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CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL DETAILS

Name: Abdulrahman Abdullah Alwarthan

Present Rank : Professor

Date of Appointment: July 1976.

Date of Birth: Nov. 10, 1951.

Nationality: Saudi

Marital Status: Married, 2 sons and 3 daughters.

University Affiliation: Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud

University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Major Speciality: Analytical Chemistry.

Minor Speciality: Instrumental analysis of Food, Pharmaceutical

preparation, Soil and Trace element analysis.

Work Address: Chemistry Department, Science College, King Saud

University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh- 11451, Saudi

Arabia.

Telephone: Home: +96614683503 , Office: +96614676005

RESEARCH AREA

Currently these are in the following areas:

Chemiluminescence and fluorescence in trace analysis.

Flow injection analysis.

Process analysis

Analytical applications of liquid chromatography as well as GC-MS

chromatography.

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Hull University, 1988 (England)

(Analytical Chemistry)

M.Sc., Hull University, 1985, (England)

(Analytical Chemistry)

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B. Sc., King Saud University, 1976 (Saudi Arabia)

(Chemistry and Geology)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor King Saud University 1996-Present

Associate Professor King Saud University 1992-1996

Assistant Professor King Saud University 1988-1992

Graduate student Hull University 1983-1988

Instructor King Saud University 1980-1983

Graduate Student United State of America 1977-1980

Instructor King Saud University 1976-1977

ACADEMIC POSITION

1994-2000 Director, Research Center of Science College, King Saud University .

2002-2004 Chairman, Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud

University.

2008- Board Member, King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology, King

Saud University.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Member of Saudi Chemical Society

Member of American Chemical Society

Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (England)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

A. Master Theses Directed:

1-Najat Mahmoud Zahran," Spectrophotometric Determination of some β-Lactam

Antibiotics in Pharmaceutical Formulations" , January 1992.

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2- Akel Abdulrahman Al-Akel," Flow Injection Analysis Application of Some

Essential Drugs Using Chemiluminescence Detection", January 1994.

3- Salma Ali Al-Tamimi, " Batch and Automated Spectrometric Determination of

some β-lactam Antibiotics", June 1994.

4- Abdullah Saeed Al-Amri, " Spectrophotometric and Chemiluminescent

Determinations of some Antibiotics Using Flow Injection Analysis", May

1995.

5- Abdulrahman Ghoneim Al-Shammari, " Flow-Injection Determination of

Some Essential Drugs Using Voltammetric Detection", June 1998.

6- Saad Mohammed Algarni, " High Performance Liquid Chromatography of

Some Cannabinoids In Cannabis Sativa L" , March 1999.

7- Weedad Altuhami Al-Enazy, " Analysis of Some Pesticides Used in Saudi

Arabia using Spectroscopic Techniques" , June 2001.

8- Lamiaa Adam Al-Bdair, " Spectrophotometric Determination of Selenium By

Flow Injection Analysis" , May 2002.

9- Maha Abdullah Alnowaiser, " Determination of Some Organic Contents For

Some Type of Dates With Chromatographic Methods", September 2002.

10-Abdulrahman Mohammad Al-Dabbagh, " Application of Electrogenerated

Chemiluminescence On the Determination of Some Compounds of

Pharmaceutical Use By Flow Injection Analysis", April 2003.

11-Mohammad Abdulaziz Alshadokhy, " Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetric

Analysis of Some Pharmaceutical Preparation" January 2004.

12-Ali Falah Alghamdi, " Spectroscopic Analysis of Children Commercial

Drinks", April 2004.

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13-Saad Mohammad Almuaili, " Determination of Omega Fatty Acids in Some

Oils and Food Supplements", January 2006.

14-Abdulaziz Ghazi Almutairi, " Use of Flow Injection Spectroscopy For the

Determination of Some Artificial Food Dyes in Drinks", April 2006.

15- Mohammed Muffreh Al-Barrati, " Determination of Some Derivatives 1,4-

Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blockers Using Merging-Zone Flow

Injection And Chemiluminescence", September 2006.

16-Khalaf Musleum Al-Enazy, " Spectroscopic Analysis of Oxidative Hair Dyes

In Some Hair Coloring Formulations", May 2007.

17-Haifaa Ali Al-Qudaihi, " Thermodynamic Factors Influencing the Application

Of DNA Probes and DNA Binding Fluorescent Dyes For Detection of

Mutations and Polymorphisms", June 2007.

18- Nawal Abdullah Al-Abbass, " Flow Injection Determination of Some

Quinones Derivatives By Spectrophotometric Detection", March 2008.

19-Fayza Salem Alhakami, " Analytical Study for Vitamins Determination of the

Most Famous Dates types In Madinah", April 2008.

20-Azza Farhan Alshlewe, "Quantitative Determination of Some Phytochemicals

in Citrus, Using Flow Injection Analysis", June 2009.

21-Mahdi Hussain Al-Agelah, " Comparative Chemical Analysis of Car Oils

Available in the Saudi Market", July 2009.

B- Master Theses In Progress:

1- Khalid Mohammad Al-Qahtani, " Chemical Derivatization Approach to

Improve Mass Spectrometric Characterization of Biological Markets and its

Application for the Diagnosis of Inherited Disease"

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2- Ebtisam A. A. Al-Gashash , "Separation and Determination Constituents of

some Besha Dates Palm Cultivars by High Performance Liquid

Chromatography "

C- Ph.D. Theses Directed:

1- Nawal Ahmed Al-Arfaj, " Chemiluminescence In Drug Determination", May

1999.

2- Salma Ali Al-Tamimi, " Flow-Injection Chemiluminescence Determination of

Some Important Pharmaceutical compounds In Pharmaceutical Preparation

and Biological Fluids", May 2002.

3- Yousef Fayya Al-Qahtani, " Quantitative Analysis of Some Cinically

Important Drugs By Derivative Spectroscopy"., January 2009.

D-Ph.D. Theses In Progress:

PARTICIPATION AS EXTERNAL EXAMINER

A-Master Theses

1- Sheikha Mohammed Al-Ghannam, " Analytical Study of Some Inorganic

Constituent In Drinking Water of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia", June 1990.

