Alternative Medicine Interventions for COVID-19 (eBook)

This research volume examines the available alternative, complementary, pharmaceutical and vaccine methods for treating, mitigating, or preventing COVID-19. Coverage includes traditional Chinese medicine, herbal remedies, nutraceutical/dietary options, and drug/vaccine therapies. All the methods discussed will be critically examined to provide readers with a full, unbiased overview that includes pros/cons of each method. While the nature of COVID-19 is still being studied, and new research and theories are being published daily, this book endeavors to provide readers with a comprehensive summary of current research on alternative and mainstream treatment and prevention methods. 

Dr. Muhammad Zia-Ul-Haq, holds a PhDfrom University of Karachi, Pakistan besides LLB from Punjab University Lahore and LLM-IP from Turin University Italy.Currently serving Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization, Lahore College for Women University as Senior Manager. Previously he served as Patent Examiner in The Patent Office, IPO Pakistan (Ministry of Commerce) for 8 years. He received Patent trainings from Japan, Korea, Malaysia, USA and France. He has published 2 books with Springer, more than 120 research and review papers with total IF of 120 and total Google Scholar Citations of 4000.He is peer reviewer of many journals published by Elsevier and Springer. He won RPA from Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (PCST),Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) from 2010-2015.

Dr. May Nasser Bin-JumahholdsMaster and PhD degrees in biology- environment, pollution and toxicity from King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. She is teaching students different courses of biology at Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University. She is interesting in research in all biology subjects, and has published articles about environment, pollution, anticancer, microorganisms, natural products, animal behavior and neuroscience.

Dr. Sarah Ibrahim Alothman, holds Master and PhD degree in Histology and Cell Biology (Embryology) from Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University in Saudi Arabia. She is teaching different courses of Biology in Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University. She published more than 40 researches in Embryology, Toxicology, Pollution, Natural products and many other fields.

Dr. Hanan is currently an associate researcher in the Health sciences research center, Princess Norah University, Saudi Arabia. She is a PhD in Biochemistry from King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. Her current research interests are in the potential chemo modulatory effect of natural compounds against several diseases, and designing and screening of potential inhibitors against threatening diseases such as cancer.