Biography

Mashooda Hassan, Pakistani natural products chemist (British India 17 July 1939 –

Worldwide recognized for her work on the synthesis and bio-synthesis of natural products as well as on structural investigations of the constituents of indigenous medicinal plants

SOME CONTRIBUTIONS

With B.S. Siddiqui, F. Mairaj, I. Mehmood et al. Two new compounds from the aerial parts of Bergenia himalaica Boriss. and their anti-hyperglycemic effects in streptozotocin-nicotinamide induced diabetic rats. J. Ethnopharm. (2014)

With F. Malik, K.M. Khan, S. Parveen, G. Snatzke, H. Duddeck & W. Voelter. Synthesis CD Spectral studies of new optically active substituted 1,5-benzodiazepine derivatives. Liebigs Ann. 127-34, 1996

With F. Malik, M.C. Garcia Alvarez & Z. Maqbool. Preparation of new benzimidazoles as potential therapeutic agents. J. Chem. Soc. Pak. 9(4):473-7, 1987

With S. Zulfiqar. Synthesis of new benzimidazoles as potential therapeutic agents. I. Preparation of bis-benzimidazoles. (1986)]

With E.A. Soliman, M.A. Salem & I.S. Sharif. Studies on sulfinatodehalogenation. XXIII. A new sulfinatodehalogenation reagent: thiourea dioxide. J. Chem. Soc. Pak. 6:183, 1984 

With S. Siddiqi. A process for the isolation of an alkaloid sewarine and alkaloidal fraction asewarine from Rhazya stricta. Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Research 8:73, 1965