Position

Research Fellow

Areas of Expertise 

Phytochemistry, NMR spectroscopy for structure elucidation, Antibacterial Drug Discovery. 

Biography

Dr Mukhlesur Rahman completed his Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) in 1993 and Master of Pharmacy in 1995 from the University of Dhaka with first class in both examinations. Being a registered pharmacist in Bangladesh he started his career in the quality control of pharmaceuticals at Organon (Bangladesh) Ltd and then moved to the University of Rajshahi where he joined as a Lecturer in Pharmacy in 1996. He was awarded PhD in Phytochemistry from the University of Strathclyde under the supervison of Dr Sandy Gray in 2003 and the returned to the University of Rajshahi where he subsequently promoted to Associate Professor. In 2006, Dr Rahman joined the School of Pharmacy as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Cetre for Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy in Professor Simon Gibbons’ group.

Research Interests 

• Plant Natural Product as Effux Pump Inhibitors (EPIs) against Salmonella sp. 
• Antibacterial agents from plants and marine effective against multi-drug and methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus
• Antimicrobial agents from Bangladeshi medicinal plants, mainly legumes and rutaceous speces
• Antimicrobial metabolites from the cultural broth of soil microorganisms

Awards and Memberships

• Commonwealth Academic Staff Scholarship at the University of Stathclyde, 1999-2002.
• Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Selected Publications

Rahman, M. M., Sarker, S. D., Byres, M. and Gray A. I.  (2004) New salicylic acid and isoflavone derivatives from Flemingia paniculata, Journal of Natural Products 67 (3): 402-406.

Rahman, M. M. and Gray, A. I.  (2005) A benzoisofuranone derivative and carbazole Alkaloids from Murraya koenigii and their antimicrobial activity Phytochemistry 66 (13): 1601-1606.

Rahman, M. M., Gibbons, S. and Gray, A. I.  (2007) Isoflavanones from Uraria picta and their antimicrobial activity, Phytochemistry 68 (12): 1692-1697.

Kladi, M., Vagias, C., Stavri, M., Rahman, M. M., Gibbons, S. and Roussis, V. (2008) C₁₅ Acetogenins with antistaphylococcal activity from the red alga Laurencia glandulifera, Phytochemistry Letters 1 (1): 31-36.

Rahman, M. M., Garvey, M., Piddock, L. and Gibbons, S. (2008) Antibacterial terpenes from the oleo-resin of Commiphora molmol (Engl.). Phytotherapy Research (in press).

Musa, A., Haruna, A. K., Ilyas, M., Ahmadu, A., Gibbons, S. and Rahman, M. M. (2008) Dihydrostilbenes from Indigofera pulchra, Natural Product Communications (in press).