Greco-Arab and Islamic Herbal Medicine : Traditional System, Ethics, Safety, Efficacy, and Regulatory Issues / by Bashar Saad, Omar Said. [electronic resource] Saad, Bashar. Said, Omar. Medicine, Arab. Medicine, Greek and Roman. Herbs Therapeutic use. Medicinal plants. Phytotherapy. Drug Evaluation. Herbal Medicine history. Medicine, Arabic. Plant Preparations pharmacology. Plant Preparations standards. R143 .S23 2011 610 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. 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 he. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2011. ©2011. 2011 Text 1 online resource (xi, 533 pages, [16] pages of plates) : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470944363 eng Greco-Arab and Islamic herbal medicine. Greco-Arab and Islamic herbal medicine.