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Halijah Ibrahim is a Malaysian botanist.[1]

Ibrahim was awarded her doctorate by the University of Newcastle, UK in 1979. She is a professor at the Institute of Biological Sciences at the University of Malaya. She specialises in medicinal chemistry of Malaysian plants with particular interest in Zingiberaceae.[2][3]

Ibrahim has also characterised and named at least 8 species of plant.[4] These include Boesenbergia latongensis (Meekiong, Ipor & Ibrahim).[5]

The standard author abbreviation Ibrahim is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

Publications

Ibrahim is the author or co-author of over 30 scientific publications including:

References

  1. ^ "Profile: Halijah Ibrahim". ResearchGate.
  2. ^ Kiat, Tan Siew; Pippen, Richard; Yusof, Rohana; Ibrahim, Halijah; Khalid, Norzulaani; Abd Rahman, Noorsaadah (2006). "Inhibitory activity of cyclohexenyl chalcone derivatives and flavonoids of fingerroot, Boesenbergia rotunda (L.), towards dengue-2 virus NS3 protease". Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 16 (12): 3337–3340. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2005.12.075. PMID 16621533. Archived from the original on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. ^ Sim, Kae Shin; Ibrahim, Halijah; Abdul Malek, Sri Nurestri; Syamsir, Devi Rosmy; Awang, Khalijah (2014). "Cytotoxic activity of Alpinia murdochii Ridl.: A mountain ginger species from Peninsular Malaysia". Pharmacogn Mag. 10 (37): 70–72. doi:10.4103/0973-1296.126666. PMC 3969662. PMID 24695515.
  4. ^ "Ibrahim, Halijah (fl. 1995)". International Plant Names Index. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  5. ^ Meekiong, Kalu; Ipor, Isa Bin; Ibrahim, Halijah (2011). "Boesenbergia latongensis Meekiong, Ipor & Ibrahim". Folia Malaysiana. 12: 14.
  6. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Ibrahim.

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