1st Edition

Herbal Pharmacopeia Nanotechnology and Advancing Drug Discovery

Edited By Arshad Farid Copyright 2025
486 Pages 54 Color & 4 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

486 Pages 54 Color & 4 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This book comprehensively explores the intersection between traditional herbal medicine and cutting-edge nanotechnology. The chapters introduce modern techniques used in herbal extraction and analysis. The principles of drug discovery from plants are discussed, with a focus on the identification and development of bioactive compounds that have therapeutic potential. It discusses the... Read more

Chapter 1 Introduction to Herbal Pharmacopeia

Kushagra Sharma, Kondle Ravi, Ab Waheed Wani, Sanjeev Kumar, and Shuja Qureshi

Chapter 2 Historical Development of Herbal Medicine

Roomah Javed, Maria Faraz, Arshad Farid, and Samy Selim

Chapter 3 Modern Techniques in Herbal Extraction and Analysis

Sadaf Javaria, Muhammad Zareef, and Muhammad Nadeem

Chapter 4 Principles of Drug Discovery from Plants

Sayyeda Sabahat Babar, Zarghoona Jawad, Fatima Ayub, and Muhammad Imran Khan

Chapter 5 Bioactive Compounds in Herbal Remedies

Raheela Sarwar, Muhammad Maisam, Muhammad Waseem Khan, Youngbo Xue, and Said Hassan

Chapter 6 Pharmacological Properties of Herbal Drugs

Maria Faraz, Iftikhar Ahmad, Roomah Javed, Sohail Ahmad, Arshad Farid, and Samy Selim

Chapter 7 Biotechnological Approaches for Herbal Drug Discovery

Sohail Ahmad, Maria Faraz, Iftikhar Ahmad, Arshad Farid, and Samy Selim

Chapter 8 Herbal Formulation Development and Standardization

Rabiya Rashid, Sanjeev Kumar, Ab Waheed Wani, Anis Ahmad Mirza, Bilal Ah Bhat, and Zarina

Chapter 9 Emerging Trends in Herbal Nanotechnology

Muhammad Sirab Khan, Muhammad Mudasar Aslam, Nida Khan, Maha Rehman, and Nazneen Akhtar

Chapter 10 Applications of Nanotechnology in Herbal Pharmacology

Jyoti Rani, Deepak Beniwal, Sahil Dhull, Vibhuti Gulia, Mukul Machhindra Barwant, and Balwant Singh

Chapter 11 Nanoparticle Synthesis and Characterization for Herbal Drug Delivery

Kashmala Khalid, Muhammad Abdullah Aziz, Sana Saleem, Arshad Farid, Fati Ullah Khan, and Hafiza Sehrish Kiani

Chapter 12 Enhanced Bioavailability of Herbal Extracts Using Nanocarriers

Marij Noor, Amina Khalid, Muhammad Umair, Tooba Khan, and Muhammad Imran Khan

Chapter 13 Herbal Medicine and Neurological Diseases

Sunil Kumar Kadiri, Prashant Tiwari, Samaresh Pal Roy, and Suchismita Bhowmik

Chapter 14 Safety Assessment of Nanoparticle-Based Herbal Formulations

Haris Khan, Sumiya Mustafa Alvi, Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Hazrat Nabi, and Muhammad Imran Khan

Chapter 15 Novel Drug Delivery Methods for Herbal Medicine

Mukul Machhindra Barwant, Odangowei Inetiminebi Ogidi, Shreya Singh, and Balwant Singh

Chapter 16 Targeted Delivery Systems for Herbal Drugs

Rizwan Ullah Khan, Syeda Pakeeza Fatima Naqvi, Yubao Chen, and Sohail Ahmad

Chapter 17 Nanotechnology-Enhanced Delivery of Herbal Extract: Formulation, Preclinical and Clinical Efficiency

Mukul Machhindra Barwant, Shreya Singh, Balwant Singh, Shalagha Ab Sharma, and Odangowei Inetiminebi Ogidi

Chapter 18 Comparative Analysis of Traditional and Nano-Formulated Approaches in Viability, Targeted Delivery, and Patient Outcomes

J. Nithya Shree, A. Ronaldo Anuf, and Sohail Ahmad

Chapter 19 Implementing Herbal Nanomedicine in Clinical Settings with Patient Care Histories Treatment Protocols and Observed Benefits

Saleem Ur Rahman, Asma Zahoor, Mashaal Nageen, Afsheen Tajummal, Ehtisham Shafique, Nasir Ali, and Farakh Javed

Chapter 20 Safety Profiles and Potential Toxicological Concerns of Herbal Nanomedicine

Sutapa Biswas Majee, Rachayeeta Bera, Dhruti Avlani, Ushasi Das, and Sudarshan Singh

Chapter 21 Regulatory Considerations for Herbal Products

Saleem Ur Rahman, Ehtisham Shafique, Afsheen Tajummal, Mashaal Nageen, Asma Zahoor, Nasir Ali, and Farakh Javed

Chapter 22 Present Challenges and Future Perspective of the Herbal Drug Industry

Mehtab Yasmeen, Mukul Machhindra Barwant, Balwant Singh, and Odangowei Inetiminebi Ogidi

Index

Biography

Dr. Arshad Farid currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Gomal Center of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Gomal University, D.I. Khan, Pakistan. He has approximately 17 years of teaching and research experience and has supervised 13 MPhil. research students while mentoring numerous PhD candidates. Farid has more than 100+ publications of international and national repute, the total cumulative impact factor of his published papers being 450+. His scientific activities are highly interdisciplinary, ranging from medicinal plants, natural product chemistry, herbal drug development, and ethnopharmacology to nanotechnology, drug delivery, and microbiology. He has served as the editor for six books accepted for publication and has written more than 50 book chapters for various publishers. With a notable count of 27 international patents (Germany, UK, Japan, and South Africa etc.), he has published more than 15 abstracts in national and international conference proceedings and has contributed significantly to the scientific community by peer-reviewing for more than 30 esteemed journals.

In 2023, Dr. Farid was a fellow of the British Council-Charles Wallace Fellowship program at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Prior to that, in 2007, he received a fellowship for "Training in the Environmental, Agricultural, and Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Techniques" from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is a Research Fellow of INTI International University.