Rashid, Z., Gilani, S. M. H, Ashraf, A., Zehra, S., Azhar, A., Galani, S., Al-Ghanim, K., Al-Misne, F. and Mahboob, S. (2019). Benchmark Taxonomic Classification of Chicken Gut Bactria based on 16S rRNA Gene Profiling in Correlation with Various Feeding Strategies. Journal of King Saud University-Science. In Press
Rashid, Z., Mirani, Z. A., Zehra, Gilani, S. M. H, Chishti, A. A, Azhar, A. and Galani, S. (2019). Dietary inclusion of phytogenic feed additives (PFA) as alternative to in-feed antibiotics modulating gut microbial dynamics in broiler chicken. Biologia (Pakistan). 65(II), 1-9.
Mehdi, F., Ali. M. K., Huma, N., Hussain, I., and Galani, S.(2019). Comparative biochemical analysis of high and low sucrose accumulating sugarcane varieties at formative stage under heat stress. Journal of Agriculture Sciences. Paper accepted.
Faraz, L., Siddiqui, M. F., Galani, S. (2019). Assessing the effect of phytohormone on growth and germination of soybean (Glycine max (L.) merr.) from cotyledonary node. Pakistan Journal of Botany. 51(1), 103-107.
Tayyaba Asif, Urooj Javed, Syeda Bushra Zafar, Asma Ansari, Shah Ali Ul Qader and Afsheen Aman. Bioconversion of colloidal chitin using novel chitinase from Glutamicibacter uratoxydans exhibiting anti-fungal potential by hydrolyzing chitin within fungal cell wall. Waste and Biomass Valorization, (2019), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-019-00746-2. (In Press).
Fariha Ibrahim, Syeda Bushra Zafar, Afsheen Aman, Shah Ali Ul Qader and Asma Ansari. Bioconversion of colloidal chitin using novel chitinase from Glutamicibacter uratoxydans exhibiting anti-fungal potential by hydrolyzing chitin within fungal cell wall. Waste and Biomass Valorization, (2019), 22: 101386.
Faiza Shahid, Asma Ansari, Afsheen Aman, Shah Ali Ul Qader. A comparative study among different protocols of immobilization of dextranase using chitin as a matrix. Catalysis Letters (2019), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-019-02940-2 (In Press).
Urooj Javed, Asma Ansari, Afsheen Aman and Shah Ali Ul Qader. Fermentation and saccharification of agro-industrial wastes: A cost-effective approach for dual use of plant biomass wastes for xylose production. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, (2019), 21: 101341.
Sidra Pervez, Muhammad Asif Nawaz, Faiza Shahid, Afsheen Aman, Isfahan Tauseef, Shah Ali Ul Qader. Characterization of cross-linked amyloglucosidase aggregates from Aspergillus fumigatus KIBGE-IB33 for continuous production of glucose. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, (2019), 135: 1252-1260.
Faiza Shahid, Afsheen Aman, Shah Ali Ul Qader. Immobilization of dextranase using anionic natural polymer alginate as a matrix for the degradation of a long-chain biopolymer (dextran). International Journal of Polymer Science,(2019), https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/1354872 (In Press).
Faiza Shahid, Afsheen Aman, Shah Ali Ul Qader. Degradation of long chain polymer (Dextran) using thermostable dextranase from hydrothermal spring isolate (Bacillus megaterium). Geomicrobiology Journal (2019) 36: 683-693.
Hafsa Sattar, Zainab Bibi, Aysha, Kamran, Afsheen Aman, Shah Ali Ul Qader. Degradation of complex casein polymer: Production and optimization of a novel serine metalloprotease from Aspergillus niger KIBGE-IB36. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, (2019) 21: 101256.
Aysha Kamran, Zainab Bibi, Afsheen Aman, Shah Ali Ul Qader. Purification and catalytic behavior optimization of lactose degrading β-galactosidase from Aspergillus nidulans. Journal of Food Science and Technology, (2019), 56:167-176.
Zainab Bibi, Muhammad Asif Nawaz, Irum-Us-Salam, Muhammad Waqas, Afsheen Aman, Shah Ali Ul Qader. Significance of metal ions, solvents and surfactants to improve the xylan degrading behavior of β-1,4-D-xylanohydrolase from Geobacillus stearothermophilus KIBGE-IB29. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, (2019) 7: 242-246.
Tayyaba Asif, Aiman Pirzada, Asma Ansari, Nadir Naveed Siddiqui, Shah Ali Ul Qader, Afsheen Aman. Influence of chemical stress on the stability of chitinase produced by Glutamicibacter uratoxydans KIBGE-IB41. International Journal of Biology and Biotechnology, (2019) 16: 261-266.
Fariha Ibrahim, Afsheen Aman, Nadir Naveed Siddiqui, Raheela Rahmat Zohra, Shah Ali Ul Qader, Asma Ansari. Screening of anti-listerial efficacy and partial purification of chromosomally located bacteriocin isolated from Lactobacillus plantarum. International Journal of Biology and Biotechnology, (2019) 16: 283-290.
Fatima, F., Saleem, S., Hameed, A., Haider, G., Zaidi, S. A. A., Kanwal, M., … & Azhar, A. (2019). Association analysis and allelic distribution of deletion in CC chemokine receptor 5 gene (CCR5Δ32) among breast cancer patients of Pakistan. Molecular biology reports, 46(2), 2387-2394.
Muzaffer Rahim Hingorjo, Sitwat Zehra, Shazia Hashmat and Masood Qureshi. Leptin as a predictor of anthropometric cutoff points for obesity. Pak J Pharma Sciences 2019, 32 (2): 483-490. (IF: 0.804).
Asma Ansari, Rashida Rehmat Zohra, Omer Mukhtar Tarar, Shah Ali Ul Qader, Afsheen Aman. Screening, purification and characterization of thermostable, protease resistant bacteriocin active against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). BMC Microbiology (2018) 18: 192.
