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Abid MA, Kaim Khani M, Abid MB. The aftermath of floods in Pakistan: a public health emergency. Perspect Public Health 2023; 143:252-253. [PMID: 37395270 DOI: 10.1177/17579139231180763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- M A Abid
- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Karachi 74800, Pakistan
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- Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Divisions of Hematology, Oncology, and Infectious Diseases, BMT and Cellular Therapy Program, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Khalid A, Zulfiqar S, Tabassum N, Khan AS, Abid MA, Akhtar MS, Al-Misned F, Aljuwayid AM, Zahmatkesh S, Asif S. Biocompatible cellulose acetate supported ammonium based ionic liquid membranes; way forward to remediate water pollution. Chemosphere 2023; 322:138151. [PMID: 36804633 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Dyes contaminated water has caused various environmental and health impacts in developing countries especially Pakistan due to different industrial activities. This issue has been addressed in present study by fabricating biocompatible ionic liquid (IL) membranes for the remediation of Crystal violet (CV) dye from contaminated water. Novel ammonium-based IL such as Triethyl dimethyl ammonium sulfate ([C3A][C2H6]SO4); (A2) was synthesized and further functionalized with hydroxyapatite (HAp; extracted from refused fish scales) resulting in the formation of HA2. Furthermore, A2 and HA2 were then used to fabricate the cellulose acetate (CA) based membranes with different volume ratios. The physicochemical properties of membranes-based composite materials were investigated using FTIR, XRD, and TGA and used for the adsorption of CV in the closed batch study. In results, CA-HA2 (1:2) showed higher efficiency of 98% for CV reduction, after the contact time of 90 min. Kinetic studies showed that the adsorption of CV followed the pseudo-second-order kinetic model for all adsorbents. The antibacterial properties of the synthesized membrane were investigated against gram-positive strain, S. aureus and CA-A2 (1:1) showed better antibacterial properties against S. aureus. The developed membrane is sustainable to be used for the adsorption of CV and against bacteria.
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- Amina Khalid
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, 46000, Pakistan.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, 46000, Pakistan.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, 46000, Pakistan.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Bannu-28100, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, 712-749, South Korea.
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Puebla, Mexico
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- Faculty of Sciences, Department of Botany, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, 46300, Pakistan
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AkhtarVirk N, Iqbal J, ur-Rehman A, Rasool S, Abid MA, un-Nisa M, Saadiq M, khalid H, Shah SAA. Novel 1,2,4-triazoles as anti-enzymatic agents: Microwave versus conventional synthesis, characterization, docking and BSA binding studies. J Mol Struct 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.135070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Virk NA, Iqbal J, Aziz-ur-Rehman AUR, Abbasi MA, Siddiqui SZ, Rasool S, Mehr-un-Nisa MUN, Abid MA, Khalid H, Zafar F, Javaid H. In vitro biological assessment of 1,3,4-oxadiazole sandwiched by azinane and acetamides supported by molecular docking and BSA binding studies. 10 5267/j ccl 2023. [DOI: 10.5267/j.ccl.2022.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The 1,3,4-Oxadiazole is an aromatic heterocyclic moiety recognized in drug research for its low lipophilicity. The multiple functionalities, heterocyclic azinane, sulfonamide, 1,3,4-oxadiazole and acetamide, are combined collectively to enhance the bioactivity potential of synthesized molecules. All the compounds were acquired by following microwave assisted and conventional techniques in a comparative way. The synthesized derivatives were screened for their antibacterial and enzyme inhibition potential. Furthermore, BSA binding analysis was executed to infer about the interaction with serum albumin. The spectral data of IR, EI-MS, 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR were used to elucidate the final structures of compounds. The synthesized compounds had a modest antibacterial potential. Compound 8f bearing 2-methyl-4,5-dinitrophenyl group was the most active one against all the bacterial strains taken into account and α-glucosidase enzyme. Compound 8d bearing 4-nitrophenyl group was the best acetyl cholinesterase inhibitor and 8i bearing phenylethyl group was the best urease inhibitor.
