PROFIL STAF AKADEMIK - Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

CURRICULUM VITAE
HASNAH MOHD SIRAT (Ph. D)
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1. Name
2. Qualifications
Hasnah Mohd Sirat
3. Office telephone number
07-5534319
4. E-mail address
B. Sc. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, K. L., (1977)
Ph. D. University of London, King’s College, U. K. (1981)
hasnah@kimia.fs.utm.my
5. Field of Specialisation
Organic synthesis and Natural products chemistry
Chemical modification and bioactivity studies of phytochemicals
6. Membership
7. Biography
• Career History
Institut Kimia Malaysia (AMIC)
Persatuan Sebatian Semula Jadi Malaysia (AJK)
ANALIS
Graduate student, University of London, King's College, United Kingdom (Nov. 1977- August
1979), and
Graduate Student, Dyson Perrins Laboratory, Oxford University, United Kingdom (Sept 1979
- Dec. 1980)
Lecturer at School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang.
(2 nd Jan 1981 – 30 th April 1983)
Penolong Penggawa, Desasiswa Cahaya, Universiti Sains Malaysia. (Jun 1981 – April 1983)
Lecturer at Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, KL.
3 rd May 1983 – May 1988
Lecturer at Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, JB.
June 1988 – 13 th Oct. 1991
UNESCO Fellowship Exchange of Scientist, Biotechnology Division, Dept. of Scientific and
Industrial Research, Palmerston North, New Zealand, June – July 1987.
Associate Professor, 14th Oct. 1991 – 15th Jan. 1999
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, UTM.

Professor VK07, 16th Jan1999 – 10th Nov. 2010
Professor VK06, 11th Nov. 2010 – now
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, UTM.
Deputy Dean (Development), Faculty of Science, UTM, September 2001- April 2004.
• Teaching Activities
Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Analysis (School of Chemical
Sciences, USM, Penang), General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry: Functional Groups,
Organic Chemistry: Biomolecules, Heterocyclic Chemistry, Special Topics in Organic
Chemistry (Reactive Intermediates), Organic synthesis, Organic spectroscopy, Natural
Products chemistry, and Advanced Organic Chemistry (M. Sc.),
• Undergraduate Supervision (see details)
• Postgraduate Supervision (see details)
8. Research
1. Aspects of Epoxide Chemistry – University of London, King’s College, University of
London and Dyson Perrins Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK. 1977-1980.
2. Natural Products Chemistry – UPP- UTM, 1987 - 1990
3. Characterisation of natural compounds which are useful in industry as drugs,
insecticides, fungicides and antibiotics.
- IRPA RM5 project 1991-1992 (Project Leader)
4. Studies on the Biologically active compounds from plants.
-IRPA RM6 project, 1992 – 1995 (Project Leader)
5. Systematic identification and synthesis of natural products from Rubiaceae,
Zingiberaceae, Verbanaceae and Piperaceae for industrial uses.
- IRPA RM7 1999-2002 (Project Leader).
6. Essential oils and natural products from aromatic and medicinal plants as flavours,
medicines and plant protection (Project Leader).
- FELDA 1998 – 2002.
7. Domestication of Zingibers
- IRPA RM 7 1999-2000 (researcher together with MARDI Penang)
8. Development of cosmeceutical and phytopharmaceutical products from lempoyang
(Zingiber zerumbet) and temu lawak (Curcuma xanthorrhiza). (Program Leader)
- IRPA RM 8 2002 – 2005 Top-down project under Nat. Biotech. Directorate.
9. Production and modification of phytochemicals from Zingiber zerumbet (Lempoyang) and
Curcuma xanthorrhiza (temu lawak): Sesquiterpenoids and diarylheptanoids
- IRPA RM8 2002-2005 (Project Leader)
10. Synthesis and characterization of anti-inflammatory compounds from selected plants
- IRPA RM 8 2002 – 2004 (researcher)
11. Synthesis of non-aqueous ionic liquids (researcher).
- IRPA RM 8, 2002-2005
12. Phytochemistry of Artocarpus Species
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- RMC UTM Fundamental Research, 2004 – 2005. (Project Leader)
13. Development of cosmeceutical products from temulawak (C. xanthorrhiza) and
lempoyang (Z. zerumbet)
- IRPA Top Down NBD-MOSTI 2005 – 2007. *sub-project: production and modification
of phytochemicals from lempoyang and temulawak (Project Leader)
14. Stereoselective synthesis of several sesquiterpenoids from xanthorrhizol of Curcuma
xanthorrhiza
- SAGA Grant- Academy of Sciences, 2005 – 2007. (Project Leader)
15. Phytochemicals with Antioxidant and Aantityrosinase activities from Two
Melastomataceae
e-Science Fund 2007-2009. (Project Leader)
16. Synthesis of Insect pheromone using “Tin-Free” Stereocontrol of Acyclic 1,5-syn-
Dimethyl Compounds
FRGS (Fundamental Research Grant Scheme) – MOHE, 2007-2009. (Project Leader)
17. Chemical profiling of extracts and SAR studies of Flavonoids from Piper
porphyrophyllum towards anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities
e-Science fund 2009-2011 (researcher)
9. Awards and Distinction
Selangor State Government Scholarship (July 1994-Nov 1997)
JPA scholarship for Postgraduate studies (Nov 1997- Sept 1998)
USM Fellowship for postgraduate studies (Oct. 1998-Dec. 1980)
UNESCO Fellowship Exchange of Scientist, New Zealand, (2 months) June – July 1987
ISESCO travel grant to ASOMPS Bandung, Indonesia, 1989.
UTM Research and Development Grant (1987, 1995 and 2004).
IRPA RM 6, RMK 7 and RMK 8 Research Grants
UNESCO travel grants to Manila, Phillipines, 1992 & Chengdu, China, 1993
ADB Fellowship, University of Western Sydney, Australia, November 1994
Anugerah Penyelidikan Fakulti Sains, 1995
Excellent Service Award, 1996.
FELDA Research Grant, 1998 – 2009.
Asian Natpro Exhibition 2003 (3 rd place – Best selected booth, joint with CEPP and Biotech.)
Excellent Service Award, 2003.
Scientific Advancement Grant Allocation from Academy Sciences of Malaysia
(SAGA 2005 – 2007)
Excellent Service Award, 2007
FRGS-MOHE grant, 2007-2009
e-SCIENCE FUND – MOSTI, 2007-2009
Anugerah Penerbitan Kategori Makalah dalam Jurnal antarabangsa UTM 2008 (Tetrahedron
Lett. 2007) sempena Anugerah Kecemerlangan & Penghargaan UTM Citrakarisma 2008.
Anugerah Penerbitan Kategori Makalah dalam Jurnal antarabangsa UTM 2008 (Food
Chem. 2007) sempena Anugerah Kecemerlangan & Penghargaan UTM Citrakarisma 2008.
10. Patent Filing / Pending
1. Zanariah Ujang, Hasnah M. Sirat, Mazita Mohd Diah and Mohd Helme Mohd Helan,
Xanthorrhizol and its Derivatives as Depigmenting agent
PI 2006 4228
2. Farediah Ahmad and Hasnah M. Sirat, Phytochemical Compounds from Plants,
PI: 2009 1731
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11. Collaboration/Linkage/Networking - International Institution Participation in
Research Related Activities
1. School of Graduate Studies, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan: Prof. Dr. Hiromitsu
Takayama, Dr. Mariko Kitajima, Prof. Dr. Norio Aimi,
2. University of Manchester, United Kingdom : Prof. Dr. Eric J. Thomas,
3. Hoshi University, Tokyo, Japan: Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Morita,
4. University Andalas, Padang, Sumatera, Indonesia : Prof. Dr. Dayar Arbain,
5. University of Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia : Dr. Nanik Siti Aminah
12. Journal Publications
12.1 Publication in Index Journal (Scifinder Scholar/ Scopus/ ISI Web of Science)
1. Hasnah M. Sirat, Norazah Basar and Nor Akmalazura Jani, Chemical compositions
of the rhizome oils of two Alpinia of Malaysia, Nat. Prod. Res., 2011, in press.
2. Hasnah Mohd Sirat, Yau Sui Feng, Khalijah Awang, Seik Weng Ng, [1R-
(1α,2α,4α,5β,6α,7α)]-4-Benzoyl-oxymethyl-5,6-dihydroxy-3,8-dioxatricyclo[5.1.0.0 2,4 ]
octan-5-yl acetate (3-deacetylcrotepoxide) from Kaempferia rotunda Val.
Acta Crystallographica section E E66, o2945
3. Hasnah Mohd Sirat, Nor Akmalazura Jani, Hazrina Hazni, Khalijah Awang, Seik
Weng Ng, Flavokawin B from the rhizome of Alpinia mutica Roxb. Acta
Crystallographica section E E66, o2866
4. Hasnah Mohd Sirat, Yau Sui Feng, Hazrina Hazni, Khalijah Awang, Seik Weng Ng,
(E)-1-(2-Hydroxy-4,6-dimethoxyphenyl)-3-(methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one from
Kaempferia rotunda Val. Acta Crystallographica section E E66, o2944
5. Hasnah M. Sirat, M. Fazlin Rezali, and Zanariah Ujang, Isolation and identification of
antioxidant and tyrosinase inhibition constituents from Tibouchina semidecandra,
paper accepted for publication in J. Agric Food Chem. 2010, 58, 10404-10409.
6. Hasnah M. Sirat, Deny Susanti, Farediah Ahmad, H. Takayama and M. Kitajima,
Amides, triterpene and flavonoids from Melastoma malabathricum, J. Nat. Med.,
2010, 65, 492-495.
7. Hasnah M. Sirat, Oh Boon Thai and Farediah Ahmad, Chemical compositions of the
essential oil of Piper maingayi, J. Essent. Oil Res., 2010, 22, 323-324.
8. Emrizal Rajudin, Farediah Ahmad, Hasnah Mohd Sirat, Dayar Arbain, and Hassan Y.
Aboul-Enein, Chemical constituents from tiger’s betel, Piper porphyrophyllum N.E.Br.
