Abdel Qawasmeh

Hebron University · College of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences

The main goals of the present study were to characterize, evaluate, compare and determine the suitability of lentil legume crop (Lens culinari Medik., var. Baladi) to different Palestinian agro-ecological locations namely Dora, Al-arroub and Janata. Different morphological traits, yield components and some grain quality parameters were registered....

Objective: To evaluate antibacterial, antioxidant activities, existence of the major secondary metabolites and volatile compounds in methanolic extracts from M. sylvestris leaves. Methods: Antibacterial activity was assessed using a well diffusion method. Antioxidant activity was assessed using ABTS•+ and DPPH• free radical scavenging assays. Phyt...

Objective: To assess pharmacists' knowledge with regards registered dietary supplements DS and their perception toward DS registration by the ministry of health MOH Methods: A questionnaire was designed to assess pharmacists' knowledge about newly registered food supplements (registered after 2012) and to assess their view about the current measure...

Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of three or more metabolic disorders including insulin resistance, obesity and hyperlipidemia. Obesity has become the epidemic of the 21st century with more than 1.6 billion overweight adults. Due to the strong connection between obesity and type 2 diabetes, obesity has received wide attention with subsequent coining...

Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) is often infected with the fungal-endophyte Neotyphodium lolii. In addition to the ‘wild-type’ strain (EWT), several ‘selected’ strains of N. lolii are now being marketed as AR1 (EAR1) and AR37 (EAR37). Each of these strains impact positively on L. perenne's resistance against many insects, including the African...

Lolium perenne is a major forage and turf grass, which is often naturally infected with a "wild-type" strain (E(WT)) of the fungal endophyte Neotyphodium lolii , establishing a symbiotic relationship. In this study, the impacts of different strains wild type E(WT), AR1 (E(AR1)) and AR37 (E(AR37)), of N. lolii on the phenolic profile, phenolic conte...

Members of Neotyphodium endophytic fungi infecting Lolium perenne L. and Lolium arundinaceum Darb. alter the synthesis of several metabolites. In this study we determined the antioxidative capacity of phenolic compounds from L. perenne and L. arundinaceum infected with Neotyphodium lolii (Latch, Christensen et Samuels) and Neotyphodium coenophialum...

Profiles of volatile secondary metabolites (VSM) in Mediterranean and Con-tinental Festuca arundinacea, either endophyte free or infected with the fungal endophyte Neotyphodium coenophialum strain AR542, were determined using gas chromatography– mass spectrometry (GC–MS). The profile of VSM in the endophyte-free Mediterranean F. arundinacea germpla...

Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is a cytoprotective protein whose expression is consistently associated with therapeutic benefits in a number of pathologic conditions such as atherosclerotic vascular disease and inflammation. Although the expression of HO-1 in most tissues is low, a large number of clinical and experimental pharmacologic compounds have bee...