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Academic Qualification and Training
PhD 1985 Sydney, Australia
MSc (Hon.) 1978 Faisalabad, Pakistan
Training
- IUTOX Program "Risk Assessment Summer School" (RASS VI), Thailand, sponsored by the International Union of Toxicology. (August 30-September 8,1996)
- Workshop on "Pharmacokinetics" Euro Centre, Marceille, France, (October 22-27, 2000)
Discipline
Pharmacology
Research Interests
- Muscarinic Receptors Subtypes
- Toxicology / Environmental Health
- Ethnopharmacology,
- Natural Products Research,
- Medicinal Value of Foods and Dietary Supplements
- Gastrointestinal, Cardiovascular and Airways
Pharmacology
- Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacoepidemiology
Honours and Awards
- Boehringer International Research Award, Germany,
- Salam Prize in Biology, TWAS
- President's Award for Pride of Performance and Sitara-i-Imtiaz,
- HEC Distinguished National Professor
- Fellow, Pakistan Academy of Sciences
Publications
- Gilani
AH, Khan A, Ghayur MN , Herzig JW. Antispasmodic
effects of Rooibos tea ( Aspalathus
linearis ) are mediated predominantly
through potassium channel activation. Basic
Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2006; 99:365-373.
- Khan A, Gilani AH. S elective bronchodilatory
effect of Rooibos tea ( Aspalathus linearis )
and its flavonoid, chrysoeriol. Eur J Nutr
2006; 45: 463-469.
- Ghayur MN , Gilani AH. Pharmacological
basis for the use of Ginger in gastrointestinal
disorders. Diges Dis Sci 2005; 50: 1889-1897.
- Gilani, AH, Khan A, Shah AJ, Jabeen Q.
Blood pressure lowering effect of olives
is mediated through calcium channel blockade . Int
J Food Sci Nutr 2005; 56: 613-620.
- Gilani AH, Shah AJ, Ghayur MN , Majeed
K. Pharmacological basis of for the use of
turmeric in gastrointestinal and respiratory
disorders. Life Sci 2005; 76: 1-17.
- Malik F, Hussain S, Dil AS , HannanA, Gilani
AH. Islamic Republic of Pakistan . Chapter
22, In: Ong CK, Bodeker G, Grundy C, Burford
G, Shein K, editors. WHO Global Atlas of
Traditional, Complementary and Alternative
Medicine (Map volume). Geneva : WHO; 2005.
p. 275-283.
- Gilani AH, Ghayur MN, Khalid A, Zaheer-ul-Haq
et al. Presence of antispasmodic, antidiarrhoeal,
antisecretory, calcium antagonist and acetylcholinesterase
inhibitory steroidal alkaloids in Sarcococca
saligna. Plant Med 2005; 71:120-125.
- Shah BH, Nawaz Z, Pertani S, et al. Inhibitory
effect of curcumin, a food spice from turmeric,
on PAF- and arachidonic acid-mediated platelet
aggregation through inhibition of thromboxane
formation and Ca++ signalling. Biochem Pharmacol
1999; 58: 1167-1172.
- Janbaz KH, Gilani AH. Potentiation of paracetamol
and carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity
in rodents by the food additive vanillin.
Food Chem Toxicol 1999; 37: 603-607.
- Gilani AH, Shaheen F, Christopoulos A,
Mitchelson F. Interaction of ebeinone, an
alkaloid from Fritillaria imperialis, at
two muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes.
Life Sci 1997; 60: 535-544.
Patents
- Antihypertensive composition containing
thiocarbamate glycoside from Moringa oleifera.
Shaheen Faizi, B.S. Siddiqui, A.H. Gilani
and R., Saleem,
Pakistan Patent (1997), Patent Application No. 872/98 (25-8-98), S.I. No. 136438.
- Antihypotensive medicine Brassico based
on Brassica rapa sb. sp. campestris.
A.H. Gilani, Irfanullah, F. Shaheen, S. Bibi, and Shaheen Faizi
Pakistan Patent (1998). Patent Application No. 871/98 (25-8-98), S.I. No. 136437.
- Development of process for preparation
of new spasmolytic composition from Psidium
guajava leaves CBR # 1, Pak Govt.
Book
- Basic and applied
research in health care and social development:
Proc 2nd Nat Sym Aga Khan Univ (Shah, B.H.,
Gilani, A.H., Qureshi, A.F. and Orchard,
C. eds), The Aga Khan University, Karachi,
1995.
Remaining Selected Papers
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