2- Layla Abdulrahman Al-Hussin, " Determination of Some Cations Using

Titremetric and Spectrophotometric Methods and Its Application On Some

Biological Fluids", June 1990.

3- Dhua Abdulhamid Al-Hashimi, " Photophysical Properties of Some Charge-

Transfer Complexes", 1990.

4- Osama Hussien Mohammed, " Analysis of Some Phenothiazine Drugs

Substances and Their Sulphoxide Impurities By High-Performance Liquid

Chromatography", Oct. 1994.

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5- Amani Salem Al-Toraigi, " Comparative Analytical Study of Mineral

Elements In Local and Imported Canned Fruit Juices", April 1995.

6- Albandari Abdulaziz Bin Ubaidan, " Novel Spectrophotometric Methods For

the Determination of Fe(III) and their Applications" , May 1997.

7- Samar Omar Al-Jazzar, " Analytical Study for the Determination of Some

Anti-Cancer Pharmaceutical Drugs Using Different Techniques of

Spectrophotometric Analysis", May 1999.

8- Haya Ibrahim Al-Johar, " A Kinetic Method For the Determination of

Cisapride", April 2000.

9- Khalid Hussein Al-Assaf, " Determination of Toxic Metals in Solid and

Liquid Industrial Waste of Riyadh Metropolitan Environment By ICP-MS" ,

Nov. 2000.

10- Hind Mohammed Al-Ajlan, " Determination of Pollutant Metals Present in

Riyadh Water System By ICP-MS", Nov. 2000.

11- Amal Mohammed Al-Mohaimeed, " Multi-Element Determination of Toxic

Metals in Various Canned Fruits Juices By ICP-MS", May 2001.

12- Abeer Saad Al-Tamrah, " New Spectroscopic Methods For the Analysis of

Some Pharmaceutically Important Phenolic Compounds", Oct. 2002.

13- Fatmah Attiah Al-Zahrany, " Determination of Metals In Some Saudi Arabian

Dates", June 2003.

14- Mohammed Saad Al-Thunyan, " Use of Flourogenic Reagents For the

Analysis of Some Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE)-Inhibitor" ,June

2003.

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15- Awad Aqeel Alrashdi, " Modification of a Method For Determination

Microgram Quantitative of Some Elements In Infant Cereal With Milk By

Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy", March 2004.

16- Nesreen Bander Al-Otaibi, " Analytical Determination of Some Tetracycline

Compounds Using Certain Halogenated Derivatives" , June 2004.

17- Naser Fahed Al-Otaibi, " Spectrophotometric Methods For the Determination

of Some Metals and Complexing and Redox Agents By Flow Injection

Analysis", January 2006.

18- Monsour Abdulaziz Al-Mugaisaib, " The Academic Method For Figerprinting

Comparison For Identification", July 2006.

19- Hamed Menouar Al-Shamri, " Electrochemical Analysis of Some Food

Additive Colors", Dec. 2006.

20- Maram Talal Basha, " Analytical Studies of Hydrogen-Bonded Charge

Transfer Complexes Including Pyrimidines With Some Phenols and

Quinolines", April 2007.

21- Abdulhadi Hamad Al-Mari, " Determination of Some Heavy Metals

Accumulation in Some Vegetarian Foods", June 2007.

22- El-Gazy Abdullah El-Rasheedy, " Analytical Studies on Reactions of Some

Organic and Inorganic Reagents With Some Anti-Malarial, Anti-

Inflammatory and Anti-Allergic Drugs and Their Determination", June 2008.

23- Talal Ahmed Omar, " Determination of Some Compounds of Pharmaceutical

Importance Using Flow Injection With Luminescence (Chemiluminescence &

Electrogenerated), June 2008.

24- Mohammad Hassan Al-Qahtani, " Determination of Fire Accelerants in the

Fire Debris Set Deliberately Using Chromatographic Techniques", May 2008.

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25- Adel Abbad Al-Abbad, "Determination of Some Heavy Metals in Water

Samples From the Sewage Treatment Plant and Groundwater in Buraydah

City", March 2009.

26- Mesaifer Misfar Al-Otaibi, "Simultaneous Determination of Dihydroergocris-

tine Clopamide and Reserpine in Brinerdin Drug Using High Reformance

Liquid Chromatography", Feb. 2009.

27- Solavah Jamal Nassar, " Extraction on the Surface and Analytical Studies For

Charge Transfer Complexes For Some Aromatic Heterogeneous Compound",

May 2009.

B- Ph.D. Theses

1- Saraa Abdullah Abu melha, " Study of the Chemical Stability of Some

Carbapenem Compounds", April 2006.

2- Abeer Ali Al-Habeeb, " Comparative Analytical Study Using Integrated

Analytical Chemistry Techniques In Analysis of Some Psychiatric and Anti-

Allergic Drugs" , Dec. 2007.

3- Mona Mohammed Al-Shehri, " Enantioselective Resolution and

Determination of Some Racemic Cardiovascular Drugs Using HPLC and

Chiral Stationary Phases" , Feb. 2008.

4- Samar Omar Al-Jazzar, " Determination of Some Related Substances in

Alzheimer's Patients" , January 2008.

5- Abdulrahman Mohammad Al-Dabbah, " Application of Stripping

Voltammetric Technique For the Determination of Some Heavy Elements

Using New Complexing Agents", June 2008.

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SCHOLARSHIPS

King Saud University Scholarship for doing Postgraduate studies (M.Sc. and

Ph.D.)

Grant from Islamic Education Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1990-1992

(US $ 17000) , " Chemiluminescence Detection for Antibiotics"

The Royal Society of Chemistry, 1994 research fund (£ 500), "Effect of

Micelles on some Chemiluminescence reactions"

Grant from King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, 1994-1995 (SR

43000), " Chemiluminescence in Drug Detection"

Grant from Sabic Company, 2001-2004 (SR 50.000), " Adsorptive Stripping

Voltammetric Analysis of Some Pharmaceutical Preparation".

