Alaa Alqahtani
Umm Al- Qura University, Saudi Arabia
Biography
Alaa Alqahtani is an Assistant Professor in Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department at Umm Al- Qura University. She has completed her Graduation from Umm AlQura Universityand Master’s in Chemistry with Biological Chemistry from University of Hull, UK. She completed her PhD from Surrey University, UK in the field of Natural Products Chemistry (Pharmaceutical Chemistry). Her research focuses on the discovery of novel drugs from traditional medicinal plants, marines and their determination of their absolute stereo structures using electronic circular dichroism. Her areas of expertise includes, isolation, identification and quantification of compounds from natural sources, synthesis of bioactive molecules and examine the possible biological activities of these compounds.
Abstract
Abstract : Novel bufadienolide glycoside and a homoisoflavonoid from Rhodocodon campanulatus (Asparagaceae)