Research has generally been directed towards the isolation of plant secondary
metabolites with special emphasis on Sudanese medicinal plants exhibiting biological
activities.
• A wide range of natural products have been isolated and their structures fully elucidated
using modern spectroscopic techniques. Particular expertise has been developed on the
interpretation of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H & 13C NMR), including
high field (400 and 600 MHz) one- and two-dimensional multi-pulse NMR spectroscopy
as well as hyphenated techniques with special skills in GC/ MS and LC/MS/MS.
• A sizable portion of the research was directed to the drug discovery of antiprotozoal
natural compounds against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) with special emphasis on
malaria, leishmaniasis, and trypanosomiasis.
• The biochemical systematic of a number of the isolated compounds was explored and
their significance in relation to the chemotaxonomy of certain plant taxa were
investigated and put into a phylogenetic context.
• Global trends in pharmacy education and their impact on pharmacy education in Sudan.