Grant from King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology, 2008-2010 (US$

750,000). " Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Nanostructure

Materials for Applications in Catalysis".

EDITORIAL

Editor-in-Chief, Arabian Journal of Chemistry, an International Refereed Journal in

Chemistry (2007- ).

Vice Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, (1998- ).

International Advisory Board Member, Jordan Journal of Chemistry, an

International Refereed Journal in Chemistry (2006- ).

Editorial Board Member, King Saud University Journal, Science Branch, 2002-

2006.

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CONSULTATION EXPERIENCE

Consultant For Riyadh Water Authority- Central Laboratory For Water Quality

Control (1996-1999).

Consultant For Saudi Arabia Organization for Standard and Specification- Chemical

Laboratories (1999-2005).

REVIEWER

A. Acting as a reviewer to referee papers for several international journals such

as:

Analytical Chimica Acta

Analytical Chemistry

Talanta

Analytical Sciences

Journal of Saudi Chemical Society

Central European Journal of Chemistry

J. AOAC

B. Acting as an Assessor for the credentials of some academic staff for

promotion in some academic institutions such as:

Mutah University, Al-Karak, Jordan

King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Girls University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Girls University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

King Faisal University, Al-Ehsa, Saudi Arabia

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C. Acting as an Assessor for Some Projects Which are Submitted to Some

Financial Institution, such as:

Deanship of scientific Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah,

Saudi Arabia

Deanship of scientific Research, Mutah University, Al-Karak, Jordan

Deanship of scientific Research, Jordan University, Amman, Jordan

General Director of Research Grant Program, King Abdulaziz City for

Science and Technology, Riyadh- Saudi Arabia

Deanship of scientific Research, Taif Univerrsity, Taif, Saudi Arabia

Deanship of scientific Research, Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi

Arabia.

Center of Research and Studies, King Fahad College For Security,

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

D. Acting as a review for some books submitted to some institutions for

printing, such as:

1-Advance Methods for Chromatographic Analysis

Deanship of Scientific Research

Scientific Council

Jordan University

Amman, Jordan

2-The problem of Drugs and Manufactured Chemical and their

Methods of Detection, In Vivo and In Vitro.

Center of Research and Studies, King Fahad College For Security.

Ministry of Interior, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

- Participation in teaching postgraduate courses (M.Sc. & Ph.D.), Girls

University (1991 , 1996 , 2000, 2002 , 2003, 2008).

- Member of a research team for studying the characteristic of white sand,

King Abdulaziz City For Science and Technology (1993-1996).

- Member of a research team for studying the effect of gases and vapours

from fire on the Civil Defense Men in Riyadh Metropolitan, Civil Defense

Authority (1996-1998).

- Participation in a committee formed by the General Directorate For

Curriculum and Educational Development to assess some high school

chemistry books (1990, 1994).

BOOKS:

1-Safety in the Laboratory, 1st ed., 1999.

2-Chemical Applied Experimental, 1st ed., 2000.

3-Analytical Chemistry, Manual For Scientific Experiments Quantitative

Analysis", 1st ed., 2002.

BOOKS REFEREED

1-Method For Advance Chromatographic Analysis, Scientific Research

Deanship, Scientific Council, Jordan University, Amman, Jordan.

2-Problem of Drug Issues and their Precursors, Their Detection In Vivo and

Vitro, Center of Research and Studies, King Fahed Security College,

Ministry of Interior.

PATENTS

1- Silver nanoparticles-Synthesis and Application

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-Prof. Abdulrahman A. alwarthan

-Dr. M. Rafiq H. Siddiqui

-Dr. Syed Farooq Adil

2- Green Synthesis Methods for Nanoparticles of Various Metals with Wide

Ranging Application.

- Prof. Abdulrahman A. Alwarthan

- Dr. M. Rafiq H. Siddiqui

3-Synthesis of Inorganic Dyes and Pigments for Ceramics and Paints.

-Prof. Andulrahman A. Alwarthan

-Prof. Mutasim I. Khalil

TRANSLATION

Participation through the King Saud University Translation Center in

translating the Following Books From English to Arabic,:

1- Methods for Environmental Trace Analysis

John R. Dean

John Wiley & Sons 2003.

2- Aquatic Environmental Chemistry

Alan G. Howard

Oxford University Press, 2004.

PARTICIPATION IN VARIOUS COMMITTEES

Coordinator of instrumentation and laboratory Committee- Chemistry

Department (1989-1996).

Member of the technicians committee, Chemistry Department (1989-

1992).

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Coordinator to the Analytical Chemistry Committee, Chemistry

Department (1992, 1996-1997, 2006- ).

Chemistry Department Representative in the safety and security

committee, Science College (1989-1998).

Member of chemical committee- Saudi Arabian Organization for

Standard and Specification (1992-1996).

Coordinator of the chemical committee-Saudi Arabian Organization

for Standard and Specification (1996-2000).

Member of the instrumentation committee, College of Science (1997-

2000)

Member of the Saudi Chemical Society Board (1996-2002 , 2006- )

Chairman of the Saudi Chemical Society (1998-2002).

Member of the scientific publication committee, Deanship of the

Scientific Research, King Saud University (2000-2004).

Member of the scientific committee to transfer the Forensic Science

Laboratories to a Forensic Science College with four different

department – Nayef Arabian University for Security Sciences (for one

year).

Member of the permanent housing committee- King Saud University

(2004- present).

Member of the permanent chemical pollution protection committee-

King Saud University (2004- present).

Member of evaluation and academic accreditation committee- King

Saud University (2008-present).

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Coordinator of the evaluation and academic accreditation committee-

Chemistry Department, Science College, Kind Saud University (2008-

present).

Member of the permanent committee of the demonstrators, lectures,

languages teachers, and research assistants, King Saud University

(1994-2007).

Member of the permenant students disciplinary committee, King Saud

University (1996-present).

PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES

A-International :

1- Euroanaysis VII, Triennial European Conference on Analytical Chemistry,

Technical University, Vienna, Austria, August 26-31, 1990.

