Prof. Dr. Mahibub Mahamadsa Kanakal

• Registered Pharmacist with Karnataka State Pharmacy Council, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
• Member of Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists & Educators- Asia Pacific Zone
• Member of Malaysian Natural Product Society, Malaysia
• Member of The Malaysia Local Chapter of the Controlled Release Society.
• Member of Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society

Administrative:

• Director- Centre for Pharmaceutical Product Development

Teaching:

• Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Technology
• Industrial Pharmacy
• Extemporaneous Preparations
• Pharmaceutical Management
• Pharmaceutical Research
• Postgraduate Research Methodology

• Academia (2004-2006 &  2008-till present)
• Pharmaceutical Industry (2006-2008)
• Pharmaceutical Industrial Consultant (2013-till date)

• International Conference on Translation of Value Education and Innovations in Health Sciences for Societal Transformation (2025) Mysore, India
• Herbal Product Development and Commercialization (2024), UBHT- Indonesia
• Process Driven Problem Based Learning in Pharmaceutical Education at VIPER (2024), Hyderabad, India
• The Pharmaceutical Education and Research Leadership Summit (PeARLS- 2023). USM.
• International Bio health Science Conference (IBSC 2018) & Ist International Symposium on Herbal Medicine at Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
• International Conference on Drug Discovery and Translational Medicine 2018 (ICDDTM ’18) Putrajaya, Malaysia.
• International Conference Biotechnological Research and Innovation for Sustainable Development. Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) Hyderabad, India.
• International Conference on Natural Products (2017)-  Damai Laut, Malaysia.
• World Conference on the Pharmacology of Natural and Traditional Medicine (2015), National Singapore University (NSU), Republic of Singapore.
• International  innovations Geneva (2011), at Geneva Switzerland.
• 42^nd IUPAC CONGRESS (2009), Royal Chemical Society, Glasgow, UK.

