Biography
Biography: Maha Aboul-Ela
Abstract
Various plants species are used in traditional folk medicine for their anti-diabetic, anti-cancer, anti-oxidant effects and for certain gastric disorders. Examples of plants are Papaver species which are well known for their diverse activities. Another example is Rosemarinus species that have been used in folk medicine for many purposes as diuretic, mild astringent, bitter tonic, digestive, emmenagogue and in cosmetics. Previous reports pointed out that, the activities of most of the examined plants are due to their contents of alkaloids, volatile oils and phenolic compounds obtained from their different extracts. Accordingly, this work comprises Phytochemical and pharmacological study on some selected Lebanese medicinal plants to investigate their constituents and explore their biological activities . The chemical structures of the isolated compounds, from the selected investigated plants belonging to different species, were determined by application of different spectroscopic techniques. Furthermore, the volatile oil constituents of the selected Lebanese plants were investigated. The biological activities of plants’ extracts revealed promising results. This work represents a collection of the research activities performed at the Department aiming to add more natural drug candidates, with potential biological activities, which could serve the pharmaceutical industry.