Crude Drugs of Unani Medicine (eBook, ePUB)

Volume 2: Phytochemistry and Pharmacology Aspects
Redaktion: Makbul, Shaikh Ajij Ahmad; Akhtar, Mohd. Sayeed; Azmi, Shamim Irshad

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This novel two-volume compilation presents scientific knowledge pertaining to the utilization of crude drugs, encompassing data on pharmacology and phytochemistry, ethnomedical applications, as well as the influence of adulterants and substitutes on human health for the prevention, treatment, and management of diseases.

Volume 1: Application and Utility for Human Welfare explores both the theoretical and practical aspects of potential medicinal plants and their bioactive compounds, either used individually or in combination within drug formulations, to combat a broad spectrum of chronic ailments, such as skin diseases, liver disorders, musculoskeletal conditions, reproductive system dysfunctions, immunological aberrations, and various other health issues.

Volume 2: Phytochemistry and Pharmacology Aspects provides a comprehensive understanding of the pharmacology, phytochemistry, and pharmacovigilance of medicinal plants utilized in the traditional Unani system of medicine. It discusses the extensive range of possibilities presented by traditional medicine that enables the utilization of potential therapeutic agents in the form of standardized extracts, in conjunction with other herbs or as isolated bioactive constituents. These agents possess diverse properties such as antiparasitic, antifungal, antiviral, antibacterial, antioxidant, and anticancer activities, which can be utilized as drug treatments for various systemic disorders.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 410
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040380369
• Artikelnr.: 75178997

Autorenporträt

Shaikh Ajij Ahmad Makbul, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ilmul Advia (Pharmacology) at National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He also worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ilmul Advia (Pharmacology) at State Unani Medical College and Hospital in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is the author or co-author of more than 30 review and research articles published in journals of national and international repute. He has also published six book chapters and four books (in Urdu). His book Advia aur Aamal-e-Dawasazi (Drugs and Pharmaceutical Procedures) has received an award from Urdu Academy, Uttar Pradesh, in 2022. His research interests include plant identification, toxicity studies, experimental pharmacology, and photochemistry in Unani medicine. He was awarded his MD and PhD from the National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM), Bangalore, India. Shamim Irshad Azmi, MD, is presently working as Associate Professor at State Takmeel Ut-Tib College and Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. He was formerly an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ilmul Advia at the National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM), Bangalore; an Associate Professor in the Department of Ilmul Advia (Pharmacology) at State Unani Medical College and Hospital, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, and a Principal at Jamia Tibbiya Deoband Unani Medical College, Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has more than 13 years of teaching and research experience in Unani history, pharmacology, pharmacy, and experimental pharmacology. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 articles and 16 books, contributed more than 25 chapters (in Urdu), and translated many manuscripts from Arabic to Urdu related to Unani medicine. He has also published more than 12 research and review articles in national and international peer-reviewed indexed journals. He is also a reviewer for many national and international journals and editor of many national journals of Unani medicine. He completed his MD at the National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM), Bangalore, India. Mohd. Sayeed Akhtar, PhD, is Senior Assistant Professor at Gandhi Faiz-e-Aam College, Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. He received his PhD degree from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, India, in 2008, prior to conducting postdoctoral research at the Botanical Institute, University of Basel (BIB), Switzerland, and Chonbuk National University (CBNU), Republic of Korea. He was formerly an Assistant Professor at Jimma University and Fellow Researcher at Universiti Putra Malaysia's (UPM) Institute of Tropical Agriculture. He has been listed among the top 2% of scientists in the world consecutively for the past three years, according to Stanford University in the United States. Dr. Akhtar is the author and co-author of more than 150 articles in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, as well as book chapters, and 21 edited books with international publishers. He has received numerous honors and awards including the Albert Nelson Marquis Award (2018) from the Marquis Who's Who Society, USA; and Teacher Innovation Award (2019 & 2022) from ZIIEI, Sri Arvindo Society, Puducherry, India. In addition to this, he is member of the International Society for Development and Sustainability, Japan, Fellow of the Plantae Group of the American Society of Plant Biologists, and member of the International Society of Environmental Relationship and Sustainability, Chennai, India, and International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Application (ISAAA), Manila, Republic of the Philippines. He is serving the scientific community as an editorial board member and reviewer for several high-impact international journals. His current work focuses on the molecular biotechnology, bioremediation, biomineralization, nano-fertilizers, and nanobiotechnology of rhizospheric plant-microbe interactions.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: PHYTOCHEMISTRY AND PHARMACOLOGY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS 1.
Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Aromatic Medicinal Plants Used in the
Unani Medicare System 2. Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Plant Galls and
Excrescence Used in the Unani System of Medicine 3. Parmelia:
Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, and Medicinal Uses 4. Morus: Phytochemistry,
Pharmacology, and Medicinal Uses of the Mulberry Family PART II:
PHYTOCHEMISTRY AND PHARMACOLOGY OF DRUGS 5. Pharmacology of Immunomodulator
and Antiviral Drugs Used in the Unani System of Medicine 6. Phytochemistry
and Pharmacology of Antiulcer Drugs Utilized in the Unani System of
Medicine7. Pharmacology of Natural Psychotropic Drugs Used in Unani Medical
Practice PART III: PHYTOCHEMISTRY AND PHARMACOLOGY OF AQUATIC PLANTS AND
PHARMACOVIGILANCE 8. Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Aquatic Plants Used
in the Unani System of Medicine 9. Pharmacovigilance of Unani Medicine
PART IV: PHARMACOLOGY OF ANIMAL ORIGIN DRUGS 10. Animal Origin Drugs in
Unani Medicine: Pharmacology and Potency 11. Phytopharmacology and Methods
of Production of Lac (Kerria lacca Kerr.) Used in the Unani System of
Medicine