السيرة الذاتية
استاذ العقاقير الطبية والنواتج الطبيعية
Ramzi A. A. Mothana, Ph.D
Prof. of Pharmacognosy and Herbal Medicine
Department of Pharmacognosy
College of Pharmacy
King Saud University
Curriculum Vita
September, 2020
Personal Information:
Name: Ramzi Ahmed Abdullah Mothana
Date of Birth: August 10, 1970
Citizenship: Yemeni
Marital Status: Married
Email address: r_mothana@yahoo.com or rmothana@ksu.edu.sa
Current Address: Ramzi Ahmed Mothana, PhD
Professor of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry
Pharmacognosy department – College of Pharmacy
King Saud University
P.O. BOX 2457
Riyadh 11451 – KSA
Tel. + 966-1-4677256 Fax. + 966-1-4677245 Mobile: + 966-502002042
Web site: http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/Ramzi%20Mothana/default.aspx
Ocrid ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4220-7854
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ramzi_Mothana
Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UihW5pcAAAAJ&hl=en
Citation indices | All | Since 2012 |
Citations | 1875 | 1426 |
h-index | 21 | 21 |
i10-index | 39 | 37 |
Educational Background:
Faculty of Pharmacy, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany (1989-1994)
Academic and Professional Qualifications
- Ph. D. Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmacognosy-Phytochemistry), Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald-Germany (June 23,1999), the title of the thesis is “Isolation and Characterization of Antimicrobial and Antiviral Substances from the Basidiomycete Ganoderma pfeifferi”
- Master Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald-Germany (1995), The Title of the Thesis is: “ Investigations of the Influence of Drugs on Clinical-Chemical Methods with Hydrogenperoxide as an Intermediate”
- B. Pharm. Sci., Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald-Germany (1994)
Honors and Awards:
- Distinguished Resreach and Publication Quality awards from KSU, in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
- Alexander von Humboldt award 2007-2008, Germany.
- National Research award 2005-2006: Awarded by HAS Research Fund, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sana'a University, Yemen.
- DAAD-Research award Jul 2003 to Sep 2003, Germany.
- Winner of the DAAD-Prize in Germany (1997).
Patents
1- Lindequist,U., Jülich, W.-D., Mothana, R.A.A., Jansen, R.: Biologisch aktive Extrakte aus Pilzen der Art Ganoderma pfeifferi DSM 13239 (Biologically active compounds of Ganoderma pfeifferi DSM 13239) DP Nr. 19911679, 2002; EP Nr. 1158995, 2003; US Patent 6,726,911 B1, 2004
Teaching Experiences
- Participated in the teaching of the following courses: PHG222 (Pharmacognosy I), PHG322 (Pharmacognosy II), PHG413 (Pharmacognosy III), PHG434 (Recent Approaches in medicinal plant Analysis) and PHG220 (Basics of Natural Products) as a member of the Pharmacognosy department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University (since 2008 until now).
- Participated in the teaching of the following courses: Botany, Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry and applied Pharmacognosy for the second, third, fourth and fifth year Students (2000 to 2007) at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Sana'a University and at faculty of Medical Sciences, Science and Technology University, Sana’a, Yemen.
Positions Held:
- Professor of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry (since Dec 4, 2011).
- Staff member of the Pharmacognosy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia (since October 2008 to date).
- Associate Professor of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry (May 2006).
- Vice Dean for Pharmacy, faculty of Medical Sciences, Science and Technology university, Sana’a, Yemen (2003-2005).
- Head of Pharmacognosy Department, faculty of pharmacy, Sana’a University, Sana’a, Yemen (10/2002 till my sabbatical leave in 7/2007).
- Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacognosy, faculty of pharmacy, Sana’a University, Sana’a, Yemen (1/2001).
- Lecturer, Department of Pharmacognosy, faculty of pharmacy, Sana’a University, Sana’a, Yemen (1999-2000).
Membership in following societies
- Saudi Pharmaceutical Society, Saudi Arabia
- Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), USA
- Society for Medical Plant Research (GA), Germany
- German pharmaceutical Association (DphG), Germany
- Yemeni Physicians and Pharmacists Association, Yemen
- The American Association of Yemeni Scientists and Professionals (AAYSP), USA
Spoken Languages:
- Arabic
- German
- English
Supervising Master's and PhD’s thesises
- PHYTOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL STUDY ON THE AERIAL PARTS OF PLICOSEPALUS ACACIAE ( ZUCC.) WIENS & POLHILL. GROWING IN SAUDI ARABIA (Omar Noman, College of Pharmacy, Master thesis, KSU, 2016 to date)
- Assessment of antimcirobail activity of Saudi medicinal plants against pathogenic multiresistant bacteria. (Sarah Al-Hakbani, College of Science, Master thesis, KSU, 2012).
- Anticancer and antimicrobial compounds from Premna resinosa growing in Saudi Arabia. (Dina El-Badawi, College of Pharmacy, Master thesis, KSU, 2012).
- Isolation and characterization of some antioxidant and antimicrobial compounds from Tarchonanthus camphorates L. (Wadah Jamal, Master thesis, College of Pharmacy, KSU, 2010-2012).
- Antiprotozoal and antihelminthic activities of some Yemeni medicinal plants. (PhD thesis. Sana'a University, 2007-2010).
