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Hidayat Hussain

Hidayat Hussain

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Chemistry

D-Index
45
Citations
8158
World Ranking
16364
National Ranking
1188

Overview

Hidayat Hussain is affiliated with the Leibniz Association in Germany and has a research focus spanning several interconnected fields primarily within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, medicine, and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work reflects significant contributions across various subfields including molecular biology, pharmacology, plant science, organic chemistry, and food science.

Their research delves into core topics related to natural product bioactivities and synthesis, microbial natural products and biosynthesis, chromatography in natural products, pharmacological effects of natural compounds, phytochemistry and biological activities, ginseng biological effects and applications, and essential oils with antimicrobial activity.

Recent publications include a range of studies covering chemical and biological investigations. Notable papers are:

  • "Meroterpenoids: A Comprehensive Update Insight on Structural Diversity and Biology" (2021, Biomolecules)
  • "Ultrasonic-assisted extraction of flavonoids from peanut leave and stem using deep eutectic solvents and its molecular mechanism" (2023, Food Chemistry)
  • "Phyto-Extract-Mediated Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Aqueous Extract of Sanvitalia procumbens, and Characterization, Optimization and Photocatalytic Degradation of Azo Dyes Orange G and Direct Blue-15" (2021, Molecules)
  • "Glycyrrhetinic acid: a promising scaffold for the discovery of anticancer agents" (2021, Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery)
  • "Fruit Peels: Food Waste as a Valuable Source of Bioactive Natural Products for Drug Discovery" (2022, Current Issues in Molecular Biology)

Hidayat Hussain's collaborations include frequent co-authorship with several researchers such as Daijie Wang, Nilufar Z. Mamadalieva, Iftikhar Ali, Ivan R. Green, and Amjad Hussain, highlighting a network of expertise supporting diverse research topics.

Publication venues with multiple contributions from Hussain include:

  • Molecules
  • Journal of Separation Science
  • Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery
  • Journal of Natural Products
  • Biomolecules

The body of work reflects interdisciplinary engagement with natural compounds, their biosynthesis, and applications in pharmacological and agricultural sciences. This includes exploration of chemical extraction techniques, bioactive compound synthesis, and the potential therapeutic uses of natural product scaffolds.

Best Publications

  • Antimicrobial natural products: an update on future antibiotic drug candidates

    Muhammad Saleem;Mamona Nazir;Muhammad Shaiq Ali;Hidayat Hussain

  • Journey describing applications of oxone in synthetic chemistry

    Hidayat Hussain;Hidayat Hussain;Ivan R. Green;Ishtiaq Ahmed

  • Lapachol: An overview

    Hidayat Hussain;Karsten Krohn;Viqar Uddin Ahmad;Ghulam Abbas Miana

  • Fruitful Decade for Antileishmanial Compounds from 2002 to Late 2011

    Hidayat Hussain;Ahmed Al-Harrasi;Ahmed Al-Rawahi;Ivan R. Green

  • meta-Chloroperbenzoic acid (mCPBA): a versatile reagent in organic synthesis

    Hidayat Hussain;Hidayat Hussain;Ahmed Al-Harrasi;Ivan R. Green;Ishtiaq Ahmed

  • Antimicrobial activity of the methanolic extract and of the chemical constituents isolated from Newbouldia laevis.

    Kuete;Eyong Ko;Folefoc Gn;Beng Vp

  • Newbouldiaquinone A: A naphthoquinone–anthraquinone ether coupled pigment, as a potential antimicrobial and antimalarial agent from Newbouldia laevis

    Kenneth Oben Eyong;Gabriel Ngosong Folefoc;Victor Kuete;Veronique Penlap Beng

  • Phenolic glycosides from Symplocos racemosa: natural inhibitors of phosphodiesterase I.

    Viqar Uddin Ahmad;Muhammad Athar Abbasi;Hidayat Hussain;Muhammad Nadeem Akhtar

  • Newbouldiaquinone and newbouldiamide: a new naphthoquinone-anthraquinone coupled pigment and a new ceramide from Newbouldia laevis.

