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Alam A, Ali M, Zainab, Latif A, Ur Rehman N, Jabbar Shah A, Amir Khan I, Ayaz M, Ur Rahman S, Al-Harrasi A, Ahmad M. Discovery of (S)-flurbiprofen-based novel azine derivatives as prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase-II inhibitors: Synthesis, in-vivo analgesic, anti-inflammatory activities, and their molecular docking. Bioorg Chem 2023; 141:106847. [PMID: 37722268 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2023.106847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023]
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The anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs currently used are associated with several adverse effects and found to be highly unsafe for long-term use. Currently, nineteen novel bis-Schiff base derivatives (1-19) of flurbiprofen have been designed, prepared and assessed for in-vivo analgesic, anti-inflammatory and in vivo acute toxicity evaluation. The structures of the acquired compounds were deduced through modern spectroscopic techniques including HR-ESI-MS, 13C-, and 1H NMR. Amongst the series, compounds 7, 9, and 10 attributed potent activities with 93.89, 92.50, and 90.47% decreased edema, respectively compared to flurbiprofen (90.01%), however, compounds 11 and 15 exhibited significant activity of 90.00% decrease. Out of them, fourteen compounds (1-6, 8, 12-14, and 16-19) displayed good activity in the range of 68.96-86.95%. In case of an analgesic study, all the derivatives significantly (p 0.001) increased the pain threshold time particularly compound 7 had the best analgesic effect (24 ± 2.08 s) in comparison with flurbiprofen (21.66 ± 2.02 s) using hot plate test. Similarly, in the acetic acid-induced writhing test, compound 7 determined a potent inhibitory effect (60.47 %) close to flurbiprofen (59.28%). All the synthesized derivatives were found safe up to the dose of 30 mg/kg, in acute toxicity study. On a molecular scale, the synthesized compounds were modeled through a ligand-based pharmacophore study and molecular docking to have insight into the different possible interactions leading to high inhibition levels against the COX-2 enzyme.
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- Aftab Alam
- Department of Chemistry, University of Malakand, P.O. Box 18800, Dir Lower, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Malakand, P.O. Box 18800, Dir Lower, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Malakand, P.O. Box 18800, Dir Lower, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, Nizwa 616, Oman
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- Cardiovascular Research Group, Department of Pharmacy, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus-22060, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Cardiovascular Research Group, Department of Pharmacy, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus-22060, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Malakand, P.O. Box 18800, Dir Lower, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Malakand, P.O. Box 18800, Dir Lower, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, Nizwa 616, Oman.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Malakand, P.O. Box 18800, Dir Lower, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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Optimization of tamoxifen solubility in carbon dioxide supercritical fluid and investigating other molecular targets using advanced artificial intelligence models. Sci Rep 2023; 13:1313. [PMID: 36693828 PMCID: PMC9873658 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-25562-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Particle size, shape and morphology can be considered as the most significant functional parameters, their effects on increasing the performance of oral solid dosage formulation are indisputable. Supercritical Carbon dioxide fluid (SCCO2) technology is an effective approach to control the above-mentioned parameters in oral solid dosage formulation. In this study, drug solubility measuring is investigated based on artificial intelligence model using carbon dioxide as a common supercritical solvent, at different pressure and temperature, 120-400 bar, 308-338 K. The results indicate that pressure has a strong effect on drug solubility. In this investigation, Decision Tree (DT), Adaptive Boosted Decision Trees (ADA-DT), and Nu-SVR regression models are used for the first time as a novel model on the available data, which have two inputs, including pressure, X1 = P(bar) and temperature, X2 = T(K). Also, output is Y = solubility. With an R-squared score, DT, ADA-DT, and Nu-SVR showed results of 0.836, 0.921, and 0.813. Also, in terms of MAE, they showed error rates of 4.30E-06, 1.95E-06, and 3.45E-06. Another metric is RMSE, in which DT, ADA-DT, and Nu-SVR showed error rates of 4.96E-06, 2.34E-06, and 5.26E-06, respectively. Due to the analysis outputs, ADA-DT selected as the best and novel model and the find optimal outputs can be shown via vector: (x1 = 309, x2 = 317.39, Y1 = 7.03e-05).
