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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2026
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Refreshed 2026-08-08

Salma Abdel-Karim

Researcher

Also affiliated: Arkansas Biosciences Institute (2025–2026)

Unknown Researcher

2 h-index 3 pubs 8 cited

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Isoflavones
  • Plant Extracts
  • Plant Roots
  • Cajanus
  • Animals
  • Bacillus subtilis
  • Micrococcus luteus
  • Mice
  • Prenylation
  • Agrobacterium

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Salma Abdel-Karim's research focuses on the production of bioactive compounds from plant cell cultures. Her work investigates the enhanced generation of prenylated isoflavonoids and geranylated flavonoids with anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties in hairy root cultures of pigeon pea (<i>Cajanus cajan</i>) and <i>Dalea purpurea</i>. She also studies the production of pentacyclic triterpenoids from hairy root cultures of <i>Bixa orellana</i>, exploring methods to increase yields through abiotic elicitation. Abdel-Karim collaborates with researchers at Arkansas State University, including Amit Raj Sharma, Mohammad A. Alam, Fabricio Medina-Bolívar, and Gaurav Gajurel, with whom she has co-authored multiple publications. Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 2, with 3 total publications and 8 total citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 2
  • Publications: 3
  • Citations: 8

Selected Publications

  • High-level production of antibacterial pentacyclic triterpenoids from hairy root cultures of Bixa orellana via abiotic elicitation (2026)
    Industrial Crops and Products DOI OpenAlex
  • Enhanced Production of Anti-Inflammatory and Antibacterial Prenylated Isoflavonoids in Pigeon Pea (<i>Cajanus cajan</i>) Hairy Root Cultures (2025)
    Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Production of Malheuran A, a Geranylated Flavonoid with Antimicrobial and Anti-Inflammatory Activities, in Hairy Root Cultures of Dalea purpurea (2025)
    Plants 3 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Collaboration Network

13 Collaborators 3 Institutions 1 Country

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