Dr Rehana Ifzal Ph.D
Department of Chemistry, University of Karachi
Email: rehanaifzal@gmail.com
Academic Qualifications:
Ph.D
University of Karachi
OrganicChemistry/Natural Product Chemist.
M.Phil University of Karachi
Organic Chemistry
M.Sc University of Karachi
Organic Chemistry
B.Sc
Botany, Chemistry and Microbiology
University of Karachi
Professional Experience: (34 years)
HEC Approved Supervisor 2007 to date
Productive Scientists of Pakistan (Pakistan Council for Science & Technology 2011)
Adjunct Professor
14th August 2009 to-date
Professor
January 2001 to August 2009 (Department of Chemistry)
Associate Professor
August 1997 to January 2001
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Assistant Professor
October 1988 to August 1997
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Lecturer
October 1982 to October 1988
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Co-operative Teacher
April 1981 to October 1982
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(Department of Chemistry)
Teaching/Research Assistant under National Development Volunteer
Programme Govt of Pakistan 1973 to 1981 (Department of Chemistry) Adhoc
Approved Ph.D Supervisor; (Higher Education Commission, Govt. of Pakistan)
Visiting Professor at Faculty of Science, Federal Urdu Science College &University,
Karachi 2002 to 2006
Post Graduate students supervised:
Ph.D Students:
Miss Fahima Rashid
Mr. Zaheer Nizami
Mr. Azhar MehMood
Miss Sumbul Azmat
Miss Shaheen Kausar
2007
2009
2010
2012
2012
MS/M.Phil Students:
Miss Fahima Rashid
Miss Sarwat Mansoor
Mr.Muhammad Waseem
Miss Nuzhat Gul
Mr Irfan Hassan
Miss Saeeda Soomro
(Ph.D under Process)
2003
2003
2009
2009
2010
2012
Professional Experience:
Member, Academic Council, University of Karachi, January 2001 to August 2009.
Member, Board of Studies, Department of Chemistry, 1987-1988, 1997 to August 2009.
Member, Board of Faculty, (Science) 1987-91, 1998 to August 2009.
Member, University Senate, 1988-1992, 2001 to August 2009
Member, University Syndicate, 1998 to 2001.
Member, Board of Governors, Intermediate Board of secondary Education Karachi
1998-2001 (nominated by University Syndicate).
Member, Board of Trustees, SAARC Health Care Foundation, 1999 to March 2001,
(nominated by University Syndicate).
Member, Board of Governors, Fatima Jinnah Medical and Dental College Karachi,
nominated by the Vice Chancellor, University of Karachi, for 3 years from 2004-2007.
Subject Expert in the Selection Board at Federal Urdu University of Science and
Technology held in March and April 2005.
Vice Chancellors Nominee in the Selection Board at Federal Urdu University of
Science and Technology, May 6 and 26 2005 and March 2006.
Chairman’s (Department of Chemistry) Nominee at Federal Public Service
Commission (Regional office Karachi) for selection of Lecturers and other Grade 17
Officers 2005-2008.
Member, Discipline Committee, University of Karachi from February 2006 -2008
Secretary, Board of Studies in Chemistry from November 2006 to August 2009.
Member, National Curriculum Review Committee, Higher Education Commission
Pakistan from November 2007 to December 2010..
Head Examiner (Chemistry) at Graduate level, (Practical Examination) of All Degree
Colleges of Karachi, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008-09.
Co-Examiner: (Theory) (Chemistry) B.Sc.Pass Ist and IInd Year Annual Examination
2007, 2005, 2003.
Paper Setter: Chemistry, M.Sc (Previous) and Final. Organic Chemistry. Bahauddin
Zakaria University Multan. 2006
Current Research Interest:
Natural Product Chemistry: Isolation and structural studies of bioactive constituents from
medicinal plants of Pakistan and synthesis of some novel compounds.
