1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Safaa Adly Mohamed Morsy Saad
PERSONAL DATA
• Name: Safaa Adly Mohamed Morsy Saad
• Nationality: Egyptian
• Position: Assistant Researcher
• Date and place of birth: 8 / 3 / 1987 - Sharkia government - Egypt
• Work address: Plant Biochemistry Department, National Research
Centre. 31-El-Behose St., Dokki, Cairo - Egypt
• Postal Code: 12311
• Work tel. No.: (+202) 33371362
• E-mail: safaa_saad28@yahoo.com
: safaa.saad28@gmail.com
EDUCATION
• B.Sc. Degree (2007- 2008): Biochemistry Department- Faculty of
Agriculture - Benha University - Egypt.
• Branch studied: Biochemistry, with final grade (very good,
82.97%).
• Primary and Secondary schools: in Sharkia government - Egypt
(1993 - 2003).

2. PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATION
• From February 2009-2012
Student research in Agriculture Research Center - Ministry of
Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Giza - Egypt.
• From (2012) to time being
Researcher assistant at Plant Biochemistry Department, National
Research Centre - Dokki, Cairo - Egypt.
Title of M.Sc. thesis: "Biochemical studies on Jatropha plant"
• M.Sc. degree: 22 / 2 / 2015.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE
Chemistry
• Isolation of secondary metabolites from medicinal plants using column
chromatography (CC) and thin layer chromatography (TLC).
• Phytochemical analysis of medicinal plants.
• Determination of antioxidant activity in plant extracts using different in
vitro assays.
• Electrophoresis techniques (SDS-PAGE) for protein and iso-enzymes
analysis.
SOFTWARE TOOLS EXPERTISE
• Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Word perfect.
RESEARCH INTEREST

3. • Phytochemistry, i.e. isolation and identification of secondary
metabolites from medicinal and aromatic plants.
• Biological activity of secondary metabolites of medicinal plants,
especially anticancer, antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal and
antiviral activity.
• Using (SDS-PAGE) protein and iso-enzymes electrophoresis
technique for the differentiation between different treatment plant
varieties.
PERSONAL SKILLS
• Hard worker.
• Work in a team.
• Public relational and communications skills.
• Handling all conventional research problems satisfactorily and
honestly.
LANGUAGE
• Arabic as a mother tongue.
• English as a good speaking and writing, TOUFL (ITP) 576.
LOCAL TRAINING COURSES
• HPLC application
ACTIVITIES
• Workshop organizer

4. REFERENCES
• Prof. Dr. Farouk K. El-Baz
Professor of Biochemistry, Plant Biochemistry Dept.,
National Research Centre- Dokki- Cairo, Egypt.
(E-mail: fa_elbaz@hotmail.com).
• Prof. Dr. Amal Amin Mohamed
Professor of Plant Biochemistry, Plant Biochemistry
Dept., National Research Centre- Dokki- Cairo, Egypt.
(E-mail: amin_amal@yahoo.com)
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
1. Farouk K El-Baz*, Frahat F Ali, Ahmed A Abd El-Rahman, Hanan F
Aly, Safaa A Saad, Amal A Mohamed. HPLC evaluation of phenolic
profile, and antioxidant activity of different extracts of Jatropha curcas
leaves. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and
Research, 29(1), 2014, Pages: 203-210.
2. Farouk K El-Baz, Hanan F Aly*, Howida I Abd-Alla, Safaa A Saad.
Bioactive flavonoid glycosides and antidiabetic activity of Jatropha
curcas on streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. I International Journal of
Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research, 29(2), 2014, Pages: 143-
156.
3. Frahat F Ali, Farouk K. El-Baz, Ahmed A Abd El-Rahman, Hanan F.
Aly*, Amal A Mohamed, Safaa A Saad. Attenuation of some metabolic
deterioration induced by diabetes mellitus using different Jatropha

5. curcas extracts. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Review and Research, 30(2), 2015, Pages: 164-171.
4. F.K. EL-Baz *, O. Bagato, H.F. Aly, S A. Saad, M.A. Ali and A.A.
MOhamed. Comparative evaluation of Jatropha curcas leaves extract
for antibacterial, anti-avian influenza A virus (H5N1) properties and
GC-MS profile. International Journal of Pharma and Bio sciences, 2015,
6(2): (B) 108 - 120.
5. Jatropha curcas repairing effect on adhesion molecules, DNA damage
and gene expression alteration in STZ-induced diabetic rats (accepted
and waiting for publishing, International Journal of Pharma and Bio
sciences,).
6. Amelioration of hepatic damage and genetic toxicity in CCl4-induced
rats by Jatropha curcas extract (accepted and waiting for publishing,
International Journal of Pharma and Bio sciences,).
7. Health benefit and medicinal uses of Jatropha plant (Chapter).

6. curcas extracts. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Review and Research, 30(2), 2015, Pages: 164-171.
4. F.K. EL-Baz *, O. Bagato, H.F. Aly, S A. Saad, M.A. Ali and A.A.
MOhamed. Comparative evaluation of Jatropha curcas leaves extract
for antibacterial, anti-avian influenza A virus (H5N1) properties and
GC-MS profile. International Journal of Pharma and Bio sciences, 2015,
6(2): (B) 108 - 120.
5. Jatropha curcas repairing effect on adhesion molecules, DNA damage
and gene expression alteration in STZ-induced diabetic rats (accepted
and waiting for publishing, International Journal of Pharma and Bio
sciences,).
6. Amelioration of hepatic damage and genetic toxicity in CCl4-induced
rats by Jatropha curcas extract (accepted and waiting for publishing,
International Journal of Pharma and Bio sciences,).
7. Health benefit and medicinal uses of Jatropha plant (Chapter).