Asma Ansari, Sidra Pervez, Urooj Javed, Muhammad IshaqueAbro, Muhammad Asif Nawaz, Shah Ali Ul Qader, Afsheen Aman. Characterization and interplay of bacteriocin and exopolysaccharide-mediated silver nanoparticles as an antibacterial agent. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, (2018) 115: 643-650.
Aysha Kamran, Zainab Bibi, Afsheen Aman, Shah Ali Ul Qader. Purification and catalytic behavior optimization of lactose degrading β-galactosidase from Aspergillus nidulans. Journal of Food Science and Technology (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-018-3470-x.
Hafsa Sattar, Afsheen Aman and Shah Ali Ul Qader. Agar-agar immobilization: An alternative approach for the entrapment of protease to improve the catalytic efficiency, thermal stability and recycling efficiency. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, (2018) 111: 917-922.
Hafsa Sattar, Afsheen Aman, Urooj Javed and Shah Ali Ul Qader. Polyacrylamide beads: Polymer entrapment increases the catalytic efficiency and thermal stability of protease. Molecular Catalysis, (2018) 446: 81-87.
Sidra Pervez, M. Asif Nawaz, Afsheen Aman, Sadia Qayyum, Faiza Nawaz and Shah Ali Ul Qader. Agarose hydrogel beads: An effective approach to improve the catalytic activity, stability and reusability of fungal amyloglucosidase of GH15 family. Catalysis Letters, (2018) 148: 2643-2653.
Sidra Pervez, Muhammad Asif Nawaz, Faiza Shahid, Afsheen Aman, Isfahan Tauseef, Shah Ali Ul Qader. Characterization of cross-linked amyloglucosidase aggregates from Aspergillus fumigatus KIBGE-IB33 for continuous production of glucose. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, (2018).
Syeda Bushra Zafar, Nadir Naveed Siddiqui, Faiza Shahid and Shah Ali Ul Qader and Afsheen Aman. Bioprospecting of indigenous resources for the exploration of exopolysaccharide producing lactic acid bacteria. Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, (2018) 16: 17-22.
Syeda Bushra Zafar, Tayyaba Asif, Shah Ali Ul Qader and Afsheen Aman. Enhanced biosynthesis of dextransucrase: A multivariate approach to produce a glucosyltransferase for biocatalysis of sucrose into dextran. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, (2018) 115: 776-785.
Zainab Bibi, Afsheen Aman, Asad Karim, Muhammad Asif Nawaz, Zaina Maqbool, Haneef Ur Rehman, Muhammad Waqas, Shah Ali Ul Qader, Aysha Kamran. Xylan Deterioration Approach: Purification and catalytic behavior optimization of a novel β-1,4-D-xylanohydrolase from Geobacillus stearothermophilus KIBGE-IB29. Biotechnology Reports (2018) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.btre.2018.e00299.
Ali. M. K., Azhar A., Salam, I.,Ali, S. I., and Galani, S. Mitigating heat induced damages in Rice (Oryza sativa) by HSP70 modulation. Pakistan Journal of Botany.(2018) 50(6), 2181-2187.
Faraz, L., Siddique, M. F., Galani, S., and Mehdi, F. Assessing the effect of phytohormone on growth and germination of Soybean (Glycin max L. (Merr.) from cotylednary node. Pakistan Journal of Botany.(2018) DOI: 10.30848/PJB2019-1(13)
Gilani,S. M. H., S. Zehra, F. Hassan, S. Galani and A. Ashraf. Effect of natural growth promoters on immunity, biochemical and haematological parameters of broiler chickensTropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research.(2018) 17(4): 627-633.
Khan, M., A. Parveen, S. Mansuri Zehra, S. Galani,M. K. Ali and N. Naeem. The effect of Typha domingensis Pers. Pollen on BALB/C Mice mimicking local allergic rhinitis like symptoms.Pakistan Journal of Botany. (2018) 50(2): 769-774.
Akbar H, Duan X, Piatt R, Saleem S, Davis AK, Tandon NN, Bergmeier W, Zheng Y. (2018). Small molecule targeting the Rac1-NOX2 interaction prevents collagen-related peptide and thrombin induced reactive oxygen species generation and platelet activation. J ThrombHaemost. 16:2083–2096. Doi: 10.1111/jth.14240.
Alveena Zehra, Sitwat Zehra, Muhammad Ismail, AbidAzhar. lutathione S-Transferase M1 and T1 Gene Deletions and Susceptibility to Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) in Adults. Pak J Med Sci 2018; 34(3):666-670.
Fatima F, Hameed A, Haider G, Zehra S, Azhar A, Saleem S. (2018).Association and implications in triple negative and triple positive breast cancer: Relationship with sociodemographic and reproductive factors in Pakistan. Pak J Med Sci, 34(6), 1468-1472. Doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.346.15763
Mozaffer Rahim Hingorjo, Sitwat Zehra, SaimaSaleem, Masood Anwar Qureshi. Serum Interleukin-15 and its relationship with adiposity Indices before and after short-term endurance exercise. Pak J Med Sci. 2018; 34(5):1125-1131.
Muzaffer Rahim Hingorjo, Sitwat Zehra, ShaziaHashmat and Masood Qureshi. Leptin as a predictor of anthropometric cutoff points for obesity. Pak J Pharma Sciences 2018. Publication Status: Accepted.
Syed Muddassar Hussain Gilani1, Sitwat Zehra, Faiz-ul-Hassan, SaddiaGalani, Asma Ashraf. Effect of natural growth promoters on immunity, and biochemical and haematological parameters of broiler chickens. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research; 2018; 17(4): 627-633.
Fawwad A, Siddiqui IA, Shaheen F, Hakeem R, Waris N, Nawab SN, Shahid SM, Parker A, Basit A. The Role of FTO Gene Alleles on the Diet and Metabolic Risk Factors in the Subjects with Diabetes. TJEM. 2017 Oct 1;21(4).