List of Publication
1. Rehana Ahmed, Reactions of sterols with DMSO and Acetic
Anhydride; Formation of Acetoxy methoxycholest-5-ene; S.M.Ifzal and
G.R.Niaz; Pak. J. of Sc. and Ind. Res., 9, 215-216 (1976)
2. Rehana Ahmed, Studies on Achras sapota L Part1; The Amino Acids and
Carbohydrate
Constituents
of
Fruits
of A.sapota; H.Pervez
and
S,M,Ifzal; J. Chem. Soc. Pakistan, 4.27-31 (1982)
3. Rehana Ahmed, Studies on Achras sapota L Part 2; The Chemical Constituents
of Achras sapota Leaves; S.M.Ifzal and Zafar Zaidi; J. Chem. Soc. Pakistan 4,
171-173 (1982)
4. Rehana Ahmed, The Chemical Constituents of Leaves of Achras
sapota L; S,M,Ifzal and Zafar H. Zaidi, Pak. J. of Sc. and Ind. Research 26, 312315 (1983)
5. Rehana Ahmed, Reaction of Sterols with Pyridinium ChloroChromate ; S.M
Ifzal, Irfan-ul-Haq. Pak J. of Pharm. Sc; 1, 21-24 (1988)
6. Rehana Ahmed, Studies on Achras sapota L Part 3, Isolation and Identification
of some triterpenoids from the leaves of Achras sapota S M. Ifzal and
S,Tabassum; Pak, J, of Pharm. Sc; 2, 33-36 (1989)
7. Rehana Ahmed, Studies on Punica granatum Part-1 Isolation and Identification
of some constituents from the seeds of Punica granatum, Abid Saifuddin and
S.M.Ifzal ,Pak. J. Pharm. Sc, 8, 69-71 (1995)
8. Rehana Ahmed, Studies on Achras sapota L Part 4, Chemistry and
Pharmacology of Wood, S.M.Ifzal and Usman Ghani Khan, Pak, J. of Pharm Sc.,
14 (1) 39-40, 2001
9. Rehana Ahmed, Kinetic Studies on Aflatoxins, Najma Sultana, T. Mubeen, M.S.
Arayne, Pak. J, of Pharma. Sc. 14(1). 1-8, 2001
10. Rehana Ahmed, Constituents of Punica granatum S.M. Ifzal, M.S. Arayne & A.
Arfani. Journal of Science, University of Karachi. 29(1&2) pp 69-73 2001.
11. Rehana Ahmed, Antibectrial studies of Quinoxaline Nasir
Kaban, Pak. J. Sc. & Ind. Res. 46(3) 171-173 2003.
Ansar, Seniz
12. Constituents of Prunus Armeniaca, Pak. J. Sc. & Ind. Res. 47(2) 138-141 2004.
13. Rehana Ahmed, Phytochemical studies on Prunus armeniaca and antibacterial
effects of fruits extract Fahima Rashid, Nazia Bibi, Shahana Kazmi and Nasir
Ansar, J. Trop. Med. Plants Malaysia, Vol. 5 No. 1, 37-41, 2004.
14. Rehana Ahmed, Triterpene acid and its glycoside from Prunus Armeniaca, and
antibacterial and antioxidant activity of fruit extracts, Fahima Rashid, Nazia Bibi
and Shahna Kazmi, J. Trop. Med. Plants Malaysia, Vol. 6 No. 1, 31-35, 2005.
15. Rehana Ifzal, Preparation, Structure and Spasmolytic activities of some
derivatives of Harmaline series of Alkaloids, Sabira Begum, sobia Pervez, Tahira
Kiran, Bina Siddiqui and Anwar Gilani J. Natural product Research Vol 29, No 3,
213-227, 2006.
16. Rehana Ahmed, Fatty acid components and antibacterial studies of the Oil of
prunus armeniaca, F.rashid, N.Bibi, A.Ahmed, S.U.Kazmi, J. of Trop. Med.
Plants, vol 7, No 2, 261-265 2006.
17. Rehana Ahmed, Invitro Antimicrobial activities of Prunus Armeniaca fruit
extr act, oil and pure compounds, S.U.Kazmi, N.Bibi and F.Rashid, at 46 ICAAC,
American Society for Microbiology, Tracking No. ICAAC06-A-2352 ASM. June
2006.