2- SAC. 92, University of Reading, Reading, England, Sep. 20-26, 1992.

3- Euroanalysis VIII, Triennial European Conference on Analytical

Chemistry, Edinburgh, Scotland, Sep. 5-11, 1993.

4- The First International Conference in Chemistry and Its Applications,

University of Qatar, Doha, State of Qatar, Dec. 7-9, 1993.

5- SAC. 95, University of Hull, Hull, England, July 11-15, 1995.

6- The Fourth International Symposium on New Trends In Chemistry, The

Role of Analytical Chemistry In the Development of the Society, Cairo

University, Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 4-8, 1997.

7- The Second Conference For the Mediterranean Sea In the Field of

Analytical Chemistry, Rabat, Morocco, Nov. 1997.

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8- PITTCON 99 On Analytical Chemistry, Orlando, Florida, USA, March 9-

14, 1999.

9- 8th International Conference on Flow Analysis, University of Warsaw,

Warsaw, Poland, June 25-29, 2000.

10- The First Arab Chemistry Conference, Applied Science University,

Amman-11931, Jordan, Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2001.

11- The Third Jordanian International Conference of Chemistry, Chemistry

Department, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan, April

22-26, 2002.

12- The Sixth International Symposium On Trends In Chemistry Analytical

Chemistry and Society, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 4-8, 2003.

13- The Second International Conference In Chemistry and Its Applications

Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Qatar, Doha,

State of Qatar, Dec. 6-9, 2003.

14- Second Arab Chemistry Conference, Applied Science University, Amman,

Jordan, April 21-23, 2004.

15- The 8th International Conference In Chemistry And Its Role In

Development, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura

University, Mansoura, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, April 16-20, 2005.

16- The 13th Conference For the Arab Chemists, Chemistry and Environment,

Kuwait Chemical Society, Kuwait, Nov. 28-29, 2005.

17- Egyptian First International Conference In Chemistry, Chemistry For

Human Needs In Developing Countries, The Egyptian Chemical Society,

Sharm El-Shiekh, Egypt, Sept., 11-14, 2006.

18- Petra International University, Tafila, Jordan, June, 26-28, 2007.

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19- 3rd International Meeting on Molecular Chemistry and Development,

Chemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences, Semlalia, University of Cadi

Ayyad, Marrakesh, Morocco, Nov., 22-24, 2007.

20- The 8th International Symposium on New Trends in Chemistry and Second

Congress of Federation of Africans Societies of Chemistry, The Egyptian

Society of Analytical chemistry-Cairo University, Giza, Cairo, Egypt, Jan

3-7, 2009.

B- Local:

1- The First National Symposium for Materials Science, Chemistry

Department , Science College, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi

Arabia, 30/11-2/12/1998 .

2- Symposium of the Household Chemicals, Saudi Chemical Society,

King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 16-17,2003.

3-International Conference on Chemistry and Industry, Future Trends for

the Third Millennium, Chemistry Department- Saudi Chemical

Society, College of Science , King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi

Arabia, Dec. 11-14, 2004.

4- National Conference in Chemistry- 26th Meeting of the Higher Council

of the Arab Union of Chemists, Saudi Chemical Society – Makkah

Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Intercontinental Hotel- Makkah,

Saudi Arabia .

5- Taibah International Chemistry Conference, Chemistry Department,

Faculty of Science, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah,

Saudi Arabia, Mar. 23-25, 2009.

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6- The International Conference For Nanotechnology Industries, The

Leading Technology of 21st Century, King Abdullah Institute For

Nanotechnology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Apr.

5-7, 2009.

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Appendix A.- Publications

1- ZnCl2 catalyzed new coumarinyl-chalcones as cytotoxic agents; Konidala Sathish

Kumar, Vijay Kotra, Phani Kumar Kola, CH B Praveena Devi, Nutakki Anusha,

Bollikolla Hari Babu, Syed Farooq Adil, Mohammed Rafi Shaik, Mujeeb Khan,

Abdulrahman Al-Warthan, Osamah Alduhaish, M Mujahid Alam, Saudi Journal

of Biological Sciences, December 2020.

2- Eco-Friendly and Solvent-Less Mechanochemical Synthesis of ZrO2–MnCO3/N-

Doped Graphene Nanocomposites: A Highly Efficacious Catalyst for Base-Free

Aerobic Oxidation of Various Types of Alcohols; Mufsir Kuniyil, J. V.

Shanmukha Kumar, Syed Farooq Adil, Mohamed E. Assal, Mohammed Rafi

Shaik, Mujeeb Khan, Abdulrahman Al-Warthan, Mohammed Rafiq H. Siddiqui,

Aslam Khan, Muhammad Bilal, Hafiz M. N. Iqbal and Waheed A. Al-Masry,

Catalysts, September 2020.

3- Synthesis of Au, Ag, and Au–Ag Bimetallic Nanoparticles Using Pulicaria

undulata Extract and Their Catalytic Activity for the Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol;

Merajuddin Khan, Khaleel Al-hamoud, Zainab Liaqat, Mohammed Rafi Shaik,

Syed Farooq Adil, Mufsir Kuniyil, Hamad Z. Alkhathlan, Abdulrahman Al-

Warthan, Mohammed Rafiq H. Siddiqui, Mihail Mondeshki, Wolfgang Tremel,

Mujeeb Khan and Muhammad Nawaz Tahir, Nanomaterials, September 2020.

4- Synthesis and Characterization of CoxOy–MnCO3 and CoxOy–Mn2O3 Catalysts:

A Comparative Catalytic Assessment Towards the Aerial Oxidation of Various

Kinds of Alcohols; Osamah Alduhaish, Syed Farooq Adil, Mohamed E. Assal,

Mohammed Rafi Shaik, Mufsir Kuniyil, Khalid M. Manqari, Doumbia Sekou,

Mujeeb Khan, Aslam Khan, Ahmed Z. Dewidar, Abdulrahman Al-Warthan and

Mohammed Rafiq H. Siddiqui, Processes, April 2020.

