Hall 1 (Royal Gallery)

 

Hall 2 (Sunset)

 

Day 1 (21st August)

8.00-8.30

Registration

8.30-9.00

Opening Remarks

 

Name of the Researchers

Title of the talk

 

Name of the Researchers

Title of the talk

Complementary/Holistic Medicine - I

(Chairpersons:, Hector WH Tsang, Hong Kong & Hui Wang China)

Medicinal Plants/Herbal Medicine - I

(Chairpersons: G. Gambarini,  Italy & Nwose E Uba, Australia)

9.00-9.20

Norma Cuellar, U.S.A

Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM): Maintaining Scientific Integrity

9.00-9.20

Ashok K. Singh, USA

Protection by Herbal Mixtures Consisting of Puerarin and either Polyenylphosphatidylcholine or and Curcumin Against Alcohol-Related Disorders in Rats Receiving Free Choice Water and 15% Ethanol in Pure Water

9.20-9.40

Sunil Kurian, USA

Genomic Approaches to Alternative and

Complementary Medicine

9.20-9.40

Iqbal Ahmad, India 

Strategies to explore novel anti-infective compounds/ formulations from Indian medicinal plants

9.40-10.00

Lori Williamson, USA

Complementary and alternative medicine use in children with special health care needs, including genetic conditions in the US

9.40-10.00

Prasanna Habbu, India

Effect of Argyreia speciosa on learning and memory in mice

10.00-10.10

Tea Break

 

Complementary / Holistic Medicine - II

(Chairpersons: Nel Glass,  Australia & Reema Tayyem, Jordan)

 

Medicinal Plants /Herbal Medicine - II

(Chairpersons : Amr Amin,  U.A.E & Igor Kononenko, Slovenia)

10.10-10.30

Kalpana Pai, India

Understanding and Use of Holistic Approaches for Health

10.10-10.30

Sandip K Bandyopadhyay, India 

Nsaid-induced stomach ulceration and its prevention by two natural diarylnonanoids from Myristica malabarica

10.30-10.50

W. John Martin, USA

Stealth Adapted Viruses and Alternative Cellular Energy

10.30-10.50

R. Sheela Devi, India

Herbal remedy for noise stress

10.50-11.10

Reinaldo B. Bestetti, Brazil

Potential role of holistic medicine in restoring the anti-inflammatory cholinergic pathway in Chagas’ heart disease.

10.50-11.10

G.Syamala, India

Evaluation of pharmaceutical and microbial qualities of certain polyherbal formulations

11.10-11.30

Moshe Szyf, Canada

The Epigenome an Interface between the dynamic Environment and our Static Genomes; Implications to Human Health

11.10-11.30

Chien-Tung Wu, Taiwan

The Analysis of Co-prescription of Finished Herbal Products and Hormone Replacement Therapy Between 1997 and 2004 in Taiwan

11.30-11.50

Karajgaonkar G.M, India

Role of Pranayamas in chronic diseases

11.30-11.50

Sadashiva .C. T, India

Antimicrobial activity and preliminary phytochemical screening in roots of  Rotula aquatica

11.50-12.10

Srinivas Nammi, Australia

An Holistic Approach in the Management of Metabolic Syndrome

11.50-12.10

Namrita Lall, South Africa

Facets of South African medicinal plants

 

Diabetics

(Chairpersons: Takashi Kumagai, Japan & M-Ali H.Al-Akhras, Jordan)

 

Medicinal Plants /Herbal Medicine - III

(Chairpersons: Ebru Emekli-Alturfan, Turkey & Srinivas Nammi, Australia)

12.10-12.30

Nwose E Uba, Australia

Naturaceutical therapies for intervention in diabetes: the way forward

12.10-12.30

Rajesh A. Shastry, India

Evaluation of corm of  amorphophallus   paeoniifolius (dennst) for pharmacognostical characters

12.30-12.50

Chenggang Huang, China

Antidiabetic Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine Compound Prescription RG02 Based on Multiple Bioactive Components

12.30-12.50

Nilesh Naik, India

Canova a unique immunomodulator which activates Macrophages.

12.50-13.10

M.Balasubramanyam, India

Phytomedicine & Diabetes : Molecular insights

12.50-13.10

R.K.Johri, India

Herbal modulation of Drug-bioavailability

13.10-14.00

Lunch Break

 

Homeopathy/Drug Interaction

(Chairpersons: Prabhir Roy, USA &  Kayode Ajibesin,  Nigeria)

 

Medicinal Plants /Herbal Medicine - IV

(Chairpersons: Rosalba Encarnacion Dimayuga,  Mexico & Xiong-Zhi Wu, China)

14.00-14.20

med. Klaus von Ammon, Switzerland 

Integration of Homeopathy in a Swiss University

14.00-14.20

Roland N. NDIP, South Africa

Natural compounds of plant origin with chemotherapeutic properties: potentials and challenges in Africa.

