Sewidan N, Abu Khalaf Reema, Mohammad H, Hammad W; In Vitro Studies on Selected Jordanian Plants as Dipeptidyl Peptidase-IV Inhibitors for Management of Diabetes Mellitus, Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 2019, Accepted.
- Abu Khalaf Reema, Masalha D, Sabbah D; DPP-IV Inhibitory Phenanthridines: Ligand, Structure-Based Design, and Synthesis, Current Computer-Aided Drug Design, 2019, Ahead of Print.
- Sabbah D, Ibrahim A, Talib W, Alqaisi K, Sweidan K, Bardaweel S, Abu Sheikha G, Zhong H, Al-Shalabi E, Abu Khalaf Reema, Mubarak M; Ligand-Based Drug Design: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Substituted Benzoin Derivatives as Potential Antitumor Agents, Medicinal Chemistry, 2018, Ahead of Print.
- Abu Khalaf Reema, Sabbah D, Al-Shalabi E, Al-Sheikh I, Albadawi G, Abu Sheikha G; Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Docking Studies of Sulfamoyl-Phenyl Acid Esters as Dipeptidyl Peptidase-IV Inhibitors, Current Computer-Aided Drug Design, 14 (2), 2018, 142-151.
- Sabbah D, Al-Tarawneh F, Talib W, Sweidan K, Bardaweel S, Al-Shalabi E, Zhong H, Abu Sheikha G, Abu Khalaf Reema, Mubarak M; Benzoin Schiff Bases: Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation as Potential Antitumor Agents, Medicinal Chemistry, 14 (7), 2018, 695 – 708.
- Abu Sheikha G, Bkhaitan M, Kalloush H, Hamadneh L, Abu Khalaf Reema, Al-Qirim T, Al-Hiari Y; Synthesis of Novel Benzimidazole-2-Carboxamide Derivatives and In Vivo Antihyperlipidemic Activity Evaluation, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 66 (4), 2018, 423-426.
- Sabbah D, Hishmah B, Sweidan K, Bardaweel S, AlDamen M, Zhong H, Abu Khalaf Reema, Ibrahim A, Al-Qirim T, Abu Sheikha G, Mubarak M; Structure-Based Design: Synthesis, X-Ray Crystallography, and Biological Evaluation of N-Substituted-4-Hydroxy-2-Quinolone-3-Carboxamides as Potential PI3Kα Inhibitors, Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, 18 (2), 2018, 263-276.
- Abu Khalaf Reema, Sabbah D, Al-Shalabi E, Bishtawi S, Albadawi G, Abu Sheikha G; Synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular modeling study of substituted benzyl benzamides as CETP inhibitors, Archiv der Pharmazie, 350 (12), 2017, 1-14.
- Abu Khalaf Reema, Abd El-Aziz H, Sabbah D, Albadawi G, Abu Sheikha G; CETP Inhibitory Activity of Chlorobenzyl Benzamides: QPLD Docking, Pharmacophore Mapping, and Synthesis, Letters in Drug Design & Discovery, 14 (12), 2017, 1391-1400.
- Hikmat S, Al-Qirim T, Alkabbani D, Shattat G, Abu Sheikha G, Sabbah D, Abu Khalaf Reema, Al-hiari Y; Synthesis and in vivo anti-hyperlipidemic activity of novel N-benzoylphenyl-2-furamide derivatives in Wistar rats, Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 16 (1), 2017, 193-201.
- Abu Khalaf Reema, Al-Rawashdeh S, Sabbah D, Abu Sheikha G; Molecular Docking and Pharmacophore Modeling Studies of Fluorinated Benzamides as Potential CETP Inhibitors, Medicinal Chemistry, 13 (3), 2017, 239-253.
- Abu Khalaf Reema; Exploring Natural Products as a Source for Antidiabetic Lead Compounds and Possible Lead Optimization, Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, 16 (23), 2016, 2549-2561.
- Shattat G, Abusheikha G, Al-Qirim T, Huwaitat R, El-Huneidi W, Abu Khalaf Reema, Al-Hiari Y, Jasim S, Hamadneh L; Novel Pyrrole Derivatives as Potent lipid-Lowering Agents in Triton-WR-1339-Induced Hyperlipidemic Rats, Latin American Journal of Pharmacy, 34 (6), 2015, 1258-1264.
- Sabbah D, Saada M, Abu Khalaf Reema, Bardaweel S, Sweidan K, Al-Qirim T, Al-Zughier A, Abdel Halim H, Abu Sheikha G; Molecular modeling based approach, synthesis, and cytotoxic activity of novel benzoin derivatives targeting phosphoinostide 3-kinase (PI3Kα), Bioorganic & medicinal Chemistry Letters, 25 (16), 2015, 3120-3124.