Hanif M, Ansari MA, Shoeb E, Imtiaz S,Arif A, (2017) “Estimation of β-lactamase in marine water isolates.”International Annals of Medicine.,1(11).
Hanif M, Arif A, Zehra S, Shoeb E, Khan A (2017), “Quantitative Fluorescent-PCR: Current Scenario and Future Approach for the Investigations of Spontaneous Miscarriages in Karachi Current scenario and future approach in Karachi”. International Annals of Medicine.,1(6).
Mahmood A, Nuzhat S, Ejaz NS, Qureshi MA, Imtiaz F, Azhar A. Y Chromosome Microdeletions in Pakistani Infertile. JIMDC. 2017; 6(1):14-21.
Muzaffer Rahim Hingorjo, Sitwat Zehra , Zainab Hassan and Masood Qureshi Cardiorespiratory fitness and its association with adiposity indices in young adults. Pak J Med Sci 2017; 33(3):659-664.
ShaziaNazar, Sitwat Zehra, AbidAzhar . Association of single Nucleotide Missence Polymorphism Val109Asp of Omentin-1 gene and coronary artery disease in Pakistani population: Multicenter study. Pak J Med Sci. 2017; 33(5):1128-1133.
Sophie, M., Hameed, A., Muneer, A., Samdani, A. J., Saleem, S.,&Azhar, A. (2017). SLC11A1 polymorphisms and host susceptibility to cutaneous leishmaniasis in Pakistan. Parasites and Vectors, 10(12),.Doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1934-2.
Syeda Nuzhat Nawab, Sitwat Zehra, Asher Fawwad, AbidAzhar. A Study on Catalase Gene Promoter Polymorphism-21 A/T (rs7943316) in Healthy Pakistani population. Pak J Med Sci 2017. 33(6): 1521–1524.
Ali. K. M., A. Abid, and S. Galani. Differential expression of Molecular Chaperons (HSP 70) and antioxidant enzymes: Inducing thermotolerance in Rice (Oryza sativa).Pakistan Journal of Botany. (2017)49(SI):229-238.
Ashraf,A., M. M. Ashraf , A. Rafiqe , B. Aslam , S. Galani , S. Zafar, F. Asad ,R. D. Asghar , S. Akram , H. Ahmed , S. M. Ali. Shah and R. Asif. In vivo antiviral potential of Glycyrrhiza glabra extract against Newcastle disease virus. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences,(2017) 30 (2): 567-572.
Kousar, S., Parveen A., Jamil, I. andQamarunnisa, S. (2017). The genetic diversity of Convolvulus L. Species inhabited in Pakistan based on intergenic spacer trnL-trnF. Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Science, 11 (3), 143-150.
Sahar, S., S. Galani and A. Azhar. Identification of allele- specific polymorphism of fragrance gene (fgr) along with seed quality evaluation of rice (Oryza sativa) varieties of Pakistan.Pakistan Journal of Botany. (2017)49(SI): 145-154.
Asad Karim, Muhammad Asif Nawaz, Afsheen Aman and Shah Ali Ul Qader. Role of anionic polysaccharide (alginate) on activity, stability and recycling efficiency of bacterial Endo (1→4) β-ᴅ-Glucanase of GH12 family. Catalysis Letters, (2017), 147: 1792-1801.
Aysha Kamran, Zainab Bibi, Afsheen Aman, Shah Ali Ul Qader. Hyper production of β-galactosidase from newly isolated strain of Aspergillus nidulans. Journal of Food Process Engineering(2017) 40(3): 1-10.
Faiza Shahid, Afsheen Aman, Muhammad Asif Nawaz, Asad Karim and Shah Ali Ul Qader. Chitosan hydrogel microspheres: an effective covalent matrix for crosslinking of soluble dextranase to increase stability and recycling efficiency. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, (2017), 40(3): 451-461.
Hafsa Sattar, Afsheen Aman and Shah Ali Ul Qader. Effect of metal ions, solvents and surfactants on the activity of protease from Aspergillus nigerKIBGE-IB36. Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, (2017) 13: 491-495.
Muhammad Asif Nawaz, Zainab Bibi, Asad Karim, Haneef Ur Rehman, Muhsin Jamal, Tour Jan, Afsheen Aman and Shah Ali Ul Qader. Production of α-1,4-glucosidase from Bacillus licheniformis KIBGE-IB4 by utilizing sweet potato peel. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, (2017), 24: 4058-4066.
Nayyar Jahan, Faiza Shahid, Afsheen Aman, Talat Yasmeen Mujahid and Shah Ali Ul Qader. Utilization of agro waste pectin for the production of industrially important polygalacturonase.Heliyon, (2017) 3 (6): e00330.
Samina Iqbal, Roberta Marchetti, Afsheen Aman, Alba Silipo, Shah Ali Ul Qader and Antonio Molinaro. Enzymatic and acidic degradation of high molecular weight dextran into low molecular weight and its characterization using novel Diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, (2017) 103: 744-750.
Shaheen, S., Aman, A., UlQader, S. A., Siddiqui, N. N. (2017). Hyper-production of levansucrase from Zymomonas mobilis KIBGE-IB14 using submerged fermentation technique. Pakistan journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 30(6).
Shaheen, S., Aman, A.,Siddiqui, N. N. (2017). Influence of Metal ions, Surfactants and Organic Solvents on the Catalytic Performance of Levansucrase from Zymomonas mobilis KIBGE-IB14. Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 13, 41-46.
Sidra Pervez, Afsheen Aman and Shah Ali Ul Qader. Role of two polysaccharide matrices on activity, stability and recycling efficiency of immobilized fungal amyloglucosidase of GH15 family. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, (2017) 96: 70-77.
