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Asmaa Ibrahim Ismail Owis

Associate professor

Basic Informations

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Curriculum Vitae                  

 

  • Name: Asmaa Ibrahim Ismail Owis
  • Data of birth: 25. 5. 1972
  • Place of birth: Cairo - Egypt.
  • Sex : Female
  • Marital Status : Married , 2 sons and 1 daughter
  • Home Address: Abd-El Ra'ouf Street- Al Ramd – Beni-Suef – Egypt.
  • Tel. no. : (02082) 2316955
  •  Mobile: 01202500017
  • Fax no. : 082 2317958
  • Current Job: Associate professor of Pharmacognosy - Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University.
  •  E-mail: asmaa_owis@yahoo.com

 

Education:

-      Bachelor in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Grade : very good with honour),  Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Egypt, 1994

-      Master Thesis in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacognosy, Cairo University, 2004. Title: "Pharmacognostical study of Dracocephalum moldavica L. Family Labiatae cultivated in Egypt".

-      Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacognosy, Cairo University, 2010. Title: "Phytochemical Study of Cassia brewsteri growing in Egypt".

 

 

Chronology of Employment:

-      Pharmacist: in National Organization for Drug Control & Research "NODCAR", Dokki, Cairo, Egypt, 1994 to 5/8/1995.

-      Instructor: in Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University from 6/8/1995 to 17/1/2005.

-      Teaching Assistant: in Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University from 18/1/2005 to 26/10/2010 .

-      Lecturer: in Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University from 27/10/2010 till now.

 

Career related activities:

  • Reviewer (Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences BJBAS), from 1/1/2010 reviewing manuscript entitled:

“Morphoanatomical and Physicochemical standardization of Casuarina equisetifolia L. stem bark”

“Chemical variation of leaf essential oil at different stages of plant growth and in vitro antibacterial activity of Thymus vulgaris Lamiaceae, from Iran”

  • Academic advisor for clinical pharmacy students from 2010 till now.
  • Preparation of the requests for scientific apparatus, glass ware and furniture for Pharmacognosy Department, 2011-2012 .
  • Participation in preparing for Continuous Improvement and Qualifying for Accreditation Project (CIQAP) on 2013 .
  • Organizer for student visit to ??????? ????????? ??????? , 18 March, 2013.
  • Part – timer in Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nahda University, Fall 2013/2014 till now.
  • Deputy Director of Quality Assurance Unit in Faculty of Pharmacy Beni-Suef University, 2/2014 till 1-11-2016 .
  • Organizer for ‘’None-calories natural sweeteners’’ seminar - Department of Pharmacognosy- Faculty of Pharmacy- Beni-Suef University- 12/2014.
  • Organizer for The First International Conference for Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University entitled Health between Nutrition and Treatment BSU-HNT2015, Beni-Suef, 30-31 August, 2015.

 

Research Project’s contribution:

-      Principal Investigator in the project funded by the Development Unit of Scientific Research, Beni-Suef University, entitled “Medicinal Plants as enormous resources for important bioactive secondary metabolites” (worth 40 000 Egyptian pounds), March 2014.  

-      Principal Investigator in the project funded by the Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, entitled “Medicinal Plants as huge resources for important bioactive secondary metabolites” (worth 20 000 Egyptian pounds), stopped due to lack of financial support.

-      Co-PI in the project funded by the Development Unit of Scientific Research, Beni-Suef University, entitled “Phenolic Compounds and Antioxidant Potential of Selected Plants Used in Beni-Suef, Upper Egypt” (worth 40 000 Egyptian pounds), March 2015.  

 

Theses supervised

  1. Master thesis entitled “Phytochemical and Biological Studies of Calligonum polygonoides L. subsp. Comsum (L'Her.), Family: Polygonaceae, Cultivated in Egypt”, Nov. 2015, Beni-Suef University.

 

Theses under supervision:

  1. Ph.D. thesis entitled "Phytochemical and biological studies on some plants belonging to family Fabaceae and family Myrtaceae cultivated in Egypt", July 2013, Beni-Suef University.
  2. Ph.D. thesis entitled "UPLC-MS & NMR metabolomic driven analysis of legume sprouts and its biological evaluation", Jan. 2014, Beni-Suef University.
  3. Master thesis entitled "Phytochemical and Biological Studies of Euphorbia species cultivated in Egypt", Nov. 2014, Beni-Suef University.
  4. Master thesis entitled "Phytochemical Study of Selected Egyptian Plants for Treatment of Breast cancer", Dec. 2014, Beni Suef University.

Research Interests:

-       Isolation and purification of natural products.

-       Chromatographic techniques.

-       Structure elucidation of natural products using advanced spectroscopic techniques.

-       Evaluation of bioactivities of plant extracts, fractions and natural products isolated thereof.

-       Plant tissue culture and Biotechnology research.

 

Membership in:

  • Syndicate of Pharmacists of Egypt.

