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Meeting of the Council of the Clinical Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy This is on Sunday, October 8, 2023

God willing, the Clinical Pharmacy Department Council will hold its regular monthly meeting number (94) This will be on Sunday, October 8, 2023, at nine in the morning

in the meetings Hall of the Department - 5th floor (Building A)

In the department council meeting room

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Phytochemical profiling of three Amaranthus species using LC-MS/MS metabolomic approach and chemometric tools

Research Abstract

Several Amaranthus vegetables (Amaranthaceae) have been recognized as valuable sources of minerals, vitamins, proteins, and phytonutrients, with health-promoting characteristics. In this study, three edible Amaranthus species, namely A. hybridus (AH), A. blitum (AB), and A. caudatus (AC), were chemically characterized using non-targeted liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) technique. Further, multivariate chemometric analyses were conducted, including principal component analysis (PCA) and correlation-covariance plot (C-C plot). As a result, forty-one diverse compounds were identified, which varied in distribution and abundance across the investigated species. Amino acids and flavonoid glycosides were the most prevalent metabolites. Other identified compounds comprised nucleoside, chlorogenic acids, hydroxy cinnamoyl amides, and triterpenoid saponins. The most discriminant metabolites were flavonoid glycosides and hydroxy cinnamoyl amides, giving each species a chemotaxonomic identity. Advancing the chemotaxonomy of Amaranthaceae, adenosine nucleoside and N-coumaroyl-ʟ-tryptophan were first reported from this family. Isorhamnetin and tricin glycosides were uniquely identified in AC, offering useful chemotaxonomic markers for this species. Notably, AB and AH profiles shared most metabolites, yet with varying abundance. These include adenosine, nicotiflorin, dicaffeoylquinic acids, and N-trans-feruloyl-4-O-methyldopamine. However, N-coumaroyl-ʟ-tryptophan and kaempferol dirhamnoside were exclusively found in AB, separating it from AH. In conclusion, the applied analytical techniques established molecular fingerprints for the included species, identified specific 
biomarkers, and investigated their interconnections. 

Research Authors
Ghada Abdel-Moez, Bharathi Avula, Hanaa Sayed, Azza Khalifa, Samir Ross, Kumar Katragunta, Ikhlas Khan, Shaymaa Mohamed
Research Date
Research Department
Research Journal
Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis
Research Publisher
Elsevier
Research Rank
Q2 WOS
Research Vol
236
Research Website
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpba.2023.115722
Research Year
2023

Prof. Dr. Dean of the Faculty , the Acting Vice President for Education and Student Affairs, the Vice-Presidents, the Department Heads, and the Faculty Secretary extend their sincere congratulations on the occasion of the anniversary of the glorious Octo

Prof. Dr. / Dean of the faculty, Acting Vice President of the University for Education and Student Affairs, Gentlemen Vice Deans, Heads of Departments, and Secretary of the faculty extend their sincere congratulations to the faculty family on the occasion

Thesis defense of the pharmacist Shaima Ahmed Othman Mahmoud - teaching assistant in the Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry and registered to obtain a master’s degree in pharmaceutical sciences - on Wednesday, September 27, 2023.

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