Abdullatif Azab
Eastern Plants Company, Israel
Biography
Abdullatif Ali Azab was born (1960) in Ara, a famous historical location in Wadi Ara. He completed all his degrees in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (PhD in medicinal chemistry). After a long career (35 years) in chemical education (high schools and colleges), along with chemical industry (chemical hazardous waste treatment, 6 years), he moved to research of medicinal plant, actually returning to his family traditions, where many of his ancestors were traditional healers. Galilee Society, he is starting now his own Eastern-Plants-Company, which will produce plants based cosmetic and food producs. It will also include research (young Arab researchers) and educational (mainly for high school) divisions. In the mean time, his research continues in the Triangle Research & Development Center (TRDC) of Al-Zahrawi Society (http://www.trd-center.org). Azab has scientific collaborations with well known scholars in Israel and seeking more with the international scientific community, especially in the middle eastern region and the Mediterranean countries. Azab has significant skills in organic synthesis, spectroscopy (especially NMR and GCMS) and vast knowledge of his homeland plants. In 2013 while performing his post doctoral research in the radiology (MRI) department of Hadassah Medicla center of the Hebrew University, he was awarded the Teva (drug company) neuroscience award for an outstanding synthesis protocol of a psychoactive compound.
Abstract
Abstract : Plants with anti-inflammatory activity in Palestinian ethnomedicine: Past, present & future