(Fam. Piperaceae), Nat. Prod. Res., 2010, 24(4), 387-390.
9. I. Jantan, Y, H. M. Yasin, S. Jamil. H. Sirat, and N. Basar, Effect of prenylated
flavonoids and chalcones isolated from Artocarpus species on Platelet aggregation
in human whole blood, J. Nat. Med., 2010, 64, 365-369.
10. Hasnah M. Sirat, Nor Akmalazura Jani, Nor Farhida Khalid and Norazah Basar,
Chemical compositions of the fruit oils of Alpinia mutica, J. Essent. Oil Res., 2009,
21, 457-458.
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11. Y. H. Cheah, FJ. Nordin, R. Sarip, TT. Tee, AHL. Pihie, HM. Sirat, B. Amini, NR.
Abdullah and Z. Ismail, Combined xanthorrhizol-curcumin exhibits synergistic growth
inhibitory via apoptosis induction in human breast cancer cells MDA-MB-231, Cancer
Cell Int., 2009, 9, 1.
12. Hasnah M. Sirat and Lee Lay Meng, Chemical constituents of Curcuma heyneana,
Mal. J. Sci., 2009, 28(3), 323-328.
13. Hasnah M. Sirat, Shajarahtunnur Jamil, and Ahmad A. Rahman, Sesquiterpenes
Curcuma ochrorrhiza, Nat. Prod. Comm., 2009, 4, 1171
14. I. Jantan, S. M. Raweh, H. M. Sirat, S. Jamil, Y. H. Mohd Yasin, J. Jalil and J. A.
Jamal, Inhibitory effect of compounds from Zingiberaceae species on human platelet
aggregation, Phytomedicine, 2008, 15, 306 - 309.
14. Shajarahtunnur Jamil, Hasnah M. Sirat, Ibrahim Jantan, Norio Aimi and Mariko
Kitajima, A new prenylated dihydrochalcone from the leaves of Artocarpus lowii, J.
Nat. Med., 2008, 62: 321 - 324.
15. Emrizal, Farediah Ahmad, Hasnah M. Sirat, Fadzureena Jamaludin, Nik Musa’adah
Mustapha, Rasadah ali and Dayar arbain, Anti-inflammatory activity of Piper
magnibacum (Piperaceae), Natural Prod. Commun., 2008, 3(10), 1719 – 1721.
16. Deny Susanti, Hasnah M. Sirat, Farediah Ahmad, and Rasadah Ali, Antioxidant and
cytotoxic flavonoids from the flowers of Melastoma malabathricum L, Food
Chemistry, 2007, 103, 710-716.
17. Hasnah M. Sirat, Ngai Mun Hong, and Mohd Haffiz Jauri, Chemistry of Xanthorrhizol:
Stereoselective synthesis of several bisabolane sesquiterpenoids from xanthorrhizol,
Tetrahedron Lett., 2007, 48, 457 - 460.
18. Sharin Ruslay, Faridah Abas, Khozirah Shaari, Zurina Zainal, Maulidiani, Hasnah
Sirat, Daud Ahmad Ishraf and Nordin H. Lajis, Characterization of the components
present in the active fractions of health gingers (Curcuma xanthorrhiza and Zingiber
zerumbet), 2007, 104, 1183 – 1191.
19. Shajarahtunnur Jamil, and Hasnah M. Sirat, Screening of Three Malaysian
Artocarpus species for antibacterial activity, in Fasihuddin Ahmad, Zaini Assim, Laily
Din and Ikram M Said, Malaysian Medicinal Plants (Chemistry and Biological
Activity), Malien press Sdn. Bhd, Kuching, Sarawak, 2006, p. 285.
20. Hasnah M. Sirat and Shajarahtunnur Jamil, and Lee W. Siew, The rhizomes oil of
Kaempferia rotunda, J. Essent. Oil Res., 2005, 17, 306.
21. Muhammad Taher, Deny Susanti, Mohamad Roji Sarmidi, Fadzilah Adibah Abdul
Majid, Hasnah M. Sirat, and Farediah Ahmad, Antioxidative activity of Cinnamtannin
B1 from Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume, in J. N. Govil, V. K. Singh and Rakesh
Bhardwaj, Phytomedicines, Recent Progress in Medicinal Plants, Studium Press
LLC, USA, 2006, Vol. 16, Chapter 26, p. 601-608.
22. Shajarahtunnur Jamil and Hasnah M. Sirat, Flavones from Artocarpus scortechinii
King, ACGC Chem. Comm, 2004, 17, 3.
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23. Ibrahim Jantan, Mazura Pisar, Hasnah M. Sirat, Norazah Basar, Shajarahtunnur
Jamil, Juriati Jalil, and Rasadah Ali. PAF activity of some compounds from
Zingiberaceae, Pyhtother. Res., 2004, 18,1005 - 1007.
24. Hasnah M. Sirat, L. F. Hong and S. H. Khaw, Chemical compositions of the essential
oil of the/ fruits of Amomum testaceum Ridl., J. Essent. Oil Res., 2001, 13, 56.
25. Hasnah M. Sirat, Shajarahtunnur Jamil and Lee Wai Siew, Constituents from
Kaempferia rotunda, ACGC Chem. Res. Comm., 2001, 13, 48.
26. Hasnah M. Sirat and Nik Hafshah N. Leh, Chemical compositions of the rhizomes oil
of Zingiber spectabile Val. J. Essent. Oil Res., 2001, 13, 256.
27. Hasnah M. Sirat, Lim F. Hong and S. H. Khaw, Monoterpenes from Amomum
testaceum, ACGC Chem. Res. Commun., 2000, 10, 27.
28. Hasnah M. Sirat and Ahmad A. Rahman, Essential oil Constituents of Alpinia mutica.
J. Essent. Oil Res., 1998, 10, 83.
29. Hasnah M. Sirat, Shajarahtunnur Jamil and A. A. Rahman, The essential oil of
Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb. from Malaysia, J. Essent. oil Res., 1998, 10, 453.
30. Hasnah M. Sirat and Shajarahtunnur Jamil, Sesquiterpenes from Curcuma
aeruginosa, Planta Med., 1998, 64, 584.
31. Hasnah M. Sirat, Shajarahtunnur Jamil and Ahmad A. Rahman, J. Essent. Oil Res.,
1997, 9, 351. Rhizomes oil of Curcuma ochrorhiza Val.
32. Hasnah M. Sirat, Ahmad A. Rahman, H. Itokawa and H. Morita, Constituents of two
Alpinia species of Malaysia, Planta Med.,1996, 62,188.
33. Hasnah M. Sirat and Aziz B. Nordin, J. Essential Oil Research, 1995, 7, 195-197.
The chemical composition of the rhizomes oil of Alpinia conchigera.
34. Hasnah M. Sirat, Dian B. Masri and Ahmad A. Rahman. Distribution of labdane
diterpenes from Malaysian Zingiberaceae. Phytochemistry, 1994, 36, 699.
35. Hasnah Mohd Sirat. Planta Med., 1994, 60, 497. Study on terpenoid constituents of
Zingiber ottensii.
36. Umi K. Ahmad, Hasnah M. Sirat, M. Marsin Sanagi and Roger Smith. J.
MicroColumn Seperations, 1994, 6(1), 27. Supercritical Fluid Extraction and Capillary
Gas Chromatography on the Rhizomes of Zingiber zerumbet.
37. Hasnah M. Sirat and Aziz B. Nordin, J. Essent. Oil Research, 1994, 6(6), 635. The
essential oil of Zingiber ottensii.
38. Graeme B. Russell, Hasnah M. Sirat and Oliver R.W. Sutherland, Isoflavones from
root bark of Gorse, Phytochemistry, 1990, 32, 1287.
39. Hasnah Mohd Sirat and Graeme B. Russell, Pertanika, 1989, 12(3), 345. The
isolation and identification of two antifungal pterocarpans from Ulex europaeus. L.
40. Hasnah M. Sirat, Eric J. Thomas and John D. Wallis, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin 1, 1982,
2885. A fragmentation approach to a Maytansine Synthon: X-Ray structure
determination of ethyl-t-2,3-epoxy-c-6-p-methoxybenzoyloxy-1-methylcyclo-hexane-r-
1-carboxylate.
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41. Talat Mah, Hasnah Mohd Sirat and Eric J. Thomas, J. Chem. Res. (S), 1979, 392.
Aspects of bromolactone chemistry. On the use of bromolactone in stereospecific
syntheses of cyclohexene derivatives.
42. Hasnah Mohd Sirat, Eric J. Thomas and Nicholas D. Tyrrell, J. Chem. Soc.,Chem.
Comm., 1979, 36. Aspects of the chemistry of methyl 3-hydroxycyclohexa-1,5-diene-
1-carboxylate: A Methyl benzoate hydrate.
43. Talat Mah, Hasnah M. Sirat and Eric J. Thomas, J. Chem. Res. (M), 1979, 4662.
Aspects of bromolactone chemistry. On the use of bromolactone in stereospecific
syntheses of cyclohexene derivatives.
44. Talat Mah, Hasnah M. Sirat and Eric J. Thomas, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin 1, 1979,
2255. Stereoselectivity of epoxidation of substituted cyclohexa-1,4-dienes: Influence
of an allylic methoxycarbonyl group.
45. Talat Mah, Hasnah M. Sirat and Eric J. Thomas, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Comm.,
1978, 961. Application of bromolactone in synthesis. Stereospecific syntheses of cis
-2-hydroxy-1-methylcyclohex-5-ene-carboxylic acid and related compounds
12.2 Publication in refereed Non-index Journal
1. Kamarusalihin Nordin and Hasnah M. Sirat, Chemical constituents and bioactivity
studies of Premna integrifolia Linn, Malyasian J. Sci. 2009, 28, special edition, 29-33.
