A.M.1982.  Survey of the Most Important Medicinal Plants in Qassim and Their Uses. Saudi Medical J. Monogr. No. 1, 99-106.

 

Fahmy, I.R. 1956. The medicinal plants of the Middle East. Labanese Pharm. J. 4(1): 12-56.

 

Ghazanfar, S.A. 1994. Arabian Medicinal Plants. CRC Press.

 

Ghazanfar, S.A. 1996. Traditional health plants of the Arabian Peninsula. Plants for Food and Medicine. Paper presented at the joint meeting of the Society fro Economic Botany and International Society for Ethnopharmacology. 1-7 July, 1996, London.

 

Ghazanfar, S.A.1996. ‘Plants of economic importance.’ In: Ghazanfar, S.A. and Fisher, M. (eds) Vegetation of the Arabian Peninsula, pp 241–264. Dordrecht: Kluwer.

 

Grainger, J. & Llewellyn, O.A. 1994. Sustainable use: lessons from a cultural tradition in Saudi Arabia. Parks 4(3): 8–16.

 

Hegazy, A.K.; A. A. Alatar, Thomas, J., M. Faisal, A. H. Alfarhan and K. Krzywinski 2014. Compatibility and complementarity of indigenous and scientific knowledge of wild plants in the highlands of southwest Saudi Arabia. Journal of Forestry Research 25(2): 437-444.

 

Hepper, F.N. 1969. Arabian and African Frankincense Trees. J. Egyptian Archaeol., 55: 66-72.H

 

Hassan, W.H.B., El Gamal, A.A., El-Sheddy, E. Al-Oquil, M. and Farshori, N.N. 2014. The chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Lavandula coronopifolia growing in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research, 6(2): 604-615

 

Khairallah, A.A. 1946. Outline to Arabic contributions to medicine. American Press. Beirut, Lebanon.

 

Kotschy, t. 1866. Plantae arabicae in ditionibus Hedschas, asyr et El Arysch a medico germanico nomine ignoto, in El Arysch defuncto, annis 1836-1838 collectae. Sitzber. akad. d. Wiss. Wien, Mathem.-naturw. Kl., 52, 1 Abt. pp. 251-264.

 

Kuete, V ; Wiench, B ; Alsaid, MS ; Alyahya, MA ; Fankam, AG ; Shahat, AA ; Efferth, T . 2013. Cytotoxicity, mode of action and actibacterial activities of selected Saudi Arabian medicinal plants. BMC Complementary and alternative medicine.  13:  354

 

Long, H.S.; Tilney, P.M. & Van Wyk, B.E. 2010. The ethnobotany and pharmacognosy of Olea europaea subsp. africana (Oleaceae). South African Journal of Botany 76:  324–331.

 

Mandaville, J.P. 2011. Bedouin Ethnobotany: Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World. University of Arizona Press, Arizona

 

Miller, A. G., Morris, M., Alexander, D. & Atkinson, R. 2004: Ethnoflora of the Soqotra archipelago. – Edinburgh

 

Miller, A. G. & Morris, M. 1988. Plants of Dhofar, the southern region of Oman. The office of the Adviser for Conservation of the environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman.  

 

Mossa, J. S, Al-Yahya, M. A. & Al-Meshal, I.A. 1987: Medicinal Plants of Saudi Arabia. Vol. 1. King Saud Univ. Libraries Publications. Riyadh, KSA.

 

Mossa, J. S, Al-Yahya, M. A. & Al-Meshal, I.A. 2000: Medicinal Plants of Saudi Arabia. Vol. 2. King Fahad National Libraries,. Riyadh, KSA.

 

Mutwally, H.M.A. and Meelad, M.M.H.   1997. A Series on the medicinal effects of wild plants of Saudi Arabia.  2b. Effect of water extract of mutant Cassia senna on the spontaneous activity of locust foregut and hindgut muscles. Symposium on Herbal Medicine, King Fahad Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

 

Rahman, M.A., J.S. Mossa, M.S. Al-Said and M.A. Al-Yahya.2004. Medicinal plant diversity in the flora of Saudi Arabia 1: A report on seven plant families. Fitoterapia, 75: 149-161.

 

Saganuwan A.S. 2010. Some medicinal plants of Arabian Peninsula. J. Med. Plants Res., 4(9): 766-788.

 

Schonig, H. 1995. Traditional cosmetics. Paper presented at the seminar for Arabian Studies, Cambridge, UK.

 

Shalabi, A.F.; Khadari, A.A. and Organgi, R.A. 1985. Some medicinal and aromatic plants of Saudi Arabia. Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah.

