Greco-Arab and Islamic herbal medicine : traditional system, ethics, safety, efficacy, and regulatory issues

This book presents a systematic review on traditional Arab herbal medicine including historical background, medical innovations introduced by Arab physicians, common roots of Arab medicine and western medicine, methodology of drug discovery and therapy in Arabic and Islamic medicine, a state-of-the-art description of traditional Arab herbal medicine, and evidence-based safety and efficacy of Arab and Islamic medicines. The usage of modern cell biological, biochemical, in vitro and in vivo techniques for the evaluation of medicinal plant safety and efficacy is also discussed. The toxicity of herbal formulations safety, quality assurances, and chemical analytical techniques are introduced in this book.

Author Notes

Bashar Saad, PHD, IS Professor of Cell Biology and Immunology at the Arab American University-Jenin, Palestine, and Director of the Qasemi Research Center at Al-Qasemi Academic College, Baqa Algharbiya; Israel. He made a significant contribution in combining cell otology, immunology, and 3D cell cutture techniques with Arab-Islamic herbal wisdom. His research interests include anti-inflammatory and anticancer properties of medicinal plants. He has written more than fifty original papers as well as review articles and book chapters on Arab-Islamic herbal medicine.

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
1 An Overview of Greco-Arab and Islamic Herbal Medicine	p. 1
2 History of Greco-Arab and Islamic Medicine	p. 17
3 Herbal Medicine	p. 47
4 The Arab-Islamic Roots of Western Medicine	p. 71
5 Contributions of Arab and Islamic Scholars to Modern Pharmacology	p. 87
6 Natural Drugs in Greco-Arabic and Islamic Medicine	p. 101
7 Method of Therapy in Greco-Arab and Islamic Medicine	p. 123
8 Commonly Used Herbal Medicines in the Mediterranean	p. 149
9 The Current State of Knowledge of Arab Herbal Medicine	p. 229
10 Greco-Arab and Islamic Medicine Practiced Outside the Middle East	p. 253
11 Biosafety of Herbal Medicine	p. 273
12 Arab Medicinal Plants: From Traditional Uses to Scientific Knowledge	p. 303
13 Modern In Vitro Test Systems	p. 339
14 Modern In Vivo Evaluations and Clinical Trials	p. 379
15 Medical Ethics in Arab and Islamic Medicine	p. 411
16 Medicinal Herbs and Extracting Their Active Ingredients	p. 425
17 Food Therapy	p. 441
18 Drug Development from Herbal Sources	p. 477
19 Herbal Remedies: Use and Demographic and Regulatory Issues	p. 499
Appendix A Plant Naming	p. 519
Index	p. 523

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