2. Sui Feng Yau and Hasnah M. Sirat, Chemical constituents of two varieties of
Kaempferia rotunda Val., Malyasian J. Sci. 2009, 28, special edition, 81-88.
3. Ngai Mun Hong and Hasnah M. Sirat, Synthesis of several bisabolane type
sesquiterpenoids from xanthorrhizol, Mal. J. Sci., 2005, 24(1), 177.
4. Shajarahtunnur Jamil, Hasnah M. Sirat, I. Jantan, N. Aimi and M. Kitajima,
Flavonoids from Artocarpus teysmanii, Mal. J. Sci., 2005, 24, 99-103.
5. Deny Susanti, Hasnah M. Sirat, Farediah Ahmad, N. Aimi and M. Kitajima,
Flavonoids from the leaves of Melastoma malabathricum, Mal. J. Sci, 2005, 24(1),
105.
6. Hasnah M. Sirat, Rohaiza Saat, Nik Hafshah N. Leh and Lee Lay Leng, Chemical
variations in the essential oils of five species of Zingiberaceae, Jurnal Teknologi C
(Sains dan Matematik), 2000, 33, 61.
7. Hasnah M. Sirat and A. A. Rahman, Phenolics and diarylheptanoid from Alpinia
mutica, Mal. J. Science, 1999, 18, 23.
8. Hasnah M. Sirat, Norsiah Sallehuddin, N. S. Kwan, and L. W. Siew, Flavour
chemicals of Malaysian ginger (Zingiberaceae), J. Teknologi C, 1999, 30, 47.
9. Rohaiza Saat and Hasnah M. Sirat, Analisis minyak pati daripada Zingiber
cassumunar, Mal. J. Anal. Chem., 1999, 5, 39.
10. Hasnah M. Sirat, Ahmad A. Rahman, H. Itokawa and H. Morita, Constituents of
Alpinia rafflesiana. Pertanika J. Sci. and Technol. 1996, 4(1), 17.
11. Hasnah M. Sirat and Hatijah Basri, Sesquiterpenoids and phenylpropanoid from
Acorus calamus, Bul. Kim., 1996, 11(1-2), 29.
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12. Hasnah M. Sirat and Ahmad A. Rahman, Biologically active compounds from
Malaysian Zingiberaceae, in Ikram M. Said et al., Contemporary Perspective in
Chemical Diversity, Application and Conservation, 1996, The Malaysian Natural
Product Soc., p. 131.
13. Shajarahtunnur Jamil and Hasnah M. Sirat, Penggunaan kromatografi dan
spektroskopi dalam analisis sebatian semula jadi daripada Curcuma aeruginosa,
Mal. J. Anal. Sci., 1996, 181.
14. Hasnah M. Sirat and Md. Rizal Liamen, Chemical constituents of Alpinia purpurata.
Pertanika J. Sci. and Technol.,1995, 3, 67.
15. Hasnah Mohd Sirat and Dian Masri. Buletin Kimia, 1994, 9(1), 27. Piperine alkaloid
from the rhizomes of Achasma megalocheilos.
16. Hasnah Mohd. Sirat and A. Hamid A. Hadi. A Labdane type diterpene from
Enicosanthum Congregatum, Pertanika J. Sci. and Technol., 1993, 2, 1891.
17. Hasnah Mohd. Sirat. Bul. Kim., 1990, 5(2), 83. Diterpena jenis Labdana daripada
Zingiber puberulum.
18. Hasnah Mohd Sirat, Buletin Kimia, 1989, Jilid 4, Bil. 2, 47. Chemical components of
Zingiber zerumbet.
19. Hasnah Mohd Sirat, Buletin Kimia, 1987, Jilid 2, Bil. 2, 151. 1 H and 13 C NMR studies
of 4-allylphenol derivative from the rhizomes of Alpinia galanga.
13. Proceedings/ Conference Papers
13.1 Regional/ International
1. Hasnah Mohd Sirat and Graeme B. Russell, Proceedings of the Unesco Sub-
Regional Seminar on the systematic identification of natural products, UKM Bangi,
1988, 28. Isoflavones from Ulex europaeus Root.
2. Hasnah Mohd Sirat. Aspects and prospects of natural products research in UTM,
paper presented at the 8th National Seminar and UNESCO Regional Workshop on
Natural Products, University of Malaya. 21-24 Oktober, 1991.
3. Hasnah Mohd. Sirat. Terpenoids from Zingiber ottensii. Paper presented in the 8th
National Seminar of the Natural Products Group and UNESCO Regional Workshop
on Natural Products with special emphasis on antitumour agents, University of
Malaya, 21-22 Oktober 1991.
4. Mohd. Marsin Sanagi, Hasnah Mohd. Sirat, Kamal Hasan and Umi Kalthom Ahmad,
Proceedings of the Regional Conference on Medicinal Products from Tropical Rain
Forest, FRIM, Kepong, 1991, 353 - 358. The characterisation of Zingiber zerumbet,
Smith using high performance liquid chromatography with Diode Array Detection.
5. Hasnah Mohd Sirat. Proceedings of the Regional Conference on Medicinal Products
from Tropical Rain Forests. FRIM, Kepong, 1991, 259 - 304. Chemical constituents
of some medicinal plants of Zingiberaceae.
6. Hasnah Mohd. Sirat. Some flavour chemicals of Zingiberaceae, paper presented at
3rd Malaysian International Conference on Essential Oils and Flavour Chemical,
Langkawi. 20-23 July, 1992.
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7. Hasnah M. Sirat and Ahmad A. Rahman. Some important metabolites from
Malaysian Ginger. Paper presented at Int. Symposium On Plants in vitro Technology,
UPM, Serdang, 16-18 Nov. 1993.
8. Hasnah M. Sirat. Labdane diterpenes from Alpinia javanica. Paper presented at 5th
Asian Chemical Congress in Symposium on recent advances in Nat. products, Ming
Court Hotel, KL., 8-10 Nov. 1993.
9. Hasnah M. Sirat and Mawardi Rahmani. Coumarin and triterpenes from Zanthoxylum
rhetsa. Paper presented at 10th annual seminar and Unesco regional workshop on
the Bioassay Guided Isolation of Nat. Products. UKM, Bangi, 19-23 Okt. 1993.
10. Hasnah M. Sirat, Md. Ali Daud dan Ahmad A. Rahman. Constituents of some
medicinal plants of Zingiber species. Paper presented at Int. Conf. on the use of
traditional medicine and other Nat. Products in Health Care, 11-13 June i993.
11. Umi K. Ahmad, Hasnah M. Sirat, M. Marsin Sanagi and Roger M. Smith. Application
of supercritical fluid extraction and capillary gas chromatography to the analysis of
Zingiber zerumbet. Proceedings of the 15th Int. symposium on capillary
chromatography, Riva del Garde, Italy, 24-28 May 1993.
12. Hasnah M. Sirat. Dian Masri and Ahmad A. Rahman. Chemical constituents of
Hedychium coronarium. Proceedings of the Int. Conf. on the use of traditional
medicines and other Nat. products in Health care. 1993 June 11-13.
13. Hasnah M. Sirat and Dian Masri. Chemical constituents of Alpinia rafflesiana. Paper
presented at Unesco Regional Seminar on Chemistry of Medicinal Plants, Chengdu,
China, 22-25 Aug. 1993.
14. Aziz Nordin and Hasnah M. Sirat. Diagnosis in teaching and Learning Chemistry,
Paper presented at 5th Asian Chem. Congress in Chemical education. Ming Court
Hotel, KL., 10-11 Nov. 1993.
15. M. Marsin Sanagi, Umi K. Ahmad, Hasnah M. Sirat, and Roger M. Smith.
Supercritical Fluid Extraction: A promissing technique in the analytical laboratory.
Paper presented at the Fifth Asian Chemical Congress - Symposium on analytical
chemistry and instrumentation, 9-11 Nov. 1993, Ming Court Hotel, K. L., Malaysia.
16. Hasnah M. Sirat, and Ahmad A. Rahman, Biologically active compounds from
Malaysian gingers, Paper presented at 8th Asian Symposium on Medicinal Plants,
Spices and other natural products (ASOMPS VIII). 12-16 June, 1994, Melaka,
Malaysia.
17. Hasnah M. Sirat, Shajarahtunnur Jamil and Ahmad A. Rahman. Sesquiterpenes from
Curcuma aeruginosa, Paper presented at 2nd European Asian Conferences on
Chemical Sciences. 17-20 December 1994, K. L., Malaysia.
18. Hasnah M. Sirat and Ahmad A. Rahman. Chemical constituents of Alpinia species of
Malaysia, Paper presented at 35th IUPAC congress, 14-19 Aug. 1995, Istanbul,
Turkey.
19. Hasnah M. Sirat and Ahmad A. Rahman, Constituents of Alpinia mutica, paper
presented at French - Malaysian Seminar on Natural Products, Perdana Siswa,
Universiti Malaya, KL. 24-25 Oct. 1995.
20. Hasnah M. Sirat, Shajarahtunnur Jamil and Kassim Ibrahim, Constituents of
Malaysian Curcuma, paper presented at International Conference on tropical
Rainforest and its Utilization at University of Andalas, Padang, Sumatera, Indonesia,
29-30 Oct. 1996.
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21. Hasnah M. Sirat, Lim G. Nee and N. Hafshah N. Leh, Chemical compositions of the
essential oils of Zingiber species of Malaysia, Paper presented at 7th Asian Chemical
Congress, Hiroshima, Japan, 16-19 May, 1997.
22. Hasnah M. Sirat, Nor Azah Basar, Norio Aimi and Mariko Kitajima, Phytochemicals of
Alpinia, paper presented at the 3 rd Int. seminar on Tropical Rainforest plants and
Their Utilisation for Development, Padang, Sumatera, 23-24 Oct. 2001.
23. Hasnah M. Sirat, Studies on Malaysian Gingers, paper presented at 19 th National
seminar/ Int. seminar & workshop of Natural Products, UM, 15-16 Oct. 2003.
