Prof. Amani Awad, professor of pharmacognosy and vice dean of Faculty of Pharmacy female students section has been granted an innovation patent from the European office for innovations on treat stomach ulcers from the Euphorbia Kunta plant.
Prof. Amani Awad is the principal investigator of this research assisted by the researcher Dr. Reham Miligy Pharmacology Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Saud University.
This is an innovation considered to be a new addition to the use of the herbal medicinal plants. The plant used in this research is known as Joab (Ayuab) Euphorbia cuneatavahl is a family of plants Alvrebeoanah Euphorbiaceous also known as deciduous species or djellaba, which gained its name from the presence of white milk-like fluid in the tissues of many types of this species.