Curriculum vitae

Name: Afaf El-sayed Ali Abdel Ghani

Date of Birth: June 29, 1958.

Place of birth: Zagazig, Egypt

Marietal status: Married

Adress : Department of pharmacognosy,Faculty of pharmacy, ZagazigUniversity, 44519 Zagazig, Egypt.

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Education: Doctorate of philosophy(ph.D.) , 1990. University of Zagazig, through a channel system mission with the institute of pharmaceutical chemistry, BonnUniversity, Germany.

Master of pharmaceutical sciences (pharmacogonsy) , 1985 university o Zagazig , Zagazig, Egypt.

Bachelor of pharmaceutical sciences (excellent with honor) 1981. University of ZagazigZagazig, Egypt.

Professional May 2005- present

Career Prof. of pharmacognosy

Experience: Faculty of Pharmacy

ZagazigUniversity

Teaching and assisting in the delivery of academic education courses for undergraduates,the courses include:

*Botany and Medicinal Plants

*Pharmacognosy I

*Pharmacognosy I

Phytochemistry

*Applied Phamaconosy

*Pharmacognosy 2 (PG 303)for clinical students.

Im addition,I m involved in several administrative, academic and cultural activities in the University include:

Member of Pharmacognosy Dept. Council.

Member of Enviroment Committee.

Supervisor of Master and Ph.D Thesies.

Pharmacognosy II Course organizer in DOPSE-Tempus project in co operation with European Community.

April 1998

Assistant Prof. of Pharmacognosy

Faculty of Pharmacy

ZagazigUniversity

Zagazig,Egypt

February 1991

Lecturer of Pharmacognosy

Faculty of Pharmacy

ZagazigUniversity

Zagazig,Egypt.

December 1985

Assistant lecturer of Pharmacognosy

Faculty of Pharmacy

ZagazigUniversity

Zagazi,Egypt

Ph.D.Study:

Titel: Phytochemical Study of Some Alkaloids- bearing Plants.

Titel: A Pharmacognostical Study of Limonium angustifolium Turr. Family Plumbaginaceae Grown in Egypt.

Reasearch Interest:

. Isolation and structure identification of chemical constituents of medicinal plants including alkaloids, flavonoids,terpenoids,essential and fixed oils.

. Quantitative estimation of natural products in crude drugs and their pharmaceutical preparations.

. Macro-and micromorphological study of medicinal plants in order to characterize them in both entire and powdered forms.

Thesis Supervision:

1-A Pharmacognostical Study of Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. Family Leguminosae Growing in Egypt

2- Study of Alkaloids Contents of Some Monoct Plants.

3- A Pharmacognostical Study of Ranunculus trachcarpus Fish&Mey Family Ranunculaceae Growing in Egypt.

4- A Pharmacognostical Study of Phyllanthus atropurpureus Boj.Hort.Maurit. Family Euphorbiaceae Cultivated in Egypt.

5- A Pharmacognostical Study of Salix tetrasperma Roxb.Family Salicaceae Cultivated in Egypt.

6- A Phytochemical and Biological Study of Salix subserrata Willd Family Salicaceae Cltivated in Egypt.

7- A Phytochemical and Biological Study of Malva parviflora L. Family Malvaceae Grown in Egypt.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

1-Macro- and Micromorphology of Leaves, Stem, Root and Rootstock of Limonium angustifolium Turr Growing in Egypt.

T.M. Sarg, A.A. Omar, A.M. Ateya and A.E. Ali, Man. J. Pharm. Sci.,

vol. 1,p.59(1986).

2- Phtochemical study of Limonium angustifolium (Family Plumbaginceae) Growing in Egypt.

T.M. Sarg, A.A. Omar, A.M. Ateya and A.E. Abdel-Ghani, Alex. J.Pharm. Sci., vol. 4(2), p. 186 (1990).

3- Macro- and Micromorphology of the Inflorescence of Limonium angustifolium Turr. Growing in Egypt.

T.M. Sarg, A.A. Omar, A.M. Ateya and A.E. Ali, Bull. Fac. Pharm. Cairo Univ., vol. 30(1), p.69 (1992).

4- Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids from Petasites paradoxus (Retz.) Baumg.

E. Roeder and A. Abdel-Ghani, Sci. Pharm., vol. 58, p. 403 (1990).

5- Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids from Alkanna orientalis. E. Roeder, T. Sarg, S. El-Dahmy and A. Abdel-Ghani, Fitoterapia, vol.LXIII(5), p. 405 (1992).

6- Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids from Echium angustifolium.

T. Sarg, S. El-Dahmy, E. Abdel Aziz, A. Abdel-Ghani and E. Roeder, Fitoterapia,vol.LXIII(5), p. 466 (1992).

7- Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids from Crotalaria aegyptiaca.

E. Roeder, T. Sarg, S. El-Dahmy and A. Abdel-Ghani, Phyto-Chemistry, vol.34(5), p. 1421 (1993).

8- Chemical composition and Antimicrobial activity of the Essential Oil from Echinosciadium Arabicum Zohary.