24. Mustaffa Shamsuddin, H. M. Sirat, Zakaria Bahari, S. Ibrahim and Hafiz Tajudin,
Proceedings of the Int. Conf. on Advancement in Science and Technology, Nikko
Hotel, 5-7 Aug. 2003, pg 124.
25. Hasnah Mohd. Sirat and Graeme B. Russell and O.R.W. Sutherland. Poster
presented at Asian Symposium on Medicinal plants and species (ASOMPS VII),
Bandung, Indonesia. 1989.
26. Hasnah M. Sirat, Dian Masri and Ahmad A. Rahman, Chemical constituents of
Hedychium cronarium, Poster presented at International conference on the use of
traditional medicine and natural products in health care, Penang, 11-13 June 1993.
27. Deny Susanti, Hasnah M. Sirat, and Farediah Ahmad, Flavonoids from Melastoma
imbricatum, poster presented at the 19 th National seminar/ Int. seminar & workshop
of Natural Products, UM, 15-16 Oct. 2003.
28. Mustaffa Shamsuddin, H. M. Sirat, Zakaria Bahari, S. Ibrahim and Hafiz Tajudin,
Proceedings of the Int. Conf. on Advancement in Science and Technology, Nikko
Hotel, 5-7 Aug. 2003, pg 124.
29. Ngai Mun Hong and Hasnah M. Sirat, Syntheses of several bisabolane type
sesquiterpenoids fro xanthorrhizol of C. xanthorrhiza. poster presented at the 19 th
National seminar/ Int. seminar & workshop of Natural Products, UM, 15-16 Oct.
2003.
30. Hasnah M. Sirat, Chemical and bioactivity Studies of Malaysian and Sumateran
Curcuma, paper presented at 5 th -Joint ITB-UKM Seminar, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia,
16-18 May, 2005
31. Hasnah M. Sirat, Norazah Basar and Nor Farhida Mohd Khalid, Volatile Constituents
of The Essential Oils Of Three Malaysian Alpinia, paper presented at 4 th Int. Conf. on
Essential Oil, Flavour and Fragrance, Putra Palace, Kangar, Perlis, 8-11 May 2005.
32. Hasnah M. Sirat, The Chemical Components From Some Selected Species of
Zingiberaceae, paper presented at Int. Conf. on Medicinal Plants 2005, 5-7 Dec.
2005, Dynasty Hotel, KL.
33. Hasnah M. Sirat, Farediah Ahmad, Shajarahtunnur Jamil, Deny Susanti, Norazah
Basar, Ngai M. Hong, M. Syahrizal Ahmad, Oh Boon Thai and M. Fazlin Rezali,
Chemical Studies on Bioactive Constituents from Some Malaysian Medicinal Plants,
Int. Sci. Congress, (NPMP), PWTC, 3 – 6 Aug. 2005.
34. Muhammad Haffiz Jauri and Hasnah M. Sirat, Synthesis of several bisabolane
sesquiterpenoids from xanthorrhizol of Curcuma xanthorrhiza, paper presented at 5 th
ANRAP Int. seminar (Asian network of Research on Antidiabetic Plants) / 22 nd
Annual seminar of Malaysian Natural Products seminar, 8 – 10 Nov. 2006, Cititel,
Midvalley, K. L.
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35. M. Fazlin Rezali and Hasnah M. Sirat, Antioxidant flavonoids from the leaves of
Tibouchina semidecandra, paper presented at 5 th ANRAP Int. seminar (Asian
network of Research on Antidiabetic Plants) / 22 nd Annual seminar of Malaysian
Natural Products seminar, 8 – 10 Nov. 2006, Cititel, Midvalley, K. L.
36. Emrizal, Farediah Ahmad, Hasnah M. Sirat, Phytochemical investigation and
antibacterial activities of “kaduk” (Piper sarmentosum Roxb.), paper presented at
22 nd Annual seminar of Malaysian Natural Products seminar, 8 – 10 Nov. 2006,
Cititel, Midvalley, K. L.
37. Hasnah M. Sirat, Deny Susanti, Farediah Ahmad, Rasadah Mat Ali, Norio Aimi and
Mariko Kitajima, Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and cytotoxic compounds from
Melastoma malabathricum, paper presented at ASOMPS XII, Padang, Sumatera,
2006, 13-18 Nov.
38. Hasnah M. Sirat, Rohaiza Saat, Norazah Basar, Shajarahtunnur Jamil, Lee Lay
Meng, and M. Fazlin Rezali, Phytochemicals of Some Spices And Medicinal Plants
Of Zingiberaceae, paper presented at ASOMPS XII, Padang, Sumatera, 2006, 13-18
Nov.
39. Hasnah M. Sirat, M. Fazlin Rezali, Deny Susanti, Farediah Ahmad, Antioxidant
Flavonoids From Melastomataceae, paper presented at IOCD Int. Symposium on
Asian Plants, Surabaya, Indonesia, 9-11 April 2007.
40. Hasnah M. Sirat and M. Syahrizal Ahmad, Structural modification of zerumbone from
Zingiber zerumbet Smith, paper presented at Int. Conference. on Basic and Applied
Sciences, UNAIR-RUG-KNAW-UTM, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Surabaya, Indonesia, 6-7
Aug 2007.
41. Hasnah M. Sirat, Deny Susanti, Farediah Ahmad, Mariko Kitajima and Norio Aimi,
Chemical and bioactivity studies of Melastoma malabathricum, paper presented at
12 th Asian Chemical Congress, (Int. Natural Products and Medicinal Plants
conference), PWTC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 23 – 25 Oct 2007.
42. Hasnah M. Sirat, Chemical and bioactivity Studies of Malaysian and Sumateran
Curcuma, paper presented at 5 th -Joint ITB-UKM Seminar, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia,
16-18 May, 2005
43. Hasnah M. Sirat, Norazah Basar and Nor Farhida Mohd Khalid, Volatile Constituents
of The Essential Oils Of Three Malaysian Alpinia, paper presented at 4 th Int. Conf. on
Essential Oil, Flavour and Fragrance, Putra Palace, Kangar, Perlis, 8-11 May 2005.
44. Hasnah M. Sirat, The Chemical Components From Some Selected Species of
Zingiberaceae, paper presented at Int. Conf. on Medicinal Plants 2005, 5-7 Dec.
2005, Dynasty Hotel, KL.
45. Hasnah M. Sirat, Farediah Ahmad, Shajarahtunnur Jamil, Deny Susanti, Norazah
Basar, Ngai M. Hong, M. Syahrizal Ahmad, Oh Boon Thai and M. Fazlin Rezali,
Chemical Studies on Bioactive Constituents from Some Malaysian Medicinal Plants,
Int. Sci. Congress, (NPMP), PWTC, 3 – 6 Aug. 2005.
46. Muhammad Haffiz Jauri and Hasnah M. Sirat, Synthesis of several bisabolane
sesquiterpenoids from xanthorrhizol of Curcuma xanthorrhiza, paper presented at 5 th
ANRAP Int. seminar (Asian network of Research on Antidiabetic Plants) / 22 nd
Annual seminar of Malaysian Natural Products seminar, 8 – 10 Nov. 2006, Cititel,
Midvalley, K. L.
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47. M. Fazlin Rezali and Hasnah M. Sirat, Antioxidant flavonoids from the leaves of
Tibouchina semidecandra, paper presented at 5 th ANRAP Int. seminar (Asian
network of Research on Antidiabetic Plants) / 22 nd Annual seminar of Malaysian
Natural Products seminar, 8 – 10 Nov. 2006, Cititel, Midvalley, K. L.
48. Hasnah M. Sirat, Deny Susanti, Farediah Ahmad, Rasadah Mat Ali, Norio Aimi and
Mariko Kitajima, Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and cytotoxic compounds from
Melastoma malabathricum, paper presented at ASOMPS XII, Padang, Sumatera,
2006, 13-18 Nov.
49. Hasnah M. Sirat, Rohaiza Saat, Norazah Basar, Shajarahtunnur Jamil, Lee Lay
Meng, and M. Fazlin Rezali, Phytochemicals of Some Spices And Medicinal Plants
of Zingiberaceae, paper presented at ASOMPS XII, Padang, Sumatera, 2006, 13-18
Nov.
50. Hasnah M. Sirat,* M. Fazlin Rezali, Deny Susanti, Farediah Ahmad, Antioxidant
Flavonoids From Melastomataceae, paper presented at IOCD Int. Symposium on
Asian Plants, Surabaya, Indonesia, 9-11 April 2007.
51. Hasnah M. Sirat and M. Syahrizal Ahmad, Structural modification of zerumbone from
Zingiber zerumbet Smith, paper presented at Int. Conference. on Basic and Applied
Sciences, UNAIR-RUG-KNAW-UTM, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Surabaya, Indonesia, 6-7
Aug 2007.
52. Hasnah M. Sirat, Deny Susanti, Farediah Ahmad, Mariko Kitajima and Norio Aimi,
Chemical and bioactivity studies of Melastoma malabathricum, paper presented at
12 th Asian Chemical Congress, (Int. Natural Products and Medicinal Plants
conference), PWTC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 23 – 25 Oct 2007.
53. Hasnah M. Sirat, Studies on the chemical composition if the essential oils os some
spices and medicinal plants of Zingiberaceae, keynote lecture presented at the 5 th
Int. Conf. on the essential oils, fragrance and flavour chemicals, PWTC, 25-27 Oct.
2008.
54. Hasnah M. Sirat, Deny Susanti, M. Fazlin Rezali, and Farediah Ahmad,
Phytochemicals with antioxidant from Melastomataceae, paper presented at 2 nd
ICBWI Conference, PWTC, 23-26 July 2009.
55. Hasnah M. Sirat, Ngai Mun Hong and M. Haffiz Jauri, Synthesis of Bioactive
sesquiterpenes from xanthorrhizol of Curcuma xanthorrhiza, invited lecture at
Bandung Int. Conf. on Medicinal Chemistry, 6-8 Aug. 2009.