18. Rehana Ahmed, Phytochemical studies on the seed kernel of Prunus domestica
and its Insecticidal and Antifungal activities, Azhar Mahmood, Journal of tropical
Medicinal Plants Vol. 08 No.2, 248-255, 2007.
19. Rehana Ahmed, Chemical constituents of Seed kernel of Prunus domestica and
their Insecticidal and Antifungal activities; Azhar mahmood, Fahima Raashid and
Zaheer Ahmed; Saudi Journal Chemical Society, Vol. 11 No. 1,pp-121-130
2007.
20. Rehana Ahmed, Flavanoid glycoside from Prunus armeniaca, and the
Antibacterial Activity of a Crude Extract; F. Rashid, Azhar Mahmood, Zaheer
Ahmed, Nazia Bibi and S. U. Kazmi; Arch Pharm Res, Vol. 30 No 8, 932-937,
2007.
21. Rehana Ifzal Butyrylcholinesterase inhibitory triterpenes from Salsola baryosma;
Z. Ahmed, S. Mehmood, A. Malik, N. Afza, F. Rashid, A. Mahmood & L.
Iqbal; Polish Journal of Chemistry, 81.4127-1432, 2007.
22. Rehana Ifzal, New ursane-type triterpenoid from Salvia Santolinifolia; Z.
Ahmed, S. Mahmood, A. Malik, N. Afza, M. Ashraf and E. Jahan, Turk J. Chem,
31(2007), 495-501.
23. Rehana Ahmed, Saponins from seeds of Achras sapota F.Rashid, Viqaruddin
Ahmed, F.Vali Mohammad, Journal of Asian Natural Product Research, Vol 10,
No 1 2008 page 1-7
24. Rehana Ifzal, New Epoxy dammarane triterpene from Salvia Santolinifolia,
Z.Ahmed, A.Malik, N.Afza, and S.Mehmood. Helvetica Chemica Acta , Vol 91,
73-78 2008.
25. Rehana Ifzal Structural determination of Salsolins A and B,
Polyoxygenated triterpenes from Salsola baryosma. Z. Ahmed, A.Malik, N.Afza,
S.Mehmood, I.Fatima and Lubna Iqbal. J. Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, Vol
46, 94-98,2008.
26. Rehana Ifzal,
A Glucosidase Inhibitory Homoisoflavone from Prunus
domestica,
Shaheen Kauser Abdul Malik,
Itrat Fatima, Iqbal
Chaudhry, Arch. Pharm. Res. Vol 12. 1705-1710 2010.
27. Rehana Ifzal, Phytochemical Screening and Biological Activities of the oil
components from Prunus domestica Azhar Mehmood, Shaheen Kauser, Saudi
Journal of Chemical Society. Vol 13, No 2, 2009
28. Rehana Ifzal,
A Glucosidase Inhibitory Homoisoflavone from Prunus
domestica,
Shaheen Kauser Abdul Malik,
Itrat Fatima, Iqbal
Chaudhry, Arch. Pharm. Res. Vol 12. 1705-1710 2010.
29. Rehana Ifzal, Structure determination of Prunasin A and B, from Prunus
domestica, Azhar Mehmood, Shaheen Kauser, Abdul Malik and Itrat
Fatima, Magnatic Resonanace in Chemistry, vol 48 151-154 2010.
30. Rehana Ifzal, GCMS Analysis of n-Hexane Extract of Phoenyx dactylefera,
Sumbul Azmat, Munnawar Rasheed, Viqaruddin Ahmed and Faryal Vali
Mohammed, J.Chem. Soc. Pak32 5, 672-676 2010.
31. Rehana Ifzal, A new Megastigmane Glycoside, Phoenixoside A, from Phoenyx
dactylifera. Sumbul Azmat, Aqib Zahoor, Viqar Uddin Ahmad and Faryal Vali
Mohammad. Natural Product Communication, Vol 7 No I, 3-4, 2012.
32. Rehana Ifzal, A New Aromatic estes from Galinsoga parviflora. Nighat Afza,
Abdul Malik, and M. Irfan Ali. Journal of Asian Natural Product Research, 1-5,
2012.
