Dr. Mohamed Lotfy Ashour

Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmacy Program, Batterjee Medical College North Obhur, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Heidelberg University, Germany

My URL
https://livedna.org/20.5139

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Biography

Dr. Mohamed Lotfy Ashour is currently working as Associate Professor at Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Egypt. He has completed his Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology from Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany. He is member of Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research(GA), Italo-Latin American Society of Ethnomedicine, and Egyptian Pharmaceutical Society. Dr. Mohamed Lotfy has received Ain Shams University award for international publication. He has published 30 research articles in journals contributed as author/co-author.

Area of Interest:

Pharmacology and Toxicology
Anti Inflammatory
Hepatoprotectives
Natural Product
Phytochemistry

Selected Publications

  1. Mostafa, N.M., M.L. Ashour, O.A. Eldahshan and A.N.B. Singab, 2015. Cytotoxic activity and molecular docking of a novel biflavonoid isolated from Jacaranda acutifolia (Bignoniaceae). Nat. Prod. Res., (In Press). 10.1080/14786419.2015.1114938.
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  2. Mamadalieva, N.Z., V. Vinciguerra, M. Sobeh, E. Ovidi, M.L. Ashour, M. Wink and A. Tiezzi, 2015. GLC-MS profiling of non-polar extracts from Phlomis bucharica and P. salicifolia and their cytotoxicity. Boletin Latinoamericano Caribe Plantas Medicinales Aromaticas, 14: 442-448.
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  3. Khalil, N., A. Mohamed, N.S. Abdel and S. Osama, 2015. Chemical Composition and Biological Activity of the Essential Oils Obtained From Yellow and Red Carrot Fruits Cultivated In Egypt. J. Pharm. Biol. Sci., 10: 13-19.
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  4. Kandeel, S.M., M.L. Ashour, A.N.B. Singab and G.A. El-Hossary, 2015. Quality control of certain herbal products and their individual components used for digestive tract disorders and their proposed mechanism. Eur. J. Med. Plants, 5: 349-365.
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  5. Eid, S.Y., M.Z. El-Readi, M.L. Ashour and M. Wink, 2015. Fallopia japonica, a natural modulator, can overcome multidrug resistance in cancer cells. Evidence-Based Complement. Altern. Med. 10.1155/2015/868424.
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  6. Ayoub, I.M., F.S. Youssef, M. El-Shazly, M.L. Ashour, A.N.B. Singab and M. Wink, 2015. Volatile constituents of Dietes bicolor (Iridaceae) and their antimicrobial activity. Zeitschrift Naturforschung C, 70: 217-225.
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  7. Youssef, F.S., R. Hamoud, M.L. Ashour, A.N. Singab and M. Wink, 2014. Volatile oils from the aerial parts of eremophila maculata and their antimicrobial activity. Chem. Biodivers., 11: 831-841.
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  8. Singab, A.N., N.M. O.A. Mostafa, Eldahshan, M.L. Ashour and M. Wink, 2014. Profile of volatile components of hydrodistilled and extracted leaves of Jacaranda acutifolia and their antimicrobial activity against foodborne pathogens. Nat. Prod. Commun., 9: 1007-1010.
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  9. Singab, A.N., F.S. Youssef and M.L. Ashour, 2014. Medicinal plants with potential antidiabetic activity and their assessment. Med. Aromat. Plants, Vol. 3. 10.4172/2167-0412.1000151.
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  10. Hanafi, R.S., M. Sobeh, M.L. Ashour, M.Z. El-Readi and S.Y. Desoukey et al., 2014. Chemical composition and biological activity of essential oils of cumin and coriander fruits from Egypt. Nat. Prod. J., 4: 63-69.
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  11. Ashour, M.L., M.Z. El-Readi, R. Hamoud, S.Y. Eid and S.H. El Ahmady et al., 2014. Anti-infective and cytotoxic properties of Bupleurum marginatum. Chin. Med., Vol. 9. 10.1186/1749-8546-9-4.
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  12. Singab, A.N., F.S. Youssef, M.L. Ashour and M. Wink, 2013. The genus Eremophila (Scrophulariaceae): An ethnobotanical, biological and phytochemical review. J. Pharm. Pharmacol., 65: 1239-1279.
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  13. Milad, R., F.S. Youssef, M.L. Ashour and A.N. Singab, 2013. Botanical and genetic characteristics of Eremophila maculata and Eremophila purpurascens (Scrophulariaceae). World J. Pharmaceut. Res., 2: 2711-2736.
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  14. Mamadalieva, N.Z., M.Z. El-Readi, E. Ovidi, M.L. Ashour and R. Hamoud et al., 2013. Antiproliferative, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of the chemical constituents of Ajuga turkestanica. Phytopharmacology, 4: 1-18.