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Belal A, Abdel Gawad NM, Mehany ABM, Abourehab MAS, Elkady H, Al-Karmalawy AA, Ismael AS. Design, synthesis and molecular docking of new fused 1 H-pyrroles, pyrrolo[3,2- d]pyrimidines and pyrrolo[3,2- e][1, 4]diazepine derivatives as potent EGFR/CDK2 inhibitors. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2022; 37:1884-1902. [PMID: 35801486 PMCID: PMC9272933 DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2022.2096019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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A new series of 1H-pyrrole (6a-c, 8a-c), pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidines (9a-c) and pyrrolo[3,2-e][1, 4]diazepines (11a-c) were designed and synthesised. These compounds were designed to have the essential pharmacophoric features of EGFR Inhibitors, they have shown anticancer activities against HCT116, MCF-7 and Hep3B cancer cells with IC50 values ranging from 0.009 to 2.195 µM. IC50 value of doxorubicin is 0.008 µM, compounds 9a and 9c showed IC50 values of 0.011 and 0.009 µM respectively against HCT-116 cells. Compound 8b exerted broad-spectrum activity against all tested cell lines with an IC50 value less than 0.05 µM. Compound 8b was evaluated against a panel of kinases. This compound potently inhibited CDK2/Cyclin A1, DYRK3 and GSK3 alpha kinases with 10-23% compared to imatinib (1-10%). It has also arrested the cell cycle of MCF-7 cells at the S phase. Its antiproliferative activity was further augmented by molecular docking into the active sites of EGFR and CDK2 cyclin A1.
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- Amany Belal
- Medicinal Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt.,Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- Medicinal Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry & Drug Design Department, Faculty of Pharmacy (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Horus University- Egypt, New Damietta, Egypt
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- Medicinal Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
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Belal A, Elsayed A, Gharib AF, Ali Alqarni MA, Soliman AM, Mehany ABM, Elanany MA. Toward the Discovery of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Inhibitors: Exploring Therapeutic Potentials of Evodiamine and Its Derivatives, Virtual Screening, Molecular Docking, and Molecular Dynamic Studies. Nat Prod Commun 2022. [DOI: 10.1177/1934578x221143082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Continuous scientific research is necessary to help in the discovery of new promising remedies for the treatment of COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This current research was aimed at identifying potential novel inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease, which represents one of the most important targets in the viral life cycle. Protein data bank file ID: 7JQ2 was used containing the co-crystallized inhibitor MPI5 with the Main protease. A virtual screening process for natural evodiamine compounds was performed through absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination, and toxicity studies, and the promising hits were docked into the binding site of the enzyme. 13-(4-Chlorobenzoyl)-10-hydroxy-14-methyl-8,13,13 b,14-tetrahydroindolo[2′,3′:3,4]pyrido[2,1- b]-quinazolin-5(7 H)-one (29) interacted favorably with the enzyme; it showed high similarity to MPI5. Molecular dynamic simulations for 29 proved the stability of its binding to SARS-CoV-2 protease over 100 ns; subsequent MMGBSA analysis also supported this principle. Furthermore, 29 elucidated higher limiting action on enzymatic behavior throughout the whole process when compared to MPI5. This provides sufficient evidence for the potential of evodiamine compounds in modern antiviral research, especially compound 29, against the modern COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Amany Belal
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- Drug Radiation Research, National Centre for Radiation Research and Technology, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Industries, Badr University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
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Kamel MS, Aboelez MO, Elnagar MR, Shokr EK, Selim HMRM, Abdel‐Ghany HE, Drar AM, Belal A, El Hamd MA, Abd El Aleem Ali Ali El‐Remaily M. Green Synthesis Design, Spectroscopic Characterizations, and Biological Activities of Novel Pyrrole Derivatives: An Application to Evaluate Their Toxic Effect on
Cotton Aphids. ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202203191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Moumen S. Kamel
- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science Sohag University Sohag 82524 Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Faculty of Pharmacy Sohag University Sohag 82524 Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Faculty of Pharmacy Al-Azhar University Cairo 11823 Egypt
- Department of Pharmacology College of Pharmacy The Islamic University Najaf 54001 Iraq
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- Department of Physics Faculty of Science Sohag University Sohag 82524 Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty of Pharmacy Al-Maarefa University Diriyah 13713 Riyadh Saudi Arabia
- Depaetment of Microbiology and Immunology Faculty of Pharmacy Al-Azhar University Egypt
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- Dpartement of Insecticides Plant Protection Research Institute Agriculture Research Center Dokki Giza Egypt
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry Faculty of Pharmacy Beni-Suef University Beni-Suef 62514 Egypt
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry College of Pharmacy Taif University Taif 21944 Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Pharmacy Shaqra University Shaqra 11961 Saudi Arabia
- Department of Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry Faculty of Pharmacy South Valley University Qena 83523 Egypt
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Discovery of Some Heterocyclic Molecules as Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 (BMP-2)-Inducible Kinase Inhibitors: Virtual Screening, ADME Properties, and Molecular Docking Simulations. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27175571. [PMID: 36080338 PMCID: PMC9457949 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27175571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are growth factors that have a vital role in the production of bone, cartilage, ligaments, and tendons. Tumors’ upregulation of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) and their receptors are key features of cancer progression. Regulation of the BMP kinase system is a new promising strategy for the development of anti-cancer drugs. In this work, based on a careful literature study, a library of benzothiophene and benzofuran derivatives was subjected to different computational techniques to study the effect of chemical structure changes on the ability of these two scaffolds to target BMP-2 inducible kinase, and to reach promising candidates with proposed activity against BMP-2 inducible kinase. The results of screening against Lipinski’s and Veber’s Rules produced twenty-one outside eighty-four compounds having drug-like molecular nature. Computational ADMET studies favored ten compounds (11, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 65, and 72) with good pharmacokinetic profile. Computational toxicity studies excluded compound 34 to elect nine compounds for molecular docking studies which displayed eight compounds (26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 35, 65, and 72) as promising BMP-2 inducible kinase inhibitors. The nine fascinating compounds will be subjected to extensive screening against serine/threonine kinases to explore their potential against these critical proteins. These promising candidates based on benzothiophene and benzofuran scaffolds deserve further clinical investigation as BMP-2 kinase inhibitors for the treatment of cancer.