    Kenneth Oben Eyong;Karsten Krohn;Hidayat Hussain;Gabriel Ngosong Folefoc

  • Xanthones and Oxepino[2, 3-b]chromones from Three Endophytic Fungi†

    Karsten Krohn;Simeon F. Kouam;Simeon F. Kouam;Guy M. Kuigoua;Guy M. Kuigoua;Hidayat Hussain

  • Exploring the Potentials of Lysinibacillus sphaericus ZA9 for Plant Growth Promotion and Biocontrol Activities against Phytopathogenic Fungi.

    Zakira Naureen;Najeeb Ur Rehman;Hidayat Hussain;Javid Hussain

  • Meroterpenoids: A Comprehensive Update Insight on Structural Diversity and Biology.

    Mamona Nazir;Muhammad Saleem;Muhammad Imran Tousif;Muhammad Aijaz Anwar

  • A new class of phenazines with activity against a chloroquine resistant Plasmodium falciparum strain and antimicrobial activity.

    Hidayat Hussain;Sabine Specht;Salem R. Sarite;Michael Saeftel

  • Screening strategies for obtaining novel, biologically active, fungal secondary metabolites from marine habitats

    Barbara Schulz;Siegfried Draeger;Thomas Edison dela Cruz;Joachim Rheinheimer

  • Absolute Configurations of Globosuxanthone A and Secondary Metabolites from Microdiplodia sp. – A Novel Solid-State CD/TDDFT Approach†‡

    Hidayat Hussain;Karsten Krohn;Ulrich Floerke;Barbara Schulz

  • The management of diabetes mellitus-imperative role of natural products against dipeptidyl peptidase-4, α-glucosidase and sodium-dependent glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2).

    Ghulam Abbas;Ghulam Abbas;Ahmed Al Harrasi;Hidayat Hussain;Ahmed Hamaed

  • New Bioactive 2,3‐Epoxycyclohexenes and Isocoumarins from the Endophytic Fungus Phomopsis sp. from Laurus Azorica

    Hidayat Hussain;Nadeem Akhtar;Siegfried Draeger;Barbara Schulz

  • Diversonol and blennolide derivatives from the endophytic fungus Microdiplodia sp.: absolute configuration of diversonol.

    Imran Nafees Siddiqui;Aqib Zahoor;Hidayat Hussain;Ishtiaq Ahmed

  • Lapachol and lapachone analogs: a journey of two decades of patent research(1997-2016)

    Hidayat Hussain;Hidayat Hussain;Ivan R Green

  • Massarilactones E-G, new metabolites from the endophytic fungus Coniothyrium sp., associated with the plant Artimisia maritima.

    Karsten Krohn;Zia-Ullah;Hidayat Hussain;Ulrich Flörke

  • The chemistry and biology of bicoumarins

    Hidayat Hussain;Javid Hussain;Ahmed Al-Harrasi;Karsten Krohn

  • Antiglycation therapy: Discovery of promising antiglycation agents for the management of diabetic complications

    Ghulam Abbas;Ahmed Sulaiman Al-Harrasi;Hidayat Hussain;Javid Hussain

Frequent Co-Authors

Afzal Shah
Afzal Shah Quaid-i-Azam University
Amin Badshah
Amin Badshah Quaid-i-Azam University
Karsten Krohn
Karsten Krohn University of Paderborn
Gennaro Pescitelli
Gennaro Pescitelli University of Pisa
Tibor Kurtán
Tibor Kurtán University of Debrecen
Abdul Latif Khan
Abdul Latif Khan University of Houston
Achim Hoerauf
Achim Hoerauf University of Bonn
Ulrich Flörke
Ulrich Flörke University of Paderborn
Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz
Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz University of Toronto
M. Iqbal Choudhary
M. Iqbal Choudhary University of Karachi

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