International Journal of Applied Agricultural Sciences

Special Issue

Review of Some Important Herbs in Traditional Asian and Chinese Medicine

  • Submission Deadline: Jan. 10, 2020
  • Status: Submission Closed
  • Lead Guest Editor: Mohamad Hesam Shahrajabian
About This Special Issue
Traditional Chinese medicine, is an essential part of the health care system in most parts of the world and China is a major country and source of valuable medicinal plants, herbs, crops, and of course ornamental species. TCM includes herbal medicine, acupuncture, moxibustion, massage, food therapy and physical exercise. TCM in China is partly integrating with western medicine science, researchers shall learn more from TCM and carry out more studies and researches in order to explore. As the general public tends to use non-toxic plant products, development of modern drugs from Chinese traditional herbs should be emphasized for the control of various diseases. In this special issue, we want to review some of the most important Chinese herbal medicines.

Aims and Scope:

  1. Traditional Chinese Medicine
  2. Modern Pharmaceutical Science
  3. Occurrene and cultivation of those herbal medicines
  4. Nutritional compositions and chemical constituents of herbal medicines
  5. Potential health benefits
  6. Chinese herbal medicines and the silk road
Lead Guest Editor
  • Mohamad Hesam Shahrajabian

    Institute of Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Guest Editors
  • Qi Cheng

    Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

  • Wenli Sun

    Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

  • Peiman Zandi

    Institute of Environment and Sustainability, Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

  • Ali Soleymani

    Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran

  • Mehdi Khoshkharam

    Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran