Proteomics, Nutra-pharmaceuticals & Biotransformation




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Research Group: Proteomics, Nutra-pharmaceuticals & Biotransformation

Team Leader:           Dr. Tahir Mehmood

PhD Scholar              3

MPhil Scholar           4

Email:                         tahir.camb@pu.edu.pk

Mobile #                     0092 3356104834

Welcome to the homepage of the Proteomics, Nutra-pharmaceuticals & Biotransformation group.  
Here, you can find information about the research team that contributes to several fields of life sciences research mainly focusing on: to identify and develop plant-based pharmaceuticals, bioactive peptides, nutraceuticals, etc. with potential antioxidant, antibacterial, antidiabetic, antiaging, antiviral, antifungal and anticancer properties to add value through the creation of new products. The group's primary goals are to investigate the molecular causes of cancer and diabetes and to create treatments using phytochemicals and biopeptides that have been extracted from natural sources. Additionally, the group is very interested for evaluating the applications of high-value components, development of functional foods, nutraceuticals etc. In addition, the team is aiming to characterize and isolate essential oils and vegetable oils and their biological activities. Besides, team's other goal is to bio transform organic wastes into value-added products like enzymes, biovanillin, and alginic acid and some others food commodities, Last but not least, in order to produce biofuels/biodiesel via biotechnology/fermentation process is another objective of the research group. Currently, three PhD and Four MPhil are working in the team. The team leader supervised 12 MSc, 60 MPhil, and 4 PhD students. Moreover, the 110 research papers have been published in highly reputed international journals, with an aggregate impact factor of around 270. In addition, 13 book chapters and two practical/Manual books for BS/MSc student have been published by internationally renowned publishers.

    Latest Publications

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Tahir Mehmood, Sibtain Ahmed, Rida Waseem, Shagufta Saeed, Waqas Ahmed, Muhammad Irfan, and Azmat Ullah. (2022). Valorization of Fruit Peels into Biovanillin and Statistical Optimization of Process Using Enterobacter hormaechei through Solid-State Fermentation. Fermentation, 8(2), 40. https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation8020040

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Shagufta Saeed, Syed Qasim Raza, Syyeda Samia Zafar, Huma Mujahid, Muhammad Irfan and Tahir Mehmood. (2022). Microbial conversion of pomegranate peels to biovanillin using submerged fermentation and process optimization through statistical design. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-021-02252-9

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Tahir Mehmood, Shagufta Saeed, Nazim Hussain and Rida Waseem. (2022). Biotransformation of wheat straw into biovanillin by solid-state fermentation and optimization of conditions parameters through response surface methodology. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022- 02680-1

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Ayesha Riffat, Zahid Anwar, Muddassar Zafar, Fareeha Nadeem and Tahir Mehmood. (2022). Optimization of physicochemical parameters and characterization laccase enzyme produced by a novel strain of Fomes fomentarius through solid-state fermentation. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-02621-y

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Muhammad Zulqarnain Haider, Muhammad Abu Bakr Shabbir, Tahir Yaqub, Adeel Sattar, Muhammad Kashif Maan, Sammina Mahmood, Tahir Mehmood and Hassaan Bin Aslam. (2022). CRISPR-Cas System: An Adaptive Immune System’s Association with Antibiotic Resistance in Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis.                                BioMed              Research               International,                                2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/9080396, Bronze Category by HEC

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Khalid Hussain, Mushtaq Hussain Lashari, Umer Farooq, Tahir Mehmood. (2022). Deleterious Effects of Amoxicillin on Immune System and Haematobiochemical Parameters of a Rabbit. BioMed Research International, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/8691261, Bronze Category by HEC

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Tahir Mehmood, Fozia Saleem, Sadia Javed, Sadia Nawaz , Aeysha Sultan, Ambreen Safdar , Azmat Ullah , Rida Waseem, Shagufta Saeed , Mateen Abbas , Muhammad Bilal, Muhammad Mushtaq Ahmad and Sehrish Firyal. (2022). Biotransformation of Agricultural By-Products into Biovanillin through Solid- State Fermentation (SSF) and Optimization of Different Parameters Using Response Surface Methodology (RSM). Fermentation. 2022; 8(5):206. https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation805020

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Shagufta Saeed, Sehrish Firyal, Muhammad Tayyab, Muhammad Irfan, Ayesha Mohy ud Din and Tahir Mehmood. (2022). Bioconversion of apple peels (Malus domestica) to polyhydroxybutyrate using statistical design to optimize process parameters through Bacillus thuringiensis via solid-state fermentation. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. Accepted on 1st May 2022.

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Asif Masih, Azhar Rafique, Abu Baker Siddique, Zeeshan Nawaz, Sultan Ali, Rizwan Aslam, Muhammad Shahid Mahmood, Rao Zahid Abbas, Muhammad Kasib Khan, Mian Abdul Hafeez and Tahir Mehmood. (2022). Molecular detection of Babesia bovis (B. bovis) and haemato-biochemical alterations in large ruminants associated with babesiosis in Pakistan. Acta Scientiae Veterinariae. Accepted with minor changes 2022

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Noreen Sajjad; Raha Orfali; Shagufta Perveen; Sabiha Rehman; Aeysha Sultan; Taslim Akhtar; Arif Nazir; Gulzar Muhammad; Tahir Mehmood; Safina Ghafar; Areej Al-Taweel; Muhammad I. Jilani; Munawar Iqbal. (2022). Biodiesel production from alkali catalyzed Tamarindus indica seed oil and conditions optimization. Accepted in Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049) on 03 May 2022. Sliver Category by HEC

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Sana Khan, Hafiz Muhammad Noman Baqa, Hamas Mahmood, Muhammad

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Farooq,  Khizar   Samiullah,   Riffat   Yasin,   Muhammad   Amjad   Bashir,  Abdur

Rahman,  Tahir  Mehmood,  Sagheer  Atta,  and  Afrah  Fahad  Alkhuriji     (2022).

 

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ID 6859798, 7 pages, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/6859798.                Bronze Category by HEC

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Hafiz Ishfaq Ahmad, Abdul Rasheed, Shakeel Ahmed, Sayyed Aun Muhammad, Akhtar Rasool Asif, Ayesha Riaz, Gulnaz Afzal, Nuzhat Sial, Muhammad Zeshan Haider, and Tahir Mehmood. (2022). Avian Diversity and Abundance of Taunsa Barrage Ramsar Site in Punjab, Pakistan. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. Accepted.                                  Bronze Category by HEC

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Hafiz Ishfaq Ahmad, Asia Iqbal, Nabeel Ijaz, Muhammad Irfan Ullah, Akhtar Rasool Asif, Abdur Rehman, Tahir Mehmood, Ghulam Haider and Jinping Chen. (2022). Molecular evolution of the activating transcription factors shapes the cellular adaptive responses to oxidative stress. Oxidative Medicine and cellular longevity. Volume 2022, Article ID 2153996, 13 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/2153996

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Muhammad Arshad, Abdur Rahman Ansari, Rahman Qadir, Hussain Tahir, Ans Nadeem, Tahir Mehmood, Hesham Alhumade and Nasrullah Khan. (2022).  Green Electricity Generation from Biogas of Cattle Manure: An Assessment of Potential and Feasibility in Pakistan. Under review since long time, one rewires endorsed for publication in Frontiers in Energy Research.

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Javeria Ayub; Muhammad Usama Saeed; Nazim Hussain; Iqra Zulfiqar; Tahir Mehmood; Hafiz M.N. Iqbal; Muhammad Bilal. (2022). Designing robust nano- biocatalysts using nanomaterials as multifunctional carriers - Expanding the application scope of bio-enzymes. Topics in Catalysis. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-022-01657-8

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Rahman Qadir, Farooq Anwar, Kiran Bashir, Mudassir H. Tahir and Tahir Mehmood (2022). Variation in Nutritional and Antioxidant Attributes of Moringa oleifera   L.   Leaves   at   Different   Maturity   Stages.   Received: 02   Mar    2022; Accepted: 16 Jun 2022. Frontiers in Energy Research

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Muhammad Arshad, Abdur Rahman Ansari, Rahman Qadir, Hussain Tahir,Ans Nadeem, Tahir Mehmood, Hesham Alhumade and Nasrullah Khan. (2022).  Green Electricity Generation from Biogas of Cattle Manure: An Assessment of Potential and Feasibility in Pakistan. Front. Energy Res.Sec. Bioenergy and Biofuels doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2022.911485

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Muhammad Salman Ikram, Tahir Mehmood, Allah Rakha, Sareen Akhtar, Muhammad Imran Mahmood Khan, Wedad Saeed Al-Qahtani, Fatmah Ahmed Safhi, Sibte Hadi, Chuan-Chao Wang & Atif Adnan. Genetic diversity and forensic application of Y-filer STRs in four major ethnic groups of Pakistan. BMC Genomics 23, 788 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-09028-z

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Qudsia Tabassam , Tahir Mehmood , Sibtain Ahmed , Farooq Anwar , Abdul Rauf Raza (2023). Characterization and anticancer potential of Withania somnifera fruit bioactives (a native species to Pakistan) using gas chromatography-mass spectrometer, nuclear magnetic resonance and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-electrospray ionization. J Tradit Chin Med. 2022 Dec;42(6):908-918. doi: 10.19852/j.cnki.jtcm.2022.06.006. PMID: 36378048.

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Saboor Gul; Sadia Javed; Muhammad Azeem; Amreen Aftab; Nazima Anwaar; Tahir Mehmood; Basit Zeshan (2023). Application of Bacillus subtilis for the Alleviation of Salinity Stress in Different Cultivars of Wheat (Tritium aestivum  L.). accepted in Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395) on 09 January 2023

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Aliya Ajaz , Muhammad Ashraf Shaheen , Maqsood Ahmed , Khurram Shahzad Munawar , Abu Bakar Siddique , Abdul Karim , Nazir Ahmad , Muhammad Fayyaz Ur Rehman , Tahir Mehmood (2023). Synthesis of an amantadine-based novel Schiff base and its transition metal complexes as potential ALP, α-amylase, and α- glucosidase inhibitors. RSC Adv. 2023 Apr 17;13(17):11883. doi: 10.1039/d3ra90035e. Erratum for: RSC Adv. 2023 Jan 18;13(5):2756-2767.  PMID: 37077992; PMCID: PMC10107016.

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Shagufta Saeed; Sibtain Ahmed; Alina Naz; Fariha Arooj; Tahir Mehmood. (2023). Valorization of Using Agro-Wastes for Levan through Submerged Fermentation and Statistical Optimization of the Process Variables Applying Response Surface Methodology (RSM) Design. has been accepted in Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607) on 06 June 2023

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Tayyaba Bari, Shagufta Saeed, Muhammad Tayyab, Aftab Ahmed Anjum, and Tahir Mehmood (2023). GC-MS bioactives profiling, antibacterial and cytotoxic potential    of    jamun    (Syzygium    cumini    L.)    extracts    against    food                  borne pathogen Salmonella enteritidis. Accepted in Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal

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Muhammad Salman Ikram, Tahir Mehmood, Sehrish Firyal, Huma Sattar, Shagufta Saeed, Fareeha Nadeem and Muhammad Imran Mahmood Khan. (2023). Y-STR Markers: Development, Applications and Future Prospects: An Updated Review. Accepted in Biologia (Pakistan).

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Umar, Urooj, Sibtain Ahmed, Asra Iftikhar, Maryam Iftikhar, Wafa Majeed, Atika Liaqat, Sana Shahzad, Mateen Abbas, Tahir Mehmood, and Farooq Anwar. 2023. "Phenolics Extracted from Jasminum sambac Mitigates Diabetic Cardiomyopathy by Modulating Oxidative Stress, Apoptotic Mediators and the Nfr-2/HO-1 Pathway in Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Rats" Molecules 28, no. 14: 5453. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28145453.

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