Meet the editor

Prof. Hany A. El-Shemy received a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Cairo, Egypt, and a Ph.D. in Genetic Engineering from the University of Hiroshima, Japan. He holds two patents and has written thirteen international books. He has also published more than 100 SCI journal papers and 55 conference presentations. Dr. El-Shemy was a technique committee member as well as chair of many international conferences. He has also

served as editor for journals including *PLOS ONE*, *BMC Genomics*, and *Current Issues in Molecular Biology.* He has received several awards, including state prizes from the Academy of Science, Egypt (2004, 2012, and 2018), the Young Arab Researcher prize from the Shuman Foundation, Jordan (2005), and Cairo University Prizes (2007, 2010, and 2014). He served as an expert for the African Regional Center of Technology, Dakar, Senegal, as well as a visiting professor at Pan African University, African Union. He served as vice president of the Academy of Science and Technology, Egypt, from 2013 to 2014. Since 2014 he has been the dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University. In 2018, he was elected a fellow of the African Academy of Science.

Contents

*and Antony Justin*

and Anti-Schistosomal Agents

Traditional African Medicine

in West Sumatera, Indonesia

as an Anti-Diabetic Therapy

Diabetes, and COVID-19 *by Paula Vieira-Brock*

*and Annisa Efendi*

*and Dinithi Peiris*

*Lord Gyimah and Arnold Donkor Forkuo*

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 25**

**Chapter 3 47**

**Chapter 4 67**

**Chapter 5 79**

**Chapter 6 97**

**Chapter 7 117**

Natural Products Altering GABAergic Transmission *by Sayani Banerjee, Chennu Manisha, Deepthi Murugan* 

*by Evelyn Asante-Kwatia, Abraham Yeboah Mensah,* 

*Heyam Saad Ali and Firehiwot Belayneh Usamo*

Advanced Pharmacological Uses of Marine Algae

Pharmacological Investigation of Genus *Pistacia*

*Omar Bahattab and Mohammad S. Mubarak*

*by Thilina Gunathilaka, Lakshika Rangee Keertihirathna* 

Safety Review of Herbs and Supplements in Heart Disease,

*by Abdur Rauf, Yahya S. Al-Awthan, Naveed Muhammad, Muhammad Mukarram Shah, Saikat Mitra, Talha Bin Emran,* 

The Ghanaian Flora as a Potential Source of Anthelmintic

*by Motamarri V.N.L. Chaitanya, Hailemikael Gebremariam Baye,* 

Ethnomedicine Study on Medicinal Plants Used by Communities

*by Skunda Diliarosta, Monica Prima Sari, Rehani Ramadhani* 
