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Seroprevalence of Brucellosis in Occupationally Exposed Humans in Quetta, Pakistan

Tariq Jamil, Muhammad Saqib, Abid Rashid, Muhammad Hammad Hussain, Khushal Khan Kasi, Muhammad Haleem Tayyab et al.

Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonosis. It is transmitted by direct contact or consumption of contaminated unpasteurized dairy milk. A total of 193 sera were collected from occupationally exposed participants in Quetta, Pakistan and analyzed by Rose Bengal Plate…

Hematological Variations Induced by Paint Chemicals in Occupationally Exposed Painters

Komal Mukhtar, Saba Yasin, Husna Ahmad, Muhammad Amir Iqbal, Nabila Roohi

Effect of paints and their associated chemicals on hematological parameters were assessed in this investigation. For this purpose, 20 healthy controls and 25 male painters in the age range of 23-65 years, persistently engaged in domestic painting were approach…

Epidemiological Survey of Fecal Parasites in Domesticated Doves in District Jhang, Pakistan

Muhammad Fiaz Qamar, Tahir Hussain, Iram Liaqat, Madiha Kiran, Abdur Rahman Ansari

Doves are the birds found worldwide in towns and villages as well as on the banks of rivers. These birds are also kept as pets by the fanciers in the city in small cages. The aim of current study was to determine the parasitic burden in doves through the routi…

Prevalence of Anaemia in Children of Rural Areas of Punjab

SAIMA SHARIF, SHAGUFTA NAZ, RIDA IRAM, FARKHANDA MANZOOR, TASNIM FARASAT, MUHAMMAD SAQIB

Anaemia is one of the significant public health problem among children in the world especially in those who live in rural communities having low socioeconomic status. This cross sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of anaemia in children o…

Potential of Oleaginous Yeasts as Economic Feedstock for Biodiesel Production

HIRA JAVAID, MALEEHA MANZOOR, JAVED IQBAL QAZI, XIONG XIAOCHAO, FOUZIA TABSSUM

Production of biofuels at commercial level has been perceived as sustainable solution to the problem of energy and economic crisis. Of all the liquid biofuels, an important one is biodiesel, the fatty acids methyl esters. Due to beneficial decomposition of bio…

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Comparative Analysis of Biosurfactant Production Assays by Five Indigenous Oil Sludge Bacteria

AZKA ASIF, HAREEM MOHSIN, SADIA N CHAUDHRY, WARDA FATIMA

Although there are several screening assays available for screening and evaluating the presence of biosurfactants but many of these show variable results under the same conditions and for the same organism. Most commonly applied screening assays including oil…

Antioxidant and pancreatic lipase inhibitory attributes of Conocarpus lancifolius leaf extracts

SYED ALI RAZA, MUHAMMAD WASEEM MUMTAZ, AYOUB RASHID CH, ABDUL WAHEED, JAMES WILLIAM, MUHAMMAD ARSHAD

   The present study describes the antioxidant and pancreatic lipase inhibitory properties of different hydroethanolic leaf extracts of Conocarpus lancifolius. Freeze drying assisted ultra-sonication was adopted for extract preparation. The results s…

Synthesis, Characterization, Docking and In-Vitro evaluation of newly Synthesized Thiazolidinones

AISHA, MUHAMMAD ASAM RAZA, UMME FARWA

  This project was designed to measure the enzyme inhibition potential of the synthesized compounds. The following compounds 3-amino-2-thioxothiazolidin-4-one (1) and 5-(4-chlorobenzylidene)-3-(methyleneamino)-2-thioxothiazolidin-4-one (2) were prepared v…

The comparison of classical and newly designed anthropometric indices in the assessment of dyslipidemia

MUHAMMAD MUNEEB SOHAIL, FATIMA AMEER, GUR CHARN SINGH, MUHAMMAD ZAID

   It has been shown that dyslipidemia involves low concentrations of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) but high concentrations of other plasma lipids. This study reanalyzes the relation between plasma lipids and various anthropometric param…

Prevalence of helminths in the intestine and fecal material of infested chicken in district malakand of Pakistan

SAFDAR ALI KHAN, FARHEEN ANSARI, SANWAL ASLAM, AMJAD HUSSAIN, MUREED HUSSAIN, MAJID MAHMOOD et al.