 

Sher, H.; Al-Yemeni, M.N. 2010. Ethnobotanical and pharmaceutical evaluation of Capparis spinosa L, validity of local folk and Unani system of medicine. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research. 4(17): 1751-1756

 

Sher, H.; Al-Yemeni, M.N.; Masrahi, Y.S. and Shah, A.H. 2010. Ethnomedicinal and ethnoecological evaluation of Salvadora persica L.: A threatened medicinal plant in Arabian Peninsula Journal of Medicinal Plants Research 4(12): 1209-1215.

 

UNESCO, 1960. Medicinal plants of the arid zones. Arid Zone Research, XIII. UNESCO, Paris. pp. 96.

 

Wickens, G.E.; Goodin, J.R. & Field, D.V. (eds.) 1989. Plants for Arid Lands. Proc. of the Kew International Conf. on Economic Plants for Arid Lands held inthe Jodrell Laboratory, RBG, KEW, England. 23-27 July 1984. Unwin Hyman, London.

 

 

Phytochemistry/Pharmacology                                                                                                                                    TOP

 

Abbas, F.A.; Al-Massarany, SM..; Khan, S.; Al-Howiriny, T.A; Mossa, J.S; Abourashed, E.A. 2007. Phytochemical and biological studies on Saudi Commiphora opobalsamum L. Natural product research. 21(5): 383-391

 

Abdel-Mogib, M.; Albar, H.A. and Batterjee, S.M. 2002. Chemistry of the Genus Plectranthus. Molecules, 7: 271-301.

 

Abd_El-Fattah, H. A contribution to the chemistry of Asphodelus fistulosus var. tenuiflorus Cav. (Part 1) 1991. Acta Pharmacologia Jugoslavia 4(2): 147-153.

 

Abdel-Mogib, M.; Ayyad, S.N.; Abou-Elzahab, M.M. and Dawridar, A.M. 1993. A sesquiterpene glucoside from Reichardia tingitana. Phytochemistry. 34(5): 1434-1435.

 

Abed, K.F. 2007. Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils of some Medicinal Plants from Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 14 (1): 53-60.

 

Adam, S.E.I. 1998. Combined toxicity of Rhazya stricata and Silene villosa in rats. Fitoterapia LXIX (5): 425-420.

 

Adam, S.E.I. 1998. Toxic effects of Francoeuria crispa in Rats. Phytotherapy Research, 12: 476-479.

 

Adam, S.E.I.; Ahmed H. Alfarhan and Al-Yahya, M.A. 2000. Effect of combined Citrullus colocynthis and Rhazya stricta use in Najdi Sheep, American Journal of Chinese Medicine, Vol. 28 (3-4): 385-390.

 

Adam, S.E.I.; Ahmed H. Alfarhan and Al-Yahya, M.A. 2001. Effects of dietary mixtures of Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. And Rhazya stricta Decne in Rats. Journal of Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants 8(4): 9-18.

 

Adam, S.E.I.; Al-Yahya, M.A. and Alfarhan, A.H. 2002. Toxicity of Nerium oleander and Rhazya stricta in Najdi sheep: Hematologic and clinicopathologic alterations. American journal of Chinese medicine, Vol. 30 (2&3), 255-262.

 

Abdel-Sattar, E.; Harraz, F.M. and El Gayed,  S.H. 2008. Antimicrobial Activity of Extracts of some Plants Collected from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, J. of King Abdulaziz Univ. Med. Sci.15(1): 25-33

 

Ageel, A. M.; Tariq, M.; Pramar, N. S.; Al-Meshal, I. A.; and Al-Said, M. A. 1985. Psychopharmacological studies on some Saudi plants, Proc. 4th South-East Asian/Western Pacific Regional Meeting of Pharmacognosists. Penang, Malaysia.

 

Ahmed, V.U. and Iqbal, S. 1993. Jamtinine, an alkaloid from Cocculus hirsutus. Phytochemistry, 33(3): 735-736.

 

Ajabnoor, M.A.; Al-Yahya, M.A.; M. Tariq and A.A. Jayyab. 1984. Anti-diabetic Activity of Teucrium oliverianum. Fitoterapia LV, (2), 227.

 

Akbar S.; Al-Yahya, M.S. 2011. Screening of Saudi plants for phyto-constituents, pharmacological and antimicrobial properties. Australian J. of Medical Herbalism 23(2): 76-87

 

Al-Ali, K.H.  & El-Badry, A.A. 2010. Anti-viral activity of two Labiatae plants (Naana-Hassoi, Habak) and Basil (Rahan) of Al-Madinah Almunawarah. Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, May: 67-73.

