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Date Title
2023 A Review of the Anti-Obesity Effects of Wild Edible Plants in the Mediterranean Diet and Their Active Compounds: From Traditional Uses to Action Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets
2023 The Molecular Mechanisms of Anti-Obesity Medicinal Plants
2023 Management of Obesity-Related Inflammatory and Cardiovascular Diseases by Medicinal Plants: From Traditional Uses to Therapeutic Targets
2023 Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Adipogenesis Effects of Alchemilla vulgaris L., Salvia officinalis L., and Vitis vinifera L. in THP-1-Derived Macrophages and 3T3-L1 Cell Line
2022 Prevention and Treatment of Obesity-Related Inflammatory Diseases by Edible and Medicinal Plants and Their Active Compounds
2022 Modulatory Effects of Leave and Fruit Extracts of Ficus sycomorus on Cytostatic and Inflammatory Mediators in Monocultures and Co-cultures of Human Keratinocyte (HaCat) and Human Monocyte (THP-1) Cell Lines
2022 Antidiabesity Middle Eastern Medicinal Plants and Their Action Mechanisms
2022 Phytochemical analysis, cytostatic, cytotoxic, and anti-inflammatory effects of Arum palaestinum, Ocimum basilicum, and Trigonella foenum-graecum in human monocytic cell line (THP-1)-derived macrophages
2022 Anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and vasoconstriction activities of an anti-hemorrhoidal mixture of Alchemilla vulgaris, Conyza bonariensis, and Nigella sativa: In vitro and clinical evaluations
2022 Anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and vasoconstriction activities of an anti-hemorrhoidal mixture of Alchemilla vulgaris, Conyza bonariensis, and Nigella sativa: In vitro and clinical evaluations
2021 Metabolic and epigenetics action mechanisms of antiobesity medicinal plants and phytochemicals
2020 Natural Drugs in Greco-Arabic and Islamic Medicine.
2020 Contributions of Scholars from the Muslim Civilisation to Pharmacology
2020 In vitro and a randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial to determine the efficacy and safety of nine anti-acne medicinal plants
2020 An Overview of Greco-Arab and Islamic Herbal Medicine
2019 In Vitro Evaluation of the Potential Use of Propolis as a Multitarget Therapeutic Product: Physicochemical Properties, Chemical Composition, and Immunomodulatory, Antibacterial, and Anticancer Properties
2019 Chemical Analysis and Cytotoxic and Cytostatic Effects of Twelve Honey Samples Collected from Different Regions in Morocco and Palestine
2019 Metabolic and Epigenetic Action Mechanisms of Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants
2017 Introduction to Medicinal Plant Safety and Efficacy
2017 Herbal-Derived Anti-obesity Compounds and Their Action Mechanisms
2017 Prevention and Treatment of Obesity-Related Diseases by Diet and Medicinal Plants
2017 Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants
2017 Obesity increases the risk for many pathological processes including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular diseases, and certain types of cancer. Thus, obesity mitigation strategies should take into account these secondary patholog
2017 Hypoglycemic and Anti-obesity Polyherbal Mixtures
2017 Anti-obesity Medicinal Plants
2017 Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants and Their Mechanisms of Action
2017 Introduction to Diabetes and Obesity
2017 阿拉伯传统草药安全性研究述评
2017 In vitro evaluation of anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects of Asparagus aphyllus L., Crataegus azarolus L., and Ephedra alata Decne. in monocultures and co-cultures of HepG2 and THP-1-derived macrophages
2016 In vitro evaluation of anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects of Asparagus officinalis, Crataegus Oxyacantha, and Ephedra alata in monocultures and co-cultures of HepG2 and THP-1-derived macrophages
2016 Biosynthesis and Stability of Anthocyanins
2016 The Role of Anthocyanins in Obesity and Diabetes
2016 Anthocyanins Absorption and Metabolism
2016 The Role of Anthocyanins in Health as Antioxidant, in Bone Health and as Heart Protecting Agents
2016 Anthocyanins as Natural Colors
2016 Introduction to Anthocyanins
2016 Anthocyanins Effects on Carcinogenesis, Immune System and the Central Nervous System
2016 Anthocyanins and human health: Biomolecular and Therapeutic Aspects
2016 In vitro evaluation of anti-diabetic activity and cytotoxicity of chemically analysed Ocimum basilicum extracts
