Curriculum Vitae
Musa H. Abu Zarga
Department of Chemistry
University of Jordan
Amman, PO. Box 11942
musaaz@ju.edu.jo
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EDUCATION:
1.   B.Sc in Chemistry: University of Jordan Amman, Jordan (1970).
2.   M.Sc in Chemistry: University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan (1977).
3. Ph.D. in Chemistry (Organic Chemistry: Natural Productس), Pennsylvania State University, USA, (1981).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1. High School Teacher: Ministery of Education, Amman, Jordan (1970 - 1974).
2. Lecturer: University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan (1977 - 1978).
3. Assistant Professor: University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan (1981 - 1987).
4. Associate Professor: University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan (1987 - 1995).
5. Professor: University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan (1995).
6. Chairman of the Chemistry Department, University of Jordan, Amman-Jordan (1997-2000).
7. Chairman of the chemistry Department, University of Jordan, Amman-Jordan (2007-2008).

ACADEMIC & SCIENTIFIC LEAVES:
1. Scientific Research Visit; Bonn University, 1976.
2. Scientific Research Visit; Pennsylvania State University, 1985.
3. Scientific research Visit to HIJ research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi-Pakistan, 1990.
4. Scientific research Visit to HIJ research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi-Pakistan, 1987.
5. Applied Science University Amman, Jordan (1991 / 1992), Chairman of Chemistry & Physics Department.
6. Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan (1995 / 1996) Chairman of Chemistry & Physics Department.
7. Scientific Research vVsit; Tuebingen University, 1996.
8. Applied Science University Amman, Jordan (2002/ 2003).
9. Al-Zaytoonah University, Amman, Jordan (2009/2010).

SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS 

1. 	M. El-Abadelah, S. Sabri, A. Jarrar and M. Abu Zarga ‘Chiroptical Properties of N-(2-Pyrazinoyl)-α-amino-esters,-aziridines, and Related compounds.’ J. Chem. Soc. Perkin 1, 2881 (1979).

2. 	M. Abu Zarga and M. Shamma ‘The Absolute Configuration of Berberastine and Thalidastine.’ Tetrahedron Letters, 3739 (1980).

3. 	M. Abu Zarga, G. Miana and M. Shamma ‘The Quettamines: A New Class of Isoquinoline Alkaloids.’ Tetrahedron Letters, 541 (1981).

4. 	M. Abu. Zarga, G. Miana and M. Shamma ‘Gandharamine: A New Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloid from Berberis baluchistanica.’ Heterocycles, 18, 63 (1982).

5. 	M. Abu Zarga and M. Shamma ‘A Spectral Method for the Determination of the Position of A Phenolic Group on Ring A of an Aporphine. Four New Aporphines from Polyalthia acuminata’ J. Nat. Prod. 45, 471 (1982).

6. 	M. Onur, M. Abu Zarga and T. Gozler ‘Hypecumine: A New 3-Arylisoquinoline Alkaloid from Hypecoum procumbens’ Planta Medica, 52, 70 (1986).

7. 	M. Abu Zarga ‘Three New Simple Indol Alkaloids from Limonia acidissima’ J. Nat. Prod., 49, 901 (1986).

8. 	A. Aboudi, D. Al-Eisawi, S. S. Sabri, and M. Abu Zarga ‘Chemical Constituents of Flora of Jordan-I. Alkaloids of Fumaria densiflora’ J. Nat. Prod. 49, 370 (1986).

9. 	K. Abu Safieh, D. Al-Eisawi, M. Abu Zarga and S. Sabri ‘Chemical Constituents of Flora of Jordan-II. Alkaloids of Leotice leontopetalum’ J. Nat. Prod. 49, 726 (1986).

10. 	S. Abdalla and M. Abu Zarga “Effects of Cirsimaritin, A Flavone Isolated from Artemisia judaica L. on Isolated Guinea-Pig Ileum” Planta Medica, 53, 311 (1987).