 

Al-Ghamdi , F.A. and Abdelwahab, A.T. 2014.  Volatile oil composition from stems, leaves and flowers of Ducrosia flabellifolia Boiss. From northern border of Saudi Arabia. International J. of applied biology and pharmaceutical technology, 5(4):  296-300

 

Al-Howiriny TA, Al-Sohaibani MO, Al-Said MS, Al-Yahya MA, El-Tahir KH, Rafatullah S. 2004. Hepatoprotective properties of Commiphora opobalsamum ("Balessan"), a traditional medicinal plant of Saudi Arabia. Drugs Exp Clin Res. 30(5-6):213-20.

 

Al-Howiriny TA, Mossa JS, Al-Said MS. 2004. Three new and two rare furanoeremophilanes from Senecio asirensis. J Asian Nat Prod Res. 6(3):167-75.

 

Al-Jaber, N.A.; Mujahid, T.G. and Hazmi, H.M. 1991: Favonoids from Atriplex farinosa- J. King Saud Univ., Sci. 3: 163-167.

 

Allen, S.E.; Grimshaw, H.M.; Parkinson, J.H. and Quarmby, C. 1974. Chemical analysis of ecological materials. Oxford, Blackwell Scientific Publication.

 

Al-Meshal, I.A.; Mekkawi, A.G.; Hifnawy, M.S.; Mossa, J.S. and Al-Yahya, M.A. 1985. Aromatic plants of Saudi Arabia. Part 10: Essential oil of Horwoodia dicksoniae Turril., Proc. Saudi Bio. Soc., 8: 163-167.

 

Al-Meshal, I.A.; Tariq, M.;  Parmar, N.S. and Ageel, A.M. 1985. Anti-inflammatory activity of the flavonoid fraction of khat (Catha edulis Forssk). Inflammation Research,  17, (3-4): 379-380

 

Al-Noaim, A.A., El-Gazzar, A.A., Rumney, T.G., Al-Koraiem, Y.S., 1991. Chemical composition of range plants in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia. Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research 9 (3): 77-92.

 

Alqahtani, S. N.; Alkholy, S.O. and Ferreira, M.P. 2014. Antidiabetic and Anticancer Potential of Native Medicinal Plants from Saudi Arabia in Polyphenols in Watson, R..R.; Preedy, V.R. and Zibadi , S. Human Health and Disease. Academic Press.

 

Al-Said MS, Ghorab MM, Al-Qasoumi SI, El-Hossary EM, Noaman E  2010. Synthesis and in vitro anticancer screening of some novel 4- [2-amino- 3-cyano- 4-substituted- 5, 6, 7, 8- tetrahydroquinolin- 1- (4H) yl]benzenesulfonamides. Eur J Med Chem.  45(7): 3011-8.

 

Al-Said, M.S. and Hifnawy, M.S. 1985. Phytochemical and Biological screening of Pergularia tomentosa L. Proc. Saudi Bio. Soc., 8: 155-161.

 

Al-Said, M.S.; Hifnawy, M.S.; McPhall, A.T. and McPhall, D.R. 1988. Ghalakinoside, a cytotoxic cardiac glycoside from Pergularia tomentosa, Phytochemistry, 27(10): 3245-3250.

 

Al-Said, M.; Mansour, S.; Abu-Jayyab, A. and Hifnawy, M.S. 1989. Biochemical Studies of ghalakinoside, a possible antitumer agent from Pergularia tomentosa, J. of Ethopharmacology 27(1/2): 235-240.

 

Aly M. El-Sayed and Al-Yahya, M. A. 1989. Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oil of Chenopodium botrys Growing in Saudi Arabia. Int. J. Crude Drug Res., 28, No.4, 158-188.

 

Al-Yahya, M.A. 1986. Phytochemical and biological studies on Saudi medicinal plants. Part 11. The major component of the spathe oil of Phoenix dactylifera. Fitoterapia LVII(2): 284-287.

 

Al-Yahya, M.A. 1986. Phytochemical Studies on the Plants Used in Traditional Medicine of Saudi Arabia. Fitoterapia 47(3), 179-182.

 

Al-Yahya M.A., Abdel-sattar E., Guittet E. 2000. Pregnane glycosides from Caralluma russeliana. J. Nat. Prod. 63, 1451-1453.

 

Al-Yahya, M.A.; Khafagy, S.; Shihata, A. Kozlowski, J.F.; Antoun, M.D. and Cassady, J.M. 1984. Phytochemical and Biological Screening of Saudi Medicinal Plants, Part 6. Isolation of 2α-Hydroxyalantolactone the Antileukemic Principle of Francoeuria crispa. J. Nat. Prod., 47 (6): 1013–1017

 

Al-Yahya, M.A.; Hifnawy,M.S.; Mossa, J.S.; Al-Meshal, I.A. & Mekkawi, A.G. 1985. Aromatic plants of Saudi Arabia. Part 7: Essential Oil of Plectranthus tenuiflorus (Vatke)Agnew. Proc. Saudi Bio. Soc. 8: 147-153.

