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    TPGS Decorated Liposomes as Multifunctional Nano-Delivery Systems

    Liposomes are sphere-shaped vesicles that can capture therapeutics either in the outer phospholipid bilayer or inner aqueous core. Liposomes, especially when surface-modified with functional materials, have be...

    Muhammad Asim Farooq, Natalie L. Trevaskis in Pharmaceutical Research (2023)

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    Therapeutic approach for global myocardial injury using bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells by cardiac support device in rats

    Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) have been considered a promising therapeutic approach to cardiovascular disease. This study intends to compare the effect of BMSCs through a standard active c...

    Ziwei Liu, Muhammad Naveed, Mirza Muhammad Faran Ashraf Baig in Biomedical Microdevices (2021)

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    Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: Occurrence and Exposure to the Human Being

    Endocrine-disrupting chemicals can be described as exogenous factors that impede the production, release, circulation, and binding of the body’s endogenous hormones, essential for the continuation of reproduct...

    Qurat UL Ain, Debmalya Roy, Anam Ahsan in Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals-induced Met… (2021)

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    Role of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons as EDCs in Metabolic Disorders

    Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are universal toxic chemicals produced mainly due to improper combustion of organic substances like wood, coal, petrol, oil, etc. Release of these pollutants into the en...

    Ajab Khan, Anam Ahsan, Muhammad Asim Farooq in Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals-induced Met… (2021)

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    Physiology of Endocrine System and Related Metabolic Disorders

    Endocrine system is comprised of multiple glands. All of these glands secrete different hormones into the body. Most of the body’s functions, i.e., metabolism, growth, development, electrolyte balance, and rep...

    Anam Ahsan, Ajab Khan, Muhammad Asim Farooq in Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals-induced Met… (2021)

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    Theranostic applications of smart nanomedicines for tumor-targeted chemotherapy: a review

    Cancer is the result of disturbed cell functions. Cancer is induced by the accumulation of many genetic and epigenetic changes within the cell, expressed in the accumulation of chromosomal or molecular aberrat...

    Ajkia Zaman Juthi, Md Aquib, Muhammad Asim Farooq in Environmental Chemistry Letters (2020)

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    Synthesis of Ligand Functionalized ErbB-3 Targeted Novel DNA Nano-Threads Loaded with the Low Dose of Doxorubicin for Efficient In Vitro Evaluation of the Resistant Anti-Cancer Activity

    Doxorubicin (Dox) being a hydrophobic drug needs a unique carrier for the effective encapsulation with uniformity in the aqueous dispersion, cell culture media and the biological-fluids that may efficiently ta...

    Mirza Muhammad Faran Ashraf Baig, Wing-Fu Lai, Anam Ahsan in Pharmaceutical Research (2020)

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    Food Protein-Based Nanodelivery Systems for Hydrophobic and Poorly Soluble Compounds

    The hydrophobicity of bioactive molecules poses a considerable problem in the pharmaceutical and the food industry. Using food-based protein nanocarriers is one promising way to deliver hydrophobic molecules. ...

    Mily Bazezy Joelle Maviah, Muhammad Asim Farooq, Rukhshona Mavlyanova in AAPS PharmSciTech (2020)

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    Stability Studies of Vaccines

    Edward Jenner laid the foundation of vaccination as he was the first to introduce and use the procedure as well as pursued his scientific investigation against the deadly smallpox. Due to his work and the rece...

    Ajab Khan, Anam Ahsan, Muhammad Asim Farooq in Drug Stability and Chemical Kinetics (2020)

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    Stability Studies of Parenteral Products

    The stability studies of parenteral products are one of the very significant criteria for the new drugs’ formulation. Stability studies confirm that the quality, safety, and effectiveness of drug products are ...

    Qurat Ul Ain, Muhammad Asim Farooq, Bilgen Caliskan in Drug Stability and Chemical Kinetics (2020)

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    Analytical Techniques for the Assessment of Drug Stability

    The expansion of the medications fetched an upheaval in the human healthcare system. These medicines would assist their role only when they do not have any contamination and being administered in the desired q...

    Anam Ahsan, Qurat-ul-ain Aslam, Ajab Khan in Drug Stability and Chemical Kinetics (2020)

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    Nanocarrier-mediated co-delivery systems for lung cancer therapy: recent developments and prospects

    Research has recently focused on combinational therapy using nanocarriers to overcome the obstacles associated with conventional therapy of lung cancer. The classical therapeutic approach is indeed insufficien...

    Muhammad Asim Farooq, Md Aquib, Daulat Haleem Khan in Environmental Chemistry Letters (2019)

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    Recent advances in the delivery of disulfiram: a critical analysis of promising approaches to improve its pharmacokinetic profile and anticancer efficacy

    Disulfiram (DSF) has a long history of being used as a first-line promising therapy for treatment of alcoholism in human. Besides its prominence in the treatment of alcoholism, extensive investigations have be...

    Muhammad Asim Farooq, Md Aquib in DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (2019)

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    PLL-alginate and the HPMC-EC hybrid coating over the 3D DNA nanocubes as compact nanoparticles for oral administration

    Diabetes Type 2 has been quite difficult to treat/manage with elevated fasting/postprandial glycemic levels. Although this metabolic disorder mostly affected older people, recently a big population of young pe...

    Mirza Muhammad Faran Ashraf Baig, Muhammad Sohail, Ali Asghar Mirjat in Applied Nanoscience (2019)