Bashar Saad

Greco-Arab and Islamic Herbal Medicine: A Review

Bashar Saad · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2013

Traditional Greco-Arab and Islamic medicine continues to be practiced within the Mediterranean as well as most Islamic countries. This medicine was developed during the Golden Age of Arab-Islamic civilization, which spanned from the seventh to fifteenth century and extended from...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJMP/2014/6530

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

Abdalsalam Kmail, Bayan Mansour, Reem Hanaisheh, Ghadeer Omar, Nidal Jaradat, Omer Said & Bashar Saad · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2022

Background: Ficus sycomorus is one of the recommended antipsoriatic medicinal plants in the traditional Greco-Arab herbal medicine. However, the knowledge on its action mechanisms is limited. Aims: Cytotoxic, cytostatic, and anti-inflammatory effects of water/ethanolic extracts o...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ejmp/2022/v33i930486

In vitro Evaluations of Cytotoxicity and Anti-inflammatory Effects of Peganum harmala Seed Extracts in THP-1-derived Macrophages

Shahinaz Mahajna, Mohammad Azab, Hilal Zaid, Basheer Abo Farich, Feras Al Battah, Shiri Mashner & Bashar Saad · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2014

Aim: Based on knowledge from traditional Greco-Arab herbal medicine, this in vitro study aims to evaluate the cytotoxicity and the anti-inflammatory mechanism of Peganum harmala (P. harmala) seeds by measuring the expression and release of both anti-inflammatory (IL-10) and pro-i...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJMP/2015/13267