Hala M. El Hefnawy received her bachelor's degree, master’s degree, and PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Cairo University in 1984, 1990, and 1996, respectively. She is a Professor at the Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Her research interests mainly focus on p38 MAPK; phenolics; hepatoprotective; in silico screening; and molecular docking.