13.2. Publications In Proceedings From Presentations In Seminar, Conference,
Symposium And Congress (National)
1. Hasnah Mohd Sirat, Proceedings of 4 th annual Seminar of the Natural Products
Group,UPM, Serdang, Selangor, 1987, 60. 4-Allylphenol derivative from Alpinia
galanga.
2. Hasnah Mohd Sirat and Graeme B. Russell, Proceedings of the Unesco Sub-
Regional Seminar on the systematic identification of natural products, UKM Bangi,
1988, 28. Isoflavones from Ulex europaeus Root.
3. Hasnah Mohd. Sirat dan Azura Ishak. Proceedings of the 7 th National Seminar on
Natural Products, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, 1990, 26-31. Diterpena
daripada Hornstedtia scyphifera
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4. Hasnah Mohd. Sirat, Azura Ishak, Dian Masri dan Ahmad A. Rahman, Kandungan
kimia beberapa species Zingiberaceae, Paper presented at National IRPA
Conference, Penang, 17-19 Nov. 1991.
5. Hasnah Mohd Sirat. Aspek dan Prospek Kajian Kimia Sebatian Semula Jadi di UTM,
paper presented at the 8th National Seminar and UNESCO Regional Workshop on
Natural Products, University of Malaya. 21-24 Oktober, 1991.
6. Hasnah Mohd. Sirat. Terpenoids from Zingiber ottensii. Paper presented in the 8th
National Seminar of the Natural Products Group and UNESCO Regional Workshop
on Natural Products with special emphasis on antitumour agents, University of
Malaya, 21-22 Oktober 1991.
7. Mohd. Marsin Sanagi, Hasnah Mohd. Sirat, Kamal Hasan and Umi Kalthom Ahmad,
Proceedings of the Regional Conference on Medicinal Products from Tropical Rain
Forest, FRIM, Kepong, 1991, 353 - 358. The characterisation of Zingiber zerumbet,
Smith using high performance liquid chromatography with Diode Array Detection.
8. Hasnah Mohd Sirat. Proceedings of the Regional Conference on Medicinal Products
from Tropical Rain Forests. FRIM, Kepong, 1991, 259 - 304. Chemical constituents
of some medicinal plants of Zingiberaceae.
9. Hasnah Mohd Sirat, Md. Rizal Liamen, Dian Masri and Ahmad Abd. Rahman.
Chemical components of three Alpinia species. Paper presented at Malaysian
Chemical Congress, Silver Jubilee, Organic Chemistry Symposium, Federal Hotel,
Kuala Lumpur, 17 - 19 November, 1992.
10. Umi K. Ahmad, M. Marsin Sanagi, Roger Smith and Hasnah Mohd. Sirat. Super
critical fluid extraction as a sample preparation technique for the analysis of Alpinia
galanga, paper presented at simposium analisis kebangsaan ke 6, ITM, Shah Alam,
29-31 Okt., 1992.
11. Hasnah Mohd. Sirat, Dian Masri dan Ahmad Abd. Rahman. Sebatian fenolik
daripada Alpinia rafflesiana, kertas kerja dibentangkan di Seminar Kebangsaan
Kimia Semula Jadi ke 9, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, Serdang, 21-22 Okt., 1992.
12. Hasnah M. Sirat. Labdane diterpenes from Alpinia javanica. Paper presented at 5th
Asian Chemical Congress in Symposium on recent advances in Nat. products, Ming
Court Hotel, KL., 8-10 Nov. 1993.
13. M. Marsin Sanagi, Umi K. Ahmad, Hasnah M. Sirat and Roger M. Smith. Analysis of
Zingiber zerumbet Smith using supercritical Fluid Extraction. Paper presented at
Seminar Alam Tropika, UNIMAS Sarawak. 6 - 10 Dis. 1993.
14. Hasnah M. Sirat and Mawardi Rahmani. Coumarin and triterpenes from Zanthoxylum
rhetsa. Paper presented at 10th annual seminar and Unesco regional workshop on
the Bioassay Guided Isolation of Nat. Products. UKM, Bangi, 19-23 Okt. 1993.
15. M. Marsin Sanagi, Umi K. Ahmad.and Hasnah M. Sirat. Carbon dioxide supercritical
fluid extraction on Nat. Products: Possibilities and Limitations. Paper presented at
UPP Seminar, Pasir Gudang, Johor, 28-29 Ogos 1993.
16. Hasnah M. Sirat, Md. Ali Daud dan Ahmad A. Rahman. Constituents of some
medicinal plants of Zingiber species. Paper presented at Int. Conf. on the use of
traditional medicine and other Nat. Products in Health Care, 11-13 June i993.
17. Hasnah M. Sirat and Dian Masri. Chemical constituents of Alpinia rafflesiana. Paper
presented at Unesco Regional Seminar on Chemistry of Medicinal Plants, Chengdu,
China, 22-25 Aug. 1993.
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18. M. Marsin Sanagi, Umi K. Ahmad, Hasnah M. Sirat, and Roger M. Smith.
Supercritical Fluid Extraction: A promissing technique in the analytical laboratory.
Paper presented at the Fifth Asian Chemical Congress - Symposium on analytical
chemistry and instrumentation, 9-11 Nov. 1993, Ming Court Hotel, K. L., Malaysia.
19. Farediah Ahmad and Hasnah Mohd Sirat. Kajian kimia sebatian semula jadi daripada
tumbuhan Rutaceae. Paper presented at Seminar Penyelidikan Fakulti Sains, 4 - 5
July 1993.
20. Muhammad Sum Hj. Idris, Hasnah Mohd. Sirat and Farediah Ahmad. Pengasingan
dan Pengenalpastian Sebatian Semula Jadi daripada tumbuhan. Paper presented at
Seminar Penyelidikan Fakulti Sains, 4-5 July 1993.
21. Hasnah M. Sirat, and Ahmad A. Rahman, Biologically active compounds from
Curcuma aeruginosa, Paper presented at 8th Asian Symposium on Medicinal Plants,
Spices and other natural products. 12-16 June, 1994, Melaka, Malaysia.
22. Hasnah Mohd. Sirat. Biologically active constituents from Ginger, paper presented at
Seminar Kebangsaan and Bengkel Kebangsaan ke arah keutamaan RM 7-perubatan
tradisional. 12-13 May, 1994.
23. Muhammad Sum Hj. Idris, Hasnah M. Sirat, dan Farediah Ahmad. Kajian Kimia
sebatian semula jadi daripada tumbuhan pilihan, kertas dibentangkan di Seminar
penyelidikan Fakulti Sains, 7-8 Julai 1994.
24. Hasnah M. Sirat, Shajarahtunnur Jamil, dan Juhari Hussain, Seskuiterpena daripada
Spesies Curcuma, poster dibentangkan di Seminar penyelidikan Fakulti Sains, UTM,
Julai 1994.
25. Hasnah M. Sirat, Shajarahtunnur Jamil and Neelavany Marimuthu, Chemical
constituents of Boesenbergia Species, paper presented at 11th Nationnal Seminar
on Natural Products, UNIMAS, Kuching, Sarawak. 12-16 Jun. 1995.
26. Hasnah M. Sirat, Shajarahtunnur Jamil, and Kassim Ibrahim, Chemical composition
of the essential oil of three Curcuma species. Paper presented at Malaysian
Chemical Congress 95, Kuching, Sarawak. 13-16 Nov. 1995.
27. Hasnah M. Sirat and Ahmad A. Rahman, Constituents of Alpinia mutica, paper
presented at French- Malaysian Seminar on Natural Products, Perdana Siswa,
Universiti Malaya, KL. 24-25th Oct. 1995.
28. Shajarahtunnur Jamil dan Hasnah M. Sirat, Kajian Kimia dan bioaktiviti bagi spesies
Curcuma dan Boesenbergia Sp. paper presented at Seminar Penyelidikan dan
Pengajian Siswazah, Fakulti Sains, 24-25 Okt. 1995. Prosiding Seminar, p.96
29. Shajarahtunnur Jamil and Hasnah M. Sirat, Penggunaan kromatografi dan
spektroskopi dalam analisis sebatian semula jadi daripada Curcuma aeruginosa.
Paper presented at Simposium Kimia Analisis Malaysia, Kebangsaan ke 8, UPM,
Serdang, Selangor. 22-24 Aug 1995.
30. Hasnah M. Sirat and Hatijah Basri, Sesquiterpenes and phenylpropanoid from
Acorus calamus. Paper presented at 12th National Natural Product Seminar, Hyatt
Regency, Johor Bahru, 11-12th June 1996.
31. Hasnah M. Sirat and S. Jamil, Chemical variations in the Alpinia, Curcuma and
Kaempferia species of Malaysia. Paper presented at 13th Natural product Seminar,
FRIM, Kl, 5-6 th August 1997.
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32. Hasnah M. Sirat, Lim F. Hong and S. H. Khaw, Terpenoids from Amomum species,
paper perented at 14th National seminar at UKM, Bangi, 21-22/Okt. 1998.
33. Rohaiza Saat dan Hasnah M. Sirat, Kandungan kimia sebatian semula jadi daripada
Zingiber cassumunar, paper perented at 14th National seminar at UKM, Bangi, 21-
22/Okt. 1998.
34. Jaya Chitra, Farediah Ahmad and Hasnah M. Sirat, Kajian sebatian semula jadi
daripada Piper retrofractum, paper perented at 14th National seminar at UKM, Bangi,
21-22/Okt. 1998.
35. Hasnah M. Sirat, Lim F. Hong and S. H. Khaw, Terpenoids from Amomum species,
paper perented at 14th National seminar at UKM, Bangi, 21-22/Okt. 1998.
36. Jaya Chitra, Farediah Ahmad and Hasnah M. Sirat, Kajian sebatian semula jadi
daripada Piper aduncum, paper perented at 14th National seminar at UKM, Bangi,
21-22/Okt. 1998
37. Deny Susanti, Hasnah M. Sirat and Dayar Arbain, Alkaloid from Mussaenda
oblongata, paper presented at 15 th Natural Products seminar, 1999, 2-3 Nov., USM,
Penang.