- Isolation and characterization of antioxidant principles from Phargmenthera regularis (Steud. ex Sprague) M.G.Gilbert (Family: Loranthaceae). (Master thesis. Sana'a University, 2007-2008).
- Isolation and characterization of antimicrobial and antioxidant constituents from Pulicaria inuloides DC (Family: Compositae). (Master thesis, Sana'a University, 2007-2008).
- Assessment of therapeutic efficacy of some Yemeni medicinal plants as antimalarial drugs for Plasmodium falciparum" “An in vitro study. (Master thesis, Sana'a University, 2006-2007).
- Effect of Dendrosicyos socotrana Balf. f. and Jatropha unicostata Balf. f. water extracts on the viability of Ecinococcus protoscoleces. (Master thesis, Sana'a University, 2005-2006).
List of Publications:
- Dina A Albadawi, Ramzi A Mothana, Jamal M Khaled, Abdelkhader E Ashour, Ashok Kumar, Sheikh F Ahmad, Mansour S Al-Said, Adnan J Al-Rehaily, Nawal M Almusayeib. Antimicrobial, anticancer, and antioxidant compounds from Premna resinosa growing in Saudi Arabia. Pharmaceutical Biology 55 (1), 1759-1766, 2017.
- Chinnadurai Aarthi, Marimuthu Govindarajan, Pichaimuthu Rajaraman, Naiyf S Alharbi, Shine Kadaikunnan, Jamal M Khaled, Ramzi A Mothana, Nasir A Siddiqui, Giovanni Benelli. Eco-friendly and cost-effective Ag nanocrystals fabricated using the leaf extract of Habenaria plantaginea: toxicity on six mosquito vectors and four non-target species. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-11, 2017.
- RA Mothana, OM Noman, ES Al-Sheddi, JM Khaled, MS Al-Said, ...Chemical Composition, In Vitro Antimicrobial, Free-Radical-Scavenging and Antioxidant Activities of the Essential Oil of Leucas inflata Benth. Molecules 22 (3), 367, 2017
- NS Alharbi, JM Khaled, KE Alzaharni, RA Mothana, MS Alsaid, ... Effects of Piper cubeba L. essential oil on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: an AFM and TEM study. Journal of Molecular Recognition 30, 1, 2017.
- Naiyf S Alharbi, Jamal M Khaled, Shine Kadaikunnan, Ramzi A. Mothana, Ahmed Saad Alobaidi, Saleh Salmen. Evaluation of an efficiency of alcoholic extracts isolated from lagenaria siceraria (molina) against some antibiotic resistant clinical microorganisms. FEB-Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 2016.
- Nasir A Siddiqui, Ramzi A Mothana, Adnan J Al-Rehaily, Perwez Alam, Muhammad Yousaf, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Abdulrahman Alatar. High-performance thin-layer chromatography based concurrent estimation of biomarkers ent-phyllanthidine and rutin in the dried aerial parts of Flueggea virosa. Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2016.
- Alharbi NS, Khaled JM, Alzaharni KE, Mothana RA, Alsaid MS, Alhoshan M, Dass LA, Kadaikunnan S, Alobaidi AS. Effects of Piper cubeba L. essential oil on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: an AFM and TEM study. J Mol Recognit. 2016 Sep 5. doi: 10.1002/jmr.2564.
- Al-Said MS, Mothana RA, Al-Yahya MM, Rafatullah S, Al-Sohaibani MO, Khaled JM, Alatar A, Alharbi NS, Kurkcuoglu M, Baser HC. GC-MS Analysis: In Vivo Hepatoprotective and Antioxidant Activities of the Essential Oil of Achillea biebersteinii Afan. Growing in Saudi Arabia. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2016;2016:1867048. doi: 10.1155/2016/1867048
- Mothana R, Alsaid M, Khaled JM, Alharbi NS, Alatar A, Raish M, Al-Yahya M, Rafatullah S, Parvez MK, Ahamad SR. Assessment of antinociceptive, antipyretic and antimicrobial activity of Piper cubeba L. essential oil in animal models. Pak J Pharm Sci. 2016 Mar;29(2 Suppl):671-7.
- Sarfaraz Ahmed, Muhammad Yousaf, Ramzi A. Mothana, Adnan J. Al-Rehaily. Studies on wound healing activity of some Euphorbia species on experimental rats. African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines. 2016, Vol 13, No 5, 145-152.
- Nasir A. Siddiqui, Ramzi A. Mothana, Perwez Alam. Quantitative determination of alliin in dried garlic cloves and products by high-performance thin-layer chromatography. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 2016, Vol 15, No 8: 1759-1765.
- Faiyaz Shakeel, Ramzi A. Mothana, Nazrul Haq, Nasir A. Siddiquic, Mai M. Al-Oqail, Adnan J. Al-Rehaily. Solubility and thermodynamic function of bergenin in different (DMSO + water) mixtures at different temperatures. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2016, Vol 220: 823–828.
- Naiyf Alharbi, Jamal Khaled, Shine Kadaikunnan, Ahmed alobaidi, Ramzi Mothana, Saleh Salman. In vitro usceptibility test for Bacillus species isolated from hands sterilized with instant waterless hand sanitizer. FRESENIUS Environmental Bulletin, 2016, 25 (5), 1638-1645.
