American Journal of Chemistry

American Journal of Chemistry is a peer-reviewed chemistry journal. It is aimed to publish all the latest and outstanding research articles, reviews and letters in all areas of Chemistry.


Tarek Belal

Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Chemistry

Research Scientist, Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Egypt

Research Areas

Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Control; Forensic Analysis; Separation Science; Development and Validation of Stability Indicating Assay Methods for Pharmaceuticals

Education

1994Bachelor Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Egypt
2002Master Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Egypt
2005Ph.D Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Egypt

Experience

2011-presentAssistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University
2007-2008Post doctoral research fellow in Department of Pharmacal Sciences, Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn University, Alabama, USA by a grant awarded by the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education
2005-2010Lecturer, Department of Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University
2002-2005Assistant Lecturer, Department of Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University
1996-2002Demonstrator, Department of Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University

Academic Achievement

Alexandria University's honor list: September 1994.
Alexandria University award for scientific encouragement: 2009.
Spectroscopy Challenge (14) award sponsored by Springer-Verlag. Solution to the challenge and name of the winner are published in Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 396(5), 1631-1632, (2010).

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  Sensitive spectrofluorimetric and spectrophotometric methods for the determination of thonzylamine hydrochloride in pharmaceutical preparations based on coupling with dimethylbarbituric acid in presence of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide. Suzy M. Sabry, Mohamed H. Abdel-Hay, Magda H. Barary and Tarek S. Belal; J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal., 22(2), 257-264, (2000).
[2]  Spectrofluorimetric determination of 2-aminopyridine as a potential impurity in piroxicam and tenoxicam within the pharmacopoeial limit. Magda H. Barary, Mohamed H. Abdel-Hay, Suzy M. Sabry and Tarek S. Belal; J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal., 34(1), 221-226, (2004).
[3]  Adsorptive stripping voltammetric behaviour of azomethine group in pyrimidine-containing drugs. Suzy M. Sabry, Magda H. Barary, Mohamed H. Abdel-Hay and Tarek S. Belal; J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal., 34(3), 509-516, (2004).
[4]  Spectrophotometric Determination of Bisacodyl and Piribedil. Mohamed H. Abdel-Hay, Suzy M. Sabry, Magda H. Barary and Tarek S. Belal; Anal. Lett., 37(2), 247-262, (2004).
[5]  Simultaneous determination of cinnarizine and domperidone maleate using H-point standard additions method, derivative and derivative-ratio spectrophotometry. Azza A. Gazy, Ekram M. Hassan, Mohamed H. Abdel-Hay and Tarek S. Belal; Bull. Fac. Pharm. Cairo Univ., 44(2), 175-184, (2006).
[6]  Simultaneous determination of hydrochlorothiazide and timolol Maleate in binary mixture using zero-crossing derivative and derivative–ratio spectrophotometry. Ekram M. Hassan, Azza A. Gazy, Mohamed H. Abdel-Hay and Tarek S. Belal; Bull. Fac. Pharm. Cairo Univ., 44(2), 185-193, (2006).
