Personal Information

• Name: Mohamed Farag Abdelhaleem
• Gender: Male
• Address: King Faisal Street, Giza 12814, P.O. Box 2143.  (Egypt)
• Phone Number: 00201023569142 - +9647874625274
• Email: dr.farag@gmail.com - dr.farag@uoalhuda.edu.iq

Academic and Scientific Qualifications

• King Saud University
Ph.D. in Pharmacognosy (natural products chemistry) Riyadh (January 2021, GPA 4.75)

• King Saud University
M.Sc. in Pharmacognosy (natural products chemistry) Riyadh (December 2011, GPA 4.4)

• Cairo University
Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Egypt (May 2007, Excellent with honor)

Courses and Training

Courses:
• Data analysis challenger track - UDACITY, December 2022
• NMR workshop - Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, May 2019
• Effective Academic Teaching Skills - King Saud University, October 2008 
• Clinical Pharmacology - The Egyptian Ministry of Health, August 2006 
• First Aid & Life Support - The Egyptian Ministry of Health, July 2006
• German language - Goethe Schule, Germany, August 2001

Training:
• QC, QA & production at JEDCO International Pharmaceuticals company - July 2007
• QC, QA & production at VACSERA - August 2006
• Pharmacognosy Department at National Organization for Drug Control & Research - July 2006 
• Pharmacognosy Department at National Research Center - July 2005

Academic and Administrative Experience

• Al-Huda University College
Lecturer at Pharmacy department - Al-Anbar-Iraq - December 2024-till now
- Courses: Pharmacognosy-I, Pharmacognosy-II and Pharmacognosy III.

• Badr University
Lecturer at Pharmacognosy department - Asyut-Egypt - October 2024-November 2024
- Courses: Medicinal plants for pharmacy students and Phytochemistry for biotechnology faculty students.

• Merit University
Lecturer at Pharmacognosy department - Sohag- Egypt - October 2023-August 2024
Courses: Medicinal plants and pharmacognosy-I

• King Saud University
Researcher & teaching assistant - Riyadh- Saudi Arabia - December 2007- April 2022
- Courses: PHG 220 (Fundamentals of natural products), PHG 323 (Herbal and alternative medicine) and PHG 415 (Evidence-based Herbal Medicine).
- Doing research in isolation & identification of active constituents of ethno-botanicals and natural products.

• Khaldoun Saleem Al Howide EST. for Medications, Herbal Medicines and Cosmetics
Registration specialist - Riyadh - May 2008- April 2022(part time)
- Classifying health products into food supplements, cosmetics, medical devices or drugs according to SFDA criteria
- Preparing and revision of CTD files for food supplements, medical devices and drugs
- Communicating with international companies for being possible agent in Saudi Arabia

• Arab Company for Pharm. & Medicinal plants (MEPAC Co.)
Quality control analyst - Anshas - August 2007- December 2007
- Analyzing raw materials, semi-finished and finished herbal products
- Preparing reports for production and QA departments

Publication

• Persicaline, an alkaloid from Salvadora persica, inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis and cell-cycle arrest in MCF-7 cells
Open Chemistry 2023, 21 (1), 20220302 (WOS indexed journal)

• Salvadora persica L.: Toothbrush tree with health benefits and industrial applications – An updated evidence-based review
Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal 2021, 29 (7), 751-763 (WOS indexed journal)

• Possible mechanism (s) underlying the antidiarrheal, antispasmodic and bronchodilatory activities of the pericarp of Albizia lebbeck.
International journal of pharmacology 2019, 15 (1), 56-65 (WOS indexed journal)

• Persicaline, a new antioxidant sulphur-containing imidazoline alkaloid from Salvadora persica roots
Molecules 2018, 23 (2), 483 (WOS indexed journal)

• New acyclic secondary metabolites from the biologically active fraction of Albizia lebbeck flowers
Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal 2017, 25 (1), 110-119 (WOS indexed journal)

• A novel β-lactam derivative, albactam from the flowers of Albizia lebbeck with platelets anti-aggregatory activity in vitro
Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2015, 28 (2), 745-53 (WOS indexed journal)

• The role of natural products in drug discovery and development
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 2015, 4 (3), 1-12

• The role of medicinal plants in the treatment of type-2 diabetes
Advanced Journal of Pharmacy and Life Science Research 2014, 2 (4),1-8

• Book entitled with Albizia Lebbeck Flowers Growing in Saudi Arabia: Phytochemical and Biological Evaluation
LAMBERT Academic Publishing, ISBN-10: ‎ 3659590541, August 2014.

• Detection of Hypoglycemic and Antidiabetic Fraction in Ethanol Extract of Jatropha curcas Aerial Parts
Pharmacology & Pharmacy 2014, 5, 663-669

• Phytochemical, antimicrobial and antiprotozoal evaluation of Garcinia mangostana pericarp and α-mangostin, its major xanthone derivative
Molecules 2013, 18 (9), 10599-10608 (WOS indexed journal)

• Evaluation of some biological activities of Albizia lebbeck flowers
Pharmacology & Pharmacy 2013, 4, 473-477

Conferences

• Participated in the 15th International Conference on the Science of Botanicals (13th April- 16th April 2015, Oxford, Mississippi USA): Poster published in WOS journal (Planta Medica 2015, 81(05) PB4).
• Participated in International Congress of the GA (29th August- 2nd September 2010, Berlin, Germany): Poster published in WOS journal (Planta Medica 2010, 76:1163-74 P349).
• Participated in International Congress of the GA (16-20 August 2009, Geneva, Switzerland): Abstract published in WOS journal (Planta Medica 2009, 75: 877-49 SL 31).

Research Skills

• Good experience in using different instruments such as preparative HPLC, HPTLC, GC, NMR, atomic absorption, UV and FT-IR.
• Different chromatographic techniques for isolation and purification of secondary metabolites from natural products such as:
- Column chromatography (flash; charcoal, MPLC and classical).
- Sephadex HL-20 and Diaion HP-20 filtration.
• Structural elucidation of isolated compounds using different spectroscopic techniques such as UV, IR, MS. and NMR.
In-vitro antioxidant assays such as DPPH, nitric oxide and superoxide anion scavenging radical assays.
• Participation in Funded Research Projects
Graduate student researcher in Research Group No. RG, 1437-021, funded by the Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University.

Fellowships and Awards

• The third prize in the ninth KSU students scientific meeting which was awarded by the university rector Prof. Dr. Badran Al-Omar.
• PAD (Pädagogische Austauschdienst) fellowship as one of the best twelve Egyptian Students in German language, Germany.  August 2001.