Medicinal Plants Used in Traditional Persian Medicine

Author Biography

Hartwig Schulz (Edited By) Hartwig Schulz (PhD) studied chemistry in Bonn and Kiel (Germany). After completing his studies, he carried out several years research in the field of human nutrition (vitamin E, phytosterins, plant lipids) at the university of Kiel, Germany. Then, as head of an analytical department he worked 10 years for one of the worldwide largest perfume and flavor manufacturers (Symrise). From 1996 to 2019, he was the director and professor of a research institute under the responsibility of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture in Germany. Hartwig Schulz is author of 259 scientific articles and book chapters and as the president of the "German Society for Quality Research (DGQ)" he was also engaged 8 years in food research on a national and international level. Since his retirement, he is working as a consultant, especially in the field of "medicinal and aromatic plants" and is also supporting various development aid projects on a voluntary basis. Seyed Ahmad Emami (Edited By) Prof. Dr. Seyed Ahmad Emami from the Department of Pharmacognosy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in Iran has special expertise in pharmacognosy of medicinal plants occurring in Iran. From 1998 up to now he supervised numerous students during their academic education and he performed research projects in different fields (e.g. isolation and identification of new compounds, Traditional and Islamic Medicine, occurrence of Iranian endemic plants, study on Islamic culture and civilization). He published his results in numerous scientific articles (English and French) and in 24 books (Persian and Arabic language), respectively. Farsad Nadjafi (Edited By) Prof. Dr. Farsad Nadjafi from the Shahid Beheshti University, Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, in Tehran, is also managing director of the company MateriaMed GmbH in Vienna. He has many contacts to institutes working in the field of Traditional Persian Medicine and will review the relevant Persian/Arabic literature. When selecting the plant species, priority will be given to (endemic) plant species that have been more or less unknown in Western medicine up to now.