faculty of agriculture

Prof.Dr.Yasser Mohamed Diab

Contact Information
Phone Number:084 6356731                          
Fax Number: 084 6334964
E-mail Address: ymd00@fayoum.edu.eg
Office:Faculty of Agriculture - Building Section of Biochemistry
Postal Address: Fayoum - Fayoum University - Faculty of Agriculture - POBox: 63514
Academic Qualifications
B.Sc. : Agricultural Sciences - Cairo University - 1993
M.Sc. : Biochemistry - Agrarian Institute of the Mediterranean basin countries - 1999
ph.D. : Biochemistry - Fayoum University - 2006
Academic Positions
Demonstrator : from 1993 to 1999.
Assistant Lecturer : from 1999 to 2006
Lecturer : from 2007 to 2014
Assistant Professor: from 2014 to 2024
Professor: from 2024 up till now
Academic progression
Acting Head of the Department of Chemistry at the College 22/11/2020.
Thesis
Isolation and Structural Identification of Molluscicidal Compounds from Leaves of Pittosporium tobira .
Chemical And Biological Studies On Plant Natural Products With Pesticidal Activity.
Research Interests
Examination and study of biologically active chemical compounds, derived from wild plants found in the Egyptian environment, which can be used in areas of agricultural and medical .
Publications
Antioxidant and Anticancer Assessment and Phytochemical Investigation of Three Varieties of Date Fruits .
Green Approach for the Synthesis of ZnO Nanoparticles using Cymbopogon citratus aqueous leaf extract: Characterization and Evaluation of their Biological Activities.
New approaches in protecting against atherosclerosis in experimental model of postmenopause.
Myrtus communis extract attenuates atherosclerosis in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
Oral administration of a nutraceutical combination improves endothelial dysfunction in ovariectomized diabetic rats .
Antidiabetic and hepatoprotective activities of bombax ceiba extract in obese rats with metabolic syndrome .
Effect of various extraction methods and solvent types on yield, phenolic and flavonoid content and antioxidant activity of Spathodea nilotica leaves.
Punica granatum L var nana: A hepatoprotective and curative agent against CCl4 induced hepatotoxicity in rats.
Isolation and structure elucidation of antioxidant compounds from leaves of Laurus nobilis and Emex spinosus.
Evaluation of antioxidant potential of 124 Egyptian plants with emphasis on the action of Punica granatum leaf extract on rats.
Antimicrobial screening of 124 Egyptian plants and isolation of active C-glycoside flavones from Lagerstroemia indica leaves.
Desmettianosides A and B, bisdesmosidic furostanol saponins with molluscicidal activity from Yucca desmettiana .
A new steroidal saponin desmettianoside C with molluscicidal activity from Yucca desmettiana
Isolation and structure identification of a molluscicidal compound from red marine algae Liagora sp.