Browsing by Author "Uba, Abdullahi Ibrahim"
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Adding New Scientific Evidences on the Pharmaceutical Properties of Pelargonium quercetorum Agnew Extracts by Using In Vitro and In Silico Approaches
Chiavaroli, Annalisa; Libero, Maria Loreta; Di Simone, Simonetta Cristina; Acquaviva, Alessandra; Nilofar, Lucia; Uba, Abdullahi Ibrahim (MDPI, 2023)Pelargonium quercetorum is a medicinal plant traditionally used for treating intestinal worms. In the present study, the chemical composition and bio-pharmacological properties of P. quercetorum extracts were investigated. ... -
Appraisals on the chemical characterization and biological potentials of Ranunculus constantinopolitanus extracts using chromatographic, computational, and molecular network approaches
Uba, Abdullahi Ibrahim; BESIII Collaboration (Elsevier Ltd, 2023)In this context, phytochemicals were extracted from Ranunculus constantinopolitanus using ethyl acetate (EA), ethanol, ethanol/water (70%), and water solvent. The analysis encompassed quantification of total phenolic and ... -
Bacteriophage genome engineering for phage therapy to combat bacterial antimicrobial resistance as an alternative to antibiotics
Usman, Sani Sharif; Uba, Abdullahi Ibrahim; Christina, Evangeline (SPRINGER, 2023)Bacteriophages (phages) are viruses that mainly infect bacteria and are ubiquitously distributed in nature, especially to their host. Phage engineering involves nucleic acids manipulation of phage genome for antimicrobial ... -
Chemical characterization and biological abilities of Anthocleista djalonensis collected from two locations of Ivory Coast
Sinan, Kouadio Ibrahime; Zengin, Gokhan; Uba, Abdullahi Ibrahim; Caprioli, Giovanni; Angeloni, Simone; Vittori, Sauro; Jugreet, Sharmeen; Etienne, Ouattara Katinan; Shariati, Mohamad Ali; Mahomoodally, Mohamad Fawzi (John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2023)In this study, the total phenolic and flavonoid contents, HPLC-DAD detected phytochemicals, antioxidant and enzyme inhibitory potential of methanolic and aqueous (as infusion) extracts of the medicinal plant, Anthocleista ... -
Chemical Characterization of Different Extracts from Artemisia annua and Their Antioxidant, Enzyme Inhibitory and Anti-Inflammatory Properties
Acquaviva, Alessandra; Nilofar; Bouyahya, Abdelhakim; Zengin, Gokhan; Di Simone, Simonetta Cristina; Recinella, Lucia; Leone, Sheila; Brunetti, Luigi; Uba, Abdullahi Ibrahim; Cakilcioğlu, Ugur; Polat, Rıdvan; Darendelioglu, Ekrem (John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2023)Artemisia annua L. (Asteraceae Family) is an important plant in Asia that has been used for treating different diseases, including fever due to malaria, wounds, tubercolisis, scabues, pain, convulsions, diabetes, and ... -
Comparative GC-MS Analysis of Fresh and Dried Curcuma Essential Oils with Insights into Their Antioxidant and Enzyme Inhibitory Activities
Fahmy, Nouran M.; Fayez, Shaimaa; Uba, Abdullahi Ibrahim; Shariati, Mohammad Ali; Aljohani, Abdullah S. M.; El-Ashmawy, Ibrahim M.; Batiha, Gaber El-Saber; Eldahshan, Omayma A.; Singab, Abdel Nasser; Zengin, Gokhan (MDPI, 2023)Species belonging to the Zingiberaceae family are of high nutritional, industrial, and medicinal values. In this study, we investigated the effect of processing steps (fresh vs. dried milled rhizomes) and extraction ... -
A comparative study on chemical profiles and biological activities of different extracts of three Verbascum species from Turkey