 

Al-Yahya, M.A.; Hifnawy, M.S.; Mossa, J.S.; El-Feraly, F.S.; McPhall, D.R. and Mcphall, A.T. 1987. X-ray structure of psiadiarabin, a flavone from Psiadia arabica, Phytochemistry. 26(9): 2648-2649.

 

Al-Yahya, M.A.; Mossa, J.S.; El-Badr, A.A.; Tariq, M. and Al-Meshal, D.R. 1987. Phytochemical and biological studies on Saudi medicinal plants. Part 12. A study on Saudi plants of family Leguminosae, International J. of Crude Drug Research, 25(2): 65-71

 

Al-Yahya, M.A.; Maher M. El-Domiaty, Ibrahim A. Al-Meshal, Mansour S. Al-Said and Farouk S. El-Feraly. 1991. (+)-Dihydroperfamine: an Alkaloid from Haplophyllum tuberculatum. Int. J. Pharmacognosy, 29, No.4, 268-272.

 

Al-Yahya, M. A.; Al-Meshal I. A., Mossa J. S. al-Badr, A. A., & Tariq, M. 1990. Saudi Plants: A phytochemical and biological Approach GDRGP, KACST, Riyadh.

 

Al-Yahya, M.A.; I. Muhammad, H.H. Mirza, F.S. El-Feraly, A.T. McPhail. 1993. Neocleordane Diterpenoids and their Artifacts from Teucrium olivarainum. J. Nat. Prod., 56(6) 830-842.

 

Al-Yahya, M.A.; A.J. Al-Rehaily, M.A. Ahmed, M.S. Al-Said, F.S. El-Feraly, and C.D. Hafford. 1992. New Alkaloids from Haplophyllum tuberculatum. J. Nat. Prod., 55(7) 899-903.

 

Al-Yahya, M.A.; A.M. El-Sayed and J.S. Mossa. 1988. Potential Cancer Chemopreventive and Cytotoxic Agents from Pulicaria crispa. Journal of Natural Products, Vo.51, No.3, 621-624.

 

Al-Yahya, M.A.; Mohammed S. Hifnawy, Jaber S. Mossa, Farouk S. El-Feraly, Donald R. McPhail and Andrew T. McPhail. 1987. X-Ray Structure of Psiadiarabin, A Flavonone from Psiadia arabica. Phytochemistry, Vol. 26, No. 9, 2648-2649.

 

Al-Yahya, M.A.; M. Tariq, N.S. Parmar and A.M. Ageel. 1987.Pharmacological Investigations of Hibiscus micranthus Linn., a Febrifuge Used in Saudi Folk Medicine. Phytotherapy Research, Vol.1, No.2.

 

Al-Yahya, M.A.and M. Tariq. 1983. Studies on Caralluma penicillata. Fitoterapia LIV (1), 41.

 

Al-Yahya, M.A J.S. Mossa, A.A. Al-Badr, M. Tariq and I.A. Al-Meshal. 1987. Phytochemical and Biological Studies on Saudi Medicinal Plants: Part 12. A Study on Saudi Plants of Family "Leguminosae". Int. J. Crude Drug Res. 25, No.2, 65-71.

 

Al-Yahya, M.A.; M. Tariq, T.I. Khalifa and I. Ashraf 1983. Toxicity Studies on Caralluma penicillata - A Poisonous Plant from Saudi Arabia. Toxicon (Suppl. 3), 9-12.

 

Alyemeni, M.N.; Basahy, A.Y. & Sher, H. 2011. Physico-chemical analysis and mineral composition of some sesame seeds (Sesamum indicum L.) grown in the Gizan area of Saudi Arabia. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research 5(2): 270-274

 

Ali, A.A.; Abdullah, O.A. and Steglish, W. 1989. Chlorosesquiterpene lactones from Ambrosia maritima, Pharmazie 44(11): 800-801.

 

Aly, M.M and Bafeel, S.O. 2008. Screening for antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plants in Saudi Arabia,.African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative medicines (AJTCAM), Abstracts of the world congress on Medicinal and Aromatic plants, Cape Town.

 

Ajabnoor, M.A.; M.A. Al-Yahya, M. Tariq and A.A. 1984. Jayyab. Antidiabetic Activity of Hammada salicornica. Fitoterapia LV, (2), 107

 

Bakhiet, A.O. & Adam, S.E.I. 1996. Toxicity to Bovans Chicks of Cassia italica seeds. Phytotherapy Research 10: 156-160.