- Abu Khalaf Reema, Jarekji Z, Al-Qirim T, Sabbah D, Shattat G; Pharmacophore modeling and molecular docking studies of acridines as potential DPP-IV inhibitors, Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 93 (7), 2015, 721-729.
- Abu Khalaf Reema, AbdulaAM, Mubarak MS, Taha MO; Tryptophan and thiosemicarbazide derivatives: design, synthesis, and biological evaluation as potential β-D-galactosidase and β-D-glucosidase inhibitors, Medicinal Chemistry Research, 24 (6), 2015, 2529-2550.
- Abu Khalaf Reema, Abu Sheikha G, Al-Sha’er M, Taha M; Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of N4-Sulfonamido Succinamic, Phthalamic, Acrylic and Benzoyl Acetic Acid Derivatives as Potential DPP IV Inhibitors, The Open Medicinal Chemistry Journal, 7, 2013, 39-48.
- Al-Qirim T, Shattat G, Sweidan K, El-Huneidi W, Abu Sheikha G, Abu Khalaf Reema, Hikmat S; In Vivo Antihyperlipidemic Activity of New Series of N-(Benzoylphenyl) and N-(Acetylphenyl)-1-benzofuran-2-carboxamides in Rats, Archiv der Pharmazie, 345 (5), 2012, 401-406.
- Abu Khalaf Reema, Abu Sheikha G, Al-Sha’er M, Ghadeer Albadawi, Taha MO; Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of sulfonic acid ester and benzenesulfonamide derivatives as potential CETP inhibitors, Medicinal Chemistry Research, 21 (11), 2012, 3669-3680.
- Taha MO, Qandil AM, Al-Haraznah T, Abu Khalaf Reema, Zalloum H,Al-Bakri AG; Discovery of New Anti Fungal Leads via Pharmacophore Modeling and QSAR Analysis of Fungal N-Myristoyl Transferase Inhibitors followed by In Silico Screening, Chemical Biology and Drug Design, 78 (3), 2011, 391-407.
- Abu Khalaf Reema, AbdulaAM, Mubarak MS, Taha MO; Discovery of New β-D-Glucosidase Inhibitors via Pharmacophore Modeling and QSAR Analysis Followed by In Silico Screening, Journal of Molecular Modeling, 17 (3), 2011, 443-464.
- AbdulaAM, Abu Khalaf Reema, Mubarak MS, Taha MO; Discovery of New β-D-Galactosidase Inhibitors via Pharmacophore Modeling and QSAR Analysis Followed by In Silico Screening, Journal of Computational Chemistry, 32 (3), 2011, 463-482.
- Abu Sheikha G, Abu Khalaf Reema, Areej Melhem, Ghadeer Albadawi; Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of new benzylamino methanone based cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitors, Molecules, 15 (8), 2010, 5721-5733.
- Abu Khalaf Reema, Abu Sheikha G, Bustanji Y, Taha MO; Discovery of new cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitors via ligand-based pharmacophore modeling and QSAR analysis followed by synthetic exploration, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 45 (4), 2010, 1598-1617.
Published Books:
Reema Abu Khalaf, Alhusban A, Al-Shalabi E, Al-Sheikh I, Sabbah D.
Chapter: Isolation and Structure Elucidation of Bioactive Polyphenols,
In Book: Studies in Natural Product Chemistry (Bioactive Natural Products), Volume 63
Editor: Atta-Ur-Rahman, Elsevier Science Publishers – Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2019.
Published Abstracts:
- Reema Abu Khalaf, Dima Sabbah, Eveen Al-Shalabi, Iyad Al-Sheikh, Ghadeer Albadawi, Ghassan Abu Sheikha; Oral Presentation: Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Docking Studies of Sulfamoyl-Phenyl Acid Esters as Dipeptidyl Peptidase-IV Inhibitors, 4th Pharmaceutical Chemistry Conference, June 27-28 2019, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Ghassan Abu Sheikha, Dima Sabbah, Shaima’ Hasan, Reema Abu Khalaf, Sanaa` Bardaweel, Kamal Sweidan, Eveen Al-Shalabi, Tariq Al-Qirim, Wamidh Talib, Haizhen A. Zhong; Poster Presentation: Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Alpha (PI3Kα) Enzyme in Cancer Progression: Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Novel Molecules Targeting the PI3Kα as Anticancer Agents, Stem Cells and Cancer, Gordon Research Conference, March 24-29 2019, Ventura Beach Marriott, Ventura, CA, United States.
