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DOI	10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.04.020
	Herbal remedies and traditional knowledge of the Tuareg community in the region of Illizi (Algerian Sahara)
	Miara, Mohamed Djamel 1,2; Teixidor-Toneu, Irene 3; Sahnoun, Tahar 1; Bendif, Hamdi 4; Hammou, Mohammed Ait 1,2
通讯作者	Miara, Mohamed Djamel
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS
ISSN	0140-1963
EISSN	1095-922X
出版年	2019
卷号	167 页码:65-73
英文摘要	This study is the first ethnobotanical investigation of Tuareg communities from the region of Illizi in the Algerian Sahara. The study aims to highlight the unique floristic diversity used in their traditional medicine. Ethnobotanical surveys were conducted with 120 Tuareg nomads, mostly old and illiterate men, using free listing and structured interviews. Field data were organised in Use Reports (URs) and analysed using the Informant Consensus Factor. We identified 118 medicinal plants belonging to 43 botanical families dominated by Asteraceae, Fabaceae and Poaceae. The Tuareg use leaves in infusion as the most common preparation method. The species most often mentioned in the surveys are Salvadora persica L., Peganum harmala L. and Anvillea garcinii subsp. radiata (Coss. & Durieu) Anderb. Gastrointestinal system disorders are the ailments most commonly treated with herbal medicine. The treatment of cancer has the highest consensus among the community. This pathology is treated only by Ephedra alata subsp. alenda (Stapf) Trab. The analysis of the results in comparison with the available literature in Algeria and neighbouring countries led us to identify 21 new medicinal plants as well as 65 plants with new uses. We evaluated the originality of the ethnobotanical knowledge of the Tuareg community using a comparative approach with two populations geographically close, the Arabic-speaking nomads of the Algerian steppe and the Egyptian Bedouins with whom they share a nomadic way of life. Plants shared with Algerian nomad neighbours are those available in markets and used also for culinary and aromatic purposes, but plants shared with Bedouin communities are mostly non-cultivated desert plants. We conclude that Tuareg use medicinally many plants specific to their environment in unique ways.
英文关键词	Algeria Desert Ethnoflora Ethnomedicine Nomadism Steppe
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Algeria ; Norway
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000471082000008
WOS关键词	ANVILLEA-RADIATA COSS. ; MEDICINAL-PLANTS ; ETHNOBOTANICAL SURVEY ; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL SURVEY ; IN-VITRO ; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES ; FOLK MEDICINE ; WEST-BANK ; EXTRACT ; MOROCCO
WOS类目	Ecology ; Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/216760
作者单位	1.Univ Ibn Khaldoun, Fac Nat & Life Sci, Dept Nat & Life Sci, Tiaret 14000, Algeria; 2.Univ Ibn Khaldoun, Lab Agrobiotechnol & Nutr Semiarid Areas, Tiaret 14000, Algeria; 3.Univ Oslo, Nat Hist Museum, Oslo, Norway; 4.Mohamed Boudiaf Univ, Nat & Life Sci Dept, Msila, Algeria
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Miara, Mohamed Djamel,Teixidor-Toneu, Irene,Sahnoun, Tahar,et al. Herbal remedies and traditional knowledge of the Tuareg community in the region of Illizi (Algerian Sahara)[J],2019,167:65-73.
APA	Miara, Mohamed Djamel,Teixidor-Toneu, Irene,Sahnoun, Tahar,Bendif, Hamdi,&Hammou, Mohammed Ait.(2019).Herbal remedies and traditional knowledge of the Tuareg community in the region of Illizi (Algerian Sahara).JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS,167,65-73.
MLA	Miara, Mohamed Djamel,et al."Herbal remedies and traditional knowledge of the Tuareg community in the region of Illizi (Algerian Sahara)".JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS 167(2019):65-73.