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Allied J Med Res 2017
Volume 1 Issue 2
Herbal Medicine 2017
September 01-02, 2017 London, UK
3
rd
International Conference and Expo on
Herbal & Alternative Medicine
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Importance of ethnobotanic survey in
Tamanrasset (Saharan region) in the south of
Algeria face to climate changes
Chabane Djamila
University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algeria
T
he ethnobotanical survey conducted in Ahaggar
(south part of Algeria) has showed very rich arid areas
of various plant species composed by trees and herbs
used in traditional medicine. The investigation carried
out (2012-2015) has listed over than 50 wild local plants
with therapeutic effects according to different ailments.
On the other hand, the traditional healers of these arid
areas use some of them in the treatment of numerous
health problems (digestive, diabetes, skin infections,
external scorpion stings and snake bites). Currently,
the arid regions as Tamanrasset are facing serious
challenges due to lack of sufficient water and increase of
drought conditions, which could have substantial negative
effects on the harvest yield of agriculture and impact the
morphology of organs (roots, stem and leaves), anatomy
structures and biodiversity development of many plant
species which was used in herbal medicine. Tamanrasset,
is known as an oasis city in Ahaggar Mountains located
in Southern Algeria an altitude of 1,320 m with very high
temperatures of over 47°Cwith an interesting development
of various plants just after raining. Climate changes and
the phenomena of degradation by desertification of the
in heritage enable a variation in the number of medicinal
plants and their morphological and anatomical characters
with a consequent disappearance or change in occurrence
of many medicinally useful species, thus depriving rural
communities of their benefits. It is useful to protect the
flora and the Tuareg’s traditional knowledge.
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