Fahad Alhodieb

Qassim University · College of Applied Health Sciences in Rass

Excessive sodium (salt) intake in our diet is a main contributor to hypertension and a major risk factor for cardiovascular illnesses. As a result, research has made great efforts to develop salt alternatives, and Salicornia spp. offers a very high potential in the food industry for its promising functional characteristics. This review focuses on t...

Introduction Moringa oleifera is known as a ‘natural nutrition of the tropics’ because it provides vital nutritional supplements and a variety of pharmacological benefits. The focus of this study was to elucidate the dose dependent effects of Moringa oleifera leaf (MOL) extract on growth of the human osteoblast-like osteosarcoma SaOS-2 cell line an...

In this research work, tamoxifen (TF) and ganoderic acid A (GA-A)-loaded polymeric nanoparticles (PNP) were developed to treat MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer in the mammary breast tumour model. The developed PNP was evaluated for their in vitro and in vivo efficacy using DMBA-induced rat model. The optimized formulation was found to be with mean pa...

With the advent of drug delivery, various polymeric materials are being explored to fabricate numerous nanocarriers. Each polymer is associated with a few characteristics attributes which further facilitate its usage in drug delivery. One such polymer is chitosan (CS), which is extensively employed to deliver a variety of drugs to various targets,...

Ethnopharmacological relevance Cuscuta reflexa Roxb. (C. reflexa) is a well-known traditional herbal plant, with numerous inherent therapeutic potentials including anticancer, antitumor, antibacterial, analgesic, anthelmintic, laxative and others. Moreover, the anticancer and antitumor potentials of this herb are ongoing with several trails, thus a...