   In the present study, 150 farm chicken and 100 desi chicken were screened for the existence of parasitic helminthes. Among the desi chicken, 61 were reported positive for helminthes parasites by gross examination of gastrointestinal tract. In thes…

Proximate composition and antimicrobial analysis of cinnamon collected from various regions of Asia; A comparative assay

SADAF SARFRAZ, SAFDAR AMEER, REENA AMBREEN, SHOMAILA SIKANDAR, SHAISTA NAWAZ, YASIR SALEEM

   Globally, an increased use of pesticides has resulted in the occurrence of drug resistant microbes. This has urged the investigators and researchers to use and develop the antimicrobial agents derived from some natural resources. Among various nat…

UV/Vis Spectrophotometric Quantification of Vitamin C in Leafy Vegetables Under Different Storage Conditions

MUHAMMAD WAHEED MUSHTAQ, NAUMAN JAMIL KHAN, NAVEED ASLAM DOGAR, AISHA HAMEED, ABDUL HAMEED, MALIK ADIL et al.

   Leafy vegetables (LVs) have health promoting phytochemicals and are rich source of many nutrients such as Vitamin C (Vit. C). The aim of this study was to design an easy, accurate, sensitive and fast method to determine concentration of vitamin C…

Cost-effective production of bioethanol from low-quality apples by using Saccharomyces cerevisiae

SAIMA AFTAB, ATTIA HAMID, MAHJBEEN, JAVERIA TARIQ, ZULQURNAIN ALI, ASMA ZAFAR

   Bioethanol production at the industrial level is engaged by various bacteria, yeast, and fungi. But Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the most commonly used yeast. Different substrates have been used for ethanol production such as sweat sorghum cane ext…

Production of Dextransucrase by Locally Isolated Bacterial Strain

ANSA KHALID, UZMA HAMEED, IKRAM-UL-HAQ

   Dextransucrase is used for the production of dextran, a commercially important product, with numerous applications in many industries such as food, medical, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics. In the current study, dextransucrase producing microorganis…

Production of Dextransucrase by Locally Isolated Bacterial Strain

ANSA KHALID, UZMA HAMEED, IKRAM-UL-HAQ

   Dextransucrase is used for the production of dextran, a commercially important product, with numerous applications in many industries such as food, medical, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics. In the current study, dextransucrase producing microorganis…

Effect of Substrate for Extending Post-Harvest Sustanability and Freshness in Commercial Varieties of Gerbera (Gerbera jamsonii)

MONIS HUSSAIN SHAH, RIAZ UR REHMAN, RIAZ ALI SHAH, RIZWAN RAFIQUE, MUHAMMAD USMAN, SAJIDA BIBI et al.

   Gerbera is an important cut flower that is famous for its attractive and wonderful colors. The gerbera is produced in all around the globe especially in South East Asian country of Japan and in Netherlands in Europe. The short vase life of gerbera…

Role of Taurine supplemented LSM Based Diet on ADC of Nutrient and Mineral Retention in Cyprinus carpio Juveniles

MUHAMMAD MUDASSAR SHAHZAD, FATIMA KHALID, MEHWISH FAHEEM, SYED ZAKIR HUSSAIN SHAH, SANA BASHIR, SYED MUHAMMAD KHAN

   Taurine (Tau) is vital compound that is limited to oilseed based diets and its inclusion is essential in aquafeeds particularly when low fishmeal levels are used. Fish feed with addition of organic acids lowers the pH of fish gut that ultimately i…

Synthesis and Characterization of Various Porous Hydrogels for In-Vitro and In-Vivo Drug (Insulin) Delivery

USMAN AHMAD, AMTUL JAMIL SAMI, MADEEHA KARAMAT, MADEEHA KHALID, FAIZAN NAEEM, MUHAMMAD JAMIL YOUSAF

   Transdermal drug delivery seems to be overwhelming and alternative to other means of drug delivery via oral or intravenous. To treat the diabetes mellitus and to get rid of the traditional injection treatment which is a painful process and can cau…

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