Omar Said

OMAR SAID, PhD, is the founder and CEO of the Antaki Center for Herbal Medicine, as well as the head of the Arab medicinal plant project in the Galilee Society R&D regional center, Israel. He is a doctor of pharmacology and is considered to be a pioneer in the fields of Arab-Islamic herbal medicine and phytopharmacology. As an expert in the fields of pharmacology and ethnopharmacology, he made a significant contributions in combining this unique and original aspect of modern science with the medicinal plants tradition. His research interests include diabetes, obesity, fertility, psoriasis, acne, hyperlipidemia, liver diseases and pest control. He has conducted several patents and written more than 35 original papers as well as review articles and book chapters on Arab-Islamic herbal medicine.