2016 Potential risks associated with traditional herbal medicine use in cancer care: A study of Middle Eastern oncology health care professionals
2016 Analysis of PI3K pathway components in human cancers
2016 Occurrence of Anthocyanins in Plants
2016 Hypericum triquetrifolium Extracts Modulate IL-6, IL-10 and TNF-α Protein and mRNA Expression in LPS-Activated Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells and THP-1-Derived Macrophages
2016 Natural Active Ingredients for Diabetes and Metabolism Disorders Treatment
2016 Diet and Herbal-Derived Medicines
2016 Anthocyanins and human health: biomolecular and therapeutic aspects
2015 Integration of complementary medicine in supportive cancer care: survey of health-care providers’ perspectives from 16 countries in the Middle East
2015 In vitro assessments of cytotoxic and cytostatic effects of Asparagus aphyllus, Crataegus aronia, and Ephedra alata in monocultures and co-cultures of Hepg2 and THP-1-derived macrophages
2015 In vitro assessment of cytotoxic, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of leaves from two grape varieties collected from arid and temperate regions in Palestine
2015 Integrating traditional Greco‐Arab and Islamic diet and herbal medicines in research and clinical practice
2015 Integration of complementary medicine in supportive cancer care: survey of health-care providers ’ perspectives from 16 countries in the Middle East
2015 In vitro evaluations of anti-diabetic activity and cytotoxicity of chemically analysed
2015 Medicinal Plants and Natural Active Compounds for Diabetes and/or Obesity Treatment
2015 Greco-Arab and Islamic diet therapy: Tradition, research and practice
2015 Modeling integrative oncology care program for Arab patients in north Israel: towards quality of life improvement during chemotherapy
2015 In vitro Evaluations of Cytotoxicity and Anti-inflammatory Effects of Peganum harmala Seed Extracts in THP-1-derived Macrophages
2014 Greco-Arab and Islamic Herbal Medicine: A Review
2014 Stepping from traditional to integrative medicine: perspectives of Israeli-Arab patients on complementary medicine's role in cancer care
2013 In vitro evaluations of cytotoxicity of eight antidiabetic medicinal plants and their effect on GLUT4 translocation
2013 Research Article In Vitro Evaluations of Cytotoxicity of Eight Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants and Their Effect on GLUT4 Translocation
2012 State of the art of diabetes treatment in Greco-Arab and islamic medicine
2012 Tradition and perspectives of diabetes treatment in Greco-Arab and Islamic medicine
2012 Complementary and integrative oncology in the cross-cultural region of the middle East and South Asia
2011 Greco-Arab and Islamic herbal-derived anticancer modalities: From tradition to molecular mechanisms
2011 Weight loss in animals and humans treated with “weighlevel”, a combination of four medicinal plants used in traditional arabic and islamic medicine
2011 Color Plates
2011 Hypericum triquetrifoliumDerived Factors Downregulate the Production Levels of LPS-Induced Nitric Oxide and Tumor Necrosis Factor-in THP-1 Cells
2011 Diabetes prevention and treatment with Greco-Arab And Islamic-based natural products
2011 Greco-Arab and Islamic Herbal Medicines, a Review
2010 Cancer treatment by Greco-Arab and Islamic herbal medicine
2010 Traditional Arabic and Islamic medicine, a re-emerging health aid
2010 Cancer treatment in the Arab-Islamic medicine: Integration of tradition with modern experimental trails
2010 Physicochemical properties of natural based products versus synthetic chemicals
2010 A Double Blinded-Randomized Clinical Study with" Weighlevel", a Combination of Four Medicinal Plants Used in Traditional Greco-Arab and Islamic Medicine
2009 Hypolipidemic activity of extracts from eriobotrya japonica and Olea europaea, traditionally used in the Greco-Arab medicine in maintaining healthy fat levels in the blood
2009 Efficacy and safety assessments of Ferula assa-foetida L., traditionally used in Greco-Arab herbal medicine for enhancing male fertility, libido and erectile function
2009 Medicines and Method of Therapy in the Arab and Islamic Medicine International Journal
2008 Traditional Arabic and Islamic Medicine (TAIM) now joins TCM CAM, Kampo and Ayurveda
2008 Maintaining a physiological blood glucose level with ‘glucolevel’, a combination of four anti-diabetes plants used in the traditional Arab herbal medicine