11. 	A. J. Freyer, M. H. Abu Zarga, S. S. Sabri S. Firdous, H. Guinaudeau and Maurice Shamma ‘Five New Alkaloids From Colchicum ritchi’ J. Nat. Prod., 50, 684 (1987).

12. 	S. Sabri, M. Abu Zarga, S. Firodus and M. Shamma Fumadensine ‘A New Phthalideisoquinoline Alkaloid from Fumaria densiflora’ Phytochemistry, 26, 1233 (1987).

13.	G. Nukul, M. Abu Zarga, S. S. Sabri and D. Al-Eisawi ‘Chemical Constituents of Flora of Jordan, Part III. Mono-O-Acetyl Diphyllin Apioside, A New Arylnaphthalene Lignan from Haplophyllum buxbaumii’ J. Nat. Prod. 50, 748 (1987).

14. 	S. Abdalla, M. Abu Zarga, F. Afifi, S. Al-Khalili and S. Sabri ‘Effects of Hispidulin, A Flavone Isolated from Inula viscosa, on Isolated Guinea-Pig Smooth Muscle’ Gen. Pharmac. 19, 559 (1988).

15. 	S. Abdalla, M. Abu Zarga, F. Afifi, S. Al-Khalili, A. Mahasneh and S. Sabri ‘Effects of 3,3’-Di-O-Methylquercetine on Isolated Guinea-Pig Smooth Muscle’ J. Pharma. Pharmacol. 41, 138 (1989).

16. 	E. Tojo, M. H. Abu Zarga, S. S. Sabri, A. J. Freyer and M. Shamma ‘The Homoaporphine Alkaloids of Androcymbium palaestinum’ J. Nat. Prod, 52, 1055 (1989).

17. 	E. Tojo, M. H. Abu Zarga, A. J. Freyer and M. Shamma ‘The Dibenzocycloheptylamine Alkaloids’ J. Nat. Prod, 52, 1163 (1989).

18. 	A. A. Alfatafta, M. H. Abu Zarga, S. S. Sabri, A. J. Freyer and M. Shamma ‘An Investigation of Bongardia chrysogonum’ J. Nat. Prod., 52, 818 (1989).

19. 	S. Abdalla, M. Abu Zarga and S. Sabri “Preliminary Observations on The Pharmacology of Petaline Chloride, A Quaternary Alkaloid from Leontice Leontopetalum” Gen. Pharmac., 20. 565 (1989).

20. 	Y. Al-Abed, S. Sabri, M. Abu Zarga, Z. Shah and Atta-Ur-Rahman Two Arylnaphthalene Lignans from Haplophyllum buxbaumii, , Phytochemistry, 29, 2659 (1990).

21. 	Y. Al-Abed, S. Sabri, M. Abu Zarga, Z. Shah and Atta-Ur-Rahman Chemical constituents of The Flora of Jordan, Part V-b ‘Three New Arylnaphthalene Lignan Glucosides from Haplophyllum buxbaumii’  J. Nat. Prod., 53, 1152 (1990).

22. 	T. Al-Tel, M. Abu Zarga, S. Sabri, A. Freyer and M. Shamma ‘New Natural Colchicinoids: Indications of Two Possible Catabolic Routes for The Colchicine Alkaloids’ J. Nat. Prod., 53, 623 (1990).

23. 	W. Herath, M. H. Abu Zarga, S. S. Sabri, H. Guinaudeau, and M. Shamma ‘Some C-Secocularines from Ceratocapnos palaestinus’  J. Nat. Prod., 53, 1006 (1990).

24. 	Taleb H. Al-Tel, Salim S. Sabri, Musa H. Abu Zarga, Azra Pervin, Zhair Shah, Atta-Ur-Rahman and David S. Rycroft ‘A Lupine Alkaloid From Leontice leontopetalum’ Phytochemistry, 30, 2393 (1991).

25. 	Taleb H. Al-Tel, Musa H. Abu Zarga, Salim S. Sabri, M. Feroz, N. Fatima, Zahir Shah and Atta-Ur-Rahman ‘Phenolics from Colchicum decaisnei’ Phytochemistry, 30, 3081 (1991).