5- Facile synthesis of Pd@graphene nanocomposites with enhanced catalytic activity

towards Suzuki coupling reaction; Syed Farooq Adil, Mohamed E. Assal,

Mohammed Rafi Shaik, Mufsir Kuniyil, Azhar Hashmi, Mujeeb Khan, Aslam

Khan, Muhammad Nawaz Tahir, Abdulrahman Al-Warthan, Mohammed Rafiq H.

Siddiqu, Scientific Reports, April 2020.

6- Efficient Aerial Oxidation of Different types of alcohols using ZnO nanoparticles-

MnCO3 decorated on graphene oxide composites; Syed Farooq Adil, Mohamed E.

Assal, Mohammed Rafi Shaik, Mufsir Kuniyil, Azhar Hashmi, Mujeeb Khan,

Aslam Khan, Muhammad Nawaz Tahir, Abdulrahman Al-Warthan, Mohammed

Rafiq H. Siddiqui, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, March 2020.

7- Nanocomposites of gold nanoparticles with pregabalin: The future anti-seizure

drug; Abdul-Wali Ajlouni, Alanoud Mosa AlAsiri, Syed Farooq Adil, Mohammed

Rafi Shaik, Mujeeb Khan, Mohamed E. Assal, Mufsir Kuniyil, Abdulrahman Al-

Warthan, Arabian Journal of Chemistry, February 2020.

8- Eco-Friendly Mechanochemical Preparation of Ag2O–MnO2/Graphene Oxide

Nanocomposite: An Efficient and Reusable Catalyst for the Base-Free, Aerial

Oxidation of Alcohols; Syed Farooq Adil, Mohamed E. Assal, Mujeeb Khan,

Mohammed Rafi Shaik, Mufsir Kuniyil, Doumbia Sekou, Ahmed Z. Dewidar,

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Abdulrahman Al-Warthan, Mohammed Rafiq H. Siddiqui, Catalysts, February

2020.

9- Luminescent Complexes of Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II) and Bi(III) with 2-

Aminothiazole based Ligand and their Biological Studies; Ayesha Kanwal,

Muhammad Imran, Syed Farooq Adil, Mohammed Rafi Shaik, Abdulrahman Al-

Warthan, Revista DeChimie, February 2020.

10- ENHANCED ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF BIOFUNCTIONALIZED

ZIRCONIA NANOPARTICLES; Mujeeb Khan, Mohammed Rafi Shaik, Shams

Tabrez Khan, Syed Farooq Adil, Mufsir Kuniyil, Majad Khan, Abdulrahman A.

Al-Warthan, Mohammed Rafiq H. Siddiqui, Muhammad Nawaz Tahir, ACS

Omega, February 2020.

11- Azadirachta indica based biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles and evaluation of

their antibacterial and cytotoxic effects; M. Asimuddin, Mohammed Rafi Shaik,

Syed Farooq Adil, Mohammed Rafiq H. Siddiqui, Abdulrahman Al–Warthan,

Kaiser Jamil, Mujeeb Khan, Journal of King Saud University – Science, January

2020.

12- Facile Sonochemical Preparation of Au-ZrO2 Nanocatalyst for the Catalytic

Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol; Mohammed Rafi Shaik, Syed Farooq Adil, Mufsir

Kuniyil, Muhammad Sharif, Abdulrahman Alwarthan, Mohammed Rafiq H.

Siddiqui, Mohd. Imtiaz Ali, Muhammad Nawaz Tahir and Mujeeb Khan, Applied

Sciences, January 2020.

13- Physico-chemical properties and catalytic activity of the sol-gel prepared Ce-ion

doped LaMnO3 perovskites; Ansari, A.A., Ahmad, N., Alam, M., Adil, S.F.,

Ramay, S.M., Albadri, A., Ahmad, A., Al-Enizi, A.M., Alrayes, B.F., Assal, M.E.,

Alwarthan, A.A., Scientific Reports, December 2019.

14- A Facile Synthesis of ZrOx-MnCO3/Graphene Oxide (GRO) Nanocomposites for

the Oxidation of Alcohols using Molecular Oxygen under Base Free Conditions;

Syed Farooq Adil, Mohamed E. Assal, Mohammed Rafi Shaik, Mufsir Kuniyil,

Nawaf M. AlOtaibi, Mujeeb Khan, Muhammad Sharif, M. Mujahid Alam,

Abdulrahman Al-Warthan, Jabair Ali Mohammed, Mohammed Rafiq H Siddiqui

and Muhammad Nawaz Tahir, Catalysts, September 2019.

15- Synthesis, Characterization and Relative Catalytic Study of ZrOx–MnCO3, –

MnO2 Or –Mn2O3 Deposited on Highly Reduced Graphene Oxide

Nanocomposites for Aerobic Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols; Mohamed E.

Assal, Mohammed Rafi Shaik, Mufsir Kuniyil, Mujeeb Khan, Abdulrahman Al–

Warthan, M. Rafiq H. Siddiqui, J. P. Labis, Ravi Varala, Syed Farooq Adil, Indian

Journal of Chemical Technology, September 2019.

16- Preparation of a carboxymethylcellulose-iron composite for uptake of atorvastatin

in water; Ali, I., Alharbi, O.M.L., ALOthman, Z.A., Alwarthan, A., Al-

Mohaimeed, A.M. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, July 2019.

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17- One-pot synthesized Pd@N-Doped graphene: An efficient catalyst for suzuki–

miyaura couplings; Kuniyil, M., Shanmukha Kumar, J.V., Adil, S.F., Shaik, M.R.,

Khan, M., Assal, M.E., Siddiqui, M.R.H., Al-Warthan, A., Catalysts, May 2019.

18- Modeling of fenuron pesticide adsorption on CNTs for mechanistic insight and

removal in water; Ali, I., Alharbi, O.M.L., ALOthman, Z.A., Al-Mohaimeed,

A.M., Alwarthan, A., Environmental Research, March 2019.