 

Bhardwaj, D.K.; Bisht, M.S.; Jain, R.K. and Munjal, A. 1982. Phenolics from the seeds of Argemone mexicana. Phytochemistry, 21(8): 2154.

 

Bokhari, F. M. 2009. Antifungal activity of some medicinal plants used in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Mycopath (2009) 7(1): 51-57

 

El-Domaity, M.M.; Feraly, F.S.; Mossa, J.S. and McPhall, A.T. 1993. Diterpenes from Psiadia arabica, Phytochemisty, 34(2): 467-471.

 

El-Dirdiri, N.I.; Barakat, S.E. and Adam, S.E.I. 1987. The combined toxicity of Aristolochia bracteolata and Cadaba rotundifolia to goats. Veterinary and Human Toxicology, 29(2): 133-137.

 

El-Feraly, F.S.; Mossa, J.; Al-Yahya, M.A.; Hafnawy, M.S.; Hafez, M.M. and Hufford, C.D. 1990. Two flavones from Psiadia arabica, Phytochemistry, 29(10): 3372-3373.

 

El-Hawary, S.S.; M.A. Al-Yahya, I.A. Al-Meshal, J.S. Mossa and M.S. Hifnawy. 1991. Aromatic Plants of Saudi Arabia, Part 13. Essential Oil of Micromeria sinaica. Int. J. Pharmacognosy, 29, No.3, 193-196.

 

El-Hawary, S.S; J.S. Mossa M.A. Al-Yahya, I.A. Al-Meshal, and M.S. Hifnawy. Aromatic Plants of Saudi Arabia, Part 12. Essential Oil of Conyza incana. Int. J. Pharmacognosy, 29, No.3, 188-192 (1991)

 

El-Sayed, A.M.; Al-Yahya, M.A.; Shaw, A.H.; Hartmann, R. and Breltmaier, E. 1990. Eurabidol and other sesquiterpeness from Euryops arabicus, Chemiker-Zeitung, 114(5): 159-160.

 

El Sayed K, Al-Said MS, El-Feraly FS, Ross SA. 2000. New quinoline alkaloids from Ruta chalepensis. J. Nat. Prod. ;63(7): 995-997.

 

Fardos M. Bokhari, F.M. 2009.  Antifungal activity of some medicinal plants used in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Mycopath 7(1): 51-57.

 

Fatani A.J., Al-Rejaie S.S., Abuohashish H.M., Al-Assaf A., Parmar M.Y., Ola M.S., Ahmed M.M. 2015. Neuroprotective effects of Gymnema sylvestre on streptozotocin-induced diabetic neuropathy in rats. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine; 9(5):1670-1678.

 

Gunasingh, C.B.G. adn Nagarajan, S. 1981.  Flavanoides of the flowers of Vernonia cinerea, Indian J. of Pharmacological Science. 43: 114.

 

Gupta, S.; Ali, M and Alam, M.S. 1993.  A naphthoquinone from Lawsonia inermis stem bark, Phytochemistry. 33(3): 723-724.

 

Hassan, M..A.; Huhtadi, F.J. and Aziz, O.A. 1977. Phytochemical investigation of Rhazya stricta growing in Saudi Arabia. Part 1. Total Alkaloidal content and TLC screening. Bull. Fac. Sci. Riayd Univ., 8: 331-339.

 

Hassan, M..A.; Mohammed A. Al-Yahya, and Jaber S. Mossa. 1987. PMR Determination of the Major Constituents of the Volatile Oil of Thymus vulgaris Growing in Saudi Arabia. Arab Gulf J. Scient. Res. Math. Phys. Sci. A5 (3) 349-358.

 

Hiffnawy, M.S. and Muhtadi, F.J. 1984. Pharmacognostical study of Lygos raetam Forssk. growing in Saudi Arabia. Proc. Saudi Bio. Soc. 7: 183-188.

 

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Mekkawi, A.G.; Mossa, J.S. & Al-Badr, A.A. 1985. Lipids of Achillea frangrantissima Forssk. Proc. Saudi Bio. Soc. 8: 141-146.

 

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Mossa, J.S.; Hafnawy, M.S.; Al-Yahya, M.A. Hafez, M.M.; Shehata, A.A. and El-Feraly, F.S. 1988. Flavanoids and coumarins from three Saudi Arabian Compositae species. International J. of Crude Drug Research, 26(4): 181-184.

 

Mossa JS, Tariq M, Mohsin A, Ageel AM, al-Yahya MA, al-Said MS, Rafatullah S. 1991. Pharmacological studies on aerial parts of Calotropis procera. Am J Chin Med. 19(3-4):223-31.

