Amr El‐Demerdash

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
45 papers, 902 citations indexed

About

Amr El‐Demerdash is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Amr El‐Demerdash has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 902 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Pharmacology, 17 papers in Biotechnology and 14 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Amr El‐Demerdash's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (17 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (16 papers) and Synthesis and biological activity (9 papers). Amr El‐Demerdash is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (17 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (16 papers) and Synthesis and biological activity (9 papers). Amr El‐Demerdash collaborates with scholars based in Egypt, United Kingdom and France. Amr El‐Demerdash's co-authors include Mohamed A. Tammam, Atanas G. Atanasov, Anake Kijjoa, Ali Al‐Mourabit, Tarek Mohamed Abd El‐Aziz, Mosad A. Ghareeb, John N. A. Hooper, Anne Osbourn, Rajesh Chandra Misra and Charlotte Owen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Nature Chemical Biology.

In The Last Decade

Amr El‐Demerdash

43 papers receiving 882 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Elucidation of the pathway for biosynthesis of saponin adjuvants from the soapbark tree
    2023 103 citations James Reed, Anastasia Orme et al. Science profile →
  2. Complete biosynthesis of the potent vaccine adjuvant QS-21
    2024 62 citations Laetitia B. B. Martin, Shingo Kikuchi et al. Nature Chemical Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Amr El‐Demerdash Egypt 17 336 274 249 227 115 45 902
Carmen Festa Italy 24 481 1.4× 333 1.2× 304 1.2× 297 1.3× 78 0.7× 61 1.4k
Subagus Wahyuono Indonesia 14 366 1.1× 310 1.1× 259 1.0× 308 1.4× 41 0.4× 130 1.1k
Adriana Romano Italy 17 235 0.7× 195 0.7× 159 0.6× 162 0.7× 67 0.6× 27 705
Usama W. Hawas Egypt 18 368 1.1× 248 0.9× 385 1.5× 139 0.6× 38 0.3× 60 1.1k
Paolo Luciano Italy 21 329 1.0× 365 1.3× 276 1.1× 381 1.7× 27 0.2× 54 983
Đỗ Thị Thảo Vietnam 18 439 1.3× 255 0.9× 195 0.8× 150 0.7× 29 0.3× 154 1.1k
Sherif S. Ebada Egypt 21 469 1.4× 449 1.6× 656 2.6× 243 1.1× 45 0.4× 86 1.4k
Paul D. Boudreau United States 13 906 2.7× 350 1.3× 515 2.1× 171 0.8× 54 0.5× 23 1.4k
A. Norrie Pearce New Zealand 18 335 1.0× 274 1.0× 169 0.7× 470 2.1× 27 0.2× 26 860
Huaming Tao China 18 194 0.6× 325 1.2× 486 2.0× 224 1.0× 28 0.2× 58 780