19- Solvothermal preparation and electrochemical characterization of Cubic ZrO2

Nanoparticles/Highly Reduced Graphene (HRG) based nanocomposites; Shaik,

M.R., Alam, M., Adil, S.F., Kuniyil, M., Al-Warthan, A., Siddiqui, M.R.H., Tahir,

M.N., Labis, J.P., Khan, M., Materials, March 2019.

20- Ag2O nanoparticles/MnCO3, –MnO2 or –Mn2O3/highly reduced graphene oxide

composites as an efficient and recyclable oxidation catalyst; Assal, M.E., Shaik,

M.R., Kuniyil, M., Khan, M., Al-Warthan, A., Alharthi, A.I., Varala, R., Siddiqui,

M.R.H., Adil, S.F., Arabian Journal of Chemistry, January 2019.

21- Facile and eco-friendly synthesis of functionalized iron nanoparticles for

cyanazine removal in water; Ali, I., Alharbi, O.M.L., Alothman, Z.A., Alwarthan,

A., Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, November 2018.

22- Ag2O nanoparticles-doped manganese immobilized on graphene nanocomposites

for aerial oxidation of secondary alcohols; Assal, M.E., Shaik, M.R., Kuniyil, M.,

Khan, M., Al-Warthan, A., Siddiqui, M.R.H., Adil, S.F., Metals, June 2018.

23- Enantiomeric resolution and modeling of DL-alanine-DL-tryptophan dipeptide on

amylose stationary phase; Ali, I., Khattab, R.A., Alothman, Z.A., Badjah, A.Y.,

Alwarthan, A., Chirality, April 2018.

24- Plant-Extract-Assisted green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Origanum

vulgare L. Extract and their microbicidal activities; Shaik, M.R., Khan, M.,

Kuniyil, M., Al-Warthan, A., Alkhathlan, H.Z., Siddiqui, M.R.H., Shaik, J.P.,

Ahamed, A., Mahmood, A., Khan, M., Adil, S.F., Sustainability, March 2018.

25- Silver-doped manganese based nanocomposites for aerial oxidation of alcohols;

Assal, M.E., Shaik, M.R., Kuniyil, M., Khan, M., Shanmukha Kumar, J.V.,

Alzahrani, A.Y., Al-Warthan, A., Al-Tamrah, S.A., Siddiqui, M.R.H., Hashmi,

S.A., Adil, S.F., Materials Express, February 2018.

26- Recent advances in syntheses, properties and applications of TiO2 nanostructures;

Ali, I., Suhail, M., Alothman, Z.A., Alwarthan, A., RSC Advances, February

2018.

27- Enantio-selective molecular dynamics of (±)-o,p-DDT uptake and degradation in

water-sediment system; Ali, I., Alharbi, O.M.L., Alothman, Z.A., Alwarthan, A.,

Environmental Research, January 2018.

28- Facile synthesis of indole heterocyclic compounds based micellar nano anti-

cancer drugs; Ali, I., Mukhtar, S.D., Hsieh, M.F., Alothman, Z.A., Alwarthan, A.,

RSC Advances, January 2018.

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29- Artificial neural network modelling of amido black dye sorption on iron

composite nano material: Kinetics and thermodynamics studies; Ali, I., Alharbi,

O.M.L., Alothman, Z.A., Badjah, A.Y., Alwarthan, A., Basheer, A.A, Journal of

Molecular Liquids, January 2018.

30- ZnOx–MnCO3, –MnO2 OR –Mn2O3 deposited on highly reduced graphene oxide

nanocomposites as an efficient catalyst for aerial oxidation of different types of

alcohols; Assal, M.E., Shaik, M.R., Kuniyil, M., Khan, M., Al-Warthan, A.,

Siddiqui, M.R.H., Adil, S.F., Oxidation Communications, January 2018.

31- Plant extracts as green reductants for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles: lessons

from chemical synthesis; Khan, M., Shaik, M.R., Adil, S.F., Khan, S.T., Al-

Warthan, A., Siddiqui, M.R.H., Tahir, M.N., Tremel, W., Dalton Transactions,

January 2018.

32- A.A.Alwarthan, A.J.H.Khalil and A.Townshend, "Flow Injection Ion-Exchange

Preconcentration for the Determination of Iron(II) with Chemiluminescen

Detection", Fresenius J.Anal. Chem., 337, 848 (1990).

33- A.A.Alwarthan, S.Abdel Fattah and N.M.Zahran, "Spectrophotometric

Determination of 7-Aminocephalosporanic Acid with Imidazole Reagent",

Anal.Lett., 24 (2), 249 (1991).

34- A.A.Alwarthan, S.A.Al-Tamrah and S.M.Sultan, "Spectrophotometric

Determination of Oxytetracycline by Flow Injection", Analyst, 116 (2), 183

(1991).

35- A.A.Alwarthan, A.Almuaibed and A.Townshend, "Chemiluminescence

Determination of Titanium(IV) by Flow Injection Analysis using A Jones

Reductor Column On-Line", Anal.Sci., 7 (8), 623 (1991).

36- A.A.Alwarthan, "Spectrophotometic Determination of Cephalexin in

Pharmaceutical Formulations Using Coppr(II) Acetate as Analytical Reagent",

Oriental J.Chem., 7 (3), 158 (1991).

37- A.A.Alwarthan, S.Abdel-Fattah and N.M.Zahran, "Spectrophotometric

Determination of Cephalexin in Dosage Forms with Imidazole Reagent", Talanta,

39(6), 703 (1992).

38- A.A.Alwarthan, and M.A.Abdalla, "Flow-Injection Amperometric Determination

of Chlorate and Hypochlorite Ions in Aqueous Acidic Solutions"., International

Jour. Chem., 3 (3), 105 (1992).

39- S.A.Al-Tamrah and A.A.Alwarthan, "Determination of Some Tetracyclines

Spectrophotometrically by Flow Injection Analysis", Anal. Lett., 25 (10), 1865

(1992).

40- A.A.Alwarthan, S.S.Al-Showiman, S.A.Al-Tamrah and A.A.BaOsman,

"Spectrophotometric Determination of Boron in Dates of Some Cultivars Grown

in Saudi Arabia", J.AOAC Inter., 76 (3), 601 (1993).