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Multi-Step In Silico Discovery of Natural Drugs against COVID-19 Targeting Main Protease. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23136912. [PMID: 35805916 PMCID: PMC9266348 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23136912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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In continuation of our antecedent work against COVID-19, three natural compounds, namely, Luteoside C (130), Kahalalide E (184), and Streptovaricin B (278) were determined as the most promising SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro) inhibitors among 310 naturally originated antiviral compounds. This was performed via a multi-step in silico method. At first, a molecular structure similarity study was done with PRD_002214, the co-crystallized ligand of Mpro (PDB ID: 6LU7), and favored thirty compounds. Subsequently, the fingerprint study performed with respect to PRD_002214 resulted in the election of sixteen compounds (7, 128, 130, 156, 157, 158, 180, 184, 203, 204, 210, 237, 264, 276, 277, and 278). Then, results of molecular docking versus Mpro PDB ID: 6LU7 favored eight compounds (128, 130, 156, 180, 184, 203, 204, and 278) based on their binding affinities. Then, in silico toxicity studies were performed for the promising compounds and revealed that all of them have good toxicity profiles. Finally, molecular dynamic (MD) simulation experiments were carried out for compounds 130, 184, and 278, which exhibited the best binding modes against Mpro. MD tests revealed that luteoside C (130) has the greatest potential to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 main protease.
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Belal A, Elanany MA, Santali EY, Al-Karmalawy AA, Aboelez MO, Amin AH, Abdellattif MH, Mehany ABM, Elkady H. Screening a Panel of Topical Ophthalmic Medications against MMP-2 and MMP-9 to Investigate Their Potential in Keratoconus Management. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27113584. [PMID: 35684529 PMCID: PMC9182209 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27113584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Revised: 05/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Keratoconus (KC) is a serious disease that can affect people of any race or nationality, although the exact etiology and pathogenic mechanism are still unknown. In this study, thirty-two FDA-approved ophthalmic drugs were exposed to virtual screening using docking studies against both the MMP-2 and MMP-9 proteins to find the most promising inhibitors as a proposed computational mechanism to treat keratoconus. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are zinc-dependent proteases, and MMP inhibitors (MMPIs) are usually designed to interact with zinc ion in the catalytic (CAT) domain, thus interfering with enzymatic activity. In our research work, the FDA-approved ophthalmic medications will be investigated as MMPIs, to explore if they can be repurposed for KC treatment. The obtained findings of the docking study suggest that atenolol and ampicillin are able to accommodate into the active sites of MMP-2 and MMP-9. Additionally, both exhibited binding modes similar to inhibitors used as references, with an ability to bind to the zinc of the CAT. Molecular dynamic simulations and the MM-GBSA binding free-energy calculations revealed their stable binding over the course of 50 ns. An additional pharmacophoric study was carried out on MMP-9 (PDB ID: 1GKC) using the co-crystallized ligand as a reference for the future design and screening of the MMP-9 inhibitors. These promising results open the door to further biological research to confirm such theoretical results.
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- Amany Belal
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia;
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Industries, Badr University in Cairo (BUC), Cairo 11884, Egypt;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Horus University-Egypt, New Damietta 34518, Egypt;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sohag University, Sohag 82524, Egypt;
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- Deanship of Scientific Research, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia;
- Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia;
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- Zoology Department, Faculty of Science (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11884, Egypt;
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- Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry & Drug Design Department, Faculty of Pharmacy (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11884, Egypt;
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