A.E. Abdel-Ghani, Alex. J.Pharm.Sci., vol. 9(3), p. 189 (1995).

9- Macro- and Micromorphology of Dalbergia sissoo Robx. Growing in Egypt. Part II: Inflorescence and Fruits.

Taha Sarg, Abdel-Monem Ateya, Afaf Abdel-Ghani and Wafaa Badr, Zagazig J. Pharm. Sci., vol. 4(2), p. 176 (1995).

10- A New Quantitative Method for Estimation of Haemolytic Saponins in Plants.

Abdel-Monem M. Ateya, Samia S. Hafez, Afaf E. Abdel-Ghani Abdel – Halim M. El-Sayed and Mortada M. El-Sayed, Zagazig J. Pharm. Sci., vol. 4(1), p. 186 (1995).

11- GC-MS Analysis and Antimicrobial Activity of Volatile Oil of Pituranthos tortuosus (DCSF.).

A. E. Abdel-Ghani, and S.S. Hafez, Qatar Univ. Sci. J., vol. 15(1), p. 23 (1995).

12- Macro- and Micromorphology of Dalbergia sissoo Robx. Growing in Egypt. Part I: The Leaf and Stem.

Taha Sarg, Abdel-Monem Ateya, Afaf Abdel-Ghani and Wafaa Badr, Zagazig J. Pharm. Sci., vol. 4(2), p. 163, (1995).

13- Alkaloids of Arnebia decumbens Vent.

S. El-Dahmy and A. Abdel-Ghani, Az. J. Pharm. Sci., vol. 15, p. 24, (1995).

14- Application of Immunoenzymatic Technique in Determination of Galanthamine in Two Pancratium Species.

Taha M. Sarg, Meinhart H. Zenk, SameehI. El-Dahmy, Afaf E. Abdel- Ghani and M. Abou-Hashem, Zagazig J. Pharm. Sci., vol. 5(2), p. 99 (1996).

15- Alkaloids and Biological Activities of Pancratium foetidum Pomel.

T. Sarg, M. Zenk, S. EL-Dahmy, A. Abdel-Ghani and M. Abou-Hashem, Bull. Pharm. Cairo Univ., vol. 35(2), p.159 (1996).

16- Phytochemical and Pharmacological studies of Dalbergia sissoo. Growing in Egypt.

T. Sarg, A. Ateya, A. Abdel-Ghani, W. Badr and G. Shams, Pharmaceutical Biology, 37, p. 54 (1999).

17- High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the determination of Colchicine andrelated compounds.

T. Sarg, M. Zenk, S. EL-Dahmy, A. Abdel-Ghani and M. Abou-Hashem, Zagazig J. Pharm. Sci., vol. 11(2), p. 64 (2002).

18- Analgesic, Antiinflammatory Activity and Chemical Composition of Uromastyx aegyptius Oil.

Abdel-Monem M. Ateya and Afaf E. Abdel-Ghani Bull. Fac. Pharm. CairoUniv., vol. 42(2), p.353 (2004).

19- Chemical composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oil of Araucaria excelsa R. Br. Cultivated in Egypt.

Afaf E. Abdel-Ghani, Zagazig J. Pharm. Sci., vol. 12(1), p. 36 (2003).

20- Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids from Onosma arenaria (Boraginaceae).

Assem El-Shazly, Afaf Abdel-Ghani and Michael wink. Bio-chemical Systematic and Ecology, vol. 31, p. 477 (2003).

21- Chemical and Biological Investigations of Araucaria excelsa Exudate.

Afaf E. Abdel-Ghani, Bull. Fac. Pharm. Cairo Univ., vol. 42(3), p.229 (2004).

22- Sissosterol: A New sterol from Dalbergia sissoo with an AntiinflammatoryActivity.

Afaf E. Abdel-Ghani and Gamal A. Dora. Mans. J. Pharm. Sci., vol., 20(1) , p. 104 (2004).

23- Phytochemical and Biological Studies of Lotus corniculatus var. tenuifolius L. Growing in Egypt.

Afaf E. Abdel-Ghani, S.S. Hafez, Ehsan M. Abdel Aziz and Assem M. El-Shazly. Alex. J. Pharm. Sci., vol. 15(2), p. 103 (2001).

24- pharmacognostical and Antibacterial Studies of Chorisia speciosa St. Hill. Flower (Bombacaeae).

Samia S. Hafez, Afaf E. Abdel-Ghani and Assem M. El-Shazly. Mans. J. Pharm. Sci., vol., 19(1) , p. 40 (2003).

25- Glucosinolates and Volatile constituents of Some Plants Belonging to Family Brassicaceae.

Samia S. Hafez, Afaf E. Abdel-Ghani and Amal A. Al-Gendy. Mans. J. Pharm. Sci., vol., 20(1) , p. 92 (2004).

26- Analysis of the Essential Oils of Shinus terebinthifolius Raddl. Cultivated in Egypt.

Assem M. El-Shazly, Samia S. Hafez, and Afaf E. Abdel-Ghani, Zagazig J. Pharm. Sci., vol.9(1), p. 1 (2000).