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Table 6 Ranking of top 20 cited Integrative & Complementary Medicine articles from Arab world

From: Scientific publications from Arab world in leading journals of Integrative and Complementary Medicine: a bibliometric analysis

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Title

Authors-Year

Source title

Cited by

1st

Phytotherapy of hypertension and diabetes in oriental Morocco

Ziyyat et al. 1997

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

148

2nd

Screening of some Palestinian medicinal plants for antibacterial activity

Essawi and srour 2000

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

144

3rd

Hypoglycaemic effect of Artemisia herba alba. II. Effect of a valuable extract on some blood parameters in diabetic animals.

Al-Shamaony et al. 1994

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

139

4th

Studies on the antimicrobial activity of Nigella sativa seed (black cumin)

Hanafy and Hatem 1991

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

116

5th

The anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic activity of Nigella sativa

Al-Ghamdi 2001

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

113

6th

Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants used for the treatment of diabetes mellitus, hypertension and cardiac disease in the south-east region of Morocco (Tafilalet)

Eddouks et al. 2002

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

101

7th

Ethnobotanical survey in the Palestinian area: a classification of the healing potential of medicinal plants

Ali-Shtayeh et al. 2000

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

98

7th

Anti-nociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects of some Jordanian medicinal plant extracts

Atta and Alkofahi 1998

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

98

7th

Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used for the treatment of diabetes, cardiac and renal diseases in the North centre region of Morocco (Fez-Boulemane)

Jouad et al. 2001

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

98

10th

Repertory of standard herbal drugs in the Moroccan pharmacopoea.

Bellakhdar et al. 1991

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

94

11th

Antimicrobial activity of 20 plants used in folkloric medicine in the Palestinian area

Ali-Shtayeh et al. 1998

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

93

12th

Ethnopharmacological survey of plants used in the traditional treatment of hypertension and diabetes in south-eastern Morocco (Errachidia province)

Tahraoui et al. 2007

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

91

12th

Chemical composition, antibacterial and antifungal activities of the essential oil of Haplophyllum tuberculatum from Oman

Al-Burtamani et al. 2005

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

91

12th

Screening of Yemeni medicinal plants for antibacterial and cytotoxic activities

Ali et al. 2001

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

91

15th

Potential antimalarial candidates from African plants: and in vitro approach using Plasmodium falciparum

Khalid et al. 1986

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

88

16th

Evaluation of mastic, a crude drug obtained from Pistacia lentiscus for gastric and duodenal anti-ulcer activity.

Alsaid et al. 1986

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

84

17th

Thymoquinone attenuates ifosfamide-induced Fanconi syndrome in rats and enhances its antitumor activity in mice

Badary 1999

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

78

18th

Chemical composition and antifungal activity of essential oils of seven Moroccan Labiatae against Botrytis cinerea Pers : Fr.

Bouchra et al. 2003

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

77

19th

Screening of selected indigenous plants of Lebanon for antimicrobial activity

Barbour et al. 2004

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

69

20th

The effect of Nigella sativa oil against the liver damage induced by Schistosoma mansoni infection in mice

Mahmoud et al. 2002

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

69

  1. Abbreviation: SCR Standard Competition Ranking
  2. aEqual articles have the same ranking number, and then a gap is left in the ranking numbers