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Khalijah Awang is affiliated with the University of Malaya in Malaysia and works primarily within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Plant Science, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Biochemistry.

Their research interests focus on various topics related to phytochemical compounds and their biological activities. Key topics include:

  • Phytochemical compounds biological activities
  • Phytochemistry and Biological Activities
  • Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies
  • Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae
  • Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
  • Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology
  • Ginger and Zingiberaceae research

Khalijah Awang has contributed to numerous scientific publications, with recent papers spanning a range of topics:

  • Corrosion inhibition on mild steel in 1 M HCl solution by Cryptocarya nigra extracts and three of its constituents (alkaloids), 2020, RSC Advances
  • Natural Products for Cancer Therapy: A Review of Their Mechanism of Actions and Toxicity in the Past Decade, 2022, Journal of Tropical Medicine
  • Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles from Catharanthus roseus dried bark extract deposited on graphene oxide for effective adsorption of methylene blue dye, 2020, Journal of environmental chemical engineering
  • A Novel Therapeutic effects of Sargassum ilicifolium Alginate and Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) Pods extracts on Open wound healing process in Diabetic Mice, 2020, Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology
  • A Review on the Delivery of Plant-Based Antidiabetic Agents Using Nanocarriers: Current Status and Their Role in Combatting Hyperglycaemia, 2022, Polymers

Their work appears frequently in several publication venues, demonstrating contributions across different journals related to biochemistry and natural products. Frequent venues of publication include:

  • Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
  • Sains Malaysiana
  • Natural Product Research
  • Journal of Molecular Structure
  • Phytochemistry Letters

Collaboration forms a significant part of Khalijah Awang's research activity. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Mohamad Nurul Azmi
  • Marc Litaudon
  • Sook Yee Liew
  • Hazrina Hazni
  • Séverine Derbré

Best Publications

  • Antidiabetic and antioxidant properties of alkaloids from Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don.

    Soon Huat Tiong;Chung Yeng Looi;Hazrina Hazni;Aditya Arya

  • Neolamarckia cadamba alkaloids as eco-friendly corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in 1 M HCl media

    Pandian Bothi Raja;Ahmad Kaleem Qureshi;Afidah Abdul Rahim;Hasnah Osman

  • Essential oils of Zingiber officinale var. rubrum Theilade and their antibacterial activities

    Yasodha Sivasothy;Wong Keng Chong;Abdul Hamid;Ibrahim M. Eldeen;Ibrahim M. Eldeen

  • Malabaricone C from Myristica cinnamomea Exhibits Anti-Quorum Sensing Activity

    Yee Meng Chong;Wai Fong Yin;Chia Yong Ho;Mohamad Rais Mustafa

  • Evaluation of Green Corrosion Inhibition by Alkaloid Extracts of Ochrosia oppositifolia and Isoreserpiline against Mild Steel in 1 M HCl Medium

    Pandian Bothi Raja;Mehran Fadaeinasab;Ahmad Kaleem Qureshi;Afidah Abdul Rahim

  • Bioassay-guided isolation of a vasorelaxant active compound from Kaempferia galanga L.

    R. Othman;H. Ibrahim;M.A. Mohd;M.R. Mustafa

  • Corrosion inhibition on mild steel in 1 M HCl solution by Cryptocarya nigra extracts and three of its constituents (alkaloids)

    Mas Faiz;Azeana Zahari;Khalijah Awang;Hazwan Hussin

  • Antioxidant activity-guided separation of coumarins and lignan from Melicope glabra (Rutaceae)

    Nur Kartinee Kassim;Mawardi Rahmani;Amin Ismail;Mohd. Aspollah Md.Sukari

  • The Chemical Components of Sesbania grandiflora Root and Their Antituberculosis Activity.

    Noviany Hasan;Hasnah Osman;Suriyati Mohamad;Wong Keng Chong

  • Anti-acetylcholinesterase, anti-α-glucosidase, anti-leishmanial and anti-fungal activities of chemical constituents of Beilschmiedia species.

    Abbas Mollataghi;Emilie Coudiere;A. Hamid A. Hadi;Mat Ropi Mukhtar

  • Chemical composition and antioxidant properties of the essential oil of Cinnamomum altissimum Kosterm. (Lauraceae)

    Siddig Ibrahim Abdelwahab;Abdalbasit Adam Mariod;Manal Mohamed Elhassan Taha;Faridah Qamaruz Zaman

  • Gastroprotective Activity of Polygonum chinense Aqueous Leaf Extract on Ethanol-Induced Hemorrhagic Mucosal Lesions in Rats

    Iza Farhana Ismail;Shahram Golbabapour;Pouya Hassandarvish;Maryam Hajrezaie

  • Antioxidant and antibacterial activities of flavonoids and curcuminoids from Zingiber spectabile Griff

    Yasodha Sivasothy;Shaida Fariza Sulaiman;Kheng Leong Ooi;Halijah Ibrahim

  • Ceramicines B-D, new antiplasmodial limonoids from Chisocheton ceramicus

    Khalit Mohamad;Yusuke Hirasawa;Marc Litaudon;Khalijah Awang

  • Regio-and Stereoselective Biomimetic Synthesis of Oligostilbenoid Dimers from Resveratrol Analogues : Influence of the Solvent, Oxidant, and Substitution

    Saraswati S. Velu;Irmaizatussyehdany Buniyamin;Lee Kiew Ching;Fareeda Feroz

  • Lapidilectine A and lapidilectine B, Two New Alkaloids from Kopsia lapidilecta

    Khalijah Awang;Thierry Sévenet;A. Hamid;A. Hadi

  • Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles from Catharanthus roseus dried bark extract deposited on graphene oxide for effective adsorption of methylene blue dye

    Aliff Rohaizad;Syed Shahabuddin;Muhammad Mehmood Shahid;Nur Maisarah Rashid

  • Alkaloids of Kopsia lapidilecta

    Khalijah Awang;Thierry Sévenet;Mary Païs;Abdul Hamid A. Hadi

  • Hemisynthesis of rhazinilam analogues: structure - activity relationships on tubulin-microtubule system

    Bruno David;Thierry Sévenet;Odile Thoison;Khalijah Awang

  • Erythrocarpines A-E, new cytotoxic limonoids from Chisocheton erythrocarpus.

    Khalijah Awang;Chong Soon Lim;Khalit Mohamad;Hiroshi Morita

  • Evaluation of antidiabetic and antioxidant properties of Brucea javanica seed.

    Abdulwali Ablat;Jamaludin Mohamad;Khalijah Awang;Jamil A. Shilpi

  • Vindogentianine, a hypoglycemic alkaloid from Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don (Apocynaceae)

    Soon Huat Tiong;Chung Yeng Looi;Aditya Arya;Won Fen Wong

Frequent Co-Authors

Seik Weng Ng
Seik Weng Ng University of Malaya
Hiroshi Morita
Hiroshi Morita Hoshi University
Nor Hadiani Ismail
Nor Hadiani Ismail Universiti Teknologi MARA
Françoise Guéritte
Françoise Guéritte Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles
Koichi Takeya
Koichi Takeya University of Tokyo
Amin Ismail
Amin Ismail Universiti Putra Malaysia
Olivier Laprévote
Olivier Laprévote Université Paris Cité
M. Iqbal Choudhary
M. Iqbal Choudhary University of Karachi
Pascal Retailleau
Pascal Retailleau Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Lutfun Nahar
Lutfun Nahar Liverpool John Moores University

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