33. Rehana Ifzal, Flavonoid Constituents of Pistacia integerrima. Zia Ullah, Rasha
Mehmood, Muhammad Imran, Abdul Malik. Natural Product Communication,
Vol 07, No. 8, Pg 1011-1014, 2012.
34. Rehana Ifzal, Flavonoids of Prunus Armeniaca and their antibacterial studies.
Fahima Rashid, Azher Mahmood, Abdul Malik. Journal of Chemical Society of
Pakistan, (Accepted September 19, 2012).
International and National Conferences and Seminars Attended;
1. Bidesmosidic Triterpenoid Saponins from the seeds of Achras sapota; Paper
presented in the 8 National Chemistry Conference Lahore, 1997.
2. Studies on Punica granatum, Steroids and triterpenoids from seeds, paper
presented at 8 National Chemistry Conference Lahore, 1997.
3. Triterpnoid saponins from the seeds of Achras sapota, Work presented
at 7th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry, Karachi,1998.
4. Chemical Constituents of Punica granatum seeds. Paper presented at 9th National
Chemistry Conference Karachi.
5. Antibacterial
studies
on
Salvadora
persica,
work
at 7th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences. Karachi, 2002.
presented
6. Phytochemical Studies on Prunus armeniaca seeds, paper presented
at 3rd International and 13th National Chemistry Conference Karachi, 2003.
7. Constituents and Antibacterial activity of Prunus armeniaca paper presented
at 4th International and 14th national Chemistry conference QAU Islamabad, 2004.
8. In Vitro Growth inhibitory properties of Natural plant products against Multiple
Drug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains, presented at 106th General
meeting, American Society for Microbiology Abstract U-042, 2006.
9. Antimicrobial activity and chemical characterization of bioactive components
isolated from Camella sinensis, presented at 106th General meeting, American
Society for Microbiology A-052, 2006.
10. Flavanoid Glycoside from the kernel of Prunus armeniaca paper presented
at 1st International
Science Conference
at Azad Jammu
and
Kashmir
University, Muzafarabad, 2005.
11. Phytochemical studies of Prunus armeniaca and Prunus domestica, paper
presented at 7th International and 17th national Chemistry conference
at Gomal University D.I.Khan, NWFP, Peshawar, 2008.
12. Phytochemical Investigations of Medicinal Plants from Pakistan, Invited Guest
Speaker, Plenary Lecture, presented at International Chemistry Conference, in
Mecca hosted by Saudi Chemical Society and King Saud University
Riyadh, 2007.
13. Biologically active natural products from prunus species and other medicinal
plants, Journal 0f phararmacovigilance and Safety Drugs, Vol. 5, 70,
2007 (Conference Special) Jaipur India.
14. Prevalence of multidrug resistance in Pakistan and search for new alternative
antituberculosis agents, paper presented at 12th International Conference on
Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim, US-Japan Co-operative
Medical Science programe China Dec.2007.
15. Chemical Constituents and their biological activities from Prunus armeniaca,
paper presented at 17th International Conference on Organic Synthesis at
Daejeon South Korea, 2008.
16. Saponins from the seeds of Achras sapota, work presented at
the 11th International symposium on Natural Product Chemistry at ICCBS
centre and HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, 2008.
17. New Epoxy Dammarane Triterpene from Salvia santolinifolia, paper presented
at 11th IBN SINA International conference on pure and applied heterocyclic
chemistry, at Ain Shams University Cairo, Egypt 2008.
18. 35th All Pakistan Science Conference Organised by University of Karachi,
Pakistan Association of Advancement of Sciences (PAAS) held at ICCBS HEJ
research institute of Chemistry Dec20th-23rd 2008.
19. 12th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry held at
ICCBS/LEJ University of Karachi. Nov 22-25, 2010
20. 9th International & 19th National Chemistry Conference, 14th-16th March,
held jointly at the Department of Chemistry and HEJ Research institute of
Chemistry, University of Karachi, 2011.
21. 13th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry, organized by
International Centre for Chemiscal and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) & HEJ
Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, held from September
22nd – 25th, 2012.