 

Mossa, J.S.;  M. Tariq, A. Mohsin, A.M. Ageel, M.A. Al-Yahya, M.S. Al-Said and S. Rafatullah. 1991. Pharmacological Studies on Aerial Parts of Calotropis Procera. American Journal of Chinesed Medicine, Vol. XIX, No.3-4, 223-231.

 

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Ady, J.; Bawayan, H.; Dagestani, F.; Al-Janadi, A.; Al-hehani, S.; Al-Qawasmi, Z.; rashwan, A.; Al-Shahrani, W. Syed, M.M. & Joma, H. 1994. Jibal Qaraqir and Jibal Ad Dubbagh conservation and the development of eco-tourism in the land of Madyan.. Nature Reserves and recreation area, Report and Master plan with guidelines. Dept. of landscape architecture, school of environmental design, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz Univ., Jeddah for NCWCD, Saudi Arabia.

 

Aleem, A.A. 1990. Impact of human activity on marine habitats along the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia. Hydrobiologia 208(1-2): 7-15

 

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Al-Walaie, A.N. 1989. Factors contributing to the degradation of the environment in central, eastern and northern Saudi Arabia. pp. 37-61 in Wildlife Conservation and devpt.in Saudi Arabia. Proc. of the first symp. NCWCD, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

Basahi, M.A.; Thomas, J.; Al-Turki, T.A.; Alfarhan, A.H.; Al-Atar, A.A. & Sivadasan, M. 2010. Current status and conservation efforts of Centaurothamnus maximus Wagenitz & Ditrich (Asteraceae), an endemic, endangered species from Saudi Arabia. Plant Archives 10(2): 807-814

 

Böer, B. 1994. Status and recovery of the intertidal vegetation after the 1991 Gulf war oil spill, Courier Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg, 166: 22-26.

 

Böer, B. 1994. Status, environmental factors and recovery of the intertidal and terrestrial vegetation between Ras az-Zaur and Abu Ali Island after the Gulf War Oil Spill. In: Establishment of a Marine Habitat and Wildlife Sanctuary for the Gulf Region. Final report for phase II: 229-253. Jubail & Frankfurt, CEC/NCWCD.

 

Böer, B. 1996. Trial planting of mangroves (Avicennia marina) and salt-marsh plants (Salicornia europaea) in oil impacted soil in the Jubail area, Saudi Arabia. pp. 186-192. In: F. Krupp, A.H. Abuzinada and I.A. Nader (eds.). A marine wildlife sanctuary for the Arabian Gulf. Environmental research and conservation following the 1991 gulf war oil spill. NCWCD, Riyadh and Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt.

 

Child, G. 1989. Socio-economic influences on renewable resource conservation, development and use in Saudi Arabia. (Unpublished report). Riyadh: NCWCD.

 

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Draz, O. 1969. The “Hema” system of range reserves in the Arabian Peninsula, its possibilities in range improvement and conservation projects in the East. FAO/PL: PFC/13.

 

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Farraj, M.M. 1989. Disturbances and dangers operating on desert vegetation in Saudi Arabia in Abuzinada, A.; Goriup, P.D. & Nader, I.A. (eds)- Wildlife conservation and development in Saudi Arabia, Proc. First Symp., NCWCD, Publi. NO. 3: 164-168.

 

Fisher, M. 1997. Decline in the Juniper woodlands of Raydah Reserve in southwestern Saudi Arabia: a response to climate change? Global Ecology and Biogeography letters 6: 379-386.

 

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Ghazanfar, S. A. and Osborne, J. 2010. Conservation and through restoration: study of a degraded gravel plain in south eastern Arabia.  Pak. J. Bot., Special Issue (S.I. Ali Festschrift) 42: 193-204

 

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Hall, M., Neale, S., Al-Abbasi, T.M. & Miller, A.G. 2010. Arabia’s Tallest Trees: Ecology, Distribution and Conservation Status of the Regionally Endangered Tree Species Mimusops laurifolia (Forssk.) Friis. Nordic Journal of Botany 28: 240-245

 

Hall, M.; Scholte, P., Al- Khulaidi, A.W.; Miller A.G.; Al-Qadasi, A.H.; Al-Farhan, A. H. & Al-Abbasi, A.M.  2009. Arabia’s last forests under threat i i : remaining fragments of unique valley forest in southwest arabia, Edinburgh Journal of Botany 66 (2): 263–281.

 

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Hall, M., Al-Khulaidi, A.W., Miller, A.G., Scholte, P. & Al-Qadasi, A.H. 2008. Arabia’s Last Forests Under Threat: Plant Biodiversity and Conservation in the Valley Forest of Jabal Bura (Yemen). Edinburgh Journal of Botany 65: 113-135.  