26. 	Musa H. Abu Zarga, Salim S. Sabri, Taleb H. Al-Tel, Atta-Ur-Rahman, Zahir Shah and M. Feroz ‘New Natural Dibenzocycloheptylamine Alkaloids. A Possible Catabolic Route for the Colchicine Alkaloids’ J. Nat. Prod., 54, 396 (1991).

27	E. Mustafa, S. Abdalla, M. Abu-Zarga, S. Sabr ‘Constituents of Achillea fragrantissima and Effects of 13-O-Desacetyl-B-hydroxyafragloucolide on Rat Isolated Smooth Muscle’ Fitoteraoia, LXIII, 526 (1992). 

28.	E. Mustafa, M. Abu Zarga and S. Abdalla ‘Effect of Cirsiliol, A Flavone Isolated from Acillea fragrantissimaon rat isolated  Ileum’ Gen. Pharmac., 23, 555 (1992).

29. 	M. Abu-Zarga, S. Sabri, T. Al-Tel, Atta-Ur-Rahman, N. Fatima and Z. Shah ‘Pharmacological Screening of (+) -Multifloramine from Colchicum decaisnei’ Phytotherapy Research, 6, 305 (1992).

30. 	S. A. Ghazal, M. Abu Zarga and A. M. Mahasneh ‘Antimicrobial Activit of Polygonum equisetiforme Extracts and Flavonoids’ Phytotherapy Research, 6, 265 (1992).

31. 	L. Abu-Niaaj, M. Abu-Zarga, S. Sabri and S. Abdalla ‘Isolation and Biological Effects of 7-O-Methyleriodictyol, A Flavanone Isolated from Artemisia monosperma, on Rat Isolated Smooth Muscles’ Planta Medica, 59, 42 (1993).

32. 	S. Abdalla, M. Abu Zarga and S. Sabri ‘Effects of Oblongine Chloride, An Alkaloid from Leontice Leontopetalum on Guinea-Pig Isolated Smooth Muscle and Heart’ Gen Pharmac., 24, 299 (1993).

33. 	S. Abdalla, M. Abu Zarga and S. Sabri ‘Effects of The Flavone Luteolin, Isolated from Colchicum ritchii, on Guinea-Pig Isolated Smooth Muscle and Heart and on Blood Pressure and Blood Flow’ Phytotherapy Research, 8, 265 (1994).

34. 	S. Abdalla, M. Abu Zarga and S. Sabri ‘Alkaloids of Sternbergia clusiani and Effect of Lycorine on Guinea-Pig Isolated Pulmonary Artery and Heart’ Fitoterapia, LXIV, 518 (1993).

35. 	Musa Abu Zarga, Raed Qawasmeh, Salim Sabri, Munsoor Munsoor and Shtaywy Abdalla ‘Chemical Constituents of Artemisia arborescens and the Effect of The Aqueous Extract on Rat Isolated Smooth Muscle’ Planta Medica, 61, 242 (1995).

36. 	Musa H. Abu Zarga, Taleb H. Al-Tel, Yousef Al-Abed and Wolfgang Voelter ‘Synthesis of 3-Amino-3-deoxy Sugars through Intramolecular Carbamate Cyclizations on Neighbouring Oxirane Ring’ Z. Naturforsch., 50b, 697 (1995).

37. 	Musa H. Abu Zarga, Taleb H. Al-Tel, Salim S. Sabri, Zahir Shah, Syed Arshad Jamal and M. Iqbal Choudhary, Atta-Ur-Rahman ‘Quettamine-type Alkaloids from Leontice leontopetalum, , Natural Product Letters, 5, 315 (1995).

38. 	Musa Abu Zarga, Salim Sabri, Amal Al-Aboudi, M. Saleh Ajaz, Naheed Sultana and Atta-Ur-Rahman ‘New Cyclopeptide Alkaloids from Ziziphus lotus’ J. Nat. Prod., 58, 504 (1995).