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41- A.A.Alwarthan, "Determination of Ascorbic Acid by Flow Injection With

Chemiluminescence Detection", Analyst, 118, 639 (1993).

42- A.A.Alwarthan, S.A.Al-Tamrah and A.A.Akel, "Determination of Promethazine

by Its Inhibition of the Chmiluminescence of the Luminol- Hydrogen Peroxide-

Chromiun(III) System" Anal. Chim. Acta., 282, 169, (1993).

43- A.A.Alwarthan, F.H.Metwally and S.A.Al-Tamimi, "Spectrophotometric Assay of

Certain Cephalosporins Based on Formation of Ethylene Blue". Anal. Lett., 26

(12), 2619 (1993).

44- A.A.Alwarthan, and H.A.Al-Lohedan, "Kinetic Determination of Cephalexin in

Drug Formulations", Talanta, 41 (2) 225 (1994).

45- A.A.Alwarthan, S.A.Al-Tamrah and A.A.Akel, "Flow-Injection Determination of

Kanamycin by Inhibition of the Lucigenin-H2O2-Co2+ System", Anal. Chem.

Acta, 292, 201 (1994).

46- A.A.Alwarthan, S.A.Al-Tamrah and A.A.Akel, "Determination of Isoprenaline

With Lucigenin Chemiluminescence Using Flow-Injection Analysis". Anal. Sci.,

10 (3) 449 (1994).

47- A.A.Alwarthan, "Chemiluminescence Detection of Sodium Nitroprusside Using

Flow Injection Analysis", Talanta, 41 (10), 1683 (1994).

48- A.A.Alwarthan, "Determination of Sodium Nitroprusside by Flow Injection With

Spectrophotometric Detection", Anal.Lett., 28 (2), 295 (1995).

49- B.younes, A.Al-Meshari, A.Al-Hakeem, S.Al-Saleh, F.Al-Zamel, F.Al-Shammari

and A.A.Alwarthan, "Lead Concentration in Breast Milk of Nursing Mothers

Living In Riyadh", Ann. Saudi Med., 15 (3) 249 (1995).

50- A.A.Alwarthan, "Flow Injection Chemiluminometric Determination of Folic Acid

in Pharmaceutical Formulations", Anal. Sci. 10 (6), 919 (1994).

51- A.A.Alwarthan, and H.A.Al-Lohedan, "Direct Kinetic Determination of sodium

Nitroprusside in Pharmaceutical Formulations", Anal.Lett., 28 (3), 485 (1995).

52- A.A.Alwarthan, "Chemiluminescent Determination of Tryptophan in a Flow

Injection System", Anal. Chim. Acta, 317, 233 (1995).

53- A.A.Alwarthan, and A.M.Al-Obaid, "Colorimetric Determination of Astemizole

in Bulk and in Its Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms Using Flow Injection",

J.Pharm.Biomed. Anal., 14, 579 (1995).

54- A.A.Alwarthan, F.H.Metwally and S.A.Al-Tamimi, "Spectrophotometric

Determination of Cefotaxime and ‘Cefadroxil by Alkaline Degradation to

Hydrogen Sulphide and Formation of Violet Colour", Arab Gulf J.Scient Res., 13

(2), 213 (1995).

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55- A.A.Alwarthan, and H.M.Al-Swaidan, "Determination of Trace Elements in Saudi

Arabian Dates by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry", Arab Gulf

J.Scient. Res., 13 (3), 453 (1995).

56- A.A.Alwarthan, H.A.Al-Lohedan and Z.A.Issa, "Micellar Effect Upon the

Lucigenin Chemiluminescent Reaction System With Isoprenaline", Anal. Lett.,

29 (9), 1589 (1996).

57- A.A.Alwarthan, and A.M.Al-Obaid, "Spectrophotometric Determination of

Methoxamine Using Cerium(IV) in Presence of Sodium Lauryl Sulphate and

Rhodamine-B", J.Pharm. Biomed. Anal., 15, 911 (1997).

58- S.A.Al-Tamarah, and A.A.Alwarthan and A.S.Al-Amri, "Flow injection

Chemiluminescence Determination of Isoprenaline", J.Saudi Chem. Soc., 1(1), 1

(1997).

59- A.A.Alwarthan, and F. A.Aly, "Chemiluminescent Determination of Pyridoxine.

HCI in Pharmaceutical Samples Using Flow Injection", Talanta, 45, 1131 (1998).

60- A.M. Al-Obaid, S.A. Al-Tamrah, F.A. Aly and A.A. Alwarthan, "Determination

of (S)- (-) Cathinone by Spectrophotometric Detection", J.Pharm. Biomed. Anal.,

17,321(1998)

61- F.A.Aly, N.A.Alarfaj and A.A.Alwarthan, "Flow-injection Chemiluminometric

Determination of Some Phenothiazines in Dosage Forms and Biological Fluids", Anal. Chim. Acta, 358,255 (1998).

62- F.A.Aly, N.A.Alarfaj and A.A.Alwarthan, "Permanganate – based

chemiluminsescence analysis of cefadroxil monohydrate in Pharmaceutical

Samples and Biological Fluids Using Flow Injecticn", Talanta, 47, 471 (1998).

63- A.A.Alwarthan, "Quantitative Determination of Fluoride in tea with an lon-

Selective Electrode", J.Saudi Chem. Soc., 2(1), 7(1998).

64- F.A.Aly, N.A.Alarfaj and A.A.Alwarthan, "A Sensitive Assay for Clavulanic acid

and Sulbactam in Pharmaceutical and Biological Fluid using flow-injecfion

chemiluminometric method", Anal. Chim. Acta, 414.15 (2000).

65- F.A.Aly, S.A.Al-Tamimi, and A. A. Alwarthan “Delermination of Flufenamic

Acid and Mefenamic Acid in Pharmaceutical Preparafions and Biological Fluids

Using Flow Injection Analysis With Tris (2,2’ - bipyridyl) ruthenium (II)

Chemiluminescen ce Delection.”, Anal. Chim. Acta, 416(2000) 87.

