About
Professional Summary
Dr. Mahmoud Zaki El-Readi is currently working as Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine-Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He has completed his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Post Doctorate from University of Heidelberg, Germany. Previously he was appointed as Teaching Assistant and Assistant Professor at Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department; Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Assiut-Egypt. He is member of Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology E.V, Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research, Egyptian Society of Biochemistry, and editor for Journal of Phytopharmacology. His main area of interest focuses on Drug Discovery from Plants, his research spans a wide range of objects, start from the Biochemical activities (Anticancer, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-infective) to Molecular Mechanisms of isolated Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants and their role in Cancer Prevention. He has published 25 research articles in journals contributed as author/co-author.
Education
Academic Background
Publications (21)
Selected Scholarly Contributions
Natural products modulate the multifactorial multidrug resistance of cancer.
Eid, S.Y., M.Z. El-Readi, S.H. Fatani, E.E.M.N. Eldin and M. Wink,
Pharmacol. Pharm.,
| Journal Article
Mahmoud Zaki El-Readi
2015
Chemical composition and biological activity of essential oils of cumin and coriander fruits from Egypt.
Hanafi, R.S., M. Sobeh, M.L. Ashour, M.Z. El-Readi and S.Y. Desoukey et al.,
Nat. Prod. J.,
| Journal Article
Mahmoud Zaki El-Readi
2014
Influence of combinations of digitonin with selected phenolics, terpenoids, and alkaloids on the expression and activity of P-glycoprotein in leukaemia and colon cancer cells.
Eid, S.Y., M.Z. El-Readi, E.E.M.N. Eldin, S.H. Fatani and M. Wink,
Phytomed.,
| Journal Article
Mahmoud Zaki El-Readi
2013
Polyphenols from aerial parts of Polygonum bellardii and their biological activities.
Abd El-kader, A.M., M.Z. El-Readi, A.S. Ahmed, A.M. Nafady, M. Wink and Z.Z. Ibraheim,
Pharm. Biol.,
| Journal Article
Mahmoud Zaki El-Readi
2013
Modulation of multidrug resistance in cancer cells by chelidonine and Chelidonium majus alkaloids.
El-Readi, M.Z., S. Eid, M.L. Ashour, A. Tahrani and M. Wink,
Phytomed.,
| Journal Article
Mahmoud Zaki El-Readi
2013
Variations of the chemical composition and bioactivity of essential oils from leaves and stems of Liquidambar styraciflua (Altingiaceae).
El-Readi, M.Z., H.H. Eid, M.L. Ashour, S.Y. Eid, R.M. Labib, F. Sporer and M. Wink,
J. Pharm. Pharmacol.,
| Journal Article
Mahmoud Zaki El-Readi
2013
Antiproliferative, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of the chemical constituents of Ajuga turkestanica.
Mamadalieva, N.Z., M.Z. El-Readi, E. Ovidi, M.L. Ashour and R. Hamoud et al.,
Phytopharmacology,
| Journal Article
Mahmoud Zaki El-Readi
2013
Carotenoids reverse multidrug resistance in cancer cells by interfering with ABC-transporters.
Eid, S.Y., M.Z. El-Readi and M. Wink,
Phytomed.,
| Journal Article
Mahmoud Zaki El-Readi
2012
Synergism of three-drug combinations of sanguinarine and other plant secondary metabolites with digitonin and doxorubicin in multi-drug resistant cancer cells.
Eid, S.Y., M.Z. El-Readi and M. Wink,
Phytomed.,
| Journal Article
Mahmoud Zaki El-Readi
2012
Digitonin synergistically enhances the cytotoxicity of plant secondary metabolites in cancer cells.
Eid, S.Y., M.Z. El-Readi and M. Wink,
Phytomed.,
| Journal Article
Mahmoud Zaki El-Readi
2012
Secondary metabolites inhibiting ABC transporters and reversing resistance of cancer cells and fungi to cytotoxic and antimicrobial agents.
Wink, M., M.L. Ashour and M.Z. El-Readi,
Front Microbiol.,
| Journal Article
Mahmoud Zaki El-Readi
2012
A novel cytotoxic aryltetraline lactone from Bupleurum marginatum (Apiaceae).
Ashour, M.L., M.Z. El-Readi, A. Tahrani, S.Y. Eid and M. Wink,
Phytochem. Lett.,
| Journal Article
Mahmoud Zaki El-Readi
2012
Phytoecdysteroids of silene guntensis and their in vitro cytotoxic and antioxidant activity.
Mamadalieva, N.Z., M.Z. El-Readi, A.A. Janibekov, A. Tahrani and M. Wink,
Z. Naturforsch., C,
| Journal Article
Mahmoud Zaki El-Readi
2011
Secondary metabolites of ponderosa lemon (citrus pyriformis) and their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and cytotoxic activities.
Hamdan, D., M.Z. El-Readi, A. Tahrani, F. Herrmann and D. Kaufmann et al.,
Z. Naturforsch., C,
| Journal Article
Mahmoud Zaki El-Readi
2011
Flavonoids in Scutellaria immaculata and S. ramosissima (Lamiaceae) and their biological activity.
Mamadalieva, N.Z., F. Herrmann, M.Z. El‐Readi, A. Tahrani and R. Hamoud et al.,
J. Pharm. Pharmacol.,
| Journal Article
Mahmoud Zaki El-Readi
2011
Chemical composition and biological activity of Citrus jambhiri Lush.
Hamdan, D., M.Z. El-Readi, A. Tahrani, F. Herrmann and D. Kaufmann et al.,
Food Chem.,
| Journal Article
Mahmoud Zaki El-Readi
2011
Inhibition of P-glycoprotein activity by limonin and other secondary metabolites from citrus species in human colon and leukaemia cell lines.
El-Readi, M.Z., D. Hamdan, N. Farrag, A. El-Shazly and M. Wink,
Eur. J. Pharmacol.,
| Journal Article
Mahmoud Zaki El-Readi
2010
Chemical composition of the essential oils of two Citrus species and their biological activities.
Hamdan, D., M.Z. El-Readi, E. Nibret, F. Sporer, N. Farrag, A. El-Shazly and M. Wink,
Die Pharmazie,
| Journal Article
Mahmoud Zaki El-Readi
2010
Biological activity of the essential oil of Kadsura longipedunculata (Schisandraceae) and its major components.
Mulyaningsih, S., M. Youns, M.Z. El-Readi, M.L. Ashour and E. Nibret et al.,
J. Pharm. Pharmacol.,
| Journal Article
Mahmoud Zaki El-Readi
2010
Chemical composition and biological activity of the essential oil obtained from Bupleurum marginatum (Apiaceae).
Ashour, M.L., M. El-Readi, M. Youns, S. Mulyaningsih, F. Sporer, T. Efferth and M. Wink,
J. Pharm. Pharmacol.,
| Journal Article
Mahmoud Zaki El-Readi
2009
Levels of sFas/apo-1, caspase 3 and tumor necrosis factor alpha in patients with acute ischemic cerebral stroke.
El-Melegy, N.T., S.M. Abdel Ghany, F.A. Abdel Moezz and M.Z. El-Readi,
Arab J. Lab. Med.,
| Journal Article
Mahmoud Zaki El-Readi
2005