Zengin, Gokhan; Yagi, Sakina; Kopjar, Mirela; Yildiztugay, Evren; Ćorković, Ina; Kumar, Sathish; Rengasamy, Kannan RR; AlDhaheri, Yusra; Eid, Ali H.; Uba, Abdullahi Ibrahim (ELSEVIER, 2023)The present study aimed to evaluate the antioxidant and enzyme inhibition properties of aerial part of Verbascum cheiranthifolium Boiss. V. myriocarpum Boiss. & Heldr. and V. pyroliforme (Boiss. & Heldr.) Kuntze as well ... -
Computational analysis of drug resistance of taxanes bound to human β-tubulin mutant (D26E)
Uba, Abdullahi Ibrahim; Bui-Linh, Candice; Thornton, Julianne M.; Olivieri, Michael; Wu, Chun (Elsevier Inc., 2023)The single-point mutation D26E in human β-tubulin is associated with drug resistance seen with two anti-mitotic taxanes (paclitaxel and docetaxel) when used to treat cancers. The molecular mechanism of this resistance ... -
In Vitro and Molecular Docking Evaluation of Larvicidal Effects of Essential Oils of Five Aromatic Plants on the Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda JE. Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Ivory Coast
Kobenan, Koffi Christophe; Kouadio, Ibrahime Sinan; Kouakou, Malanno; Silvie, Pierre; Kouadio, Kra Norbert Bini; N'goran, Kouadio Emmanuel; Kouakou, Brou Julien; Amangoua, Nogbou Ferdinand; Tehia, Kouakou Etienne; Uba, Abdullahi Ibrahim; Zengin, Gokhan (WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, 2023)Faced with the serious consequences resulting from the abusive and repeated use of synthetic chemicals, today rethinking crop protection is more than necessary. It is in this context that the essential oils of the Lamiaceae ... -
LC-MS/MS and GC-MS profiling, antioxidant, enzyme inhibition, and antiproliferative activities of Thymus leucostomus HAUSSKN. & VELEN. extracts
Fayez, Shaimaa; Fahmy, Nouran M.; Zengin, Gokhan; Yagi, Sakina; Uba, Abdullahi Ibrahim; Eldahshan, Omayma A.; Koyuncu, Ismail; Temiz, Ebru; Dall'Acqua, Stefano; Sut, Stefania; Selvi, Selami (WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, 2023)The chemical composition as well as antioxidant, antiproliferative, and enzyme inhibition activities of extracts from aerial parts of Thymus leucostomus H ausskn. & V elen. obtained with hexane, methanol, and water were ... -
Phenolic compounds as histone deacetylase inhibitors: binding propensity and interaction insights from molecular docking and dynamics simulations
Uba, Abdullahi Ibrahim; Zengin, Gokhan (SPRINGER WIEN, 2023)Histone deacetylases are well-established target enzymes involved in the pathology of different diseases including cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. The approved HDAC inhibitor drugs are associated with cellular ... -
Phenolic compounds as potential adenosine deaminase inhibitors
Adenosine deaminase (ADA) is a Zn2+-containing enzyme that catalyzes the irreversible deamination of adenosine to inosine or deoxyadenosine to deoxyinosine. In addition to this enzymatic function, ADA mediates cell-to-cell ... -
Screening for Chemical Characterization and Pharmacological Properties of Different Extracts from Nepeta italica
Acquaviva, Alessandra; Di Simone, Simonetta Cristina; Nilofar, Abdelhakim; Bouyahya, Abdelhakim; Zengin, Gokhan; Recinella, Lucia; Leone, Sheila; Brunetti, Luigi; Uba, Abdullahi Ibrahim; Guler, Osman; Balos, Maruf; Cakilcioglu, Ugur; Menghini, Luigi; Ferrante, Claudio; Orlando, Giustino; Libero, Maria Loreta; Chiavaroli, Annalisa (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023)Plants from the Nepeta genus have been proved to possess different pharmacological properties, among which are antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and cytotoxic effects. Nepeta italica is a medicinal ...
