After publication of this chapter, it was brought to the Editors’ attention that there were potentially several serious concerns regarding questions of originality

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The chapter: Apharsemon, Myrrh and Olibanum: Ancient Medical Plants appearing in: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of the Middle-East, 2014, pp 67–150, has been retracted because it contains a significant amount of material from a previously published manuscript without acknowledging the source. The previously published manuscript that has been duplicated in this chapter is: 1. Spices: Frankincense, Myrrh, and Balm of Gilead: Ancient Spices of Southern Arabia and Judea (Shimshon Ben-Yehoshua, Carole Borowitz, and Lumír Ondøej Hanus) Horticulture Reviews Volume 39, DOI: 10.1002/9781118100592.ch1. Copyright © 2012 Wiley-Blackwell.