- Nasser A. Awadh Ali, Saeed S. Al-Sokari, Ramzi Mothana, Mahmoud Hamed, Mohamed Wagih, Paul Cos, Louis Maes. In vitro antiprotozoal activity of five plant extracts from Albaha region. Apr 2016, World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 5(3), 338-346.
- Mohammed Al-Yahya, Mohammad Raish, Mansour S. AlSaid, Ajaz Ahmad, Ramzi A. Mothana, Mohammed Al-Sohaibani, Mohammed S. Al-Dosari, Mohammad K. Parvez, Syed Rafatullah. Ajwa' dates (Phoenix dactylifera L.) extract ameliorates isoproterenol-induced cardiomyopathy through downregulation of oxidative, inflammatory and apoptotic molecules in rodent model. Dec 2015 · Phytomedicine: international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology.
- Aicha Debib, Montserrat Dueñas, Meddah Boumediene, Ramzi A. Mothana, Alioui Latifa · Meddah Aicha Tir‐Touil Synergetic Hepatoprotective Effect of Phenolic Fractions Obtained from Ficus Carica Dried Fruit and Extra Virgin Olive Oil on CCL4‐Induced Oxidative Stress and Hepatotoxicity in Rats. Jan 2016 · Journal of Food Biochemistry
- Sarfaraz Ahmed, Ramzi A. Mothana, Adnan J. Al-Rehaily. In vivo hypoglycemic and anti-diabetic study of Oncocalyx glabratus. Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology, 2015.
- Kadaikunnan S, Rejiniemon T, Khaled JM, Alharbi NS, Mothana R. In-vitro antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant and functional properties of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob. 2015 Feb 22;14(1):9.
- Wadah J.A. Osman, Ramzi A Mothana, Omer Basudan, Mona S. Mohammed, Malik S. Mohamed. Antibacterial effect and radical scavenging activity of hispidulin and nepetin; a two flvaones from tarconanthus camphoratus. Nov 2014 · World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research.
- M. A. Al-Yahya, R. A. Mothana, M. S. Al-Said, M. Al-Dosari, M. Al-Sohaibani, M. K. Parvez, S. Rafatullah "Protective effect of citrus medica 'otroj' extract on gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity and oxidative damage in rat kidney. Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures, Vol. 10, 1, 19-29 (2015).
- Mansour AlSaid, Ramzi Mothana, Mohammad Raish, Mohammed Al-Sohaibani, Mohammed Al-Yahya, Ajaz Ahmad, Mohammed Al-Dosari, and Syed Rafatullah
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Piper cubeba Extract in the Amelioration of CCl4-Induced Liver Injuries and Oxidative Damage in the Rodent Model. BioMed Research International, Volume 2015 (2015), Article ID 359358, 11 pages - Sarfaraz Ahmed, Mohammad S Ahmad, Muhammad Yousaf, Ramzi A Mothana, Adnan J Al-Rehaily. Evaluation Of Acute Toxicity And Anti-Inflammatory Effects Of Baccharoides Schimperi (Dc.) In Experimental Animals. African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative medicines Vol 12, 1, (2015).
- Wadah Jamal, Ahmed Bari, Ramzi A. Mothana, Omer Basudan, Mona S. Mohammed and S.W. Ng. Antimicrobial Evaluation and Crystal Structure of Parthenolide from Tarconanthus camphoratus Collected in Saudi Arabia. Asian J. Chem. 2014, 26(16), pp 5183-5185.
- Nawal M. Al Musayeib, Ramzi A. Mothana, Gamal A. Mohamed, Sabrin R.M. Ibrahim, Louis Maes Hypoestenonols A and B, new fusicoccane diterpenes from Hypoestes forskalei. Phytochemistry Letters, Volume 10, December 2014, Pages 23-27.
- Mothana RA, Al-Said MS, Al-Musayeib N, El Gamal A., Al-Massarani S., Al-Rehaily AJ, Abdulkader M., Maes L. In Vitro Antiprotozoal Activity of Abietane Diterpenoids Isolated from Plectranthus barbatus Andr. Int J Mol Sci. 2014, 15: 8360-8371.
- Ramzi A. Mothana, Nawal M. Al-Musayeib, Mohamed F. Al-Ajmi, Paul Cos, Louis Maes. Evaluation of the In Vitro Antiplasmodial, Antileishmanial, and Antitrypanosomal Activity of Medicinal Plants Used in Saudi and Yemeni Traditional Medicine,
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 905639, 7 pages - Debib, A. Tir-Touil, R.A.Mothana, B. Meddah, P. Sonnet. Phenolic content, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of two fruit varieties of Algerian Ficus carica l. Accepted in Journal of Food Biochemistry, 2014, 38(2), 207-215.
- Al Musayeib NM, Mothana RA, Ibrahim SR, El Gamal AA, Al-Massarani SM. Klodorone A and klodorol A: new triterpenes from Kleinia odora. Nat Prod Res. 2014 May 15:1-5.
- Mothana RA, Al-Said MS, Al-Yahya MA, Al-Rehaily AJ, Khaled JM. GC and GC/MS Analysis of Essential Oil Composition of the Endemic Soqotraen Leucas virgata Balf.f. and Its Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities. Int J Mol Sci. 2013 Nov 21;14(11):23129-39
- Al-Yahya MA, Mothana RA, Al-Said MS, El-Tahir KE, Al-Sohaibani M, Rafatullah S. Citrus medica "Otroj": attenuates oxidative stress and cardiac dysrhythmia in isoproterenol-induced cardiomyopathy in rats. Nutrients. 2013 Oct 28;5(11):4269-83.
