Peer-reviewed Journals
1. S Shaikh, M., Karpoormath, R., Thapliyal, N., A Rane, R., B Palkar, M., Faya, A. M., & A Hampannavar, G. (2015). Current perspective of natural alkaloid carbazole and its derivatives as antitumor agents. Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry (Formerly Current Medicinal Chemistry- Anti-Cancer Agents), 15(8), 1049-1065
2. Balmith, M., Faya, M., & Soliman, M. E. (2017). Ebola virus: A gap in drug design and discovery‐ experimental and computational perspective. Chemical biology & drug design, 89(3), 297-308.
3. Faya, M., Kalhapure, R. S., Kumalo, H. M., Waddad, A. Y., Omolo, C., & Govender,
T. (2018). Conjugates and nano-delivery of antimicrobial peptides for enhancing therapeutic activity. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 44, 153-171.
4. Faya, M., Kalhapure, R. S., Dhumal, D., Agrawal, N., Omolo, C., Akamanchi, K. G., & Govender, T. (2019). Antimicrobial cell penetrating peptides with bacterial cell specificity: pharmacophore modelling, quantitative structure activity relationship and molecular dynamics simulation. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 37(9), 2370-2380.
5. Faya, M. Hazzah, H. Omolo, C, A. Agrawal, N. Maji, R. Walvekar, P. Mocktar, C. Nkambule, B. Rambharose, S. Albericio, F. de la Torre, B, G. Govender, T. Novel Formulation of Antimicrobial Peptides Enhances Antimicrobial Activity Against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Journal of Amino Acids, 52(10), 1439-1457.
6. Fasiku, V. O., Omolo, C. A., Devnarain, N., Ibrahim, U. H., Rambharose, S., Faya, M., … & Govender, T. (2021). Chitosan-based hydrogel for the dual delivery of antimicrobial agents against bacterial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus biofilm-infected wounds. ACS omega, 6(34), 21994-22010.
7. Kayamba, F., Faya, M., Pooe, O. J., Kushwaha, B., Kushwaha, N. D., Obakachi, V. A., … & Karpoormath, R. (2021). Lactate dehydrogenase and malate dehydrogenase: Potential antiparasitic targets for drug development studies. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 50, 116458.
8. Fasiku, V. O., Omolo, C. A., Kiruri, L. W., Devnarain, N., Faya, M., Mocktar, C., & Govender, T. (2022). A hyaluronic acid-based nanogel for the co-delivery of nitric oxide (NO) and a novel antimicrobial peptide (AMP) against bacterial biofilms. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 206, 381-397.
Book Chapters
9. Gill, A., Nate, Z., Chauhan, R., Faya, M., Karpoormath, R., & Omolo, C. A. (2022). Nanobioengineering: A promising approach for early detection of COVID-19. In Sensing Tools and Techniques for COVID-19 (pp. 151-193). Elsevier.
10. Ismail, E. A., Faya, M., Amuhaya, E., Omolo, C. A., & Govender, T. (2022). Biodegradable Polymers: Synthesis to Advanced Biomedical Applications. In Conducting Polymers (pp. 81-100). CRC Press.
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