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Rafat A. Khattab
Researcher at Taibah University
Publications - 10
Citations - 471
Rafat A. Khattab is an academic researcher from Taibah University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Avicennia marina & Pollution. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 8 publications receiving 279 citations. Previous affiliations of Rafat A. Khattab include Suez Canal University.
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Health and environmental effects of persistent organic pollutants
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the recent studies on the health and environmental problems due to pollution of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and future prospectives, convention and regulation, control and removal measures of POPs have also been discussed.
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Assessment of heavy metals contamination in the sediments and mangroves (Avicennia marina) at Yanbu coast, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia
Omar M.L. Alharbi,Rafat A. Khattab,Rafat A. Khattab,Imran Ali,Imran Ali,Yaser S. Binnaser,Adnan Aqeel +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the spatial distribution and the bioaccumulation of heavy metals (Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn) in the marine sediments and the mangroves (Avicennia marina) at Yanbu Red Sea, Saudi Arabia were assessed.
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Biodegradation of 17-β-estradiol in water
Rafat A. Khattab,Rafat A. Khattab,Nagwa Elnwishy,A. Hannora,Bo Mattiasson,Helmy Omran,Omar M.L. Alharbi,Imran Ali,Imran Ali +8 more
TL;DR: The developed and reported method is an inexpensive, selective and economic method that may be used to remove 17-β-estradiol in any water resource.
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Extraction, Identification and Biological Activities of Saponins in Sea Cucumber Pearsonothuria graeffei.
Rafat A. Khattab,Mohamed Elbandy,Andrew Lawrence,Timothy A. Paget,Jung Rae-Rho,Yaser S. Binnaser,Imran Ali +6 more
TL;DR: The potential use of sea cucumber Pearsonothuria graeffei is demonstrated not only as appreciated functional food or nutraceuticals but also as the source of functional ingredients for pharmaceutical products with antifungal, antileishmanial and anticancer properties.
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Evaluation of the heavy metals threat to the Yanbu shoreline, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia
Omar M.L. Alharbi,Rafat A. Khattab,Rafat A. Khattab,Imran Ali,Imran Ali,Yaser S. Binnaser,Adnan Aqeel +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (PCS) for sediment contamination at nine locations (north and south Yanbu) using nine locations and found that the metal ions detected were copper, nickel, zinc, cadmium, chromium, and lead, with concentrations of 1.35-73.