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Associate Professor and Programme Chairman (Pharmacology) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, 11800 Penang, Malaysia Tel: 604-6533888 Ext. 2232
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Discipline
Pharmacology
Field of Interest
Interactions of modern drugs and traditional medicine; food-drug
interactions; drug metabolism; modifying factors affecting drug metabolism; molecular
pharmacology
Expertise
Pharmacology, Herb-Drug Interactions, Drug Metabolism
Consultancy
1.Coordinated a computer database package 'Integrated National
Occupational Safety and Health Information System' for the Department of Factory
and Machinery, Ministry of Human resources, Malaysia.
2. Bioavailability study
3. Pyrogen test of pharmaceutical samples
4. Acute oral and dermal LD50 toxicity test
5.Abnormal toxicity test
Selected Publications
1. Chen L.S., Su E., Hussin A. H., Chen W. F. and Yang C.S.
Effects of diallyl sulfide (DAS) treatment on xenobiotic metabolizing and
detoxification enzymes in rats. (Presented at the XI International Symposium
on Microsome and Drug Oxidation, Los Angeles, USA, July 21-24, 1996.
2. Hussin A. H., Mustafa M. and Baie S.H., In vitro effect of several Malay and Chinese traditional medicine preparations on hepatic aminopyrine metabolism. (Asia Pacific Journal of Pharmacology, v11 (suppl.1) S14 (1996).
3. Asmawi M.Z., Hussin A.H. and Majeed A.B.A., Editor of the Asia Pacific Journal of Pharmacology v11 (suppl. 1) Proceedings of the 11th Scientific Meeting of the Malaysian Society of Pharmacology and Physiology. (1996).
4. Hussin A.H., Adilah M.A., Masitah H. and Taher Y.A., Fresh aqueous extract of petai (Parkia specioca, Hassk) increased the metabolism of aminopyrine in rat liver hepatocytes. (IXth South East Asian Drug Metabolism Workshop 13-15 April 1998. Kuala Lumpur)
5. Hussin A. H., Mustafa M. and Baie S.H., Effect of some local and imported traditional herbal preparations on drug metabolism-an in-vitro study in rat liver. Journal of Biosciences 8 (1998) 106-113.
6. Taher Y.A. and Hussin A.H., In-vitro effect of a herbal product on aminopyrine metabolism in rat hepatocytes. Fitoterapia vol. LXIX, No. 3, (1998) 265-268.