Sidra Pervez, Faiza Shahid, Afsheen Aman and Shah Ali Ul Qader. Algal Biomass: A sustainable, economical and renewable approach for microbial production of pectinolytic enzymes using submerged and solid state fermentation techniques. Biocatalysis and Biotransformation, (2017) https://doi.org/ 10.1080/ 10242422. 2017. 1364731.
Sidra Shaheen, Afsheen Aman, Shah Ali Ul Qader and Nadir Naveed Siddiqui. Hyper-production of levansucrase from ZymomonasmobilisKIBGE-IB14 using submerged fermentation technique. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, (2016) 30(6): 2053-2059.
Urooj Javed, Afsheen Aman and Shah Ali Ul Qader. Utilization of corncob xylan as a sole carbon source for the biosynthesis of endo-1,4-β xylanase from Aspergillus niger KIBGE-IB36. Bioresources and Bioprocessing, (2017) 4(19): 1-7.
Ansari, A. (2016). Bacteriocin from LAB for medical and health In Beneficial microorganisms in medical & health applications, Min-Tze Liong (Ed.), Microbiology Monographs Vol. 28, p: 199-222.
Muhammad Asif Nawaz, Afsheen Aman, Haneef Ur Rehman, Zainab Bibi, Asma Ansari, Ziaul Islam, Ishtiaq Ahmad Khan and Shah Ali Ul Qader. Polyacrylamide gel-entrapped maltase: An excellent design of using maltase in continuous industrial processes. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, (2016), DOI 10.1007/s12010-016-2001-3.
Ayesha Kamran, Zainab Bibi, Afsheen Aman, Shah Ali Ul Qader. Lactose hydrolysis approach: Isolation and production ofβ-galactosidase from newly isolated Bacillus strain B-2. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology(2016), 5: 99-103.
Haneef Ur Rehman, Afsheen Aman, Mohammad Asif Nawaz, Asad Karim, Maria Ghani, Abdul Hameed Baloch and Shah Ali Ul Qader. Immobilization of pectin depolymerizing polygalacturonase using different polymers. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules,(2016) 82:127-133.
Muhammad Asif Nawaz, Asad Karim, Zainab Bibi, Haneef Ur Rehman, Afsheen Aman, Dilshad Hussain, Midrar Ullah, Shah Ali Ul Qader. Maltase entrapment approach as an efficient alternative to increase the stability and recycling efficiency of free enzyme within agarose matrix. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, (2016) 64: 31-38.
RaheelaRahmat Zohra, Shah Ali Ul Qader Sidra Pervez and Afsheen Aman Influence of different metals on the activation and inhibition of α-amylase from thermophilic Bacillus firmusKIBGE-IB28. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, (2016) 29(4): 1275-1278.
Yasmin, F., Abdullah, M., Sethi, A.A., Saleem, H., Narmeen, A., Ansari A, Ahmed, S. and Qader, S.A. (2016). Solid state fermentation: a cost-effective approach for production of starch liquefying fungal amylase using agro industrial wastes. Science International, 28(3), 2703-2706.
Ali. K. M., A. Abid, H. Rahman and S. Galani. Antioxidant defense system and oxidative damages in rice seedlings under heat stress. Pure and Applied Biology 2016.
Galani, S., S. Hamed and M. Kazim Ali. 2016. Exogenous application of salicylic acid :Inducing thermotolerance in Cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L.) seedlings.International Journal of Agriculture and Food Research (2016), 5(4): 9-18
Kousar, S., Qamarunnisa, S., Parveen A. and Jamil, I.(2016). Morphological Features and Relationship of Genus Convolvulus (Convolvulaceae) From Pakistan. Journal of Agri-Food and Applied Sciences, 4(1), 7-12.
Kousar, S., Qamarunnisa, S., Parveen A. and Jamil, I. (2016).Interspesific relationship within the genus Convolvulus L. Inferred by rbcL gene using different phylogenetic approach. Paksitan Journal of Botany, 48 (5), 2025-2030.
Akbar, H., Duan, X., Saleem, S., Davis, A. K., & Zheng, Y. (2016). RhoA and Rac1 GTPases Differentially Regulate Agonist-Receptor Mediated Reactive Oxygen Species Generation in Platelets. PloS one, 11(9), e0163227.
Mozaffer Rahim Hingorjo, Erum Imran, Sitwat Zehra, Masood Anwar. Neck circumference: A supplemental tool for the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome. J Pak Med Assoc, 2016; 1221-1226
Safdar Ali Sheikh, Sitwat Zehra, Taseer Ahmed Khan. High sensitivity reactive protein and uric acid as potential markers of metabolic syndrome in a section of southern Pakistani population. A pilot study. Med Chann, 2016; 57-64.
Sophie, M., Hameed, A., Muneer, A., Samdani, A. J., Saleem, S.,&Azhar, A. (2016). CC chemokine receptor 5 Δ32 polymorphism: association analysis and allele distribution among cutaneous leishmaniasis patients from Pakistan. Journal of cutaneous pathology, 43(7), 564-570.
Sidra Pervez, Nadir Naveed Siddiqui, Asma Ansari, Afsheen Aman, Shah Ali Ul Qader. Phenotypic and molecular characterization of Aspergillus species for the production of starch saccharifying amyloglucosidase. Annals of Microbiology,(2015) 65:2287–2291.
Zainab Bibi, Shah Ali Ul Qader, Afsheen Aman. Calcium alginate matrix increases the stability and recycling capability of immobilized endo‑β‑1, 4‑xylanase from Geobacillusstearothermophilus KIBGE‑IB29. Extremophiles,(2015) 19: 819-827.
Rashida Rahmat Zohra, Muhammad Samee Haider, Asma Ansari, Afsheen Aman, Shah Ali Ul Qader. Purification, characterization and end product analysis of dextran degrading endodextranase from Bacillus licheniformis KIBGE-IB25. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules,(2015) 78: 243-248.