39. 	Musa H. Abu Zarga, Raed A. Al-Qawasmeh, Salim S. Sabri, Taleb H. Al-Tel. Wolfgang Voelter ‘New Colchicine and Homoaporphine-N-Oxide Alkaloids from Colchicum Ritchii: The First Homoaporphine N-Oxide Found In Nature’ Z. Naturforsch, 50b, 1424 (1995).

40. 	M. M. El-Abadelah, S. S. Sabri, M. H. Abu Zarga and R. J. Abdel-Jalil ‘Substituted Benzimidazoles. Part I. Synthesis and Properties of some 2-Aryl-5-fluroro-6-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-1H-Benzimidazoles’ Heterocycles, 41, 2713 (1995).

41. Musa H. Abu-Zarga ‘High Resolution NMR Studies on the Homoaporphine Alkaloids from Colchicum Decaisnei’ J. Prakt. Chem., 337, 675 (1995).

42.	 S. Abdalla, M. Abu Zarga and S. Sabri “Cardiovascular Effect of Oblongin Chloride, An Alkaloid from Leontice Leontopetalum, in the Anesthetized Guinea Pig” Phytother.Res. 9, 60 (1995).

43.	M. M. El-Abadelah, M. H. Abu Zarga S. S. Sabri, S. Abdalla “Effect of Cirsiliol, A flavone Isolated from Achilliea fragrantissima, on Rat Isolated Smooth Muscles’ Int. J. Pharmacog. 33, 204 (1995).

44.	Abu-Niaaj. Lubna, Musa. H. Abu Zarga  Shtaywy. Abdalla “Isolation and inhibitory Effect of Eupatilin, A Flavone Isolated from Artemisia monosperma Del, on Rat Isolated Smooth Muscles’ Int. J. Pharmacog. 34, 134 (1996).

45.	 S. Al-Khalil, S. Sabri, W. Al-Dwairi, D. Al-Eisawi M. Abu Zarga Voelter Wolfgang, Zeller, Klaus-peter ‘Chemical Constituents of Sternbergia clusiana’ Alex. J. Pharm. Sci, 11, 65 (1997).

46.	M. H Abu Zarga Emad Hamed, Salim. Sabri. Voelter Wolfgang, Zeller, Klaus-Peter”New Sesquiterpenoids from the Jordanian Medicinal Plant Inula Viscosa” J. Nat. Prod. 61, 798 (1998).

47.	 Al-Abed Yousef, Musa M. Abu Zarga and Salim S. Sabri Atta-Ur-Rahman, Voelter Wolfgang “ A Arylnaphthalene Lignan from Halophyllum buxbaumii” Phytochemistry, 49, 1779 (1998).

48.	Suleiman Al-Khalil, Musa Abu Zarga, Nissreen Zeitoun, Al-Eisawi, Dawud; Zahra, Jalal; Sabri, Salim; Atta-Ur-Rahman. Chemical Constituents of Capsella bursa-pastoris. Alexandria J. Pharm. Sci. 14, 91 (2000).

49.	Abu Safieh, Kayed A.; El-Abadelah, Mustafa M.; Sabri, salim S.; Abu Zarga, Musa H.; Voelter Wolfgang; Mossmer, cacilia M.’Synthesis of Pyrazole-fused Azepino[5,4,3-3c]indoles’ J. Heterocycl. Chemistry. 38, 623 (2001).

50.	 M, Khanfar, S. Sabri, M. Abu Zaega, and K-P Zeller ‘The Chemical Constituents of Capparis spinsa’  Natural Product Letters; 17, 9 (2003).

51.	M. Abu Zarga, S. Sabri, E. Hamed, M. Khanfar, K-P. Zeller and Atta-Ur-Rahman, ‘ A New Eudesman Type sesqiterpene from Inula viscosa’ Natural Product Research, 17, 99 (2003).

52.	M. Nawasreh, M. Abu Zarga, S. Sabri, S. Al-Khalil, E. Bomeister, K-P. Zeller and Atta-Ur-Rahman,’ A new Anthranilic Acid Derivative from Ononis natrix of Jordanian Origin’ Alexandria J. Pharm. Sci. 18, 91 (2004). 
 
