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Overview

Rafik Karaman is affiliated with Al-Quds University in the State of Palestine. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions across related subfields including Pharmacology, Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, and Pollution.

Their work addresses various main topics, notably:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Bacteriophages and Microbial Interactions

Rafik Karaman has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Zeinab Breijyeh
  • Amin Mahmood Thawabteh
  • Sabino Aurelio Bufo
  • Laura Scrano
  • Donia Karaman

The scientist's recent published papers with publication year and venue include:

  • "Comprehensive Review on Alzheimer's Disease: Causes and Treatment" (2020, Molecules)
  • "Resistance of Gram-Negative Bacteria to Current Antibacterial Agents and Approaches to Resolve It" (2020, Molecules)
  • "Resistance of Gram-Positive Bacteria to Current Antibacterial Agents and Overcoming Approaches" (2020, Molecules)
  • "Skin Pigmentation Types, Causes and Treatment-A Review" (2023, Molecules)
  • "Design and Synthesis of Novel Antimicrobial Agents" (2023, Antibiotics)

The primary publication venues for their work include:

  • Molecules
  • Toxins
  • Life
  • Preprints.org
  • Antibiotics

Rafik Karaman has also authored books published by Book Publisher International (a part of SCIENCEDOMAIN International), including:

  • Modern Advances in Pharmaceutical Research Vol. 3 (2020)
  • Trends in Pharmaceutical Research and Development Vol. 6 (2020)
  • Current Overview on Disease and Health Research Vol. 1 (2022)

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive Review on Alzheimer’s Disease: Causes and Treatment

    Zeinab Breijyeh;Rafik Karaman

  • Resistance of Gram-Negative Bacteria to Current Antibacterial Agents and Approaches to Resolve It

    Zeinab Breijyeh;Buthaina Jubeh;Rafik Karaman

  • Breakthroughs in Medicinal Chemistry: New Targets and Mechanisms, New Drugs, New Hopes-6.

    Arduino A. Mangoni;Catherine Guillou;Jean Jacques Vanden Eynde;Christopher Hulme

  • Dopamine and Levodopa Prodrugs for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease.

    Fatma Haddad;Maryam Sawalha;Yahya Khawaja;Anas Najjar

  • Design and Synthesis of Novel Antimicrobial Agents

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  • Prodrugs Design Based on Inter‐ and Intramolecular Chemical Processes

    Rafik Karaman

  • Acylphosphonic acids and methyl hydrogen acylphosphonates: physical and chemical properties and theoretical calculations

    Rafik Karaman;Amiram Goldblum;Eli Breuer;Haim Leader

  • Targeted prodrugs in oral drug delivery: the modern molecular biopharmaceutical approach

    Arik Dahan;Mustafa Khamis;Riad Agbaria;Rafik Karaman

  • Computer-Assisted Design for Paracetamol Masking Bitter Taste Prodrugs

    Hatem Hejaz;Rafik Karaman;Mustafa Khamis

  • Analysis of Menger’s ‘spatiotemporal hypothesis’

    Rafik Karaman

  • Antibacterial Prodrugs to Overcome Bacterial Resistance

    Buthaina Jubeh;Zeinab Breijyeh;Rafik Karaman

  • Prodrugs for masking bitter taste of antibacterial drugs--a computational approach.

    Rafik Karaman

  • Symmetrical and unsymmetrical quadruply aza bridged closely interspaced cofacial bis(5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrins). 3. Interplanar distances, proton NMR chemical shifts, and the catalysis of the electrochemical reduction of oxygen

    Rafik Karaman;Seungwon Jeon;Orn Almarsson;Thomas C. Bruice

  • Prodrugs of acyclovir--a computational approach.

    Rafik Karaman;Khuloud K. Dajani;Alaa Qtait;Mustafa Khamis

  • A Comprehensive Review on the Anti-Cancer Effects of Oleuropein

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  • Reevaluation of Bruice’s proximity orientation

    Rafik Karaman

  • The gem-disubstituent effect—a computational study that exposes the relevance of existing theoretical models

    Rafik Karaman

  • The future of prodrugs - design by quantum mechanics methods.

    Rafik Karaman;Beesan Fattash;Alaa Qtait

  • The efficiency of proton transfer in Kirby’s enzyme model, a computational approach

    Rafik Karaman

  • Prodrugs of aza nucleosides based on proton transfer reaction.

    Rafik Karaman

  • Strategies for Enhancing the Permeation of CNS-Active Drugs through the Blood-Brain Barrier: A Review.

    Isra’ Zeiadeh;Anas Najjar;Rafik Karaman

  • Cleavage of Menger’s aliphatic amide: A model for peptidase enzyme solely explained by proximity orientation in intramolecular proton transfer

    Rafik Karaman

  • Computational‐Aided Design for Dopamine Prodrugs Based on Novel Chemical Approach

    Rafik Karaman

  • Computer-assisted design of pro-drugs for antimalarial atovaquone.

    Rafik Karaman;Hussein Hallak

  • A general equation correlating intramolecular rates with ‘attack’ parameters: distance and angle

    Rafik Karaman

  • Analyzing the efficiency in intramolecular amide hydrolysis of Kirby’s N-alkylmaleamic acids – A computational approach

    Rafik Karaman

Frequent Co-Authors

Shlomo Nir
Shlomo Nir Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Thomas C. Bruice
Thomas C. Bruice University of California, Santa Barbara
Dan Gibson
Dan Gibson Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Fredric M. Menger
Fredric M. Menger Emory University
Maik Behrens
Maik Behrens Technical University of Munich
Wolfgang Meyerhof
Wolfgang Meyerhof Saarland University
Stefania Galdiero
Stefania Galdiero University of Naples Federico II
Wei Li
Wei Li University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Jean-Marc Sabatier
Jean-Marc Sabatier Aix-Marseille University
Barry V. L. Potter
Barry V. L. Potter University of Oxford

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