[7]  Differential pulse cathodic voltammetric determination of floctafenine and metopimazine. Azza A. Gazy, Ekram M. Hassan, Mohamed H. Abdel-Hay and Tarek S. Belal; J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal., 43(4), 1535-1539, (2007).
[8]  High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Proquazone and Its m-Hydroxy Metabolite in Spiked Human Plasma and Urine. Ekram M. Hassan, Azza A. Gazy, Mohamed H. Abdel-Hay and Tarek S. Belal; J. AOAC Int., 90(4), 971-976, (2007).
[9]  Kinetic Spectrophotometric Analysis and Spectrofluorimetric Analysis of Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride and Norfloxacin in Pharmaceutical Preparations Using 4-Chloro-7-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole (NBD-Cl). Mohamed H. Abdel-Hay, Ekram M. Hassan, Azza A. Gazy and Tarek S. Belal; J. Chin. Chem. Soc., 55(4), 818-827, (2008).
[10]  Derivative and Derivative Ratio Spectrophotometric Analysis of Antihypertensive Ternary Mixture of Amiloride Hydrochloride, Hydrochlorothiazide and Timolol Maleate. Mohamed H. Abdel-Hay, Azza A. Gazy, Ekram M. Hassan and Tarek S. Belal; J. Chin. Chem. Soc., 55(5), 971-978, (2008).
[11]  Selective and Stability-Indicating Methods for the Simultaneous Determination of Mexiletine Hydrochloride and/or Its Related Substance: 2,6-Dimethylphenol. Tarek S. Belal, Rim S. Haggag and Rasha A. Shaalan; J. AOAC Int., 91(4), 720-730, (2008).
[12]  A Simple and Sensitive Spectrofluorimetric Method for Analysis of Some Nitrofuran Drugs in Pharmaceutical Preparations. Tarek Saied Belal; J. Fluoresc., 18(5), 771-780, (2008).
[13]  GC–MS studies on acylated derivatives of 3-methoxy-4-methyl-and 4-methoxy-3-methyl-phenethylamines: Regioisomers related to 3,4-MDMA. Tarek Belal, Tamer Awad, Jack DeRuiter and C. Randall Clark, Forensic Science International, 178(1), 61-82, (2008).
[14]  GC-IRD Methods for the Identification of Isomeric Ethoxyphenethylamines and Methoxymethcathinones. Tarek Belal, Tamer Awad, Jack DeRuiter and C. Randall Clark; Forensic Science International, 184(1-3), 54-63, (2009).
[15]  Comparison of GC-MS and GC-IRD methods for the differentiation of methamphetamine and regioisomeric substances. Tamer Awad, Tarek Belal, Jack DeRuiter, Kevin Kramer and C. Randall Clark; Forensic Science International, 185(1-3), 67-77, (2009).
[16]  GC and Mass Spectral Studies on Acylated Side Chain Regioisomers of 3-Methoxy-4-methyl-phenethylamine and 4-Methoxy-3-methyl-phenethylamine. Tamer Awad, Jack DeRuiter, Tarek Belal and C. Randall Clark; J. Chromatogr. Sci., 47(4), 279-286, (2009).
[17]  GC-MS Evaluation of a Series of Acylated Derivatives of 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine. Tarek Belal, Tamer Awad, C. Randall Clark and Jack DeRuiter; J. Chromatogr. Sci., 47(5), 359-364, (2009).
[18]  Spectrophotometric, Spectrofluorimetric and Voltammetric Analyses of Naftidrofuryl Oxalate in its Tablets. Suzy M. sabry, Tarek S. Belal, Magda H. Barary and Mohammed E.A. Ibrahim; Int. J. Biomed. Sci., 5(3), 283-292, (2009).
[19]  Determination of Paracetamol and Tramadol Hydrochloride in Pharmaceutical Mixture Using HPLC and GC-MS. Tarek Belal, Tamer Awad and C. Randall Clark; J. Chromatogr. Sci., 47(10), 849-854, (2009).
[20]  Stability-Indicating Simultaneous Determination of Paracetamol and Three of Its Related Substances Using a Direct GC/MS Method. Tarek Belal, Tamer Awad and C. Randall Clark; J. AOAC Int., 92(6), 1622-1630, (2009).
[21]  Kinetic Spectrophotometric Analysis of Naftidrofuryl Oxalate and Vincamine in Pharmaceutical Preparations Using Alkaline Potassium Permanganate. Tarek Saied Belal, Magda Hamdy Barary, Suzy Mohammed Sabry and Mohammed Elsayed Abdel-Latif Ibrahim; J. Food Drug Anal., 17(6), 415-423, (2009).