 

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Ministry of Agriculture and Water. 1989. Conservation of natural resources in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In: Wildlife conservation and development in Saudi Arabia. Proc. of the first symb., Riyadh Feb. 1987. NCWCD, Publi. #3: 10-17.

 

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National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development (NCWCD), 1996. Rub Al-Khali Desert – Home of ‘Uruq Bani Ma’rid Protected Area (Arabic), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

 

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National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development (NCWCD), Hunter’s Guide (Arabic), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

 

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Seddon, P.J. & Khan, A.B. 1996. At-Tubaiq Protected area Master Management Plan. NCWCD, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

 

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Zahran, M. A. & Younes, H. A. 1990: Hema system traditional conservation of plant life in Saudi Arabia. Bull. Fac. Sci. King Abdulaziz Univ. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 2: 19-41.

 

Zahran, M.A. 1975. Biogeography of mangrove vegetation along the Red Sea coast. pp. 45-51 in Proc. of the international symp. on the Biology and Management of Mangroves, Gainsville.

 

 

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Abedin, S. 1986. Contribution to the flora of Saudi Arabia III. A new species of Caylusea (Resedaceae). Willdenowia 15: 433-436.

 

Abedin, S. 2005. The validation of Hibiscus micranthus L.f. var. Alii S. Abedin and Euphoria abdulghafooriana S. Abedin, Pak. J. Bot., 37(1): 31-32.

 

Abedin, S.A., Al-Yahya, M.A., Chaudhary, S.A., Mossa, J.S. 1991. Contributions to the flora of Saudi Arabia. Part 2. A revision of the family Solanaceae. Pak. J. Bot. 23 (2) 257-282.

 

Abedin, S.A., Mossa, J.S., Al-Yahya, M.A. 1985. Contributions to the flora of Saudi Arabia. Part. 1. Some new records J. Pharm. Univ. Karachi. 4 (1): 1-7.

 

Abo-Hassan, A.A. 1981. Rangeland Management in Saudi Arabia. Rangelands, 3(2): 51-53.

 

Abulfatih, H.A. & Nasher, A.K. 1988. Rare and endangered succulent plants in southwestern Saudi Arabia. Arab Gulf J. Sci. Res. Agri. Bio. Sci., B6: 399-408.

 

Abuzinada, A.H.; Hawksworth, D.L. & Bokhary, H.A. 1986. The lichens of Saudi Arabia with a key to the species reported. Arab Gulf J. Sci. Res. 2: 1-51

 

Airy Shaw, H.K. 1973. J.C. Willis’s A dictionary of the flowering plants and ferns (eighth edition). Cambridge University Press.

 

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Akram Ali, Alfarhan, A.H.; Ernest Robinson, and Ibrahim Aldjain 2008. Pattern of survival and mortality of Avicennia marina population grown at Aljubail area in Saudi Arabia coast of the Arabian Gulf. American J. Agricultural and Biological Sciences (USA), 3(3): 610-616.

 

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Al-Abbasi, T.M., Hall, M., Miller, A.G., Rae, D., Al-Wetaid, A.H., Al-Harbi, R.J Al-Shammari, K.H, Llewellyn, O & Morris, L. 2009. The Wadi Jawrah Mimusops Garden: A New Botanic Garden in Saudi Arabia. Sibbaldia 7: 181-196.

 

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Al-Eisawi, D.M. and Al-Ruzayza, S. 2015. Flora of holy Mecca district, Saudi Arabia. Int. J. of Biodiversity and Conservation. .7(3):  173-189.

 

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Alfarhan, A. 2001. A floristic account on Raudhat Khuraim, Central Province Saudi Arabia.  Saudi Journal Biological Science 8(1): 80-103.

 

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Alfarhan, A. H. 2002. Revision of the genus Lepidium L. in Saudi Arabia. – Journal of King Saud Univ (Science) 15(2): 103-115.

 

Alfarhan, A.H 1994. Family Convolvulaceae in Saudi Arabia.  Bio. Sci. 3: 141-232.

 

Alfarhan, A.H. 1991. Two new Convolvulus taxa from the Arabian Peninsula. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 106: 259-263.

 

Alfarhan, A.H.1993. A new species of Convolvulus (Convolvulaceae) from Saudi Arabia  Brittonia, 45(2):169-171

 

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Physiology                                                                                                                                                         TOP

 

Abdel-Aziz, M. H. and Abohassan, A.A. (1982).  Effect of drip irrigation on root development of newly planted trees.  J. Coll. Agric. King Saud     Univ. 4: 91-104.

