The state of the art of traditional Arab herbal medicine in the Eastern region of the Mediterranean: A review

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 229-235

  Azaizeh, Hassan ^a,c   Saad, Bashar ^a,b   Khalil, Khalid ^a   Said, Omar ^a  

^a Galilee Society   (Israel)

^b ARAB AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c R and D Center GS   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab herbal medicine; Bioactive ingredients; Ethnopharmacology; Medicinal herbs

Indexed keywords

ALHAGI MAURORUM EXTRACT; ASTRAGALUS EXTRACT; ASTRAGALUS MACROCARPUS EXTRACT; CERATONIA SILIQUA EXTRACT; CICHORIUM PUMILIUM EXTRACT; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS EXTRACT; ERYNGIUM CRETICUM EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; JUGLANS REGIA EXTRACT; LUPINUS VARIUS EXTRACT; MANDRAGORA AUTUMNALIS EXTRACT; MERCURIALIS ANNUA EXTRACT; MORUS NIGRA EXTRACT; PARONYCHIA ARGENTEA EXTRACT; PINUS HALEPENSIS EXTRACT; PROSOPIS FARCTA EXTRACT; QUERCUS CALLIPRINOS EXTRACT; RHAMNUS EXTRACT; SALVIA FRUTICOSA EXTRACT; SARCOPOTERIUM SPINOSUM EXTRACT; SMILAX ASPERA EXTRACT; TEUCRIUM POLIUM EXTRACT; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARAB; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; LIBIDO DISORDER; MARKETING; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 33745712171     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nel034     Document Type: Review

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