- Nisreen Hamadeh, Dima Sabbah, Reema Abu Khalaf, Wamidh Talib; Oral Presentation: Structure-Based Design: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of N-Substituted-4-Hydroxy-6-Nitro-2-Quinolone-3-Carboxamides as Potential PI3Kα Inhibitors, ASU-Pharmacy Fourth Symposium “Recent Trends in Postgraduate Research”, January 5-6th 2019, Amman, Jordan.
- Reema Abu Khalaf, D Sabbah, E Al-Shalabi, S Bishtawi, G Albadawi, G Abu Sheikha; Oral presentation: Synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular modeling study of substituted benzyl benzamides as CETP inhibitors, BIT’s 16th Annual Congress of International Drug Discovery Science and Technology (IDDST), August 16-19, 2018, Boston, USA.
- Ghassan Abu Sheikha, Haneen AbuZaid, Hanin Kalloush, Suhair Hikmat, Lama Hamadneh, Samah Ata, Dima Sabbah, Majdi Bkhaitan, Reema Abu Khalaf, Ghassan Shattat, Tariq Al-Qirim, Kamal Sweidan, and Yusuf Al-Hiari; Poster Presentation: Synthesis of Novel Benzimidazole-2-Carboxamide and Imidazoles-5-Carboxamide Derivatives and In Vivo Antihyperlipidemic Activity Evaluation. Ligand Recognition and Molecular Gating. Gordon Research Conference, March 4-9, 2018, Ventura Beach Marriott, Ventura, CA.
- Dima Sabbah, Bayan Hishmah, Kamal Sweidan, Sanaa Bardaweel, Murad AlDamen, Haizhen A. Zhong, Reema Abu Khalaf, Ameerah (Hasan Ibrahim), Tariq Al-Qirim, Ghassan Abu Sheikha, Mohammad S. Mubarak; Oral Presentation: Pharmacophore Based-Design of Phosphoinositide-3-Kinase (PI3Kα) Inhibitors, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan and the University of Toledo International Pharmaceutical Conference (ZTIPC 2017) “New Horizons in Pharmaceutical Research”, November 29-30, 2017, Amman, Jordan.
- Fatima Al-Tarawneh, Dima Sabbah, Wamidh Talib, Kamal Sweidan, Sanaa Bardaweel, Eveen Al-Shalabi, Haizhen A. Zhong, Ghassan Abu Sheikha, Reema Abu Khalaf, Mohammad S. Mubarak; Poster Presentation: Structure-Based Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Benzoin Schiff Bases as Potential Antitumor Agents, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan and the University of Toledo International Pharmaceutical Conference (ZTIPC 2017) “New Horizons in Pharmaceutical Research”, November 29-30, 2017, Amman, Jordan.
- Reema Abu Khalaf, Sarah Al-Rawashdeh, Dima Sabbah, Ghassan Abu Sheikha; Oral Presentation: Fluorinated Benzamides: Molecular Docking and Pharmacophore Modeling Studies Targeting CETP Inhibition, BIT’s 15th Annual Congress of International Drug Discovery Science and Technology (IDDST), July 25-27, 2017, Osaka, Japan.
- Abd El-Aziz H, Reema Abu Khalaf, Sabbah D, Albadawi G, Abu Sheikha G; Poster Presentation: CETP Inhibitory Activity of Chlorobenzyl Benzamides: QPLD Docking, Pharmacophore Mapping, and Synthesis, Drug Discovery & Therapy World Congress, July 10-13, 2017, Boston, MA, USA.
- Ameerah (Hasan Ibrahim), Bayan Hishmah, Dima Sabbah, Kamal Sweidan, Sanaa Bardaweel, Murad AlDamen, Reema Abu Khalaf, Haizhen A. Zhong, Tariq Al-Qirim, Ghassan Abu Sheikha; Poster Presentation: N-Substituted-4-Hydroxy-2-Quinolone-3-Carboxamides as Potential PI3Kα, ASU-Pharmacy Third Symposium “Recent Trends in Postgraduate Research”, April 15-16, 2017, Amman, Jordan. The Poster is awarded the Third Place in Postgraduate Poster Competition.
- Ghassan Abu Sheikha, Dima Sabbah, Bayan Hishmah, Kamal Sweidan, Sanaa Bardaweel, Murad AlDamen, Haizhen A. Zhong, Ameerah (Hasan Ibrahim), Reema Abu Khalaf, Tariq Al-Qirim; Poster Presentation: Structure-Based Drug Design, Synthesis, X-ray Crystallography, and Biological Evaluation of N-Substituted-4-Hydroxy-2-Quinolone-3-Carboxamides as PI3Kα Inhibitors, Mammalian DNA Repair, Gordon Research Conference: Frontiers of Mammalian Genomic Stability in Human Health, February 19-24, 2017, Ventura, CA, USA.