Muhammad Asif Nawaz, Haneef Ur Rehman, Zainab Bibi, Afsheen Aman, Shah Ali Ul Qader. Continuous degradation of maltose by enzyme entrapment technology using calcium alginate beads as a matrix. Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports,(2015) 4:250-256.
Zainab Bibi, Faiza Shahid, Shah Ali Ul Qader, Afsheen Aman. Agar-agar entrapment increases the stability of endo-β-1,4-xylanase for repeated biodegradation of xylan. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules,(2015) 75: 121-127.
Asad Karim, Muhmmad Asif Nawaz, Afsheen Aman, Shah Ali Ul Qader. Hyper production of cellulose degrading endo (1,4) β-D-glucanase from Bacillus licheniformis KIBGE-IB2. Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences, (2015) 8: 160-165.
Asma Ansari, Nadir N. Siddiqui, Maria Ghani, Afsheen Aman and Shah Ali Ul Qader. Plasmid borne BAC-IB17: Localization of a potential antibacterial positive marker (Bac+) encoded broad inhibitory spectrum bacteriocin. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, (2015) 28(4): 1331-1335.
Samina Iqbal, Afsheen Aman, Saeeda Bano, Nadir Naveed Sidduiqui, Asma Ansari and Shah Ali-Ul-Qader. Role of nutrients and environmental conditions for the production of dextransucrase from L. mesenteroides KIBGE-IB26. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, (2015) 28(6): 1939-1945.
Haneef Ur Rehman, Nadir Naveed Siddiqui, Afsheen Aman, Mohammad Asif Nawaz, Abdul Hameed Baloch and Shah Ali Ul Qader. Morphological and molecular based identification of pectinase producing Bacillus licheniformis from rotten vegetables. Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology,(2015) 13: 139-144.
Muhammad Asif Nawaz, Asad Karim, Afsheen Aman, Roberta Marchetti, Shah Ali Ul Qader and Antonio Molinaro (2015). Continuous degradation of maltose: improvement in stability and catalytic properties of maltase (α-glucosidase) through immobilization using agar-agar gel as a support. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 38: 631-638.
Haneef Ur Rehman, Afsheen Aman, Muhammad Asif Nawaz and Shah Ali Ul Qader (2015). Characterization of pectin degrading polygalactouronase from Bacillus licheniformis KIBGE-IB21. Food Hydrocolloids, 23: 819-824.
Qamarunnisa, S., Jamil, I., Raza, S., Azhar, A. and Naqvi, S. H. M. (2015). Geneticimprovement of Canola against abiotic stress tolerance through incorporation of DREB gene.Asian Journal of Agriculture and Biology, 3(3), 97-104.
Arif A, Zehra S Patel N, Azhar A. (2015) “Two novel mutations in NKX 2.5 gene untranslated regions in congenital heart diseases patients from Pakistan. Acta Medica International., 2(2):40-42.
Asher Fawwad, Iftikhar Ahmed Siddiqui, Abdul Basit, Nimra Fatima Zeeshan, Syed Muhammad Shahid, Syeda Nuzhat Nawab, Sidra Siddiqui. A Common variant within the FTO gene, rs9939609, obesity and type 2 diabetes in population of Karachi, Pakistan. Diab Met Syndr: Clin Res Rev (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsx.2015.02.001
Hasan, S., Hameed, A., Saleem, S., Shahid, S. M., Haider, G., &Azhar, A. (2015). The association of GSTM1 and GSTT1 polymorphisms with squamous cell carcinoma of cervix in Pakistan. Tumor Biology, 36(7), 5195-5199.
Islam UI, Arif A, Zehra S, Khanani MR, Azhar A. (2015) “Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC), the surgeons and physicians dilemma in Pakistan”.International Journal. of Advance Research., 3 (1): 851-855.
Nicolas A, Fatima S, Lamri A, Bellili-Muñoz N, Halimi J, Saulnier P, Hadjadj S, Velho G, Marre M, Roussel R, Fumeron F.ABCG8 polymorphisms and renal disease in type 2 diabetic patients. Metabolism, 2015; 64(6): 713 – 719.
Zehra S, Arif A, Anjum N, Azhar A, Qureshi MA. (2015) “Depression and anxiety in women with polycystic ovary syndrome from Pakistan” Life Science Journal.,12(3s):1-4. http://www.lifesciencesite.com.
Muhammad Asif Nawaz, Zainab Bibi, Afsheen Aman, Raheela Rahmat Zohra and Shah Ali Ul Qader (2014). Enhanced production of maltase (α-glucosidase) from newly isolated strain of Bacillus licheniformis KIBGE-IB4. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 27: 1437-1442.
Haneef Ur Rehman, Muhammad Asif Nawaz, Afsheen Aman, Abdul Hameed Baloch and Shah Ali Ul Qader (2014). Immobilization of pectinase from Bacillus licheniformis KIBGE-IB21 on chitosan beads for continuous degradation of pectin polymers. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 3: 282-287.
Haneef Ur Rehman, Afsheen Aman, Raheela Rehmat Zohra and Shah Ali Ul Qader. Immobilization of pectin degrading enzyme from Bacillus licheniformis KIBGE-IB21 using agar-agar as a support. Carbohydrate Polymers,(2014) 102: 622-626.
Asad Karim, Asif Nawaz, Afsheen Aman and Shah Ali Ul Qader (2014). Immobilization of Endo (1→4) β-D-Glucanase from Bacillus licheniformis KIBGE- IB2 using Agar-Agar as Support for Continuous use. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 38: 409-414.
Sidra Pervez, Afsheen Aman, Samina Iqbal, Nadir Naveed Siddiqui, Shah Ali Ul Qader (2014). Saccharification and liquefaction of cassava starch: An alternative source for the production of bioethanol using amylolytic enzymes by double fermentation process. BMC Biotechnology, 14: 49. (Highly Accessed)
Bibi Zainab, Asma Ansari, Rashida Rahmat Zohra, Afsheen Aman and Shah Ali Ul Qader (2014). Production of xylan degrading endo-1, 4-β-xylanase from thermophilic Geobacillus stearothermophilus KIBGE-IB29. Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences, 7: 478-485.