 

Training Courses, seminars and workshops:

  1. Training course in computer science (Introduction-Basics-Windows-Word-Excel-Powerpoint), 2010.
  2. Teaching and Educational courses-Faculty and Leadership Development Center- Beni-Suef University, 2010.
  3. TOEFL course-AMIDEAST- (7/2010, Exam. score= 550).
  4. Endnote - Faculty of Pharmacy-Beni-Suef University - 30/1/2013.
  5. How to Write a Scientific Paper for Publication in International Journals – Faculty of Pharmacy-Beni-Suef University - 25/2/2013.
  6. Credit hours system - Faculty of Pharmacy-Beni-Suef University- 2013.
  7. Self-Marketing - Faculty of Science - Beni-Suef University – 16/5/2013.
  8. Exam control- Faculty of Pharmacy-Beni-Suef University - 21/3/2014.
  9. Modern NMR Spectroscopy-Concepts and Applications-Faculty of Science-Beni-Suef University – 3-4/8/2014.
  10. In silico screening in drug discovery- Department of Pharmacognosy- Faculty of Pharmacy- Beni-Suef University- 2/12/2014.
  11. Determination of stereochemistry by chemical methods- Department of Pharmacognosy- Faculty of Pharmacy- Beni-Suef University- 9/12/2014.
  12. None calories natural sweeteners - Department of Pharmacognosy- Faculty of Pharmacy- Beni-Suef University- 12/2014.
  13. Course specification - Faculty of Pharmacy-Beni-Suef University – 23, 24/12/2014.
  14. Computer-based drug design- Department of Pharmacognosy- Faculty of Pharmacy- Beni-Suef University- 5/3/2015
  15. The last 10 years in flavonoid researches- Department of Pharmacognosy- Faculty of Pharmacy- Beni-Suef University- 12/3/2015.
  16. The last 10 years in endophyte researches - Department of Pharmacognosy- Faculty of Pharmacy- Beni-Suef University- 19/3/2015
  17. The last 10 years in triterpenes researches - Department of Pharmacognosy- Faculty of Pharmacy- Beni-Suef University- 26/3/2015
  18. The last 10 years in marine researches - Department of Pharmacognosy- Faculty of Pharmacy- Beni-Suef University- 2/4/2015
  19. ??????? ??????????? ?? ??????? -Faculty and Leadership Development Center- Beni-Suef University, 10-11/5/2016.
  20. ????? ?????? ?????? ??????? -Faculty and Leadership Development Center- Beni-Suef University, 1 7 -1 8 /5/2016.
  21. ??????? ??????? ?????????? ?? ??????? ???????? - Faculty and Leadership Development Center- Beni-Suef University, 24-25/5/2016.
  22. ?????? ??????? ?? ????? ??????? ???????? - Faculty and Leadership Development Center- Beni-Suef University, 31/5-1/6/2016.

 

 

Awards and Prizes:

  • Prize from "MEPACO-MEDIFOOD (Arab company for pharmaceutical and medicinal plants)" for the best Master Thesis in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmacognosy), 2004.
  • Armor of excellence from Egyptian Pharmacists Syndicate for Ph.D., 2010 .
  • Certificate of Appreciation from Development Unit of Scientific Research, Beni-Suef University for funding research project, (worth 40 000 Egyptian pounds), Science Festival, 2014 .

 

Languages:

Arabic (mother tongue), English.

 

Attendance and Participation of Conferences:

  1. 2nd International Conference for Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Division Under The Theme of Applied Research for Drug Industry, NRC, Cairo, 7-9 March, 2005
  2. ???? ??????? ??????? ????? ?????? ??? ?????? ?????? ????? ??? ???? 5-6 ????2013
  3. 3rd Euro Med. Conference on Natural Products from Biotechnology to Nano medicine (BioNat-III), NRC, Cairo, 4-6 January, 2014 .
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  6. 4th Euro Med. Conference on Natural Products from Biotechnology to Nano medicine (BioNat-IV), 3-7 March 2015 in Cairo as well as Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt by poster

‘’Chemical and biological studies on Calligonum polygonoides growing in Egypt’’

  1. 1st International Conference for Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University entitled Health between Nutrition and Treatment BSU-HNT2015, Beni-Suef, 30-31 August, 2015 by two posters:

‘’Assessment of cytotoxic activity of isolated phenolics from Calligonum polygonoides’’

‘’Phytochemical and Pharmacological activity of Euphorbia grandialata R’’

  1. 15 th Annual Oxford ICSB Conference, USA, 13-16 April 2015, by poster ''Cytotoxic Phenolics From Calligonum Polygonoides L. Subsp. Comosum'', abstract in Planta Medica 82 (05), PC49, 2016.

 

 

Participation in teaching, preparing theoretical, practical notes and exams for:

 

Undergraduate and Clinical Pharmacy Students:

  • first year students: (Botany and medicinal plants & Pharmacognosy1)
  • second year students: (Pharmacognosy 2 & 3)
  • third year students: (Phytochemistry 1 & 2)
  • fourth year students: (Phytotherapy)
  • fifth year students: (Quality control)

 

Post-graduate Students:

  • Isolation and Identification of Natural Products
  • Plant tissue culture
  • Advanced Phytochemistry
  • Marine

 

Publications:

1-      M.A. Selim, A.O. El Shabrawy, S.F.S. Abou Zeid and A.I.I. Owis, 2010. ”Tannin and flavonoid compounds from Cassia brewsteri growing in Egypt”, Egypt. J. Biomed. Sci., 33: 196-208.

