Shabana Khan

About

Shabana I. Khan, PhD is a Principal Scientist and Research Professor of Pharmacognosy at the National Center for Natural Products Research and Department of Biomolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, USA. Her research involves studying safety and efficacy of medicinal plants used in ethnomedicine and herbal supplements present in today's market. She has about 30 years of experience studying pharmacological properties of medicinal plants and their phytochemical constituents. Her major interest is evaluating safety of medicinal plants and their bioactive components in terms of causing pharmacokinetic herb-drug interactions when consumed concomitantly with the clinical drugs for added health benefits. Her lab is also involved in evaluating dermal safety of herbal products used in cosmetics as well as cardiotoxicity and hepatotoxicity of dietary supplement.

Employment

• University of Mississippi Principal Scientist

Education

• AMU Ph D

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (7)

• Structural Modification of Antifungal Acylphloroglucinols against Cryptococcus Species
  Journal of Natural Products 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6c00935
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• A Combined Approach for Rapid Dereplication of Herb–Drug Interaction Causative Agents in Botanical Extracts─A Molecular Networking Strategy To Identify Potential Pregnane X Receptor (PXR) Modulators in Yohimbe
  ACS Omega 2024 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c08293
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• Capsiate-Rich Fraction of Capsicum annuum Induces Muscular Glucose Uptake, Ameliorates Rosiglitazone-Induced Adipogenesis, and Exhibits Activation of NRs Regulating Multiple Signaling Pathways
  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c06148
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• Is Baikiain in Tara Flour a Causative Agent for the Adverse Events Associated with the Recalled Frozen French Lentil & Leek Crumbles Food Product? - A Working Hypothesis
  Chemical Research in Toxicology 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.3c00100
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• Chemistry of Isoeugenol and Its Oxidation Products: Mechanism and Kinetics of Isoeugenol as a Skin Sensitizer
  Chemical Research in Toxicology 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.2c00407
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• A review on phytochemicals, pharmacological activities, drug interactions, and associated toxicities of licorice (Glycyrrhiza sp.)
  Food Frontiers 2021 DOI: 10.1002/fft2.110
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• Evaluation of the Herb-Drug Interaction (HDI) Potential of Zingiber officinale and Its Major Phytoconstituents.
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37134183/
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