38. Hasnah M. Sirat, Rohaiza Saat, and Shajarahtunnur Jamil, Chemical variations in the
essential oils of aromatic plants of Zingiberaceae, paper presented at the 16th Nat.
Prod. Seminar, Mines Beach Resort & spa, 2000, 24-25 Okt.
39. Norazah Basar dan Hasnah M. Sirat, Kandungan kimia buah Alpinia mutica, kertas
dibentangkan di Seminar Semula jadi di Mines Beach Resort & spa, 24-25 Okt. 2000.
40. Lee Lay Meng, and Hasnah M. Sirat, Kandungan kimia dua spesies Zingiber, kertas
dibentangkan di Seminar Kebangsaan Sebatian Semula Jadi, 24-25 Okt. 2000
41. Shajarahtunnur Jamil dan Hasnah M. Sirat, Seskuiterpena daripada Curcuma
pheocaulis, kertas dibentangkan di Seminar Kebangsaan sebatian semula jadi 24
Okt. 2000.
42. Hasnah M. Sirat and Lee Lay Meng, Analysis of the essential oils of two Curcuma
species, Paper presented at the Simposium Kimia Analisis Kebangsaan, Melaka,
September 2001.
43. Hasnah M. Sirat, Nor Azah Basar, Norio Aimi and Mariko Kitajima, Phytochemicals of
Alpinia, paper presented at the Int. seminar on Tropical Rainforest plants and Their
Utilisation for Development, 23-24 Oct. 2001.
44. Nor Azah Basar and Hasnah M. Sirat, Fitokimia daripada rizom Alpinia aquatica,
Paper presented at the 17 th National Seminar of Natural Products, UiTM, Shah Alam,
Selangor, 23-24 Oct. 2001.
45. Lee Lay Meng and Hasnah M. Sirat, Kandungan kimia spesies Curcuma, Paper
presented at the 17 th National Seminar of Natural Products, UiTM, Shah Alam,
Selangor, 23-24 Oct. 2001
46. Hasnah M. Sirat, Studies on Malaysian Gingers, paper presented at 19 th National
seminar/ Int. seminar & workshop of Natural Products, UM, 15-16 Oct. 2003.
47. Emrizal, Farediah Ahmad, Hasnah M. Sirat, Phytochemical investigation and
antibacterial activities of “kaduk” (Piper sarmentosum Roxb.), paper presented at
22 nd Annual seminar of Malaysian Natural Products seminar, 8 – 10 Nov. 2006,
Cititel, Midvalley, K. L.
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48. Nor AkmalazuraJani and Hasnah M. Sirat, Chemical constituents of the rhizomes of
Alpinia mutica, paper presented at ICYC 2008, USM, Penang, 18-20 June 2008.
49. Emrizal, Farediah Ahmad, Hasnah M. Sirat, Rasadah Ali, Nik Musaadah Mustapha,
Fadzureena Jamaluddin, and Dayar Arbain, Phytochemicals and anti-inflammatory
activity of oil of Piper magnibacum C. D. C. (Piperaceae), paper presented at ICYC
2008, USM, Penang, 18-20 June 2008.
50. Hasnah M. Sirat, Ngai Mun Hong and M. Haffiz Jauri, Synthesis of Heliannuol D and
Helibisabonol A from xanthorrhizol of Curcuma xanthorrhiza, paper presented at
National seminar on Organic Synthesis (NaSOS 2009), Primula Beach Resort, Kuala
Terengganu, 14-15/6/09.
51. Mirza Ardella, Hasnah M. Sirat, and Nanik Siti Aminah, Stilbenoids from Vitis
labrusca, paper presented at 24th Seminar on Nat. Products Chemistry, MS Garden,
Kuantan, Pahang, 23-24 Nov. 2009.
52. Siti Norsaidah Norhayat, and Hasnah M. Sirat, Chemical constituents of Etlingera
littoralis, paper presented at 24th Seminar on Nat. Products Chemistry, MS
Garden, Kuantan, Pahang, 23-24 Nov. 2009.
14. Books/ Monographs/ Book Chapters / Articles for Ensiklopedia Sains & Tek.
1. Hasnah M. Sirat, Farediah Ahmad, Zakaria Bahari and M. Sum Idris, Kimia organik:
Kumpulan Berfungsi, UTM Publisher, 2001
2. Hasnah M. Sirat and Ahmad A. Rahman, Biologically active compounds from
Malaysian Zingiberaceae, in Ikram M. Said et al., Contemporary Perspective in
Chemical Diversity, Application and Conservation, 1996, The Malaysian Natural
Product Soc., p. 131.
3. Hasnah M. Sirat, Shajarahtunnur Jamil and Neelavany Marimuthu. Chemical
constituents of Kaempferia species, in Ghazali et al., Chemical Prospecting in
Malaysian Forest, Pelanduk publication, Selangor, 1995, p.113.
4. Hasnah M. Sirat, Farediah Ahmad, M. Sum dan Zakaria Bahari, Kimia Organik: Tajuk
Khas, 2002, Jabatan Kimia, FS.
5. Hasnah M. Sirat and Farediah Ahmad, Essential Oils of six Piper species, Research
Monograph, Penerbit UTM, 2008.
6. Hasnah Mohd Sirat. Aspects of Epoxide Chemistry. Ph, D. Thesis. Univ. of London,
King’s College, U. K., 1980.
7. Monograf spektroskopi ultralembayung (1992). Jabatan Kimia
8. Monograf spektroskopi resonans magnet nukleus (1993) Jabatan Kimia
9. Monograf spektroskopi jisim (1993) Jabatan Kimia
10. Monograf spektroskopi inframerah (1998,1999, 2000) Jabatan Kimia
11. Monograf Asid Amino, Peptida dan Protein – (1997, 1998, 1999).
12. Buku kimia Organik: Tajuk Khas – 2000/2001, Penerbit Jabatan Kimia
13. Artikel dalam EST KIMIA (projek UTM-DBP) More than 20 entries
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e.g. Trigliserida, asetilena, etena, etanol, asetonitril, aseton, keton, asid karboksilik,
ester, etil asetat, penyabunan, dll.
15. Supervision
15.1 Undergraduate Supervision
1981/82
Hassan Adly Mohd Isa – Determination of barbiturates in traditional medicines and
quantitative estimation of phenacetin in Yin Chiao Tablets
1982/83
1. Abdul Aziz Ahmad – Analisis histamine dalam makanan makanan tempatan
Malaysia
2. Fauziah Saad – Penganggaran amina-amina yang aktif secara fisiologi dalam
buah-buahan Malaysia
1983/84
Norhayati Mat Noor – Pemisahan dan mengenalpasti 5-hidroksitriptamina dalam
pisang
1984/85
Madihah Jaafar – Pengasingan dan pencirian sebatian semula jadi daripada kunyit,
Curcuma longa
1989/90
Azura Ishak - Pengasingan dan pengenalpastian sebatian semula jadi daripada
rizom Zingiberaceae
1990/91
Md Rizal Liamen - Pengasingan dan pengenalpastian sebatian semula jadi daripada
rizom Alpinia purpurata
1991/92
Mohamad ali Daud – Kajian kimia sebatian semula jadi daripada rizom Zingiber
cassumunar (Zingiberaceae)
1992/93
Lim Guat Nee- Kajian minyak pati daripada spesies Zingiber
1993/94
1. Gracy a/p Earthayanathan – Kajian kimia sebatian semula jadi daripada spesies
Desmodium umbellatum
2. Jauhari Husain - Kajian kimia sebatian semula jadi daripada rizom Curcuma
aeruginosa
3. Yap Siew Ping - Pengasingan dan pengenalpastian sebatian semula jadi
daripada Cassia alata
1994/95
Kassim Ibrahim- Pengasingan dan pengenalpastian sebatian semula jadi daripada
rizom Curcuma xanthorrhiza
1995/96
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1. Lim Sien Mooi – Pencirian sebatian semula jadi daripada spesies Costus
speciosus dan Achasma triorgyale dengan kromatogarfi gas-spektrometri jisim
2. Hatijah Basri – Kandungan kimia dan bioaktiviti bagi spesies Acorus calamus
1997/98
Noor Hafizah Abdullah - Kajian kimia sebatian semula jadi daripada Pandanus
amaryllifolius
1998/99
1. Tan Cheak Ling - Komponen kimia daripada Alpinia mutica
2. Hashimah Ismail – Kandungan Kimia dan kajian bioaktiviti sebatian semula jadi
daripada rizom Curcuma zedoaria
1. Neelaa/p Ramasamy – Pengasingan sebatian bioaktif daripada lima tumbuhan
terpilih
2. Pua Siew Siew - Kandungan Kimia dan kajian bioaktiviti sebatian semula jadi
daripada rizom Curcuma xanthorrhiza
1999/2000
1. Lee Lay Meng – Kandungan kimia dan Bioaktiviti daripada dua spesies Zingiber
2. Err Mei Fang – Kajian Kimia ke atas Biji Jintan Hitam, Nigella sativa
3. Wong Mooi Peng - Kandungan kimia dan kajian Bioaktiviti sebatian semula jadi
daripada rizom Curcuma phaeocaulis dan Curcuma heyneana
2000/2001
1. Mohamad Syahrizal Ahmad – Pencirian Komponen kimia spesies Boesenbergia
pandurata
2. Wong Yoke Yien – Analisis sebatian semula jadi daripada akar lawang dan
kajian bioaktivitinya.
