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Some ethnomedicinal and aromatic plants used for the treatment of cancers/tumors, with special reference to its scientific validations / Amner Muñoz-Acevedo, María C. González, Sandra M. Rodríguez, Martha Cervantes-Díaz and Carlos E. Díaz -- Use of ethnomedicinal herbs to treat and manage schistosomiasis in Zimbabwe: past trends and future directions / Alfred Maroyi -- Ethnomedicinal plants used in the management of hypertension / Patricia Landazuri, Nelsy Loango Chamorro, and Beatriz Restrepo Cortes -- Plants used for central nervous system disorders by Brazilian Indians / Priscila Yazbek, Thamara Sauini, Fernando Cassas, Giuseppina Negri, and Eliana Rodrigues -- Ethnobotanical retrospective and features of the multipurpose plant Genipa americana (Rubiaceae) / Kyria Cilene de Andrade Bortoleti, Roberta Lane de Oliveira Silva, Silvany de Sousa Araújo, Ana Christina Brasileiro-Vidal, and Ana Maria Benko-Iseppon -- Paramela (Adesmia boronioides Hook. f.): from popular uses to commercialization / Silvia B. González, Ana H. Ladio, Bruno Gastaldi, Fresia Melina Silva Sofrás, Ariel Mazzoni, and Gustavo Sánchez -- The genus Vismia: geographical distribution, chemical composition, and recent biological studies / Janne Rojas and Alexis Buitrago -- Curcuma longa L.: from ethnomedicinal to novel biomedical applications / Mahendra Rai, Avinash Ingle, Raksha Pandit, Priti Paralikar, Farkhanda Rehman, Netra anasane, Pramod Ingle, and Suneesh Buxy -- Medicinal plants of the Khyang tribe of Bandarban District, Bangladesh / Md. Shahadat Hossan, Christophe Wiart, Emratul Jannat, Abu Hanif, Prozzal Roy, Taufiq Rahman, Rownak Jahan, Tracey D. Bradshaw, and Mohammed Rahmatullah -- Management of cardiovascular diseases and related complications using traditional herbs and spices / Kavisha Mooroteea and Fawzi Mahomoodally -- Use of ethnomedicinal plants in primary health care / Nélida Soria Rey -- Secondary metabolites of some ethnomedicinal plants of Arunachal Pradesh, India / Pallab