- Jamal M. Khaled, Abdulla S. Khalel, Saleh A. Kandeal, Ramzi A. Mothana. Cultural and microscopic characterization of Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans and its effect on some reproductive aspects in mice. Journal of pure and applied Micorbiology, 7(3), 2141-2147.
- Al-Massarani SM, El Gamal AA, Al-Musayeib NM, Mothana RA, Basudan OA, Al-Rehaily AJ, Farag M, Assaf MH, El Tahir KH, Maes L. Phytochemical, Antimicrobial and Antiprotozoal Evaluation of Garcinia Mangostana Pericarp and α-Mangostin, Its Major Xanthone Derivative. Molecules. 2013 Sep 2;18(9):10599-608. 2.
- Musayeib NM, Mothana RA, Gamal AA, Al-Massarani SM, Maes L. In Vitro Antiprotozoal Activity of Triterpenoid Constituents of Kleinia odora Growing in Saudi Arabia. Molecules. 2013 Jul 31;18(8):9207-18.
- HW Darwish, AH Bakheit, AS Abdelhameed, RA Mothana. Application of classical least squares, principal component regression and partial least squares methods for simultaneous spectrophotometric determination of rutin and ascorbic acid in their combined dosage form. Life Science Journal 10 (4), 1680-1686, 2013.
- Mohammed Al-Yahya, Ramzi Mothana, Mansour Al-Said, Mohammed Al‑Dosari, Nawal Al-Musayeib, Mohammed Al-Sohaibani, Mohammad Khalid Parvez, Syed Rafatullah. Attenuation of CCl4‑induced Oxidative Stress and Hepato‑nephrotoxicity by Saudi Sidr Honey in Rats. Accepted in eCAM Evidance Based Complement Alternat Med. (eCAM); 2013:569037. doi: 10.1155/2013/569037. Epub 2013 Feb 242013.
- Mothana RA, Al-Musayeib, Matheeussen A, Cos P, Maes L. Assessment of the in vitro antiprotozoal and cytotoxic potential of 20 selected medicinal plants from the island of Soqotra. Molecules. 2012 Dec 3;17(12):14349-60.
- Al-Said MS, Mothana RA, Al-Yahya MA, Al-Blowi AS, Al-Sohaibani M, Ahmed AF, Rafatullah S. Edible oils for liver protection: hepatoprotective potentiality of Moringa oleifera seed oil against chemical-induced hepatitis in rats. J Food Sci. 2012, 77(7): T124-30.
- Al-Musayeib NM, Mothana RA, Al-Massarani S, Matheeussen A, Cos P, Maes L. Study of the in Vitro Antiplasmodial, Antileishmanial and Antitrypanosomal Activities of Medicinal Plants from Saudi Arabia. Molecules. 2012 17(10): 11379-90.
- Ramzi A. Mothana, Mansour S. Alsaid, Sidgi S. Hasoon, Nawal M. Al-Mosaiyb, Adnan J. Al-Rehaily and Mohamed A. Al-Yahya. Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities and gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analysis of the essential oils of Ajuga bracteosa Wall. ex Benth. and Lavandula dentata L. growing wild in Yemen. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research 2012, 6(15): 3066-3071.
- S. S. Hasson, M. S. Al-Balushi, E. A. Said, O. Habbal, M. A. Idris, R. A. A. Mothana, T. A. Sallam, and A. A. Al-Jabri. Neutralisation of Local Haemorrhage Induced by the Saw-Scaled Viper Echis carinatus sochureki Venom Using Ethanolic Extract of Hibiscus aethiopicus L., Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 540671, 8 pages.
- Rehman NU, Mehmood MH, Al-Rehaily AJ, Mothana RA, Gilani AH. Species and tissue-specificity of prokinetic, laxative and spasmodic effects of Fumaria parviflora. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2012 Mar 10;12(1):16.
- Al-Musayeib NM Nmm, Mothana RA Ram, Matheeussen A Am, Cos P Pc, Maes L Lm. In vitro antiplasmodial, antileishmanial and antitrypanosomal activities of selected medicinal plants used in the traditional Arabian Peninsular region. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2012 Apr 20;12(1):49.
- Ramzi Ahmed Mothana. Chemical Composition, Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of the Essential Oil of Nepeta deflersiana Growing in Yemen. Records of Natural Products, 2012, 6(2): 189-193.
- Ramzi A. A. Mothana, Mansour S. Al-Said, Adnan J. Al-Rehaily, Tunis M. Thabet, Nasser A. Awad, Michael Lalk and Ulrike Lindequist. Anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive, antipyretic and antioxidant activities and phenolic constituents from Loranthus regularis Steud. ex Sprague. Food Chemistry, 2012, 130: 344-349.
- Mansour S. Al-Said, Ramzi A. Mothana, Mohammed O. Al-Sohaibani, and Syed Rafatullah. Ameliorative Effect of Grewia tenax (Forssk) Fiori Fruit Extract on CCl4–Induced Oxidative Stress and Hepatotoxicity in Rats. Journal of Food Science, 2011, 76(9): 200-206.
- B. Ozcan, M. Esen, M. Caliskan, R. A. Mothana, A. C. Cihan, H. Yolcu. Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of the various extracts of Verbascum pinetorum Boiss. O. Kuntze (Scrophulariaceae). European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences. 2011, 15: 900-905.