2008 Hypericum triquetrifoliumDerived Factors Downregulate the Production Levels of LPS-Induced Nitric Oxide and Tumor Necrosis Factor-in THP-1 Cells
2008 Weight Loss in Animals and Humans Treated with Weighlevel, a Combination of Four Medicinal Plants Used in Traditional Arabic and Islamic Medicine
2007 Botanical pesticides as a source of safe bioacaricides for the control of Tetranychus cinnabarinus
2007 Traditional Arabic and Islamic Medicine (TAIM) Now Joins TCM CAM, Kampo and Ayurveda
2006 Evaluation of medicinal plant hepatotoxicity in co-cultures of hepatocytes and monocytes
2006 Safety of traditional Arab herbal medicine
2006 The State of the Art of Traditional Arab Herbal Medicine in the Eastern Region of the Mediterranean: A Review
2005 Tradition and perspectives of Arab herbal medicine: a review
2005 IN VITRO INVESTIGATIONS OF CELL AND TISSUE COMPATIBILITY OF BIOMATERIALS
2005 Biodegradable scaffold for tissue engineering applications
2004 The potential of middle eastern flora as a source of new safe bio-acaricides to control Tetranychus cinnabarinus, the carmine spider mite
2004 DegraPol-foam: A new biodegradable material for tissue engineering in vitro evaluations of cell compatibility
2000 DegraPol‐Foam: A Degradable and Highly Porous Polyesterurethane Foam as a New Substrate for Bone Formation
2000 In vitro evaluation of the biofunctionality of osteoblasts cultured on DegraPol-foam
1999 New versatile, elastomeric, degradable polymeric materials for medicine
1999 Biodegradable and Elastic Degrapol-Foam as Chondrocyte Carrier
1999 Biocompatibility of highly porous and biodegradable degrapol®-foam to osteoblasts: in vitro evaluations
1999 Highly porous and biodegradable Degrapol®-foam as substrate for the formation of neo-cartilage: In vitro evaluations
1999 Highly porous and biodegradable DegraPol foam as osteoblast carrier: In vitro evaluations
1999 Chondrocyte-biocompatibility of DegraPol®-foam: in vitro evaluations
1999 In Vitro Evaluations of Degrapol Foam: A New Substrate for Cell Transplantation
1998 Degradable and highly porous polyesterurethane foam as biomaterial: effects and phagocytosis of degradation products in osteoblasts
1998 Biodegradable and Highly Porous Degrapol-foam as Cell Carrier for Osteoblast Transplantation
1997 Multiblock copolyesters as biomaterials: in vitro biocompatibility testing
1997 Development of degradable polyesterurethanes for medical applications: in vitro and in vivo evaluations
1997 Synthesis of fluorescence‐labelled short‐chain polyester segments for the investigation of bioresorbable poly (ester‐urethane) s
1996 Interactions of osteoblasts and macrophages with biodegradable and highly porous polyesterurethane foam and its degradation products
1996 Characterization of the cell response of cultured macrophages and fibroblasts to particles of short‐chain poly [(R)‐3‐hydroxybutyric acid]
1996 Cell response of cultured macrophages, fibroblasts, and co-cultures of Kupffer cells and hepatocytes to particles of short-chain poly [(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid]
1995 Phagocytosis and biodegradation of short-chain poly [(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid] particles in macrophage cell line
1995 Hepatocyte‐Derived Interleukin‐6 and Tumor‐Necrosis Factor α Mediate the Lipopolysaccharide‐Induced Acute‐Phase Response and Nitric Oxide Release by Cultured Rat Hepatocytes
1995 New approaches for the preservation of metabolic zonation in rat hepatocyte cultures
1994 Effect of periportal-and centrilobular-equivalent oxygen tension on liver specific functions in long-term rat hepatocyte cultures
1994 Oxygen tension, insulin, and glucagon affect the preservation and induction of cytochrome P450 isoforms in cultured rat hepatocytes
1993 Crude liver membrane fractions and extracellular matrix components as substrata regulate differentially the preservation and inducibility of cytochrome P‐450 isoenzymes in cultured rat hepatocytes
1993 Liver Crude Membrane Fractions From Rat Liver Improve the Maintenance of Liver Specific Functions in Long Term, Serum Free Rat Hepatocyte Cultures
1993 Crude Liver Membrane Fractions as Substrate Preserve Liver-Specific Functions in Long-Term, Serum-Free Rat Hepatocyte Cultures
1991 Astrocyte-derived TGF-beta 2 and NGF differentially regulate neural recognition molecule expression by cultured astrocytes
1991 Astrocyte-derived TGFß2 and NGF Differentially Regulate Neural Recognition Molecule Expression by Cultured Astrocytes
