Samira Yousefi

Mrs. Samira Yousefi


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Academic Career Length

12Years (2015-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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4 August 2015 in Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly
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SYSamira Yousefi
Samira Yousefi
SBSaadi Bayat
Saadi Bayat
MRMohd Basyaruddin Abdul Rahman
Mohd Basyaruddin Abdul Rahman
IIIntan Safinar Ismail
Intan Safinar Ismail
ESElnaz Saki
Elnaz Saki
EMEmilia Abd Malek
Emilia Abd Malek

12 November 2015 in RSC Advances
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SYSamira Yousefi
Samira Yousefi
SBSaadi Bayat
Saadi Bayat
MRMohd Basyaruddin Abdul Rahman
Mohd Basyaruddin Abdul Rahman
IIIntan Safinar Ismail
Intan Safinar Ismail
ESElnaz Saki
Elnaz Saki
EMEmilia Abd Malek
Emilia Abd Malek
New glucose and xylitol esters of 5-amino salicylic acid (5-ASA) were synthesized followed by evaluation of their in vitro antimicrobial, anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory activities. The results of the antimicrobial activity assessment revealed that the new final esters were more effective against Gram-negative as well as Gram-positive bacteria than the original drug. Furthermore, the new final products were confirmed by a cytotoxicity assay over HT-29 and 3T3 cell lines to be less toxic for normal cells compared to the initial drug. On the other hand, however, their suppressive effect against cancerous cells was somewhat lower. Meanwhile, the anti-inflammatory activity assay over a RAW264.7 macrophage cell line demonstrated that the NO inhibition activity of the conjugated drug to the previously mentioned saccharides, especially to glucose, has slightly improved compared to the non-conjugated drug. Finally, in silico screening was also performed in order to predict the potential interactions and binding energy of the novel products against cyclooxygenase (COX-1/COX-2) and lipoxygenase (5-LOX) proteins. Findings indicated that the new products had greater hydrogen bonds and binding affinities with the active sites of proteins towards 5-ASA.

20 March 2017 in Chemistry & Biodiversity
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SYSamira Yousefi
Samira Yousefi
SBSaadi Bayat
Saadi Bayat
MRMohd Basyaruddin Abdul Rahman
Mohd Basyaruddin Abdul Rahman
ZIZalikha Ibrahim
Zalikha Ibrahim
EAEmilia Abdulmalek
Emilia Abdulmalek