- Ramzi Ahmed Mothana. Anti-inflammatory, Antinociceptive and Antioxidant Activities of the Endemic Soqotraen Boswellia elongata Balf . f. and Jatrpha unicostata Balf . f. in different experimental models. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2011, 49: 2594-2599.
- Ramzi A. Mothana, Mansour S. Alsaid, Nawal M. Al-Musayeib. Phytochemical Analysis and in vitro Antimicrobial and Free-Radical-Scavenging Activities of the Essential Oils from Euryops arabicus and Laggera decurrens. Molecules, 2011, 16: 5149-5158.
- Ramzi A.A. Mothana, Sidgi S. Hasson, Wulf Schultze, Annette Mowitz, Ulrike Lindequist. Phytochemical composition and in vitro antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of essential oils of three endemic Soqotraen Boswellia species. Food Chemistry, 2011, 126(3): 1149-1154.
- Mothana RA, Kriegisch S, Harms M, Wende K, Lindequist U. Assessment of selected Yemeni medicinal plants for their in vitro antimicrobial, anticancer, and antioxidant activities. Pharmaceutical Biology, 2011, 49(2): 200-210.
- S. S. Hasson, A. A. Al-Jabri, T. A. Sallam, M. S. Al-Balushi, and R. A. A. Mothana. Antisnake Venom Activity of Hibiscus aethiopicus L. against Echis ocellatus and Naja n. nigricollis. Journal of Toxicology, 2010, 8 Pages, doi:10.1155/2010/837864.
- Ramzi A.A. Mothana, Salah A. A. abdo, Sidgi Hasson, Sama A. Z. Alaghbari, Faisal M. N. Althawab and Ulrike Lindequist, Antimicrobial, antioxidant and cytotoxic activities and phytochemical screening of some Yemeni medicinal plants. Evidance-based Complementary and alternative Medicine (eCAM), 2010, 7(3): 323-330.
- Hasson SS, Mothana RA, Sallam TA, Al-balushi MS, Rahman MT, Al-Jabri AA. Serine protease variants encoded by Echis ocellatus venom gland cDNA: cloning and sequencing analysis. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, 2010; 2010. pii: 134232. Epub 2010 Sep 29.
- Ramzi A. A. Mothana Adnan J. Alrehaily and Wulf Schultze. Chemical Analysis and Biological Activity of the Essential oils of Two Endemic Soqotri Commiphora species. Molecules, 1010, 15: 689-698.
- Ramzi A.A. Mothana, Renate Grünert, Patrick J. Bednarski and Ulrike Lindequist Evaluation of the in vitro anticancer, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of some Yemeni plants used in folk medicine, Pharmazie 2009, 64: 260-268.
- Mohammed A. Alshawsh, Ramzi A. A. Mothana, Hasan Al-Shamahi, Saleh Al-Salami and Ulrike Lindequist. Assessment of therapeutic efficacy of some Yemeni medicinal plants as antimalarial drugs for Plasmodium falciparum" “An in vitro study”. Evidance-based Complementary and alternative Medicine (eCAM), 2009, 6(4): 453-456.
- Abdul Kadir A. A. Barzinji, Ramzi A. A. Mothana, and Abdul Karim Nasher. Effect of leaf extracts of Dendrosicyos socotrana Balf. f. and Jatropha unicostata Balf. f. on the viability of Echinococcus granulosus protoscoleces. Eur Asian Journal of BioSciences, 2009, 3: 122-129.
- Ramzi A. A. Mothana, Ulrike Lindequist, Renate Grünert and Patrick J. Bednarski. Studies of the in vitro anticancer, antimicrobial and antioxidant potenial tof selected Yemeni medicinal plants from the island Soqotra. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2009, 9: 7.
- Ramzi A. Mothana, Rolf Jansen, Renate Grünert, Patrick J. Bednarski and Ulrike Lindequist. Antimicrobial and cytotoxic abietane diterpenoids from the roots of Meriandera benghalensis (Roxb.) Benth., Pharmazie, 2009, 64: 613-615.
- O. B. Abdel-Halim, A. M. Marzouk, R. Mothana, N. Awadh. A new tyrosinase inhibitor from Crinum yemense as potential treatment for hyperpigmentation, Pharmazie, 2008, 63 (5): 405-408.
- Nasser A. Ali, Ramzi A. Mothana, Nasr Abdo Ghaleb, and Ulrike Lindequist. Screening of traditionally used endemic Soqotraen plants for cytotoxic Activity. African Journal of Traditional, Complimentary and Alternative Medicines, 2007, 4 (4): 529–531.
- Ramzi A. A. Mothana, Renate Grünert, Ulrike Lindequist and Patrick J. Bednarski.
- Study of the anticancer potential of Yemeni plants used in folk medicine, Pharmazie, 2007, 62: 305-307.
- A. Oleski, U. Lindequist, R. A. A. Mothana, M. F. Melzig. Screening of selected Yemeni medicinal plant extracts for inhibitory activity against peptidases. Pharmazie 2006, 61: 359-361.
- Ramzi A.A.Mothana, Christiane Reiss, Renate Mentel and Ulrike Lindequist. Phytochemical screening and antiviral activity of some plants from the Island Soqotra. Phytotherapy Research, 2006, 20: 298-302.