1990 Antigenic sites on cytochrome c2 from Rhodospirillum rubrum
1988 Monoclonal antibody recognizes a conformational epitope in a random coil protein
1987 Complementary and Integrative Oncology in the Cross-Cultural Region of the Middle East and South Asia
1987 亚太传统医药
Book
Date Title
2017 Anti-diabetes and Anti-obesity Medicinal Plants and Phytochemicals Safety, Efficacy, and Action Mechanisms
2016 Anthocyanins and Human Health: Biomolecular and therapeutic aspect
2011 Greco-Arab and Islamic herbal medicine: traditional system, ethics, safety, efficacy, and regulatory issues
2011 Herbal supplements: efficacy, toxicity, interactions with western drugs, and effects on clinical laboratory tests
2010 Bioactive foods and extracts: Cancer treatment and prevention
2008 Botanical medicine in clinical practice
2003 Cell culture techniques for assessing tissue compatibility of biomaterials
Book Chapter
Date Title
2021 Phytochemistry and pharmacological properties of Arab medicinal plants
2011 Tradition and Perspectives of Greco-Arab and Islamic Herbal Medicine
2011 An Overview of Greco‐Arab and Islamic Herbal Medicine
2011 Modern In Vitro Test Systems
2011 Arab Medicinal Plants: From Traditional Uses to Scientific Knowledge
2011 Method of Therapy in Greco‐Arab and Islamic Medicine
2011 Medicinal Herbs and Extracting Their Active Ingredients
2011 Modern In Vivo Evaluations and Clinical Trials
2011 Biosafety of Herbal Medicine
2011 Food Therapy
2011 History of Greco‐Arab and Islamic Medicine
2011 Drug Development from Herbal Sources
2011 Herbal medicine
2011 Herbal Remedies: Use and Demographic and Regulatory Issues
2011 The Arab–Islamic Roots of Western Medicine
2011 The current state of knowledge of Arab herbal medicine
2011 Herbal Remedies: Use and Demographic and Regulatory Issues
2011 Appendix A: Plant Naming
2011 Greco‐Arab and Islamic Medicine Practiced Outside the Middle East
2011 Contributions of Arab and Islamic Scholars to Modern Pharmacology
2011 Commonly used herbal medicines in the mediterranean
2011 Natural Drugs in Greco‐Arabic and Islamic Medicine
2011 Medical Ethics in Arab and Islamic Medicine
2009 Greco‐Arab and Islamic herbal medicine and cancer treatment/prevention
2008 Arab herbal medicine
Conference Paper
Date Title
2013 The nutritional quality of grape leaves: Comparative study between leaves collected from arid and temperate regions in Palestine
2012 Medicinal Plants cultivation and Aspects of Uses
2011 In vitro evaluations of anti-diabetic activity and cytotoxicity of chemically analysed Ocimum basilicum extracts
2010 Palestinian Herbal Plant Increases glucose disposal by skeletal muscle cell line
2010 Arab herbal medicine-based combination of four anti-diabetes plants stabilises a physiological blood glucose level
2010 Anti-inflammatory effects of herbal-derived factors are mediated by down regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines
2010 A combination of Ferula Asafoetida and Capparis spinosa to enhance sexual functioning in women
2006 Biocompatibility and biodegradation of novel blockcopolymers based on low-molecular-weight Poly [(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid
1996 Biocompatibility and biodegradability of novel block copolymers
1996 Growth of osteoblasts on a novel block copolymer
1996 Growth of osteoblasts on a novel blockcopolymer
1996 Biocompatibiliy and biodegradability of novel blockcopolymers
1995 Synthesis and in vitro characterization of phagocytosis and biodegradation of fluorescent short-chain poly [(R)-hydroxybutyric acid] particles in macrophage cell lines
1995 In vitro Charakterisierung der Biokompatibilität eines neuen Polyesterurethans für chirurgische Anwendung
1995 In vitro characterization of the biocompatibility of a new polyesterurethane for surgical use
1994 Phagocytosis of fluorescent labelled Poly [(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid] oligomer particles in macrophage and fibroblast cell lines
1994 The effect of phagocytosis of low molecular weight Poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid] powders on macrophage viability and activation
1988 Konformationelle antigene Determinanten auf nativem und denaturiertem Cytochrom c
1987 Anti-diabetes and Anti-obesity Medicinal Plants and Phytochemicals
Thesis
Date Title
2013 In vitro cytotoxic and cytostatic activities of plants used in traditional Arabic herbal medicine to treat cancer in Palestine