 

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Masrahi, Y. S.; Al-Yemeni, M. N.; Al-Turki, T. A. 2011. Ecophysiological mechanisms of succulent survival in natural conditions: photosynthetic carbon fixation in Caralluma acutangula (Decne.) Nebr. (Asclepiadaceae). Polish J. of Ecology. 59(3): 437-442

 

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Biotechnology                                                                                                                                                   TOP   

 

Al-Qurainy, F.; Khan, S.; Al-Hemaid, F.M.; Ajmal Ali, M. Tarroum, M. and  Ashraf, M. 2011. Assessing Molecular Signature for Some Potential Date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Cultivars from Saudi Arabia, Based on Chloroplast DNA Sequences rpoB and psbA-trnH. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2011, 12, 6871-6880.

 

Al-Qurainy, F. 2002. Comparative study between four date palm cultivars produced by tissue culture and offshoots origin by RAPD technology. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 13(1).

 

Hameed, M; Ashraf, M.; Naz, N.; Al-Qurainy, F. 2011. Anatomical adaptations of Cynodon dactylon L pers., from the salt range Pakistan, to salinity stress. I. root and stem anatomy Pak. J. Bot., 42(1): 279-289, 2010.

 

Molecular Biology                                                                                                                                             TOP

 

Aaklabi, A.; Arif, I.A.; Bafeel, S.O.; Alfarhan, A.H.; Ahamed, A.; Thomas, J.  and Bakir, M. A. 2014.  Nucleotide based validation of the endangered plant Diospyros mespiliformis (Ebenaceae) by evaluating short sequence region of plastid rbcL gene.  Plant Omics Journal 7(2):102-107.

 

Arif, I.A.; Bakir, M.A.; Khan, H.A.; Alfarhan, A.H.; Al Homaidan, A.A.; Bahkali, A.H.; Al Sadoon, M.  and Shobrak, M. 2010. A brief review of molecular techniques to assess plant diversity. Int. J. Mol. Sci.11: 2079-2096.

 

Al-Qurainy, F.; Alameri, AA ; Khan, S. 2010. RAPD profile for the assessment of genotoxicity on a medicinal plant; Eruca sativa. J. of Medicinal plants research. 4(7): 579-586.

 

Al-Qurainy, F,; Khan, S.; Nadeem, M.; Tarroum, M. Al-Ameri, A. 2014. Selection of DNA barcoding loci and phylogenetic study of a medicinal and endemic plant, Plectranthus asirensis JRI Wood from Saudi Arabia. Genetics and molecular research 13(3): 6184-6190.

 

Alaklabi, A.; Arif, I.; Bafeel, S.; Khan, H. Alfarhan, A.; Ahamed, A. Thomas, J. and Bakir. M. 2012. Characterization of regionally endangered tree species Mimusops laurifolia (Forssk.) Friis by rbcL gene sequence and RAPD profile, International Journal of Molecular Sciences Vol.4 (3): 29-37.

 

Bafeel, S.O.; Alaklabi, A.; Arif, I.A.; Khan, H.A.; Alfarhan, A.H.; Ahamad, A.; Thomas, J.; Bakir, M.A. 2012. Ribulose-1, 5-biphosphate carboxylase (rbcL) gene sequence and random amplification of polymorphic DNA  (RAPD) profile of regionally endangered tree species Copteosperma graveolens ssp. arabicum (S.Moore) Degreef. Plant Omics Journal 5(3): 285-290.

 

Khan, S.; Mirza, K.J.; Abdin, M.Z. 2011. DNA fingerprinting for the authentication of Ruta graveolens. African J. of Biotechnology 10(44): 8709-8715.

 

Khan, S; Al-Qurainy, F; Nadeem, M; Tarroum, M. 2012. Development of genetic markers for Ochradenus arabicus (Resedaceae), an endemic medicinal plant of Saudi Arabia . Genetics and Molecular Research. 11(2): 1300-1308.

 

Khan, S.; Al-Qurainy, F .; Nadeem, M.; Tarroum, M. 2013. Selection of chloroplast DNA markers for the development of DNA barcode and reconstruction of Senecio asirensis Boulos and J.R.I. Wood. Pak. J. Bot., 45(2): 703-710    

 

Al-Qurainy, F; Khan, S; Al-Hemaid, F.M.; Ali, MA; Tarroum, M.; Ashraf, M. 2011. Assessing Molecular Signature for Some Potential Date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Cultivars from Saudi Arabia, Based on Chloroplast DNA Sequences rpoB and psbA-trnH. International J. of Molecular  Sciences 12(10): 6871-6880.

 

Khan, S.; Mirza, K.J.; Al-Qurainy, F; Abdin, M.Z.  2011. Authentication of the medicinal plant Senna angustifolia by RAPD profiling. Saudi J. of Biological Sciences. 18(3): 287-292.

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