- Ramzi A.A.Mothana and Ulrike Lindequist, Antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plants of the island Soqotra, J. of Ethnopharmacology, 2005, 96(1-2): 177-181.
- Hosny A. Hussein, Osama B. Abdel-Halim, El-Sayed M. Marwan, Ali A. El-Gamal, Ramzi Mothana, Dendrocyin: an isocucurbitacin with novel cuclic side chain from Dendrosicyos socotrana, Phytochemistry, 2004, 65: 2551-2556.
- Awad A. N., Mothana R. A. A. , Lesnau U., Pilgrim H. and Lindequist U., Antiviral activity of Hispidin and Hispilon, Fitoterapia. 2003, 74: 483-485.
- Ramzi A. A. Mothana, Nasser A. Awad, Rolf Jansen, Ursula Wegner, Renate Mentel, and Ulrike Lindequist, Ganoderon B, a Novel Antiviral Lanostanoid Triterpenes from the Fungus Ganoderma pfeifferi Bres, Fitoterapia. 2003, 74: 177-180.
- H. Abd El-Fattah, Nasser A. A. Ali, Ramzi A. A. Mothana, Rafa-Aldin Sabie and Saed M. S. Alghalibi, Chemical and Biological investigation of three Rumex species growing in Yemen, Yemen Medical Journal, 2002, 4(2): 32-42.
- Ramzi A. A. Mothana, Rolf Jansen, Wolf-Dieter Juelich and Ulrike Lindequist. “Ganomycins A and B, New antimicrobial Farnesyl Hydroquinones from the Basidiomycete Ganoderma pfeifferi”, J. Nat. Prod., 2000, 63: 416-418.
Participation in Conferences
- The 2nd Saudi International Conference on Scientific Publishing, 11-13 October, 2015, King Saud University, Riyadh, SA
- The 1st Saudi Conference for Research support 2014 “Funding Challenges & Solutions” 2-4 November, 2014, 9-11- Muharam, 1436 H.
- 17th International Conference of FFC - 5th International Symposium of ASFFBC . Discovery, Utilization, and Control of Bioactive Components and Functional Foods, November 18-19, 2014, University of San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
- 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on obesity & Weight Management, 2-4 December, 2013, Las Vegas, USA,
- 61st international congress and annual meeting of the society for medicinal plants and natural product research, 1-5 September 2013, Muenster, Germany.
- 12th Annual Oxford International Conference on the Science of Botanicals, 15-18 April 2013, Oxford, Mississippi, USA.
- 1st International Conference on Pharmaceutical, Nutraceutical and Cosmetic Sciences (ICNaCS), 21-23 October 2012, Kuala Lumbur, Malaysia
- The 13th International Congress of the Society for Ethnopharmacology, 2-6 Septmber 2012, Graz, Austia.
- The 59th international congress and annual meeting of the society for medicinal plants and natural product research, 4-9 September 2011, Antalya, Turkey. (Oral presentation)
- The 8th Saudi International Pharmaceutical Conference and Exhibition, Riyadh, 26-28 April 2010. Oral Presentation with the title: Antimicrobial and cytotoxic abietane diterpenoids from the roots of Meriandera benghalensis (Roxb.) Benth.
- May 9-12, 2009. The International German-Middle East Conference, Amman, Jordan. Oral Presentation with the title: The importance of Medicinal plants in drug discovery.
- June 22-24, 2008. Annual Meeting of Alexander von Humboldt foundation members, Berlin, Gemany. (only participation)
- April, 17-18, 2008 Science cerate development, 10 Years George Foster scholarship, Bonn, Germany. Oral presentation with the title: Impact of Science, Technology and International Collaboration on Developing Countries
- 6th European Colloquium on Ethnopharmacology (ESE) & 20. Fachkonferenz Ethnomedizin (AGEM) Joint meeting, 8-10 November 2007, Leipzig, Germany. Poster wit the title: Study of the anticancer potential of Yemeni plants used in folk medicine.
- April 16-18, 2007, The Regional Conference and the Scientific Exhibition on the Medicinal, Aromatic, and Poisonous Plants. Sana'a, Yemen. Oral presentation with the title: Anticancer activity of Some Yemeni Medicinal plants.
- May 25-26, 2004 in 5th National Symposium on Health Sciences, Kuala Lumbur, Malaysia. Oral presentation with the title: Antimicrobial activity of some plants of the Island Soqotra.
- August 31 until September 3, 2003 “51st Annual congress of the society for Medicinal Plant research in Kiel, Germany. Poster with the title: Antiviral and enzyme inhibition of some Yemeni medicinal plants.
- October 8 until October 12, 2002 ”The annual Conference of the pharmaceutical Association in Berlin, Germany. Poster with the title: Chemical and Biological investigation of three Rumex species growing in Yemen
- March 21-23, 1999 “ 9th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Berlin, Germany” Poster with the title: Ganomycin A and B: New antimicrobial compounds from the the fugus Ganoderma pfeifferi.
- March 11-14, 1999 “The annual Conference of the pharmaceutical Association in Freiburg, Germany” February 21-23 until Poster with the title: Isolation of antiviral compounds from the fugus Ganoderma pfeifferi.
- February 24, 1999 “The third Ulmer Symposium in Ulm, Germany”
Training courses, Work Shops and Scientific Meeting Attendance
- Writing and Compiling Scientific Refer, held at King Saud University, 25-25/1/2017, Riyadh, SA.