2001/2002
1. Mardiana Muhamad Isa – Kajian nimia sebatian daripada Cuminum cyminum
2. Síntesis ester perisa daripada terbitan Isopentil
3. Ngai Mun Hong – Kandungan dan kajian nimia sebatian semula jadi dua spesies
Umbelliferae
2003/2004
1. Mohd Murshid Hassan – Sintesis sebatian organic berkonjugat tinggi melalui
tindak balas kondensasi Knoevenagel
2. Kemarau Anak Isa – Chemical constituents of three Curcuma species
3. Pauline Ong – Modification of Ar-curcumene from Curcuma xanthorrhiza
4. Nor Farhida Mohd Khalid – Fitokimia daripada spesies Alpinia mutica, Roxb.
5. Hazrulrizawati Abd Hamid - Síntesis ester perisa dan pewangi
2004/2005
1. Mohd Fazlin Rezali – Kandungan kimia daripada Boesenbergia rotunda
2. Hafatin Syahida Tamaddun - Pemformilan sebatian Amina
3. Nur Diana Abd Jalil – Komposisi minyak pati daripada tiga tumbuhan beraroma
2005/2006
1. Azura Mad Anuar – Sintesis sebatian berwarna
2. Saw Wei Han – Chemical transformation of eugenol from Eugenia aromatica to
Vanillin
3. Saidatul Akma Aziz – Kajian komposisi minyak pati rempah ratus
4. Muhammad Syamil Azahar – Sintesis Ester pewangi
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5. Wan Norasiah Wan Sidi – Analisis komposisi minyak pati Cymbopogun citratus
(serai biasa) dan C. nardus (serai wangi) serta tindak balas pengubahsuaian Ecitral
dan Z-citral kepada Pseudoionon
2006/2007
1. Chew Ley Ley – Kandungan kimia bagi Kultur Tisu Curcuma xanthorrhiza
2. Yuhanis Mhd Bakri – Essential oil of the rhizomes of tissue Cultured Zingiber
zerumbet and modification of zerumbone
3. Ummu Atiqah Pahrol – Pengasinagn dan pengenalpastian komponen kimia
dalam rizom Curcuma domestica
4. Tie Hiena King – Síntesis and characterisation of Conjugated organic
compounds
5. Jibnurdin Saharudin – Chemical constituents of the rhizomes of Kaempferia
galanga Linn.
6. Mohd Ariff Mario – Komponen kima daripada Melastoma malabathricum
7. Wan Sapian Wan Fauzi – Kandungan kimia daripada Zingiber officinale var
rubrum
8. Noor Aziella Shamsuddin – Chemical compositions of the essential oils of
Pimpinella anisum and Cyminum cuminum of Apiaceae family.
2007/2008
1. Nor Azwani Abd Karim – Isolation, characterization, synthesis and chemical
modification of of cinnamaldehyde
2. Noor Hafizah Embong – Chemical constituents of Zingiber cassumunar and
Costus speciosus
3. Nurul Zawani Alias – Phytochemical investigation of Kaempferia rotunda of
Indonesia
4. Sharina Mohd Yusof – Comparison studies on the chemical components of two
variety of Zingiber officinale, Halia
5. Mohd Lokman Ibrahim – Preparation and ring opening study of epoxides,
precursors for surfactant
6. Nurul Awanis Johan – The essential oils compositions and bioactivity studies of
two spices, Coriandum sativum and star anise.
2008/2009
1. Hanisah Hassan – Synthesis and characterization of several amides
2. Noor Athirah Mohd zakaria – Chemical constituents of Zingiber ottensii
3. Rohaya Yatim – Chemical constituents of Curcuma zedoaria
4. Tan Shen Teng – Synthesis of procaine
5. Farah Ilya – Synthesis of flavour esters
2009/2010
1. Noor Ain Samat – Study on the reactions of α, β-unsaturated cyclic ketones
2. Faiqah Ramli- screening and characterization of antioxidant compounds from C.
domestica
3. Wong Jia Tian – Synthesis of a local anaesthetic, 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl-4aminobenzoate
4. Noorjanah Isa – Isolation and identification of chemical compounds from the
rhizomes of Alpinia malaccensis
5. Sharah Mat Udin – Chemical constituents of K. pulchra and K. galanga
2010/2011 (on-going project)
1. Masuri Kama Kamaruddin Shah – Bioactivity studies of A. galanga
2. Siti Ernieyanti Hashim – Isolation and identification of components from
Hornstedtia scyphifera collected from Terengganu
3. Siti Fatimah Abd. Rahim – Alkylation reaction in organic synthesis
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4. Abd. Halim – Chemical compositions of the essential oils of C. mangga and C.
xanthorrhiza
5. Nurul Syafiqa Abd. Rahman - Synthesis and characterization of selected
carboxylic acids and derivatives
15.2 Postgraduate Supervision (M. Sc.)
Date: 1995 - 1996 (graduated)
Thesis: Shajarahtunnur Jamil - Chemical components of Curcuma dan Boesenbergia.
Date: 1997 – 1999 (graduated)
Thesis: Jaya Chitra a/p Ramalu - Komponen kimia daripada spesies Piper
(Co-supervisor)
Date: 1997 – 1999 (graduated)
Thesis:Rohaiza Binti Saat - Kandungan kimia dan bioaktiviti bagi tiga Spesies
Zingiberaceae
Date: 1998 - 2000 (graduated)
Thesis: Deny Susanti - Kajian kimia daripada tumbuhan Rubiaceae
Date: Dis. 1999 – 2001 (graduated)
Thesis: Nor Azah Basar – Fitokimia daripada Alpinia
Date: Jun. 2000 – 2002 (graduated)
Thesis:Lee Lay Meng – Kandungan Kimia dan Bioaktiviti Curcuma xanthorrhiza, Curcuma
heyneana, Curcuma sp A dan Curcuma sp. B.
Date: Jun 2002-2004 (graduated)
Thesis:Sofian Ibrahim – Sintesis dan Penggunaan Cecair Ionik terbitan N-metilpirolidina
dalam tindak balas Diels-Alder
(co-supervisor)
Date: Jun 2002 -2005 (graduated)
Thesis:Haira Rizan Mokhtar Rudin – Differential scanning Calorimetry (DSC) Studies on two
Zingiber Species
(co-supervisor)
Date: Jun 2003 -2006 (graduated)
Thesis:Mohamad Hafiz Ahmad Tajuddin – The Heck Reactions of Aryl Bromides in Ionic
Liquids medium of N-Butyl-N-Methylpyrrolidinium trifluoromethane-sulfonate
(co-supervisor)
Date: Jun 2003 – 2005 (graduated)
Thesis:Ngai Mun Hong – Synthesis of Several Bisabolane Sesquiterpenoids from
Xanthorrhizol isolated from Curcuma xanthorrhiza
Date: 2004 - 2006 (graduated)
Thesis:Mohamad Syahrizal Ahmad - Kajian kimia zerumbon daripada Zingiber zerumbet,
Smith.
Date: Jun. 2003 – 2007 (graduated)
M. Sc Thesis: Oh Boon Thai – Essential Oils of Six Piper species
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Date: Dis 2005 - 2007 (graduated)
M. Sc. Thesis: Mohamad Fazlin Rezali – Phytochemical and Bioactivity studies of
Tibouchina semidecandra
Date: Dis 2005 – June 2007 (graduated)
M. Sc. Thesis: Muhammad Haffiz Jauri – Stereoselective synthesis of several bisabolane
sesquiterpenoids from xanthorrhizol
Date: July 2006 – Nov 2008 (graduated)
M. Sc. Thesis: Nor Akmalazura Jani – Phytochemicals and bioactivity studies of Alpinia
galanga and A. mutica
Date: July 2006 – now (viva)
M. Sc. Project::Mohd Fariz – Chemical and bioactivity studies of Piper species
(co-supervisor)
Date: July 2007 – March 2009 (graduated)
M. Sc. thesis: Yau Siew Feng – Chemical constituents and bioactivities of Kaempferia
rotunda
Date: July 2007 – March 2010 (graduated)
M. Sc. thesis: Muhammad Syamil Azahar - Synthesis of prenylated flavones
(co-supervisor)
Date: December 2007 – now (part time student)
M. Sc. Project: Kamarulsalihin Nordin – Chemical and bioactivity srudies of Premna
integrifolia (Verbenaceae)
Date: June 2008 – June 2010 (graduated 2010)
M. Sc. Project: Siti Norsa’idah Norhayat - Chemical constituents of two varieties of Etlingera
littoralis
Date: June 2008 – June 2010 (graduated 2011)
M. Sc. Project: Mirza Ardella Saputra - Phenolic compounds and their antioxidant activity of
Indonesian Grape plants (Vitis vinifera and V. labrusca)
Date: July 2010 – now
M. Sc. Project:Nurul Syafiqah Rezali - Phytochemicals and structural modification of
bioactive compounds from Amomum.
Date: July 2010 – now
M. Sc. Project:Nurul Iryani Muhamad Azhar – Chemical and bioactivity studies of
Hylocereus polyrhizus and H. undatus (dragon fruit).
Date: July 2010 – now
M. Sc. Project:Nur Adilah Che Jamalluddin– Chemical profiling of Curcuma aeruginosa and
C. zedoaria
Date: July 2010 – now
M. Sc. Project:Faten Mohammed Hezam Al-Nadeesh – Synthesis of several local
anaesthetics.
15.3 Postgraduate Supervision Ph. D.
Date: Jun 2002 – May 2006 (graduated)
Ph. D Thesis: Shajarahtunnur Jamil – Phytochemical and Bioactivities of Malaysian
Artocarpus lowii King, A. scortechinii King and A. teysmanii Miq.
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Date: Dec. 2002 – Dec. 2006 (graduated)
Ph. D Thesis: Deny Susanti – Phytochemical and Bioactivity Studies of Melastoma
malabathricum L., and Melastoma imbricatum Wall. (graduated)
Date: July 2005 – June 2009 (graduated)
Ph. D thesis: Norazah Basar – Synthesis of insect lipid using Organo Bismuth remote
stereocontrol of acyclic 1,3,5-trimethyl compound.
(joint supervision with Prof. E. J. Thomas from Uni. of Manchester, U.
Kingdom)
Date: Dec. 2005 – April 2009 (graduated)
Ph. D Thesis: Emrizal – Phytochemicals and anti-inflammatory studies of Four Piper
species.
