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Sara is a Sudanese researcher who graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Khartoum, Sudan, majoring in Biochemistry and Food Science. She earned her master’s and doctoral degrees in Natural Products and Bio-functional Chemistry from the Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Japan. She is an assistant professor at the School of Health Sciences, Ahfad University for Women.

Sara was a joint researcher in the project Ethnopharmacological investigation of novel bioactive compounds from Sudanese plants between Japan and Sudan. Then, she worked as a researcher at the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Helsinki University. Currently working as a researcher at the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University.

Her research centers on traditional foods and medicines derived from plants and animals, exploring bioactive chemicals and their links to traditional uses. Sara has identified various compounds and studied their biological activities against the virulence factors of pathogenic bacteria. Recently, she has turned her attention to volatile compounds, aiming to uncover their biological activities that are responsible for their role in traditional practices and therapies.

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Employment (3)

Ahfad University for Women School of Health Sciences: Omdurman, Khartoum, SD

Assistant Professor (Nutrition and Health Centre for Training and Research)
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Tottori University: Tottori, JP

2024-08-01 to present | Cooperative researcher (Agricultural, Life, Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture)
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University of Helsinki: Helsinki, FI

2023-12-01 to 2024-05-31 | Grant researcher (Food Science and Nutrition)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Tottori University: Tottori-shi, Tottori, JP

2017-10-01 to 2020-09-30 | PhD (The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences (UGSAS), Bioresources Sciences)
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Tottori University: Tottori-shi, JP

2015 to 2017 | MSc (Bioresources Sciences)
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University of Khartoum: Khartoum, Khartoum, SD

2003 to 2009 | BSc (Biochemistry and Food Science)
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Works (7)

Exploring Volatiles and Biological Effects of Commiphora africana and Boswellia papyrifera Incense

Molecules
2025-01-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Sara A. Eltigani; Chisato Ohta; Ryota Nakamiya; Mizuki Yokono; Tomohiro Bito; Kenji Takahashi; Yukinori Yabuta; Mohamed M. Eltayeb; Toshio Ohta; Atsushi Ishihara
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Sapwood and nikhra heartwood volatiles of two Combretaceae species traditionally used in Sudanese cosmetology and therapy

Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology
2024-08-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Sara A. Eltigani; Mohamed M. Eltayeb; Atsushi Ishihara
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Chemicals behind the use of Strombus tricornis opercula in traditional sudanese perfumery and medicine

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Eltigani, Sara A.; Eltayeb, Mohamed M.; Arima, Jiro; Taniguchi, Takeshi; Ishihara, Atsushi
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Argeloside I inhibits the pathogenicity of <i>Porphyromonas</i> <i>gingivalis</i> TDC60

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Eltigani, Sara A.; Eltayeb, Mohamed M.; Bito, Tomohiro; Ichiyanagi, Tsuyoshi; Ishihara, Atsushi; Arima, Jiro
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Pyrosequencing scrutiny of bacterial and fungal communities in two Sudanese sorghum-based fermented foods

Annals of Microbiology
2020-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1590-4261
Part of ISSN: 1869-2044
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Non-Specific Inhibitor from Origanum vulgare Leaves Restrains Porphyromonas gingivalis Growth and Virulence Factors

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE & BIOLOGY
2020-04-02 | Journal article
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Isolates from Monechma ciliatum seeds' extract hampered Porphyromonas gingivalis hemagglutinins

Journal of Food Biochemistry
2019-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0145-8884
Part of ISSN: 1745-4514
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