14.20-14.40

Nasser M. Al-Daghri,  UAE

Advancements in obesity management: Adipocytokine-based drug discovery

14.20-14.40

 A.J. Afolayan, South Africa

The concern of the public on toxic contaminants in herbal medicines

14.40-15.00

 med. Heiner Frei, Switzerland

Polarity analysis, a new approach to increase the precision of homeopathic prescriptions

14.40-15.00

Resia Pretorius, South Africa

Investigating the immunomodulatory capacity of canova with specific focus on monocytes and ultrastructure of platelets of HIV patients treated with canova: a qualitative scanning electron microscopy study

15.00-15.20

   

15.00-15.20

S.P.Dhanabal, India

Herb-Drug Interactions

15.20-15.30

Tea Break

 

Meditation /Spirituality/ health

(Chairpersons: Preethi Soysa, Sri Lanka & Terezie Tolar Mosby, USA)

 

Medicinal Plants /Herbal Medicine - V

(Chairpersons: Ata Alturfan, Turkey & M.H. Dashti, IRAN)

15.30-15.50

 Nel Glass, Australia.

Resilience, hope and wellbeing and the relationship between the use of performative art based methods and improving emotional health.

15.30-15.50

Ebru Emekli-Alturfan, Turkey

Nuts As Medicinal Plants In Heart Diseases

15.50-16.10

Igor Kononenko, Slovenia

Science and Spirituality are Complementary

(the same is true for scientific and holistic medicine)

15.50-16.10

Kayode Ajibesin , Nigeria

Skin diseases and herbal cure

16.10-16.30

Vinod K. Agarwal, India

Whys and how’s of “Lifestyle Modification”

16.10-1630

Hasi Das, India

Anti-inflammatory compounds from medicinal plants

16.30-16.50

Romate John, India

Development of spiritual health through pranic healing

16.30-16.50

Jaswant Singh, India

Discovery of novel pro-apoptotic promising leads from plants for development of anticancer therapeutics: Evolving holistic paradigm against the complexity of the cancer disease

 

Medicinal Plants /Herbal Medicine - VI

(Chairpersons: Nasser M. Al-Daghri, UAE & Jeffrey W. Summers, USA)

 

Unani/ Tabiyat

(Chairpersons: Yossi Blaer, Israel & Roland N. NDIP, South Africa )

16.50-17.10

Samir Malhotra, India

Effect of aqueous extract of garlic on MIC of isoniazid and rifampicin against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) by broth microdilution method

16.50-17.10

Tafseer Ali, India 

Dealing with problems related to surgery in traditional systems with special reference to Unani system of medicine

17.10-17.30

Alberto Dias, Portugal

Neuroprotection and Medicinal Plants

17.10-17.30

Ammar Ibne Anwar, India

Holistic Approach of Unani Medicine

17.30-17.50

Ata Alturfan, Turkey 

Effects of pistachio nuts on blood glucose and antioxidant balance in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats

17.30-17.50

Khalid Zaman Khan, India

Role of Tabiyat in the Regulation of the Body Temperature

17.50-18.10

Ashvin Dudhrejiya, India

Permission enhancers of herbal origin

17.50-18.10

Tajuddin, India

Hepatoprotective effect of a Unani herbal drug in chemically induced liver injury

18.10-19.00

Poster Session

1

Samantha Elizabeth Weston, UK

Ayurveda versus allopathy: the use of cannabis in both health systems, past, present and future

2

Dr. Zahra Baher Nik, Iran (Cancelled)

Chemical characterization of the essential oils of different cultivars of Parthenium argentatum Gray

3

Tapan K. Basu, Canada

Health benefits of Canadian-grown fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L)

4

Tapan K. Basu, Canada

An Approach to Clinical Trial involving natural health products

5

Tapan K. Basu, Canada

Niacin-induced hyperhomocysteinemia, an independent risk factor for arterial occlusive disease

6

Milind  Parle, India

Devotional Music Helps in Relieving Depression

7

Roland N. NDIP, South Africa

Potent in - vitro antimicrobial activity of   extracts of three   Cameroonian medicinal plants on clinical isolates Helicobacter pylori

8

Jung Hyun Park, South Korea

The effect of Sunghyanjungkisan on L-NAME induced spatial memory deficits in rats

9

Lucia Helena Faccioli, Brazil.