- Dima Sabbah, Musaab Saada, Reema Abu Khalaf, Sanaa Bardaweel, Kamal Sweidan, Tariq Al-Qirim, Amani Al-Zughier, Heba Abdel Halim, Ghassan Abu Sheikha, Poster Presentation: Structure-Based Drug Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Benzoin Analogues as otential PI3Kα Inhibitors, The University of Jordan School of Pharmacy, The 4th international Conference & the 2nd Conference of the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy at Jordanian Universities” Excellence in Pharmacy Education & Research: A Quality Approach”, October 25-27, 2016, Amman, Jordan.
- Musaab Saada, Dima Sabbah, Reema Abu Khalaf, Sanaa Bardaweel, Kamal Sweidan, Tariq Al-Qirim, Amani Al-Zughier, Heba Abdel Halim, Ghassan Abu Sheikha; Poster Presentation: Structure-Based Drug Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Novel Benzoin Derivatives as anticancer agents. ASU-Pharmacy Second Symposium ”Recent Trends in Postgraduate Research”, December 5-6, 2015, Amman, Jordan.
- Reema Abu Khalaf, Ghassan Abu Sheikha; Oral Presentation: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Substituted Fluorinated Benzylamino Benzamides as Potential CETP Inhibitors, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan and the University of Toledo International Pharmaceutical Conference (ZTIPC 2015) “Frontiers in the pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacy practice: A global perspective”, October 21-23, 2015, Amman, Jordan.
- Dima Sabbah, Musaab Saada, Reema Abu Khalaf, Sanaa Bardaweel, Kamal Sweidan, Tariq Al-Qirim, Amani Al-Zughier, Heba Abdel Halim, Ghassan Abu Sheikha; Oral Presentation: From Hit to Lead: Structure-Based Drug Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Novel Benzoin Derivatives as PI3Kα Inhibitors, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan and the University of Toledo International Pharmaceutical Conference (ZTIPC 2015) “Frontiers in the pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacy practice: A global perspective”, October 21-23, 2015, Amman, Jordan.
- Ghassan Abu Sheikha, Dima Sabbah, Reema Abu Khalaf, Tariq Al-Qirim, Sanaa Bardaweel; Poster Presentation: Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel PI3K Alpha Inhibitors with Potential Anti-Cancer Activity, Computer Aided Drug Design: New Frontiers in computer-Aided Drug Design, July 19-24, 2015, VT, USA.
- Reema Abu Khalaf, Ghassan Abu Sheikha; Oral Presentation: Potential CETP and DPP-IV Inhibitors: Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation, Bilateral research workshop between Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, and Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Szeged, Hungary, October 21, 2014, Amman, Jordan.
- Ghassan Abu Sheikha, Reema Abu Khalaf, Dima Sabbah; Poster Presentation: Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of a New Series of Potential CETP Inhibitors, Ligand Recognition & Molecular Gating: Structure and Dynamics of Ion Channels, G-Protein Coupled Receptors, and Solute Transporters, March 23-28, 2014, Ventura, CA, USA.
- Ghassan Abu Sheikha, Reema Abu Khalaf; Poster Presentation, FloHet-2013 Florida Heterocyclic and Synthetic Conference, March 3-6, 2013, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
- Ghassan Abu Sheikha, Reema Abu Khalaf, Mahmoud Al-Sha’er, Ghadeer Albadawi, Mutasem Taha; Poster Presentation: Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of aryl-succinamic, phthalamic, acrylic and acetic acid derivatives as potential DPP IV inhibitors, International Symposia on Advancing the Chemical Sciences- Challenges in Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology (ISACS7), June 12-15, 2012, Edinburgh, UK.
- Reema Abu Khalaf; Oral Presentation: Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Sulfonic Acid Ester and Benzenesulfonamide Derivatives as Potential CETP Inhibitors, The International Conference of Young Chemists (ICYC), April 8-10, 2012, held at University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
- Reema Abu Khalaf; Oral Presentation: Discovery of New CETP Inhibitors via Ligand-Based Pharmacophore Modeling and QSAR Analysis and Subsequent Hit Optimization, The Jordanian International Pharmaceutical Conference 2008 (JIPC), October 15-17, 2008, held at Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
- Reema Abu Khalaf; Oral Presentation: The Synthesis and Microbiological Evaluation of Some Novel Derivatives of Some Natural and Synthetic Polymers, The Jordanian International Pharmaceutical Conference 2006 (JIPC), November 15-17, 2006, held at Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.