Pharmaceutical Design
- Cancer and Inflammation Signaling Pathway
Objectives:- Elucidation of dysregulated cell signaling pathway in cancer.
- Discover the new correlation between inflammation and cancer.
- Discovery of potential novel anticancer and anti-inflammatory agents derived from natural product.
Key Research Area: Pharmaceutical Design
SDG: Good health and wellbeing, Life on land - Neuropharmacology
Objectives:- To study the experimental models for neurological diseases.
- Developing new animal models for neurological diseases.
- Screening of medicinal plants in Malaysia for neurological diseases.
Key Research Area: Pharmaceutical Design
SDG: Good health and well being - Natural Product Research and Development
Objectives:- To promote collaborations between multidisciplinary teams of scientists of drug discovery and drug development.
- To focus on adding value to country's wealth of biological resources and indigenous knowledge through scientific innovations.
- To identify potential new pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical ingredients based on the uses of natural products especially medicinal plants.
- To develop leaf compounds and herbal treatments in search for solutions to some major diseases, i.e. bacterial infections, oxidative stress, ageing, and cancer.
Key Research Area: Pharmaceutical Design
SDG: Good health and well being - Clinical Pharmacy Unit
Objectives:- To improve patient outcome.
- To consider values of patients.
- To achieve excellence in pharmaceutical care.
- To drive high quality researches.
- Generating local & global impact.
- Collaborate in multi-disciplinary, multi-centered, local & international researches.
Key Research Area: Pharmaceutical Design
SDG: Good health and well being - Halal Pharmaceutical & Cosmeceutical
Objectives:- To produce various clay-based cosmetics: soap, body cleanser, body lotion, etc.
- To formulate and evaluate novel drug delivery systems based on halal perspective.
- To develop halal raw materials for pharmaceuticals and cosmeceuticals industries.
- To advance cooperation between multidisciplinary groups of researchers of medication disclosure and medication improvement.
Key Research Area: Halal Studies, Pharmaceutical Design
SDG: Good health and wellbeing, Responsible Consumption and Production
Research list:
- Development and evaluation of topical emulgel of aspirin using different polymeric bases
- Screening of antioxidant and antibacterial activity of methanolic extract of Ipomoea aquatica leaf and stem against bacteria causes skin infection
- Hesperidin-Loaded Lipid Polymer Hybrid Nanoparticles for Topical Delivery of Bioactive Drugs