53.	E. Qnais, F. Abdulla, M. Khanfer,  M. Abu Zarga, and Y. Abu Galyun ‘Effects of Kreysigine, an Alkaloid Isolated from Colchicum decaisnei on Ileum Smooth Muscle and Intestinal Mobility of Rats’. International Journal of Pharmacology, 2, 452 (2006).

54.	A. F. Al-Aboudi,  M. K. Fayyad and M. Abu Zarga, Polarographic Study of the Complexation between the Chemical Constituents of Phragmites australis and Heavy Metals, Fresenius Enviromental Bulletin, 15, 1271, (2006).

55.	Amjad B. Khalil, Musa Abu Zarga and Mohammad Al-Qaryouti. Production of Antimicrobial Agents from Thermophilic Yesinia sp.1 and Aeromonas hydrophila Isolated from Hot Spring in Jordan Vally. Biotechnology, 5, 252 (2006).

56.	Ra’ed J. Abu Fares, Ibrahim K. Nazer, Rula M. Darwish and Musa H. Abu Zarga. Honey Bee Hive Modification for Propolis Collection. Jordan Journal of Agricultural Science, 4, 138, (2008).

57.	Yahia Al-Awthan, Musa H. Abu Zarga and Shtayway Abdalla. Flavonoids Content of Dracaena cinnabari Resin and Effects of the Aqueous Extract on Isolated Smooth Muscle Preparations, Perfused Heart and Blood Pressure and on Diuresis in the Rat. Jordan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 3, 8 (2009).

58.	Abeer H. harb, Musa Abu Zarga and Shtaywy Abdalla. Effect of Trans-Resveratrol, Isolated from Smilax Aspera on Smooth Muscle, Blood Pressure, and Inflammation in Rat and Nociceptian in Mice. Jordan Journal of Biolgical Science, 2, 69 (2009)

59.	Rula Darwish, Rae’d Abu Fares, Musa Abu Zarga and Ibrahim Nazer. Antifungal Activity of Jordanian Propolis on Different Resistant and Standard Species of Candida,   Mellifera,  9, 23 (2009).

60.	Hala I. Al-Jaber, Ibrahim M. Mosleh, Abdallah Mallouh, Omar M. Abu Salim and Musa H. Abu Zarga. Chemical Constituents of Osyris alba and their Antiparasitic Activities. Journal of Asian Natural Products Research, 12, 814 (2010).

61.	Rami Suleiman, Musa Abu Zarga and Salim S. Sabri. New Withanolide from Mandragora officinarum: First Report of Withanolides from the Genus Mandragora. Phytochemistry.  Fitoterapia, 81, 864 (2010).

62.	Mahmoud A. Al-Qudah and Musa H. Abu Zarga, Chemical Composition of Essential Oils from Aerial Parts of Sisymbrium Irio from Jordan. E. Journal of Chemistry, 7, 6 (2010).

63.	Mahmoud A. Al-Qudah and Musa H. Abu Zarga, Chemical Constituents of Sisymbrium Irio L. from Jordan. Natural Product Research, 24, 448 (2010).

64.	Rula Darwish, Rae’d Abu Fares, Musa Abu Zarga and Ibrahim Nazer. Effect of Isolated Flavonoids from Jordanian Propolis Against Selected Resistant Bacteria Strains African Journal of Biotechnology, 9, 5966 (2010).

65.	Safa A. Shaheen, Musa H. Abu Zarga, Ibrahim k. Nazer, Rula M. Darwish and Hala I. Al-Jaber. Chemical Constituents of Jordanian Propolis. Natural Product Research.  Accepted for publication (2010).

66.	Mohamoud A. Al-Qudah, Hala I. Al-Jaber, Abdulraouf S. Mayyas, sultan T. Abu-Orabi and Musa H. Abu Zarga. Chemical Composition of Essential Oil from the Jordanian Medicinal Plant Dittrichia Viscosa. Jordan Journal of Chemistry, Accepted for publication (2010).