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amr El‐Demerdash

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tammam, Mohamed A., Florbela Pereira, Elizabeth Skellam, et al.. (2025). The cytochalasans: potent fungal natural products with application from bench to bedside. Natural Product Reports. 42(5). 788–841. 2 indexed citations
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Tammam, Mohamed A., Mariam I. Gamal El‐Din, Adnane Aouidate, & Amr El‐Demerdash. (2024). Cephalostatins and ritterazines: Distinctive dimeric marine-derived steroidal pyrazine alkaloids with intriguing anticancer activities. Bioorganic Chemistry. 151. 107654–107654. 1 indexed citations
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Elfiky, Abdo A., Florbela Pereira, Mariam I. Gamal El‐Din, et al.. (2024). Investigating the Structure–Activity Relationship of Laulimalides Marine Macrolides as Promising Inhibitors for SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease (Mpro). Journal of Computational Biophysics and Chemistry. 24(4). 403–419.
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Martin, Laetitia B. B., Shingo Kikuchi, Martin Rejzek, et al.. (2024). Complete biosynthesis of the potent vaccine adjuvant QS-21. Nature Chemical Biology. 20(4). 493–502. 62 indexed citations breakdown →
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Soria-López, Anton, Łukasz Pecio, Fatema R. Saber, et al.. (2024). Metabolic Profiling via UPLC/MS/MS and In Vitro Cholinesterase, Amylase, Glucosidase, and Tyrosinase Inhibitory Effects of Carica papaya L. Extracts Reveal Promising Nutraceutical Potential. Food Analytical Methods. 18(1). 57–74. 3 indexed citations
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Reed, James, Anastasia Orme, Amr El‐Demerdash, et al.. (2023). Elucidation of the pathway for biosynthesis of saponin adjuvants from the soapbark tree. Science. 379(6638). 1252–1264. 103 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pereira, Florbela, et al.. (2023). Investigating the antiviral therapeutic potentialities of marine polycyclic lamellarin pyrrole alkaloids as promising inhibitors for SARS-CoV-2 and Zika main proteases (Mpro). Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 42(8). 3983–4001. 9 indexed citations
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Tammam, Mohamed A., et al.. (2023). Investigating the hepatoprotective potentiality of marine-derived steroids as promising inhibitors of liver fibrosis. RSC Advances. 13(39). 27477–27490. 11 indexed citations
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Tammam, Mohamed A. & Amr El‐Demerdash. (2023). Pederins, mycalamides, onnamides and theopederins: Distinctive polyketide families with intriguing therapeutic potentialities. Current Research in Biotechnology. 6. 100145–100145. 10 indexed citations
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Elfiky, Abdo A., Florbela Pereira, Tarek Mohamed Abd El‐Aziz, et al.. (2022). Investigating the structure-activity relationship of marine polycyclic batzelladine alkaloids as promising inhibitors for SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro). Computers in Biology and Medicine. 147. 105738–105738. 9 indexed citations
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Moriou, Céline, Damien Lacroix, Sylvain Petek, et al.. (2021). Bioactive Bromotyrosine Derivatives from the Pacific Marine Sponge Suberea clavata (Pulitzer-Finali, 1982). Marine Drugs. 19(3). 143–143. 21 indexed citations
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El‐Demerdash, Amr, Ahmed M. Metwaly, Tarek Mohamed Abd El‐Aziz, et al.. (2021). Comprehensive Virtual Screening of the Antiviral Potentialities of Marine Polycyclic Guanidine Alkaloids against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). Biomolecules. 11(3). 460–460. 66 indexed citations
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El‐Demerdash, Amr, et al.. (2019). Highly oxygenated isoprenylated cyclohexanoids from the fungus Parastagonospora nodorum SN15. Phytochemistry. 166. 112056–112056. 11 indexed citations
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Gouda, Moustafa A., Belal H.M. Hussein, Amr El‐Demerdash, et al.. (2019). A Review: Synthesis and Medicinal Importance of Coumarins and their Analogues (Part II). Current Bioactive Compounds. 16(7). 993–1008. 14 indexed citations
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El‐Demerdash, Amr, Atanas G. Atanasov, Olaf K. Horbańczuk, et al.. (2019). Chemical Diversity and Biological Activities of Marine Sponges of the Genus Suberea: A Systematic Review. Marine Drugs. 17(2). 115–115. 37 indexed citations
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El‐Demerdash, Amr, Atanas G. Atanasov, Anupam Bishayee, et al.. (2018). Batzella, Crambe and Monanchora: Highly Prolific Marine Sponge Genera Yielding Compounds with Potential Applications for Cancer and Other Therapeutic Areas. Nutrients. 10(1). 33–33. 23 indexed citations
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El‐Demerdash, Amr, Céline Moriou, Marc Besson, et al.. (2018). Bioactive Bromotyrosine-Derived Alkaloids from the Polynesian Sponge Suberea ianthelliformis. Marine Drugs. 16(5). 146–146. 20 indexed citations
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Yeung, Andy Wai Kan, Amr El‐Demerdash, Ioana Berindan‐Neagoe, Atanas G. Atanasov, & Yuh‐Shan Ho. (2018). Molecular Responses of Cancers by Natural Products: Modifications of Autophagy Revealed by Literature Analysis. Critical Reviews™ in Oncogenesis. 23(5-6). 347–370. 14 indexed citations

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