2-      M.A. Selim, A.O. El Shabrawy, S.F.S. Abou Zeid and A.I.I. Owis, 2010. ”Phytochemical study of Cassia brewsteri growing in Egypt”, Az. J. Pharma. Sci., 42: 219-229.

3-      Asmaa I. Owis, 2012. ”Glycosides from Cassia brewsteri flowers growing in Egypt”, Asian J. Pharm. Life Sci., 2: 428- 435.

4-      Asmaa I. Owis, 2014. ”Composition of essential oil from flowers of Cordia boissieri A.DC. and revision on the use of sesquiterpenes as taxonomic markers for genus Cordia”. WJPPS, 3: 133-141.

5-      A.I. Owis, 2015. “Broccoli; The green beauty: A review”, J. Pharm. Sci. & Res., 7: 696-703.

6-      Nema S. Shaban, Tohamy M.A., El-Banna H.A., Abeer M. Radi, El-Gendy A.A. and Asmaa I. Owis, 2015. “Phytochemical and pharmacological studies of ethanolic extract of Thymus vulgaris”, WJPPS, 4: 1988-2001.

7-      Hayam Ahmed, Abeer Moawad, Asmaa Owis, Sameh Abouzid and Rehab Abdel-Rahman, 2015. “Phytochemical screening and evaluation of biological activity of Calligonum polygonoides L. subsp. Comosum”, J. App. Pharm. Sci., 5: 22-26.

8-      Asmaa I. Owis and El Motaz B. El Naggar, 2016. ‘Identification and quantification of the major constituents in Egyptian carob extract by liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry ‘’, Phcog. Mag., 12: S1-S6.

9-      Hayam Ahmed, Abeer Moawad, Asmaa Owis, Sameh AbouZid and Osama Ahmed, 2016. “Flavonoids of Calligonum polygonoides and their cytotoxicity‘’, Pharmaceutical Biology,

DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2016.1146778.

10-  Owis AI, Abo-youssef AM, Osman AH, 2016. ‘‘Protective effect of Cordia boissieri A. DC. (Boraginaceae) on metabolic syndrome‘‘, J. App. Pharm. Sci., 6(8), 83-86.

11-  Asmaa I. Owis, Nada. S. Abdelwahab, Adel A. Abul-Soad, 2016. ''Elicitation of phenolics from the micropropagated endangered medicinal plant Calligonum polygonoides L. (Polygonoaceae)'', Phcog. Mag., 12(47), 465-470.

12-  Asmaa I. Owis, 2016. ''Phytochemical investigation of ethyl acetate extract of Hymenosporum flavum (Pittosporaceae) and its antimicrobial activity'', International Journal of Applied Research in Natural Products (IJARNP), 9(3), 31-35.

13-  Asmaa I. Owis, Amira M. Abo-youssef, Ahmed H. Osman, 2016. ''Leaves of Cordia boissieri A. DC., as a Potential Source of Bioactive Secondary Metabolites for Protection against Metabolic Syndrome-Induced in Rats'', Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C (ZNC), DOI 10.1515/znc-2016-0073.

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Master Title

Pharmacognostical study of Dracocephalum moldavica L. Family Labiatae cultivated in Egypt

Master Abstract

A phytochemical study of the aerial parts of Dracocephalum moldavica L. family Labiatae led to the isolation and identification of seven compounds; ß-amyrin, ß-sitosterol, stigmasterol, oleanolic acid, ursolic acid, apigenin and rosmarinic acid. They were isolated using several chromatographic techniques and identified with spectroscopic analyses (IR, NMR and MS) in addition to comparison with reported data.

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PHD Title

Phytochemical Study of Cassia brewsteri growing in Egypt

PHD Abstract

ABSTRACT Tannin content in the seeds, leaves and stems extracts of Cassia brewsteri B., Family Fabaceae were found to be the highest in seeds (8.75g%) followed by leaves(6.25g %) and stems(3.75g%) when determined gravimetrically. Three known tannin compounds were isolated for the first time from the acetone extract of the seeds and were identified by their chemical and spectral data as; epiafzelechin-(4ß?8, 2ß?O?7)- afzelechin (geranin A) 1, (-)- epiafzelechin 2 and guibourtinidol-(4ß?8)- epiafzelechin 3. Flavonoid content in the seeds, leaves and stems extracts were found to be highest in leaves (1.013g%), followed by stems (0.226 g%), and seeds (0.155 g%) when determined spectrophotometrically as rutin. Four known flavonoid compounds were isolated for the first time from the ethyl acetate fractional extract of the leaves and were identified by their chemical and spectral data as; quercetin 4, kaempferol-3-O-ß-D-glucoside (astragalin) 5, quercetin-3-O-a-L-rhamnosy(l?6)ß-D-glucoside (rutin) 6, kaempferol-3-O-rutinoside 7. Key words: Cassia brewsteri, Tannin, Flavonoids

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