Ali, A., Ansari, A., Qader, S.A., Mumtaz, M., Saied, S. and Mahboob, T. (2014). Antibacterial potential of Calotropis procera (flower) extract against various pathogens. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Science, 27: 1565-1569.
Sofia Qaiser, Rashida Rahmat Zohra, Afsheen Aman and Shah Ali Ul Qader. Enhanced production of cellulose degrading CMCase by newly isolated strain of Aspergillus versicolor. Carbohydrate Polymers,(2014) 104: 199-203.
Nadir Naveed Siddiqui, Afsheen Aman, Alba Silipo, Shah Ali Ul Qader, Antonio Molinaro. Structural analysis and characterization of dextran produced by wild and mutant strains of Leuconostoc mesenteroides. Carbohydrate Polymers,(2014) 99: 331-338.
Hassan, Z., M. Arshad , S. M. . Basra, I. Rajpar, I. N. shah and S. Galani. Response of potassium- use-efficirnt cotton genotypes to soil applied potassium.International Journal of Agriculture and Biology(2014). 16 :771-776.
Jamil, I., Qamarunnisa, S., Azhar, A., Shinwari, Z. K., Ali, S. I., &Qaiser, M. (2014).Subfamilial relationships within Solanaceae as inferred from atpβ-rbcL intergenic spacer. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 46(2), 585-590.
Raza, S., Qamarunnisa, S., Jamil, I., Naqvi, B., Azhar, A., & Qureshi, J. A. (2014). Screening of sugarcane somaclones of variety bl4 for agronomic characteristics. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 46(4), 1531-1535.
Khan S, Saleem S,Azhar A (2014). Isolation and selection of Aspergillus species for hyper-production of polygalacturonases. Pak. J. Biochem. Mol. Biol, 47(1-2): 125-128
NaheedSajjad, SayedulHaq, Intesar Burney, Syed M. Shahid, Sitwat Zehra, AbidAzhar. Fresh and aged human lymphocyte metaphase slides are equally useable for GTG banding. Pak J Pharma Sc.2014;27(5):1255-1259
Saleem, S., Abbasi, Z. A., Hameed, A., Qureshi, N. R., Khan, M. A., &Azhar, A. (2014). Novel p53 codon 240 Ser>Thr coding region mutation in the patients of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Tumor Biology, 35(8), 7945-7950.
Maria Ghani, Afsheen Aman, Haneef Ur Rehman, Nadir Naveed Siddiqui and Shah Ali Ul Qader. Strain improvement by mutation for enhanced production of starch saccharifying glucoamylase from Bacillus licheniformis. Starch/Stärke, (2013) 65: 875-884.
Rashida Rahmat Zohra, Afsheen Aman, Raheela Rahmat Zohra, Asma Ansari, Maria Ghani, Shah Ali Ul Qader. Dextranase: Hyper-production of dextran degrading enzyme from newly isolated strain of Bacillus licheniformis. Carbohydrate Polymers,(2013) 92 (2): 2149-2153.
Saeeda Bano, Shah Ali Ul Qader, Afsheen Aman, Mohammad Noman Syed, Kamran Durrani. High production of cellulose degrading endo-1,4-β-D-glucanase using bagasse as a substrate from Bacillus subtilis KIBGE HAS. Carbohydrate Polymers,(2013) 91 (1): 300-304.
Nadir Naveed Siddiqui, Afsheen Aman, Shah Ali Ul Qader. Mutational analysis and characterization of dextran synthesizing enzyme from wild and mutant strain of Leuconostoc mesenteroides. Carbohydrate Polymers,(2013) 91 (1): 209-216.
Haneef Ur Rehman, Afsheen Aman, Alba Silipo, Shah Ali Ul Qader and Antonio Molinaro. Degradation of complex carbohydrate: Immobilization of pectinase from Bacillus licheniformis KIBGE-IB21 using calcium alginate as a support. Food Chemistry,(2013) 139: 1081-1086.
Maria Ghani, Asma Ansari, Afsheen Aman, Rashida Rahmat Zohra, Nadir Naveed Siddiqui and Shah Ali Ul Qader. Isolation and characterization of different strains of Bacillus licheniformis for the production of commercially significant enzymes. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, (2013) 26(4): 691-697.
Galani, S. andA. Wahid and M. Arshad. Tissue-specific expression and functional role of dehydrins in heat tolerance of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum).Protoplasma, 2013 250 : 577-583.
Kazim, M., Hassan, Z. and Galani, S. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) candidates against global warming. Annals of Biological Research.2013, 4:9-16.
Khan, S., Naz, S., Raziq, M. Nurul, K. and S. Galani. Clonal propagation and histological studies of ANTHURIUM ANDRENUM LIND. Through somatic embryos.International Journal of Biology and Biotechnology. 2013 10: 331-338.
Ali SA, Zehra S, Arif A. (2013) “Performance Evaluation of Learning Classifiers for Speech Emotions Corpus using Combinations of Prosodic Features” International Journal Computer Application., 76 (2): 35-43.
Anjum N, Zehra S, Arif A, Azhar A, Qureshi MA. (2013) “Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Pakistani women with polycystic ovarian syndrome” Pakistan Journal Biochemistry Molecular Biology., 46(3-4): 97-100.