• Roslan, M. F., Thiruvarselva, K., Kanakal, M. M., Chik, Z., & Widodo, R. T. (2025). Formulation optimization and evaluation of metformin hydrochloride orally disintegrating tablets using spray drying and D‑optimal design of experiments. Research Square
• Chan Yong Li, Long Chiau Ming, Riyanto Widodo, Abdullah Khan, Syed
  Atif Abbas, Ng Yen Ping, Mahibub Muhamadsa Kanakal*  (2025). Review on 3D Printing Filaments Used in Fused Deposition Modelling Method for Dermatological Preparations. Molecules- 30 (11); 2411
•  Nikita Chillal, Vijaykumar Meti, Swamy AHM,  Mahibub M Kanakal (2025). Polyherbal Formulation and Evaluation of Topical Liquid Body  Wash Containing Ashwagndha and Senna Alata Herbal Extracts for Anti acne and Anti-Microbial Activity, Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. 18(6): 2708-2715.
•  Prashantha H,, Oh BH, Ng XY, Dominic K, Kwa YC, James SW, Pang KL, Shama PK, Alevoor SBP ,Bharathi P, Nadine N, Mahibub MK, Michaela G, Shubhada N & Roshan M. (2025) Version 2: Characterisation of Microbiome Diversity Unveils Substantial Microbial Variation in Mangrove Soils from Coastal Regions of Malaysia. Access Microbiology
• Anandarajagopal K., Abdullah K., Mahibub MK, Syed AA, Long CM, Tazneem B, Tan CS, Abubakar SB., Abdul Razak TK and Roshan S (2025). Enhanced wound healing with rhodiola rosea phytosomal gel: extraction, formulation, and in vivo evaluation. Current Pharmaceutical Design
• Mahibub Mahamadsa Kanakal, Syed Atif Abbas, Abdullah Khan, Saleha Sultana, Humaira Fatima Ruheena Tabasssum, Mohammad Gulzar Ahmad, Rokeya Sultana, Jaffer Sadik Mohammed, Roshan S. (2024). Using Quality by Design Tools to Study Gel Formulation from Brassicajuncea Leaves and Conducting its In vitro, In vivo, Molecular Docking,and ADMET Analyses. Anti-inflammatory & Anti-allergy Agents in Medicinal Chemistry.23(3); 187-204.
• Syed Atif Abbas, Abdullah Khan, Mehraj Fatima, Anandarajagopal Kalusalingam, Mahibub Mahamadsa Kanakal, Shiva Kumar Inamdar118-128., Vijay Kotra, Long Chiau Ming, Ashok Kumar M Dastapur (2024). Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) Analysis of Scaphium Affine Seed Extract and Assessment of its Anti-Hemorrhoidal Efficacy. Anti-inflammatory & Anti-allergy Agents in Medicinal Chemistry; 23(2)
• Rudranil Bhowmik, Md Adil Shaharyar, Mahibub Mahamadsa Kanakal, Arnab Sarkar, Syeda Ayesha Farhana, Shalam M Hussain, Abdullah Khan, Pallab Mandal, Roshan S, Achintya Mitra, Sanmoy Karmakar (2024). Ayurvedic herbal formulations Haridra Khanda and Manjisthadi Kwath (Brihat) in the management of allergic rhinitis: A pharmacological study. Heliyon, 10 (11): E31937
• Mowaffaq AAA, Laina Z, Mahibub K, Dinesh Babu, Saad SD, Yasser T, Bronwyn L, Brittany MB, Muhammad AY, Leslie Thian LT, Khaled B, Doblin S, (2022) The Effect of Aflatoxin B1 on Tumor-Related Genes and Phenotypic Characters of MCF7 and MCF10A Cells Int. J. Mol. Sci., 23, 118-56.
• Basem B, Anas R, Lama S, Dhaliwal JS, Khang WG , Long CM, Yaman K,  Abdelhakim B,  Kanakal MM, Chadi S (2022)  Evaluation of antibiofilm activity of Thymus syriacus essential oil against clinically isolated MDR bacteria, Progress in Microbes and Molecular Biology, 5 (1); 284.
• Bahrin AA, Moshawih, Dhaliwal, Kanakal MM, Khan A, Lee KS, Hoh BH, Goh HP, Kifli N, Ming LC (2021). Cancer protective effects of plums: A Systematic review. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 146, 112568.
• Basharath R, Kotra V, Loong LY, Mathews A, Kanakal MM, Devi P, Nyamathulla S, Varala R, Ming LC, Rao KS, Babu BH, Alm MM. Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography (Mini Review) (2021) Oriental Journal of Chem. 37(4): 847-857.
• Aman Shah AM, Elham F, NAtesan V, Syarifah ASA, Kanakal MM, Zarina TZ (2019). Evaluation of safety and Effficacy of Labeesity® for weight management and Fatique in an Obese Female Patient with Hypothyroidism: A Case Report (2019). J. Angiotherapy 3(1): 011-153.
• Mahibub, M. Kanakal., Amin Malik S Abdul Majid., Aman S Abdul Majid., Munavvar Zubaid A Sattar., Noor Shahida Ajmi. Buffer-free High performance Liquid Chromatography Method For the Determination of Theophylline in Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms (2014). Trop. J. Pharm Res,13(1): 149-153.
• Nanjwade B.K, Shamrez Ali, Kanakal M.M.., Manvi F.V. (2010). Effect of Tropical Climatic conditions: on Stability of Dry Powder for Suspensions. Trop. J. Pharm. Res. 9(1); 73-79.
• Sakeena M.H.F, Kanakal, M.M et al. (2010). Formulation and in vitro Evaluation of Ketoprofen in Palm Oil Esters Nanoemulsion for Topical Delivery. J. Oleo. Sci, 59(4); 223-228.
• Sakeena M.H.F, Kanakal, M.M et al. (2010). Effect of Limonene on Permeation Enhancement of Ketoprofen in Palm Oil Esters Nanoemulsion. J. Oleo. Sci. 59(7); 395-400.
• Chandrshekhara.S., Shamrez Ali M, Kanakal, M.M. (2010). A New Stability- Indicating RP-HPLC Method to Determine Etamsylate in Injection Formulation. International J.of Pharm & Bio Archives. 1(2); 140-143.
• Sakeena, M. H. F., Kanakal, M.M., Azmin Mohd Noor et al. (2009) Development and validation of Ketoprofen Analysis By High Performance Liquid Chromatography. Malaysian Journal of Pharmacy., 1(7); S61.
• Kanakal, M.M., Azmin, M.N., Sakeena, M.H.F. (2009). Effect of Coating Solvent Ratio on the Drug Release Lag Time of Coated Theophylline Osmotic Tablets. Trop. J. Pharm Res. 8(3); 239-245.
• Doijad R.C., and Manvi F.M., Kanakal, M.M* (2007). Studies on piroxicam β -cyclodextrin inclusion complexes. The Indian Pharmacist, 6 (55); 94-98.
• Doijad RC., and Manvi FM., Kanakal, MM* (2007). Effect of Processing Variables on Dissolution and Solubility of Piroxicam: Hydroxypropyl-b-Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes. I. J. Pharm. Sciences. 69(2); 323-326.

• Pharmaceutical Product Development Consultant for  Natureceutical Sdn Bhd
• Formulation Research and Development Consultant for Eman Biodiscovery Sdn Bhd
• Formulation Development – Nature AgroTech Sdn Bhd

•  Medicine Management – at  Pusat Jagaan Rumah Orang-Orang Tua Simee
•  Medicine management at Majlis  Pusat Kebajikan Semenanjung Malaysia Cawangan Daerah Ipoh
•  Medicine management at  Pusat Jagaan, The Salvation Army Perak, Ipoh
• Public Health screening and medicine management at Ipoh Parade, Ipoh during the World Pharmacist Day 2018QIU Soup Kitchen—Share Your Blessings – Food Preparation and distribution under RHYTHM Foundation
• QIU Education Carnival Health Screening, Taiping, Teluk Intan, Ipoh & Seri Manjung

•  Academia (Present)
• Industrial Pharmacist