Mechanical and phytochemical protection mechanisms of Calligonum comosum in arid deserts

Sameh Soliman; Mohammad G. Mohammad; Ali A. El-Keblawy; Hany Omar; Mohamed Abouleish; Mohamed Madkour; Attiat Elnaggar; Racha M. Hosni

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0192576

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Mechanical and phytochemical protection mechanisms of Calligonum comosum in arid deserts

Sameh Soliman ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: ssoliman@sharjah.ac.ae

Affiliations Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7691-615X

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Mohammad G. Mohammad,

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Collage of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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Ali A. El-Keblawy,

Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Applied Biology, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Research Institutes of Science and Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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Hany Omar,

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliations Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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Mohamed Abouleish,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
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Mohamed Madkour,

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Collage of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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Attiat Elnaggar,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Research Institutes of Science and Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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Racha M. Hosni

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Collage of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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Mechanical and phytochemical protection mechanisms of Calligonum comosum in arid deserts

Sameh Soliman,
Mohammad G. Mohammad,
Ali A. El-Keblawy,
Hany Omar,
Mohamed Abouleish,
Mohamed Madkour,
Attiat Elnaggar,
Racha M. Hosni

Published: February 7, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192576

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