- Student Learning Support, held at King Saud University, 24-24/1/2017, Riyadh, SA.
- Designing Interactive Presentation by Prezi, held at King Saud University, 22-23/1/2017, Riyadh, SA.
- The basics of learning management system (Blackboard), 21-22 October, 2015, Riyadh, SA (اساسيات نظام ادارة التعلم، جامعة الملك سعود، 8-9 محرم 1437)
- Statistical Analysis by SAS (التحليل الاحصائي باستخدام برنامج الساس، 5-7 محرم 1437) 18-20 October, 2015, King Saud university, Riyadh, SA.
- اسبوع البحث العلمي 16-19 محرم 1436 هـ الموافق 9-12 نوفمبر 2014 م
- برنامج المجموعات البحثية : الواقع والتطلعات 14/4/1434 هـ
- ملتقى التدريس الجامعي برعاية وزير التعليم العالي 28/3/1434 هـ
- Work Shop on Course specification and course report, orgnized by the NCAAA, in Makarem Hotel, Riyadh, 13-14/1/1434 (27-28 November, 1012).توصيف البرامج و المقررات و اعداد التقارير السنوية (سلسلة البرامج الدريبية للهيئة الوطنية للتقويم و الاعتماد الاكاديمي) الرياض 13-14 محرم 1434 هـ
- Research day of the College of Pharmacy, King Saud Universlty, Riyadh, 15 May, 2012 (Coordinator of this research day) يوم البحث العلمي الثالث في كلية الصيدلة (منسق يوم البحث العلمي).
- المشاركة في البرنامج التدريبي الثاني للفرق التنفيذية لبرامج موهبة الصيفية المحلية 1433هـ/2012م , في فندق هوليداي ان - الرياض, 24-27 ربيع ثاني 1433هـ الموافق 17-20 مارس 2012م
- Research day of the College of Pharmacy, King Saud Universlty, Riyadh, 15 May, 2012 (Coordinator of this research day).
- Graduate Studies: Towards a brighter future (الدراسات العليا: نحو مستقبل مشرق), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, 28 Feb, 2012.
- Seminar on Brucker GC and GC-MS, at Hotel Shiraton , Riyadh, 12 Dec 2011.
- Ethics of Scientific Research (اخلاقيات البحث العلمي) at the King Saud University during the period 4 Dec, 2011.
- Use of FTIR Spectroscopy in and out of the Laboratory, Gulf Scientific corporation in Collaboration with Agilent Technologies, at Hotel Radisson Blu, Riyadh, 28 Nov 2011.
- Pharmacy education: a Vision of the future (التعليم الصيدلي: نظرة الى المستقبل) at the King Saud University during the period 16 October, 2011.
- New Trends in Scientific Research Industry (Management, Investment and Innovation) (ألاتجاهات الحديثة في صناعة البحث العلمي (الادارة, الاستثمار, الابداع)) at the King Saud University during the period 9 October, 2011.
- Blended Learning: Application In BlackBoard (التعلم المزيج: تطبيقات في البلاك بورد) at the King Saud University during the period 21-22 May, 2011 (Total of 10 training hours).
- Workshop on definition of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and the services provided by in support of scientific research (التعريف بمدينة الملك عبدالعزيز للعلوم و التقنية و الخدمات التي تقدمها في مجال دعم البحوث), King Saud University, 18 May, 2011.
- Academic Advising: methods and tactics (الارشاد الاكاديمي: طرقه واساليبه), in the College of Dentistry, King Saud University, 9 May 2011.
- The 2nd International Scientific Meeting on Natural Products and Drug Discovery, at the King Saud University during 1st-2nd May, 2011.
- Work shop on Essentials of Research Project Management (ادارة المشروعات و المجموعات البحثية) at the King Saud University during the period 3-4 May, 2011.
- Work Shop on Medical and Therapeutic Uses of Bee Products Scientific Evidences (ورشة عمل حول الاستخدامات الطبية و العلاجية لمنتجات النحل- الدلائل العلمية) Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, 24-25 April, 2011.
- Work shop on Digital Databases available at the Library of King Saud University (الورشة التعريفية بقواعد المعلومات لعام 2011-كلية الصيدلة- جامعة الملك سعود), College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, 10 January, 2011.
- Work Shop on Presentation using Powerpoint (العروض التقديمية باستخدام البوربوينت), King Saud University, 27-28 December, 2010.
- Work Shop on Basics of Quality Management (دورة اساسيات ادارة الجودة), King Saud University, 2-3 January, 2010.
- Work Shop on Accreditation Report Standards of the Educational Institution (معايير تقرير الاعتماد للمؤسسة التعليمية), King Saud University, 9-10 November, 2009.
- Work Shop on Self Study of Faculties and Programs (الدراسة الذاتية للكليات و البرامج), King Saud University, 7-8 November, 2009.
- Work Shop on Teching qualityin higher education (الجودة في التدريس الجامعي), King Saud University, 17-18 January, 2009.
- Work Shop on Course construction (بناء المقرر), King Saud University, 24-25 January, 2009.
External examiner and reviewer for the following universities, institutions and Journals
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Sana’a University, Yemen.
- College of Science, Sana’a University, Yemen.
- College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
- College of Science, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
- Deanship of Scientific Research, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia.
- Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia.
- Deanship of Scientific Research, Taif University, Saudi Arabia.
- Institute of Graduate Study, University of Malaya, Malaysia.
- Institute of Graduate Study, UiTM, Malaysia.
- eCAM, Evidance-based Complementary and alternative Medicine (Journal).
- Food Chemistry (Journal).
- BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Journal).
- Pharmaceutical Biology (Journal).
- Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal.
- Journal of Food Science.
- Turkish Journal of Biology.
- others
الاعباء الادارية في جامعة الملك سعود:
- عضو مجلس قسم العقاقير الطبية منذ 10/1429هـ حتى الان.
- مقرر لجنة الارشاد الاكاديمي في كلية الصيدلة منذ 10/1433 هـ.
- عضو لجنة الاعتماد الاكاديمي الامريكي والمشكلة بقرار العميد في 10/1433 هـ.
- رئيس وحدة كيمياء العقاقير في مركز ابحاث النباتات الطبية و العطرية و السامة منذ 10/1430هـ حتى الان.
- مقرر لجنة التجهيزات المعملية في القسم منذ 10/1429هـ حتى الان.
- ممثل قسم العقاقير في لجنة ضبط الجودة لكلية الصيدلة منذ 11/1430هـ حتى الان .
- عضو لجنة الدراسات العليا منذ 11/1429هـ حتى الان.
- عضو اللجنة الاجتماعية في قسم العقاقير منذ 10/1430هـ حتى الان.
- عضو لجنة المقابلات الاكاديمية بقسم العقاقير منذ 11/1429هـ حتى الان.
- عضو اللجنة الادارية المؤسسة لنادي الدراسات العليا في كلية الصيدلة منذ 11/1432هـ .
- منسق مقرر تدص 495 (بحث تخرج) لجميع الاقسام في كلية الصيدلة منذ 2/1433هـ حتى الان.
- رئيس المجموعة البحثية (RGPVPP-073) للعام 1432-حتى الان.
خدمة الجامعة و المجتمع:
- المشاركة الفاعلة في حصول الكلية ان شاء الله على الاعتماد الاكاديمي الامريكي لدرجة دكتور صيدلة من المجلس الامريكي لاعتماد برامج الصيدلة 1433-1434هـ.
- المشاركة في برنامج موهبة الصيفي للعام 1434 في الفترة من 6/8/1434 حتى 24/8/1434هـ بالتعاوم مع عمادة شئون الطلاب بجامعة الملك سعود و مؤسسة الملك عبدالعزيز و رجاله للموهبة والابداع.
- المشاركة في برنامج موهبة الصيفي للعام 1433 في الفترة من 26/7/1433 حتى 13/8/1433هـ بالتعاوم مع عمادة شئون الطلاب بجامعة الملك سعود مؤسسة الملك عبدالعزيز و رجاله للموهبة والابداع.
- المشاركة الفاعلة في حصول الكلية على الاعتماد الاكاديمي لدرجتي دكتور صيدلة و البكالوريوس من المجلس الكندي لاعتماد برامج الصيدلة (شهادة تقدير من عميد الكلية).
- المشاركة في تدريس مقررات العقاقير عقر 222, عقر 322, عقر 413, عقر 434, عقر 600: عقر 220 و تدص 495 لطلاب الصيدلة بمعدل ثلاثة الى خمسة مقررات في كل فصل دراسي.
- الاشراف على رسائل الماجستير في كلية الصيدلة و التعاون مع بعض الزملاء في الكليات الاخرى في الاشراف مثل كلية العلوم منذ 2009 حتى الان.
- المشاركة كممتحن داخلي لبعض رسائل الماجستير و الدكتوراه في كلية الصيدلة-جامعة الملك سعود.
- المشاركة كممتحن خارجي لبعض رسائل الماجستير و الدكتوراه في جامعات خارج المملكة مثل جامعة صنعاء و جامعة (Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) in Malaysia)
- محكم لعمادة البحث العلمي في جامعة الملك عبدالعزيز بجدة و جامعة الطائف منذ العام 1430 هـ حتى الان و بمعدل 2-3 بحوث سنويا لكل جامعة.
- العمل في مركز ابحاث النباتات الطبية و العطرية و السامة بكل فاعلية من خلال تقديم الخدمات العلمية و التحليلة لكل العينات الطبيعية التي تصل الى المركز للفحص و التحليل.
- تقديم الاستشارات حول النباتات الطبية و تاثيراتها الدوائية لبعض الزائرين للكلية و المركز.
- رئيس المجموعة البحثية (Natural Products group, RGP-VPP-073) ضمن برنامج مشروع المجموعات البحثية 04/1432 حتى الان.
- المشاركة الفاعلة في تاسيس اول نادي للدراسات العليا في جامعة الملك سعود و هو نادي الدراسات العليا في كلية الصيدلة.
- المشاركة الفاعلة في الاعداد لورشة العمل والتي تحمل العنوان " الدراسات العليا نحو مستقبل مشرق" في 6/4/1433 هـ.
- مشرف اكاديمي على بعض طلاب الصيدلة (17 طلاب) حيث يتم الاشراف من خلال اللقاءات الدورية و متابعة شئونهم الدراسية و الاجتماعية و محاولة ايجاد حلول عملية للمشاكل التي قد تعيق تقدمهم الدراسي.