(co-supervisor)
Date: July 2008 - now
Ph. D. project: Yousif Jumaa Abdoalrahman – Comparative studies on Alpinia mutica using
conventional and SFE extraction techniques (co-supervisor)
Date: Dec 2009 - now
Ph. D. project: Samsul Onn – Chemical and biological activity studies of Garcinia species
(co-supervisor)
Date: Dec 2009 - now
Ph. D. project: Shariha Jusoh – The essential oils, phytochemicals, and bioactivity studies of
selected rare species of Malaysian Alpinia.
Date: Jan 2011 – now
Ph. D. project: Aminu Muhamad – Chemical and bioactivity studies of Etlingera
16. Other Activities In UTM
1. Editorial Board of Buletin Kimia, 1994-1998; 1997-1999
2. Referee and Editor of Buletin Kimia UTM 1994 hingga 1999
3. Invited editor of Jurnal Teknologi, UTM, 1993.
4. Penilai buku:
Spektrometri jisim: Prinsip dan Teknik oleh M. Marsin Sanagi, Penerbit UTM, 1998
5. Penilai artikel Ensiklopedia Sains dan Teknologi; projek UTM-DBP 1997- 2000
6 Penyunting substantif artikel Ensiklopedia Sains dan Teknologi (Kimia) 1999 – 2001
7. Ahli jawatankuasa sementara senat -perlaksanaan projek sarjana muda 1997
8. Penulis artikel Ensiklopedia Sains dan Teknologi; projek UTM-DBP 1997 – 1999
9. Penyunting substantif artikel Ensiklopedia Sains dan Teknologi (Kimia) projek UTM-
DBP, 1999 – 2001
10. AJK OSH UTM 2003-2004
11. AJK JAPSU UTM 2002-2004
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12. AJK Penerbitan UTM 2002-2004
13. AJK Pakar Bidang Kimia Projek Ensiklopedia Sains dan Teknologi UTM-DBP, Jan. 98
hingga 2004
14. Chief Editor Journal Teknologi C (Science and Mathematic), UTM Jan 1999 – Feb.
2009.
15. Pemeriksa Dalam Tesis Sarjana Nur Azlin Othman bertajuk Phytochemicals and
Bioactivity studies of Artocarpus fulvicortex. Viva 29 Jun 2010.
16. Pengerusi Peperiksaan Lisan (Viva) calon Ph. D. Jefri Jaafar 16/3/2010.
17. AJK Panel Pengajian Jabatan Kimia, FS, UTM (1 April 2010 – now).
18. Pengerusi viva calon M. Sc. Mohd Saufi, 7 Mei 2010
19. Pengerusi JK Penerbitan Jabatan Kimia, FS, 1 Jun 2010 - now
20. AJK Akademik FS, 2008 – now
21. Pengerusi JK Penerbitan Jabatan Kimia, Jun 2010 - May 2012
22. AJK Keceriaan dan Rekreasi J. Kimia, FS, Jun 2010 – May 2012
23. Undergraduate Research Committee Member, Jabatan Kimia, FS, August 2010 – now
24. Penilai Pelajar Program “Fast Track Ph. D.”
25. Penilai Peringkat Pertama Postgraduates
26. AJK Pengurusan Jabatan Kimia, FS.
27. Penilai proposal e-sciencefund MOSTI, MOA, and FRGS MOHE.
28. Penilai GUP Biotech Research Alliance (Feb. 2011)
17. External Activities
6. National Committee of the Natural Product Chemistry Network in Southeast Asia
(UNESCO) (UTM representative) 1990 hingga 1998.
2. Referee for article in Journal Science Malaysiana 1992
3. Ad-hoc Committee member of Natural Products Society 1997 - 1999.
4. Referee of article of Malaysian J. Sci. 1994
5. Committee member of expert panel of Human Pharmaceuticals - IRPA 1996
6. National committee of Medicinal Plants and Natural products - 1995 till 2000.
7. Committee of Parents-Teachers Association, Sri Skudai National School, Johor, 1993 till
1996.
8. External examiner: M. Sc. degree of Taufiq Yap, Universiti Putra Malaysia 1995.
9. External examiner: M. Sc. thesis of Roslida Abdul Hamid of National University of
Malaysia, 1997.
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10. External examiner of M. Sc. thesis of Majidah Ariffin of National University of Malaysia,
1998.
11. Penilai artikel Ensiklopedia Sains dan Teknologi; projek UTM-DBP 1997- 2000
12. Penyunting substantif artikel Ensiklopedia Sains dan Teknologi (Kimia) 1999 – 2001
13. AJK Pakar Bidang Kimia Projek Ensiklopedia Sains dan Teknologi UTM-DBP, Jan. 98
hingga kini
14. AJK Kebangsaan tumbuhan Ubatan Malaysia, 1995 -2000i
15. AJK Monograf Tumbuhan Ubatan Malaysia 1996 - 2000
16. AJK Penganjur 8th Asian Symposium on Medicinal Plants and Spices, Air Keroh
Melaka, Jun 1994.
17. Chief Editor Journal Teknologi C (Science and Mathematic), UTM Jan 1999 – now.
18 External examiner: M. Sc. Thesis Chong Chee Keong, School of Chemical Sciences,
USM, 2000.
19 External examiner: M. Sc. Thesis Tan Cheong Heng, School of Chemical Sciences,
USM, Penang, 2001
21. External accessor for promotion to Assoc. Prof. for Dr. Andrew Heaton, Uni. of
Western Sydney, Australia
22. External examiner: M. Sc. Thesis Sri Budiasih, School of Pharmacy, USM, 2001.
23. External examiner: M. Sc. Thesis Beh Hooi Kheng, School of Pharmaceutical Scences,
USM, 2003.
24. Editorial board of Malaysian Journal of Science, Universiti Malaya, 2004 – now.
25. External Examiner: Ph. D. Thesis, Hassan Abdalla, Dept. of Chemistry, FSAS, UPM
2002
26. External Examiner: Ph. D. Thesis, Ms. Norazah Ali, Dept. of Chemistry, FSAS, UPM
2004.
27. External accessor promotion to a Professor, Assoc. Prof. Boey Peng Lim, School of
Chemical Sciences, USM, Penang, 2003.
28. Referee of article for Flav. Fragr. Journal: 2004, Essential oils of the rhizomes of
Alpinia conchigera Griff. and A. latilabris Ridl.
29. External examiner: M. Sc. Thesis Sharin Rusly, Dept. of Chemistry, FSAS, UPM, 2005.
30. External examiner: M. Sc. Thesis Audery Kua Siew May, Dept. of Chemistry, FSAS,
UPM 2005.
31. External examiner: M. Sc. Thesis Norhayati Kamaruddin, Dept. of Chemistry, FSAS,
UPM 2006.
32. External accessor promotion to an Associate Professor, Dr. Jamia Azdina Jamal, Dept.
of Pharmacy, Faculty of Allied Health Science, UKM, KL, 2006.
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33. External accessor promotion to an Associate Professor, Dr. Jalifah Latip, Dept. of
Chemistry and Food Science, Faculty of Science and technology, UKM, Bangi, 2006.
34. External examiner: M. Sc. Thesis Wendy Rusli, School of Chemical Sciences, USM,
Penang, 2006.
27. Evaluator/ referee of manuscript/ book entitled: Basic Concept Organic Chemistry,
UPSI, Tanjong Malim, Perak, 2007
36. External Examiner: M. Sc. Thesis Muntaz Abu Bakar, Faculty of Science and
Technology, UKM, Bangi, 2007.
37. External Examiner: M. Sc. Thesis, Ng Sook Han, Dept. of Chemistry, UPM, 2007.
38. External examiner : M. Sc. Thesis Hazrina Hazni, Faculty of Pharmacy, UiTM, 2008
39. External Examiner: Ph. D. Thesis, Loo Ai Yin, School of Chemical Sciences, USM,
2008.
40. External Referee for promotion to an Associate Professor, Dr. Nik Idris Nik Yusof ,
Dept. of Chemistry and Food Science, Faculty of Science and technology, UKM,
Bangi, 2008.
41. External Examiner: M. Sc. Thesis, Kong Nien Heng, School of Chemistry, USM,
Penang, 2008.
42. External Examiner: M. Sc. Thesis, Chong Soon Ling, Department of Chemistry, FS,
UM, K.L., 2008.
43. External Examiner M. Sc. Thesis Mohd Faiz Jeinie, UiTM, Shah Alam, 2010
44. External Examiner Ph. D. Thesis, Tang Sook Wah, UPM (2011)
45. Penilai Kategori Buku Terbaik Anugerah MAPIM 2008 (Majlis Penerbitan Ilmiah
Malaysia) bertajuk Basic Organic Chemistry
46. Penilai Kategori Buku Terbaik Anugerah MAPIM 2010 bertajuk Sebatian Oleokimia.
47. Referee of Article for Nat. Prod. Comm., “Studies on the major constituents in
Apocynum venetum leaf using liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization tandem
mass spectrometry” 2010
48. Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) member for FRIM (Medicinal Plant Division)
evaluation, 20 – 22 April 2010.
49. Reviewer Article for J. Agric. Food Chem., “jf-2010-03426r: ESR investigation of the
radical scavenging propertiesnof thymoquinone, dithymoquinone, and black cumin
seed oil extract”. (2010)
50. Reviewer Article for J. Fundamental Sci., “Synthesis of 4’,5,7-trihydroxyflavanone and
3’,4’,5,7-tetrahydroxyflavone and antioxidant activity”.(2010).
51. Reviewer Article for J. Fundamental Sci., “Mechanism of protection of adenosine from
tert-butoxyl radicals and their repair of adenosine radicals by α-tocopherol in aqueous
solution. (2011).
52. Reviewer Article for ITB journal, Bandung, Indonesia, “Chemical Composition Of The
Essential Oils of the Rhizome, Stem, and Leaf of Alpinia Malaccensis (Burm F.) from
Indosesian Spice. (2011).
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