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66- F. A. Aly, S. A. Al-Tamimi and A. A. Alwarthan “Determination of phenolic

Sympathomimetic Drugs in Pharmaceutical Samples and Biological Fluids by

Flow-injection Chemiluminescence”, J. AOAC Inter. V. 83, no. 6 (2000) 1299.

67- F.A.Aly,N.A.Alarfaj, A.A.Alwarthan, ‘Flow-injection Chemiluminometric

Analysis of Some Benzamides by their sensitizing Effect on the Cerium-Sulphite

Reaction “,Talanta, 54,7/5(2001).

68- F.A.Aly, S.A.Al-Tamimi and A.A.Alwarthan, “Chemiluminescence determination

of some fluoroquinolone derivatives in pharmaceutical formulations and

biological fluids using [Ru(bipy)32+]-Ce(IV) system”, Talanta,53,885(2001).

69- A.A.Al-Majed, F.Belal and A.A.Alwarthan “ Spectrophotometric determination of

ramipril (a novel ace inhibitor ) in dosage forms” Spectroscopy

Letters,43(2),211(2001) ”.

70- F.A.Aly , S.A.Al-Tamimi and A.A.Alwarthan , “ Flow-Injection

Chemiluminometric Determination of some Thioxanthene Derivatives in

Pharmaceutical Formulations and Biological Fluids Using [Ru(bipy)32+]-Ce(IV)

System ”. Anal . Sci., 17(11) (2001) 1257 .

71- A. H. Al-ghamdi, M. A. Al-shdokhy and A. A. Alwarthan "Electrochemical

Determination of cephalothin Antibiotic by Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetric

Technique" , J.Pharm. Biomed. Anal., (2004).

72- A. H. Al-ghamdi, M. A. Al-shdokhy and A. A. Alwarthan "Application of

Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetry For the Analysis of Cephaloridine Antibiotic",

Talant (2004).

73- A. H. Al-ghamdi, A. F. Alghamdi and A. A. Alwarthan "Spectrophotometric

Analysis of Artificial food Colors in commercial drinks consumed by children, J.

Saudi Chem. Soc.9 (1),1 (2005).

74- A. H. Al-ghamdi, A. F. Alghamdi and A. A. Alwarthan "Determination of

Content Levels of Some Food Additives in Beverages Consumed in Riyadh City"

, J. King Saud Univ., Vol. 18, 99-109 (2005).

75- N. H. Al-Shaalan, A.R.A Al-warthan, G. A. Salem, and M. Al-Nowaiser,

"Chromatographic Study of Carbohydrate Content in Some Date Types in KSA,

J. Saudi Chem. Soc., 10 (1), 31 (2006).

76- A.H. Alghamdi, M.A. Alshadokhy, and A. A. Alwarthan "Development of

Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetric Procedure for the Determination of

Josamycin, a Macrolide Antibiotic, J. J. Chemistry, Vol. 1(2), 171-182(2006)

77- A. H. Alghamdi, A. F. Alghamdi, and A. A. Alwarthan "ICP-MS Simultaneous

determination of Some Essential Minerals and Heavy metals in Some

Commercial Drinks Comsumed in Riyadh city , J. Saudi Soc. for Food and

Nutrition , Vol .1, No. 1,2007.

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Appendix B.

1- A.A.Alwarthan, "Flow Injection Ion-Exchange Pre-concentration for the

Determination of Iron(II) by Chemiluminescence Detection", Euroanalysis VII.

Vienna, Austria.

2- A.A.Alwarthan, "Chemiluminescence Determination of Ascorbic Acid by Fow

injection Analysis", SAC 92, Reading, England.

3- A.A.Alwarthan, "Spectrophotometric Assay of Certain Cephalosporins Based on

Formation of Ethylene Blue", Euroanalysis VII, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

4- A.A.Alwarthan, "Spectrophotometric Determination of Diclofenac Sodium by

Flow Injection Analysis Using Cerium(IV)", SAC 95, Hull, England.

5- A.A.Alwarthan, "Determination of (S)-(-) Cathinone by Spectrophotometric

Detection", 1997 Second Mediterranean Basin Conference on Analytical

Chemistry, Nov., Rabat, Morocco.

6- A.A.Alwarthan, “Flow – Injection Chemiluminometric Determination of

Flufenamic Acid and Mefenamic Acid in Dosuge Forms and Biological Fluids

Using Tris (2,2’ – Bipyridyl) ruthenium (II), 8th international Cenference on

Flow Analysis, June 2000, Warsaw, Poland.1

Appendix C.

1- A.A.Alwarthan, "Flow Injection of Kanamycin by Inhibiting of Lucigenin -

H2O2-Co System", the First International Conference in Chemistry and Its

Application", 1993, Doha, State of Qatar.

2- .A.Alwarthan, "Chemiluminescent Determination of Pyridoxine HCL in

Pharmaceutical Samples Using Flow Injection", Fourth International Symposium

on New Trends in Chemistry, 1997, Cairo, Egypt.

3- A.A.Alwarthan , “ Flow-Injection Chemiluminometric Determination of some

Thioxanthene Derivatives in Pharmaceutical Formulations and Biological Fluids

Using [Ru(bipy)32+]-Ce(IV) System ”.

4- A.A. Alwarthan “Chemiluminescence Determination of some Fluoroquinolone

Derivatives in Pharmaceuticals Formulations and Biological Fluids

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Using[Ru(bip)32+]-(IV) system”. The third international Jordanian conference of

chemistry, 2002, Irbid, Amman.

6- A.A.Alwarthan , "Determination of Some Organic Contents of Some Dates

Cultivars by HPLC." 6th International Symposium on New Trends in

Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry and Society , 2003, Cairo, Egypt.

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Appendix D.

1- The Pittsburgh Conference "Pittcon99", Orlando, Florida, March 7-12, 1999, USA.

2- 2nd International Conference on Chemistry and its Applications, Department of

Chemistry, College of Science , University of Qatar, December 6-9,2003 Doha –

State of Qatar