  15. Hamdan, D., M.L. Ashour, S. Mulyaningsih, A. El-Shazly and M. Wink, 2013. Chemical composition of the essential oils of variegated pink-fleshed lemon (Citrus x limon L. Burm. f.) and their anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activities. Zeitschrift Naturforschung C, 68: 275-284.
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  16. El-Readi, M.Z., S. Eid, M.L. Ashour, A. Tahrani and M. Wink, 2013. Modulation of multidrug resistance in cancer cells by chelidonine and Chelidonium majus alkaloids. Phytomed., 20: 282-294.
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  17. El-Readi, M.Z., H.H. Eid, M.L. Ashour, S.Y. Eid, R.M. Labib, F. Sporer and M. Wink, 2013. Variations of the chemical composition and bioactivity of essential oils from leaves and stems of Liquidambar styraciflua (Altingiaceae). J. Pharm. Pharmacol., 65: 1653-1663.
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  18. El-Ahmady, S.H., M.L. Ashour and M. Wink, 2013. Chemical composition and anti-inflammatory activity of the essential oils of Psidium guajava fruits and leaves. J. Essent. Oil Res., 25: 475-481.
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  19. Chung, Y.M., M. El-Shazly, D.W. Chuang, T.L. Hwang and T. Asai et al., 2013. Suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, induces the production of anti-inflammatory cyclodepsipeptides from Beauveria felina. J. Nat. Prod., 76: 1260-1266.
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  20. Ashour, M.L., N.A. Ayoub, A.N.B. Singab and M.M. Al Azizi, 2013. Simmondsia chinensis (Jojoba): A comprehensive pharmacognostic study. J. Pharmacogn. Phytochem., 2: 97-120.
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  21. Wink, M., M.L. Ashour and M.Z. El-Readi, 2012. Secondary metabolites inhibiting ABC transporters and reversing resistance of cancer cells and fungi to cytotoxic and antimicrobial agents. Front Microbiol., 362: 130-130.
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  22. Hammami, S., A.B. Salem, M.L. Ashour, J. Cheriaa, G. Graziano and Z. Mighri, 2012. A novel methylated sesquiterpene from seagrass Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile. Nat. Prod. Res., 10.1080/14786419.2012.725401.
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  23. Ashour, M.L., M.Z. El-Readi, A. Tahrani, S.Y. Eid and M. Wink, 2012. A novel cytotoxic aryltetraline lactone from Bupleurum marginatum (Apiaceae). Phytochem. Lett., 5: 387-392.
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  24. Ashour, M.L. and S.S. Ebada, 2012. Plant natural products as potential modulators of the transcription factor NF-κB. Med. Aromat. Plant Sci. Biotechnol., 6: 10-19.
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  25. Herrmann, F., M.R. Romero, A.G. Blazquez, D. Kaufmann and M.L. Ashour et al., 2011. Diversity of pharmacological properties in chinese and European medicinal plants: Cytotoxicity, antiviral and antitrypanosomal screening of 82 herbal drugs. Diversity, 3: 547-580.
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  26. Ashour, M.L. and M. Wink, 2011. Genus Bupleurum: A review of its phytochemistry, pharmacology and modes of action. J. Pharm. Pharmacol., 63: 305-321.
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  27. Nibret, E., M.L. Ashour, C.D. Rubanza and M. Wink, 2010. Screening of some Tanzanian medicinal plants for their trypanocidal and cytotoxic activities. Phytother. Res., 24: 945-947.
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  28. Mulyaningsih, S., M. Youns, M.Z. El-Readi, M.L. Ashour and E. Nibret et al., 2010. Biological activity of the essential oil of Kadsura longipedunculata (Schisandraceae) and its major components. J. Pharm. Pharmacol., 62: 1037-1044.
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  29. Ashour, M., M. Wink and J. Gershenzon, 2010 2010. Biochemistry of Terpenoids: Monoterpenese, Sesquiterpenese and Diterpenese. In: Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 40: Biochemistry of Plant Secondary Metabolism, Wink, M. (Ed.). 2nd Edn., Chapter 5, Blackwell, Oxford, UK., ISBN-13: 978-1405183970, pp: 258-302.

  30. Ashour, M.L., M. El-Readi, M. Youns, S. Mulyaningsih, F. Sporer, T. Efferth and M. Wink, 2009. Chemical composition and biological activity of the essential oil obtained from Bupleurum marginatum (Apiaceae). J. Pharm. Pharmacol., 61: 1079-1087.
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