Azeemi HI, Ansari B, Akhtar K, Abbas SH, Arif A, Zehra S. (2013) “Physical Therapy When Used Along with Electrical Modalities in order to Improve the Range of Motion in Frozen Shoulder Is More Beneficial Than Using Modalities Alone” Interdisciplinary Journal of Comtemporary Research in Business., 4 (12): 336-344
Fatima S, Khan OY, Azhar A. Comparative analysis of lipid levels between Coronary Heart Disease patients and normal healthy subjects. Pak. J. Biochem. Mol. Biol., 2013; 46(3):89-92
Saleem, S.,Azhar, A., Hameed, A., Khan, M. A., Abbasi, Z. A., Qureshi, N. R., & Ajmal, M. (2013). P53 (Pro72Arg) polymorphism associated with the risk of oral squamous cell carcinoma in gutka, niswar and manpuri addicted patients of Pakistan. Oral oncology, 49(8), 818-823.
Syed Abbas Ali, Sitwat Zehra, Mohsin Khan, Faisal Wahab. Development and Analysis of Speech Emotion Corpus Using Prosodic Features for Cross Linguistics. Ijser. Int J SciEng Res. 2013, 4(1): 1-8. ISSN 2229-5518
Syeda Nuzhat Nawab, Syed M. Shahid,AbidAzhar and Nikhat Ahmed. Early diagnostic predictors: Useful in treatment and progression of diabetes associated nephropathy. Pak J BiochemMol Biol. 2013; 46 (2): 85-88.
Zehra S, Azhar A, Arif A, Ansari B, Qureshi MA. (2013) “Premenstrual Syndrome Symptoms (PMS) and prevalence among university students in Karachi, Pakistan”. International Research Journal of Pharmacy., 4 (4): 113-116.
Haneef Ur Rehman, Shah Ali Ul Qader, Afsheen Aman. Polygalacturonase: Production of pectin depolymerising enzyme from Bacillus licheniformis KIBGE IB-21. Carbohydrate Polymers,(2012) 90 (1): 387-391.
Shah Ali Ul Qader and Afsheen Aman. Low molecular weight dextran: Immobilization of cells of Leuconostoc mesenteroides KIBGE HA1 on calcium alginate beads. Carbohydrate Polymers,(2012) 87 (4): 2589-2592.
Afsheen Aman, Nadir N. Siddiqui and Shah Ali Ul Qader. Characterization and potential applications of high molecular weight dextran produced by Leuconostoc mesenteroidesCarbohydrate Polymers,(2012) 87 (1): 910-915.
Asma Ansari, Afsheen Aman, Nadir N. Siddiqui, Samina Iqbal and Shah Ali Ul Qader. Bacteriocin (BAC IB17): Screening, isolation and production from Bacillus subtilis KIBGE IB-17. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, (2012) 25(1): 195-201.
Raza, S., Qamarunisa, S., Hussain, M., Jamil, I., Anjum, S., Azhar, A., & Qureshi, J. A. (2012).Regeneration in sugarcane via somatic embryogenesis and genomic instability in regenerated plants. Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology, 15(2), 131-136.
Wahid, A., M. Farooq, I. Hussain, R. Rasheed and S. Galani. Responses and management of heat stress in plants. In: Ahmad, P. and M. N. V. Prasad, Environmental adaptation and stress tolerance of plants in the era of climatic change. Springer New York, Dordrecht Heidelberg, London 2012. pp.135-157.
Arif A, Zehra S, Qamarunissa S, Azhar A. (2012) “Tetralogy of Fallot (Cyanotic cardiac malformation), trends and variation in a population based study”. Pakistan Journal Biochemistry Molecular Biology.,45 (4): 221-224.
Mansoor A Khan, Saleem S., Syed M Shahid, Hameed A, Abbasi Z, Qureshi NR, Azhar A. (2012). Prevalence of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) in Relation to Different Chewing Habits In Karachi, Pakistan. Pak. J. Biochem. Mol. Bol, 45: 59-63.
Naheed Sajjad1, Sarmad Ali1, Sayedul Haque1, Syed Intesar Burney, Sitwat Zehra, Syed M. Shahid and AbidAzhar. 46, XX male: a case study of clinical, hormonal and molecular cytogenetic evaluation of sex development disorder. Pak J BiochemMol Biol. 2012; 45(4): 197-200.
Rozeena Shaikh, Syed M. Shahid, Syeda N. Nawab, Muhammad Ismail, AbidAzhar. Distribution of genetic variants of ACE gene in patients of diabetes with and without nephropathy. Int J Hum Genet.2012; 12(3): 133-138.
Syed Muhammad Shahid, Syeda Nuzhat Nawab, Rozeena Shaikh and TabassumMahboob. Glycemic control, dyslipidemia and endothelial dysfunction in coexisted diabetes, hypertension and nephropathy. Pak J Pharm Sci.2012; 25(1): 123-129.
Saeeda Bano, Shah Ali Ul Qader, Afsheen Aman, Muhammad Noman Syed, Abid Azhar. Purification and characterization of novel α-amylase from Bacillus subtilis KIBGE-HAS. AAPS PharmSciTech, (2011) 12(1): 255-261.
Shah Ali Ul Qader, Afsheen Aman and Abid Azhar. Continuous production of dextran from Immobilized cells of Leuconostoc mesenteroides KIBGE HA1 using acrylamide as a support. Indian Journal of Microbiology, (2011) 51(3): 279-282.
Sadia Galani, Afsheen Aman and Shah Ali Ul Qader. Germination potential index of Sindh rice cultivars on biochemical basis, using amylase as an indicator. African Journal of Biotechnology, (2011) 10(80): 18334-18338.
Ashraf, H. Tariq1, S. Shah, S. Nadeem, I. Manzoor,S. Ali, A. Ijaz, S. Galani and S. Mehboob. Characterization of Pasteurella multocida strains isolated from cattle and buffaloes in Karachi, Pakistan. African Journal of Microbiology Research,2011, 5: 4673-4677.
Galani, S., A. Aman, and S.A. Qadar. Germination potential index of Sindh rice cultivars on biochemical basis, using amylase as an indicator. African Journal of Biotechnology.2011, 10 : 18334-18338.
Galani, S., Naz, F., Soomro, F., Jamil, I., Azhar, A., & Ashraf, A. (2011). Seed storage protein polymorphism in ten elite rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes of Sindh. African Journal ofBiotechnology, 10(7), 1106-1111.