[22]  GC-IRD Studies on Regioisomeric Ring Substituted Methoxy Methyl Phenylacetones Related to 3,4-Methylenedioxyphenylacetone. Tamer Awad, Tarek Belal, Jack DeRuiter and C. Randall Clark; Forensic Science International, 194(1-3), 39-48, (2010).
[23]  Validated HPLC Determination of the Two Fixed Dose Combinations (Chlordiazepoxide Hydrochloride and Mebeverine Hydrochloride; Carvedilol and Hydrochlorothiazide) in Their Tablets. Rim S. Haggag, Rasha A. Shaalan and Tarek S. Belal; J. AOAC Int., 93(4), 1192-1200, (2010).
[24]  HPLC-DAD Stability Indicating Determination of Nitrofurazone and Lidocaine Hydrochloride in Their Combined Topical Dosage Form. Rasha A. Shaalan and Tarek S. Belal; J. Chromatogr. Sci., 48(8), 647-653, (2010).
[25]  GC-MS Studies on Side Chain Regioisomers Related to Substituted Methylenedioxyphenethylamines: MDEA, MDMMA and MBDB. Tamer Awad, Tarek Belal, Hadir M. Maher, Jack DeRuiter and C. Randall Clark; J. Chromatogr. Sci., 48(9), 726-732, (2010).
[26]  Simultaneous Spectrofluorimetric Determination of Amlodipine Besylate and Valsartan in their Combined Tablets. Rasha A. Shaalan and Tarek S. Belal; Drug Test. Analysis, 2(10), 489-493, (2010).
[27]  A Validated HPLC Method for the Simultaneous Determination of Vincamine and its Potential Degradant (Metabolite), Vincaminic Acid: Applications to Pharmaceutical Formulations and Pharmacokinetic Studies. Suzy Mohammed Sabry, Tarek Saied Belal, Magda Hamdy Barary, and Mohammed Elsayed Abdel-Latif Ibrahim; J. Food Drug Anal., 18(6), 447-457, (2010).
[28]  Gradient HPLC-Diode Array Detector Stability-Indicating Determination of Lidocaine Hydrochloride and Cetylpyridinium Chloride in Two Combined Oral Gel Dosage Forms.Tarek S. Belal, Rasha A. Shaalan and Rim S. Haggag; J. AOAC Int., 94(2), 503-512, (2011).
[29]  Gradient HPLC-DAD determination of the antihypertensive mixture of amlodipine besylate, valsartan and hydrochlorothiazide in their combined pharmaceutical tablets. Rasha A. Shaalan and Tarek S. Belal; Accepted for publication in Journal of Liquid Chromatography & Related Technologies.
[30]  Gradient HPLC-DAD Stability Indicating Determination of Miconazole Nitrate and Lidocaine Hydrochloride in Their Combined Oral Gel Dosage Form. Tarek S. Belal and Rim S. Haggag; Accepted for publication in Journal of Chromatographic Science.
[31]  A Validated HPLC Method for the Simultaneous Determination of Naftidrofuryl Oxalate and its Degradation Product (Metabolite), Naftidrofuryl Acid: Applications to Pharmaceutical Tablets and Biological Samples. Suzy Mohammed Sabry, Tarek Saied Belal, Magda Hamdy Barary, and Mohammed Elsayed Abdel-Latif Ibrahim; Submitted.
[32]  HPLC-DAD Stability Indicating Determination of the Fixed-Dose Combination of Nifuroxazide and Drotaverine Hydrochloride in Capsules. Hadir M. Maher and Tarek S. Belal; Submitted.
[33]  GC-IRD Studies on Ring Substituted Methoxy Methyl Methamphetamines Related to 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine. Tarek Belal, Tamer Awad, C. Randall Clark and Jack DeRuiter; Writing phase.
[34]  Stability-indicating simultaneous determination of trimetazidine dihydrochloride and two of its related substances using direct GC-MS method. Tarek Belal, Tamer Awad and C. Randall Clark; Writing phase.
[35]  HPLC-DAD Stability Indicating Determination of the Fixed-Dose Combination of Diclofenac sodium and Diflunisal in Their Combined Dosage Form. Rasha A. Shaalan and Tarek S. Belal; Writing phase.
[36]  HPLC-DAD Determination of Two Pharmaceutical Mixtures Containing the Antihistamine Drug Ebastine. Rim S. Haggag and Tarek S. Belal; Writing phase.