Name and Address:
Saad Mohamed Hussein Ayoub
Professor, Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Medical Sciencesand Technology,
Khartoum Sudan.
Email:
Mobile: 0910489487.
Personal Data:
Nationality: Sudanese
Data and place of Birth: 3rd May, 1946, Khartoum, Sudan.
Marital Status: Married with three Children.
Education and Scientific Qualifications:
1)BSc: Chemical Engineering with Specialization in the Chemistry and technology of Pharmaceutical Preparations and Dyes. (Bulgaria, 1970).
2)PhD: Chemistry of Natural Products. (Bulgaria, 1975).
3)Chartered Chemist: The Royal Society of Chemistry (United Kingdom, 1980).
4)Public Health Science International Research Fellow: Fogarty International Center(USA, 1983).
Memberships:
1)Member, the Royal Society of Chemistry (United Kingdom).
2)M ember, The Society of Chemical Industry (United Kingdom).
3)Member, American Society of Pharmacognosy (USA).
4)Member, Society of Medicinal Plant Research (Germany)
Appointments and Experience:
1)Detail Man and Consultant: MOSECO, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (1976-1977).
2)(2) Research Fellow and Director: Medicinal and Aromatic Herbs Research Unit, NCR,Khartoum, Sudan (1978-1980).
3)Senior Research Fellow: Medicinal and Aromatic Herbs Research Unit, NCR,Khartoum, Sudan (1981-1985).
4)Assistant Professor: Department of Pharmacognosy and Natural Products, Faculty ofPharmacy, Alfateh University, Tripoli, Libya (1986-1993).
5)Associate Professor: Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of MedicalTechnology, Misurata, Alfateh University, Libya (1993-1996).
6)Consultant: Research and Processing of Medicinal Plants, Fitochimia SRL, Craiova,Romania (1996-1997).
7)Professor: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Al NeelainUniversity, Khartoum, Sudan (1998-2007).
8)Professor: Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al Neelain University,Khartoum, Sudan (2007-2009).
9)Professor: Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of MedicalSciences and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan (2009-Present).
Publications and Awards
1)Scientific Papers. More Than 85 research papers in international and regional periodical (since 1972- present).
2)Patents: Granted Patents in some European, African and South American Countries(1982, 1983 and 1985).
3)Books: Natural Products Manual, UMST press (2010).
4)Post-doctoral research Fellow: Department of Pharamcognosy, Leiden University, theNetherland (1981).
5)Post –doctoral Research Fellow: Department of Chemistry, Virginia PolytechnicInstitute and State University, Virginia, USA (1983).
Research Experience and Supervision
1)Project Leader: Research projects and feasibility studies on anticancer, molluscicidaland antimicrobial medicinal plants and processing of medicinal plants (1981, 1987,1997).
2)Supervisor:
- BSc Graduation Projects: Numerous in Libyan and Sudanese Universities (1987-
present).
- Master’s Theses: Twenty nine theses by research in Chemistry of Natural Products(2003-2009)
- PhD’s Theses: Twelve these by research in chemistry of natural products (2006-present
- Research Activities and Interests:
1- Extraction and identification of essential oils and fixed oils from Sudanese plantsand investigation of their constituents by chromatographic and spectroscopictechniques.
2- Structure elucidation of biologically active isolates from essential oils andTerpenoids from fixed oils.
3- Extraction and isolation of bioactive constituents from terrestrial plants following theethnopharmacologic approach by bioassay-guided fractionation techniques.
(3-1) Structure elucidation of the phytopharmaceuticals by modern spectroscopic techniques.
(3-2) In vitro and in vivo bioassays of isolated bioactive constituents.
(3-3) Application of the same methodology on marine organisms collected from
different locations in red sea.
4- My interest is focused mainly on flavonoids, lignans and triterpenoids as bioactivemetabolites isolated from terrestrial or marine fauna.
5- Attempts to contribute in development of the CAM approach in aromatherapy andherbal remedies in collaboration with researchers in pharmacology andpharmaceutics as well as pharmaceutical chemistry.