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Azhar-ul-Haq M, Javed T, Abid MA, Masood HT, Muslim N. Adsorptive removal of hazardous crystal violet dye onto banana peel powder: equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic studies. J DISPER SCI TECHNOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/01932691.2022.2158851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Sahiwal, Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Sahiwal, Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Soil and Water Testing Laboratory, Sahiwal Soil Fertility Research Institute, Lahore, Pakistan
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Ayub MA, Hanif MA, Blanchfield J, Zubair M, Abid MA, Saleh MT. Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Boswellia serrata oleo-gum-resin essential oil extracted by superheated steam. Nat Prod Res 2022:1-6. [PMID: 35200079 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2022.2044327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Oleo-gum-resin is a complex mixture of essential oils, polysaccharides, and resin acids. The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the variation in chemical components and antimicrobial activity of essential oils extracted by superheated steam at various temperatures. The optimum essential oil yield was obtained at the highest superheated steam temperature (210 °C). In total, twenty-one compounds were quantified by GC-MS with α-pinene as the major compound, followed by α-thujene, trans-verbenol, β-thujone, p-cymene, m-cymene, and sabinene. Antimicrobial activity was performed by disc diffusion, resazurin microtitre-plate and micro-dilution broth susceptibility assays in which essential oil extracted at 150 °C and 180 °C revealed the highest antibacterial and antifungal activity, respectively. It is concluded that superheated steam is an effective method for the isolation of essential oil from oleo-gum-resin that improves the recovery of essential oil as well as antimicrobial activity.
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- Muhammad Adnan Ayub
- Department of Chemistry, University of Sahiwal, Sahiwal, Pakistan.,School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Nano and Biomaterials Lab, Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Gujrat, Gujrat City, Pakistan
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Abid MA, Hussain S, Intisar A, Rizwan M, Ain Q, Mutahir Z, Yar M, Aamir A, Qureshi AK, Jamil M. Synthesis, characterization, hydrolytic degradation, mathematical modeling and antibacterial activity of poly[bis((methoxyethoxy)ethoxy)phosphazene] (MEEP). Polym Bull (Berl) 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s00289-021-03625-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Maik W, Abid MA, Cheema HMN, Khan AA, Iqbal MZ, Qayyum A, Hanif M, Bibi N, Yuan SN, Yasmeen A, Mahmood A, Ashraf J. FROM Qutn TO Bt COTTON: DEVELOPMENT, ADOPTION AND PROSPECTS. A REVIEW. Tsitol Genet 2015; 49:73-85. [PMID: 26841496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Cotton has unique history of domestication, diversification, and utilization. Globally it is an important cash crop that provides raw material for textile industry. The story of cotton started from human civilization and the climax arrived with the efforts of developing transgenic cotton for various traits. Though conventional breeding brought steady improvement in developing resistance against biotic stresses but recent success story of gene transferfrom Bacillus thuringiensis into cotton showed game changing effects on cotton cultivation. Amongst various families of insecticidal proteins Bt Cry-toxins received more attention because of specificity against receptors on the cell membranes of insect midgut epithelial cells. Rapid Bt cotton adoption by farmers due to its economic and environmental benefits has changed the landscape of cotton cultivation in many countries. But the variable expression of Bt transgene in the newly developed Bt cotton genotypes in tropical environment is questionable. Variability of toxin level in different plant parts at various life stage of plant is an outcome of genotypic interaction with environmental factors. Temporal gene expression of Cry1Ac is also blamed for the epigenetic background in which transgene has been inserted. The presence of genotypes with sub-lethal level of Bt toxin might create resistance in Lepidopteron insects, limiting the use of Bt cotton in future, with the opportunityfor other resistance development strategies to get more attention like gene stacking. Until the farmers get access to more recent technology, best option is to delay the development of resistance by applying Insect Resistance Management (IRM) strategies.
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Murtaza G, Ullah H, Khan SA, Mir S, Khan AK, Nasir B, Azhar S, Abid MA. Formulation and In vitro Dissolution Characteristics of Sustained-Release Matrix Tablets of Tizanidine Hydrochloride. TROP J PHARM RES 2015. [DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v14i2.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Abid MA, Gitlin N. Pericarditis--an extraintestinal complication of inflammatory bowel disease. West J Med 1990; 153:314-5. [PMID: 2219897 PMCID: PMC1002542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- M A Abid
- Medical Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Fresno, CA 93703
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Bashi S, Khan MA, Guirjis A, Joharjy IA, Abid MA. Immotile-cilia syndrome with azoospermia: a case report and review of the literature. Br J Dis Chest 1988; 82:194-6. [PMID: 3048367 DOI: 10.1016/0007-0971(88)90043-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A case of immotile-cilia syndrome associated with azoospermia is presented. This diagnosis is based on a typical history of bronchitis, sinusitis, situs inversus, impaired nasal mucociliary clearance and characteristic ultrastructural defect in the respiratory tract cilia and in the sperm tail. Semen analysis showed azoospermia with no evidence of obstruction in the epididymis or vas deferens; there was normal spermatogenesis.
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- S Bashi
- Department of Internal Medicine, King Abdul Aziz University Hospital, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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