Anti-inflammatory effects of Lafoensia pacari and ellagic acid

10

Kala Singh, Canada

The Sikh religious and spiritual dimensions of mental health

11

Gyeong Taek Gim, South Korea

Antioxidant Effect of Tianwang Buxin Pills (PBPs) – A Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula on Oxidative Stress: Randomized Controlled Trial

12

S. B. Katti, India

Design and Synthesis of 4-Thiazolidinones as HIV-RT Inhibitors

13

Surendra Singh Bisht  & Vivek Parashar Pandey, India

“Synthesis and antitubercularactivity of 5-benzyl-3-phenyl isoxazolines”

14

Khalaf Azez, Jordan

Influence of Extremely Low Energy Radiation on Artificial Tissue: Effects on Image quality and superficial dose

15

Mohammed Grawish, Egypt

Effects of Spirulina platensis extract on Syrian hamster cheek pouch mucosa painted with 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene

16

Manu Lata Rao, USA

Structure – Property Correlation in Liquid Water

17

Fatemeh Sefidkon, Iran

Comparative Study of Iranian Satureja species for their essential oils

18

P.Sminia, Netherlands

The response of Human Glioma cells to Temozolomide and Irradiation: Relationship with MGMT promotor methylation and protein expression

19

Heykal BEDIOUI, Tunisia

The place of laparoscopic surgery in the aetiologic diagnosis of exsudative ascitis : A prospective study of 90 cases

20

Dubravka Stajner, Serbia

Antioxidant and scavenger activities of alliums

21

Ricky W K Wong, Hong Kong

Traditional Chinese Medicines and Phytochemicals for bone formation

22

Banasri Hazra, India

The Diospyros species: A Rich Source of Pharmacologically Active Naphthoquinonoids, with special reference to diospyrin

23

Nicola Robinson, United Kingdom

How can TCM play a more significant part in public health care?

24

Abhishek Sharma, India

Isolation and Characterisation of constituents of Calotropis procera (Asclepiadiaceae)

25

Baskar Anand Raj, India

Ayurvedic  herb  Artemisia pallens as potent  Antimicrobial agent

26

Lokesh Vyas, India

An Ayurvedic remedy for Antidiabetic and Antioxidant properties

27

S.Manimaran, India

Identification & Quantification of Eugenol Content in Lehyam Vallarai a Siddha Formulation

28

Manish Sharma, India

Preparation and HPTLC Standardization of Sithophaladi  
    Churna an Ayurvedic Preparation

29

Mohammed Saleef, India

Studies on Indigenous Ayurvedic herb Lavendula intermedia

30

Nikil Soni, India

Preparation of and HPTLC Standardization of Triphala Masi

31

Praveen Patidar, India

Preparation of Ayurvedic Bringaraja Thaila and its HPTLC Standardization

32

Rahul Jain, India

Hepatoprotective Activity of an Ayurvedic herb in

Experimentally induced Hepatic Injury

33

Santosh R.Tarke, India

Extraction and comparative evaluation of antioxidant activity of

Oxalis corniculata Linn

34

Sherin Babu, India

Hepatoprotective and free radical scavenging activity of Scoparia dulcis L

35

R. Vadivelan, India

Possible effect of Siddha drug Kantha Chendooram

on Indomethacin induced gastric lesions in rats

36

Ann Chidgey, Australia

Alterations in thymic stromal cell niches in ageing, cytoreductive damage and regeneration of the immune system.

37

Guadalupe Ruiz Vega,  México

The similia principle of very low doses : a pilot study

38

Dipak K. Das, USA

Resveratrol in Cardioprotection: A Therapeutic Promise of Alternative Medicine

39

Ashvin V. Dudhrejiya, India

In-vitro free radical scavenging activity of Adaptogenic Multi Herbal Homeopathic Formulation

40

Hildebert Wagner, Germany

A New Approach to the efficacy of multi Herbal Drug combinations in Phytotherapy

41

El-Demerdash, Egypt

The conservation and Sustainable use of globally significant Medicinal plant Biodiversity in St.Katherine’s Protectorate (Sinai, Egypt)

42

Khaled Hani & Dr. Amira ZAIRI, Tunisie

Antimicrobial Peptides: Pioneers for novel anti-infectious agents

43

Ata Alturfan, Turkey 

Effects of pistachio nuts on blood glucose and antioxidant balance in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats

44

Doda Ghareeb, UAE

Vanadium improves Brain Acetylcholinesterase Activity on Early Stage Alloxan-Diabetis rats

45

Goutam Brahmachari, India

Mother nature – a largely unexplored reservoir of drugs and lead molecules

46

Dilip Gorai, India

Limnophila indica: A sincere drive to explore the chemistry of a well-reputed Indian medicinal plant

47

S. Ignacimuthu* and P. Subash-Babu, India

Effect of some medicinal plants on pancreatic regeneration and insulin secretion

48

Teodoro Brescia, Italy

Discoveries on CTM Theoretical Corpus new cultural and scientific way for the research in oriental Holistic medicines

49

Hakimeh Khanizadeh, Malaysia

The Influence of Holistic Medicine on Multiple Sclerosis

19.00-20.00

Cultural Programme

20.00-22.00

Dinner

 
 

Day 2 (22nd August)

 

Hall 1 (Royal Gallery)

 

Hall 2 (Sunset)

 

Medicinal Plants /Herbal Medicine - VII

(Chairpersons: Zahra Baher Nik Cancelled), Iran & Namrita Lall, South Africa )

 

Yoga/body mind/applied physiology

(Chairpersons: Katsutoshi Yoshizato, Japan & Samantha Elizabeth Weston, UK)

8.30-8.50

Seyed Hassan Hejazian-y, Iran

Tonic contraction of ileal smooth muscle due to the presence of hop (Humulus lupulus) Extract in rat

8.30-8.50

Geetanjali Sharma, India

Synergistic approach of Applied Physiology & Yoga to combat lifestyle diseases:

8.50-9.10

Nasim Sultana, Bangladesh.

A New Depsidone And Antibacterial Activity Of Compounds From Usnea Undulata Stirton

8.50-9.10

Milind  Parle, India

The  secrets  of  cheerful  and  peaceful   life

9.10-9.30

M. Abdul Hannan, Bangladesh

Seed Extracts of a Bangladeshi Medicinal Plant Abrus precatorius L. Show Antifertility Activity in Female Rats

9.10-9.30

Hector WH Tsang, Hong Kong

Oriental approaches to mind-body interventions for use among elderly with depression

9.30-9.50

B. Samuel Thavamani, India

Preliminary Pharmacognostic studies on the leaves of

Ervatamia coronaria (Jacq.) Stapf

9.30-9.50

Jeffrey W. Summers, USA

Quantum Healing: Reaching the Subconscious to Heal Body Mind and Spirit.

9.50-10.10

M.H. Boskabady, IRAN

Therapeutic effects on Nigella sativa on Asthma disease

9.50-10.10

Paul Posadzki, UK

A Conceptual Synthesis of Yoga and QI Gong for Prevention of Mental Health Diseases

10.10-10.20

Tea Break

 

Oncology Radiation - I

(Chairpersons: A.J. Afolayan, South Africa & Anuradha Ray, USA)

 

Medicinal Plants /Herbal Medicine - VIII

(Chairpersons: Filippo Castiglione, Italy & Laurence Lins, Belgium)

10.20-10.40

Bernd Kaina, Germany

Conventional drugs meet TCM in cancer therapy: molecular approaches and possible applications

10.20-10.40

Amr Amin, Doaa Mahmoud Ghoneim UAE

Introducing texture analysis as a novel tool to assess protection against liver fibrosis using zizyphus plant extract

10.40-11.00

Terezie Tolar Mosby, USA

The role of nutrition in oncology

10.40-11.00

Solomon Habtemariam, UK

Applying new science for old medicines: the quest for scientific evidence

11.00-11.20

Beena Joy, INDIA

Screening and Material evaluation of a Siddha formulation chemically and biologically

11.00-11.20

Xiong-Zhi Wu, China.

Sulfated polysaccharides: a rising star for cancer therapy?

11.20-11.40

Preethi Soysa, Sri Lanka

Study on antiproliferative activity of a selected decoction used for cancer therapy in Sri Lanka

11.20-11.40

Venil N. Sumantran,  India  

Chondroprotective efficacy of ayurvedic drugs for osteoarthritis care

 

Oncology/ Radiation - II

(Chairpersons: Mohammad Kamil, UAE & Resia Pretorius, South Africa)

 

Medicinal Plants /Herbal Medicine – IX

(Chairpersons: Chifundera Kusamba Zacharie, Congo & Mohsen Nasseri, Iran )

11.40-12.00

G. Gambarini, Italy

New Developments in Radiotherapy: methods and radiations

11.40-12.00

Takashi Kumagai, Japan

Antiproliferative Effects of Chinese Herbs Against Human Malignancies

12.00-12.20

Vijay Kumar, India  

Hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma: molecular mechanisms, models and strategies of intervention

12.00-12.20

M.H. Dashti, IRAN.