Rajpar, Y.M. Khanif, Zia-ul-hassan, M. Arshad and S. Galani. Growth, herb, yield and phytochemical contents in a medicinal herb Andrographis paniculata under saline irrigation. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research. 2011, 4: 5528-5533.
Raza, S., Anjum, S., Qamarunisa, S., Jamil, I., Azhar, A., & Qureshi, J. A. (2011). Genome analysis of sugarcane (cultivar BL4) to investigate transposable elements. Pakistan Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 44(2), 68-72.
Khanani MR, Arif A, Shaikh R. (2011) “Dengue in Pakistan: Journey from a disease free to a hyper endemic nation”. Journal of Dow University of Health Sciences., 5(3):81-84.
Saleem S., Hameed A, Khan MA, Abbasi Z, Qureshi NR, Ajmal M, Azhar A (2011). Loss of Heterozygosity in p53 Gene Found in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients of Pakistan. Pak. J. Biochem. Mol. Bol, 44: 51-55
Sitwat Zehra, Mansoor A. Khan, AbidAzhar and Masood A. Qureshi. Increased levels of plasma leptin in relation to etiology of premenstrual syndrome. Pak J. BiochemMol Biol. 2011; 44(4): 129-132.GenBank/ Other Deposition
Syed M. Shahid, AbidAzhar, Syeda N. Nawab, Rozeena Shaikh, Muhammad Ismail and Azam J. Samdani. Single nucleotide substitution mutations and polymorphisms in ECM1gene in lipoid proteinosis in siblings of a Pakistani family. Afr J Biotechnol.2011; 10 (53): 10825-10830.
Farooq,S., S. Gilani, R. Arshad, M. Afzaal, M. Akram, N. Iqbal and F. Azam. Differences in Tolerance to Water Deficiency at Vegetative Stage among Wild Upland Rice, Lowland Rice Landrace, their Inter-Specific Hybrids and Lowland Rice Varieties. Cereal Research Communications, 2010, 38: 56-66.
Wahid, A., Farooq, M., Rasheed, R., Gelani, S. andRasool, E. Sugarcane under thermal stress: Some biotechnological considerations. In: Ashwani K., Advances in plant Biotechnology. Pointer Publishers, India. 2010, pp.109-123.
Afsheen Aman, Abid Azhar, Shah Ali Ul Qader and Muhammad Ajmal Khan. Screening of halophytic oil seed species as a potential source of protein and oil seed crops. Seed Science and Biotechnology, (2010) 4(1): 47-51.
Samdani AJ, Azhar A, Shahid SM, Nawab SN, Shaikh R, Qader SA, Mansoor Q, Khoso BK, Ismail M. Homozygous frame shift mutation in ECM1 gene in two siblings with lipoid proteinosis. J Dermatol Case Rep. 2010; 4(4): 66-70.
Saeeda Bano, Shah Ali Ul Qader, Afsheen Aman and Abid Azhar. Partial purification and some properties of Alpha Amylase from Bacillus subtilis KIBGE-HAS. Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics, (2009) 46: 401-404.
Afsheen Aman, Shah Ali Ul Qader, Saeeda Bano, Samina Iqbal and Abid Azhar. Production of commercially important glucansucrase from a newly isolated strain of Leuconostoc mesenteroidesThe Internet Journal of Microbiology, (2009) 7(1).
Siddiqui, A., Ansari, A. and Khan, S.I. (2009). Antibacterial activity of some commonly used food commodities against Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi and Staphylococcus aureus. Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 52: 143-145.
Afsheen Aman, Shah Ali Ul Qader, Saeeda Bano, Aftab Ahmed Khan and Abid Azhar. Proteomic analysis and characterization of a novel glucansucrase from a newly isolated strain of Leuconostoc mesenteroidesThe Internet Journal of Genomics and Proteomics, (2009) 5(1).
Gilani, S. Wahid, A. Changes in growth and leaf water status of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) varieties during heat stress and recovery. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology, 10:191-195.
Wahid, A., Sehar, S., Basra, S.M.A., Perveen, M., Gelani, S., and Farooq, M. Seed pretreatment with hydrogen peroxide improves heat tolerance in maize at germination and seedling growth stages. Seed Science and Technology, 36 : 633-645.
Wahid, A., Noreen, A., Basra, S.M.A., Perveen, M., Gelani, S. and Farooq, M. Priming-induced metabolic changes in sunflower (Helianthus annus) achenes improve germination and seedling growth. Botanical Studies, 49: 343-350.
Afsheen Aman, Shah Ali Ul Qader, Samina Iqbal and Abid Azhar. Influence of temperature, metal ions and organic solvents on extracellular glucansucrase activity of Leuconostoc mesenteroidesJournal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan, (2008) 30(6): 849-853.
Shah Ali Ul Qader, Afsheen Aman, Saeeda Bano, Muhammad Noman Syed and Abid Azhar. Role of Calcium Ions and Temperature on Dextransucrase Production. Indian Journal of Biotechnology, (2008) 7 (July): 404-406.
Shah Ali Ul Qader, Afsheen Aman, Saeeda Bano, Mohammad Noman Syed and Abid Azhar. Effect of calcium ions and temperature on the production, activity and stability of dextransucrase from a newly isolated strain of Leuconostoc mesenteroides PCSIR-4. Romanian Journal of Biochemistry, (2008) 45(2): 159-168.
Wahid, A., Parveen, M., Gelani, S., and Basra. S. M. A. Pretreatment of seed with H2O2 improves salt tolerance of wheat seedlings by alleviation of oxidative damage and expression of stress proteins. Journal of Plant Physiology, 164:283-294.
Wahid, A., Gelani, S., Ashraf, M. and Foolad, M. R. P. Heat tolerance in plants: An overview. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 61:199-223.