Antinociceptive effect of Solanum Melongena Hydro-alcoholic extract on acute and chronic pain models in male mice.

12.20-12.40

Reema Tayyem, Jordan.

Turmeric in Cancer Inhibition:

What to Study and Why?

12.20-12.40

Umesh .K. Patil, India

Ethnopharmacologyy and natural product research: a multidisciplinary

Approach for new drug discovery from natural sources

12.40-13.00

Amr Amin, U.A.E

Chlorella protects against drug-induced breast cancer in rats

12.40-13.00

Sunil Krishnan, USA

Targeting inducible radioresistance using curcumin in rectal cancer

13.00-14.00

Lunch Break

 

Medicinal Plants /Herbal Medicine - X

(Chairpersons: Jung-Nien Lai, Taiwan & Graham Ewing, UK )

 

Tuberculosis

(Chairpersons: ANDY OPOKU,  South Africa & Daniel Hollenberg, Canada)

14.00-14.20

Ashish Mukhopadhyay, India

The role of iron chelation activity of wheat grass juice in blood transfusion requirement of intermediate thalassaemia

14.00-14.20

Prateek Rastogi, India

Sudden unexpected deaths due to Tuberculosis: an autopsy based study

14.20-14.40

N. R. Sheth, India

Ayurvedic Drugs Problems and Prospectus

14.20-14.40

Rama P Triapthi, India

Our Efforts for New Drugs to combat an old Disease Tuberculosis

14.40-15.00

Moses M. Flomo, Sr  West Africa

How effective is  herbal/natural medicines, the African approach

14.40-15.00

Rishendra Verma, India

Wide host range of m. Bovis occupies significant place in the mycobacterioses in context of both human and animals

15.00-15.10

Tea Break

15.10-18.00

Boating

18.00-20.00

Conference Dinner

 
 

Day 3 (23rd August)

 

Hall 1 (Royal Gallery)

 

Hall 2 (Sunset)

 

Traditional Medicine - I

(Chairpersons: Reinaldo B. Bestetti, Brazil & W. John Martin, USA)

 

Medicinal Plants /Herbal Medicine - XI

(Chairpersons: Vinod Agarwal, India & M. Abdul Hannan, Bangladesh)

8.30-8.50

Hui Wang, China

Acupuncture stimulation to the sacral segment affects state of vigilance in rats

8.30-8.50

Hwa-seung Yoo , South Korea

Case Series of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients

Treated with Intravenous Cultivated Wild Ginseng Phamacopuncture (CWGP)

8.50-9.10

Hanumanthachar Joshi, India

Management of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders through holistic medicine - An Indian traditional approach

8.50-9.10

Parames Sil, India

Beneficial role of Herbal Plants in Pathophysiology 

9.10-9.30

Jung-Nien Lai, Taiwan

The strategy on developing evidence-based traditional Chinese medicine through outcome research---Taiwan experience

9.10-9.30

Fayia Dukoe, West Africa

To be announced later 

9.30-9.50

Krishna Soman, India

Traditional Medicine and Health Care Planning in India: Need for Pushing Boundaries

9.30-9.50

   

9.50-10.00

Tea Break

 

 Traditional Medicine - II

 (Chairpersons: Sunil Krishnan,  USA & med. Klaus von Ammon, China)

 

New Developments in Medical Research & Animal Modeling – I

 (Chairpersons: Hwa-seung Yoo, South Korea & Moshe Szyf, Canada)

10.00-10.20

 Graham Ewing, UK

'The relationship between the autonomic nervous system, the physiological systems and their significance to complementary medicine' (including a demonstration of Virtual Scanning)

10.00-10.20

Filippo Castiglione, Italy

Computational biology and the simulation of the immune system

10.20-10.40

Daniel Hollenberg, Canada

Re-examining the Role of Traditional Medicine for Capacity Building in International and Global Health: Does it Still Have a Role to Play?

10.20-10.40

Laurence Lins, Belgium

Implications of tilted peptides in viral fusion

10.40-11.00

Abdul Latif, India

Awareness of Who Guidelines for Quality S