Table Of ContentMEDICINAL
PLANTS OF
SOUTH ASIA
NOVEL SOURCES FOR
DRUG DISCOVERY
Editedby
M A H
UHAMMAD SIF ANIF
DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,Pakistan
H N
AQ AWAZ
DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,Pakistan
M M K
UHAMMAD UMTAZ HAN
DepartmentofCropSciences,SultanQaboosUniversity,Muscat,Oman
H J. B
UGH YRNE
FOCASResearchInstitute,TechnologicalUniversityofDublin,Ireland
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Dedication
ThepioneeringanddedicatedcontributionofProf.Atta-ur-Rahman,FRS
(N.I., H.I., S.I., T.I.) [UNESCO Science Laureate, Co-Chairman UN
Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation (UNESCAP),
President Network of Academies of Science of Islamic Countries
(NASIC), Former Federal Minister of Science & Technology/Chairman
HEC, Fellowof Royal Society (London), Academician (Foreign member)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)] in the field of promoting higher
education in developing countries and his innovative work in natural
chemistry led usto dedicateour work to him.
Contributors
HassanImranAfridi NationalCentreofExcellenceinAnalyticalChemistry,
UniversityofSindh,Jamshoro,Pakistan
ChristianAgyare DepartmentofPharmaceutics(MicrobiologySection),Faculty
ofPharmacyandPharmaceuticalSciences,KwameNkrumahUniversityof
ScienceandTechnology,Kumasi,Ghana
HafsaAhmad DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
ShahzadMaqsoodAhmedBasra DepartmentofAgronomy,Universityof
Agriculture,Faisalabad,Pakistan
AbdullahMohammedAl-Sadi DepartmentofCropSciences,Collegeof
AgriculturalandMarineSciences,SultanQaboosUniversity,Muscat,Oman
RashidAl-Yahyai DepartmentofCropSciences,SultanQaboosUniversity,
Muscat,Oman
TariqMahmoodAnsari InstituteofChemicalSciences,BahauddinZakariya
University,Multan,Pakistan
MuhammadAdnanAyub DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofOkara,
Okara,Pakistan
MuhammadWaqarAzeem DepartmentofChemistry,Universityof
Agriculture,Faisalabad,Pakistan
SaimaBatool DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
KhemRajBhatta DepartmentofChemistry,St.Xavier’sCollegeMaitighar,
Kathmandu,Nepal
IjazAhmadBhatti DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,
Faisalabad,Pakistan
YawDuahBoakye DepartmentofPharmaceutics(MicrobiologySection),
FacultyofPharmacyandPharmaceuticalSciences,KwameNkrumah
UniversityofScienceandTechnology,Kumasi,Ghana
ZarghounaChaudhry DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,
Faisalabad,Pakistan
R.M.Dharmadasa IndustrialTechnologyInstitute,Colombo,SriLanka
MohamedEddouks FacultyofSciencesandTechniquesErrachidia,Moulay
IsmailUniversity,Errachidia,Morocco
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Contributors
PauloMichelPinheiroFerreira DepartmentofBiophysicsandPhysiology,
LaboratoryofExperimentalCancerology,FederalUniversityofPiau´ı,Teresina,
Brazil
LamiaHamrouni Laboratoryofmanagementandvalorisationofforest
resources,INRGREF-UniversityofCarthage,Ariana,Tunisia
MuhammadAsifHanif DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,
Faisalabad,Pakistan
MaryamHanif DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
AsmaHanif DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
AbdullahIjazHussain DepartmentofChemistry,GovernmentCollege
University,Faisalabad,Pakistan
SabaIdrees DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
BazghaIjaz DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
FarihaIjaz DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
AdanIqbal DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
ZunairaIrshad DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
RafiaJaved DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
MuhammadIdreesJilani DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofSahiwal,
Sahiwal,Pakistan
UbirajaraLanzaJu´nior FederalUniversityofGoia´seSpecialAcademicUnitof
HealthSciences-RegionalJata´ı,CourseofBiomedicine,CampusJatoba´ e
UniversityCity-Brazil
ChandraPrakashKala Ecosystem&EnvironmentManagement,Indian
InstituteofForestManagement,Bhopal,India
FarooqKhalid DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
AyeshaKhalil DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
MaryamKhan DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
MuhammadMumtazKhan DepartmentofCropSciences,SultanQaboos
University,Muscat,Oman
OliKhan DepartmentofBotany,BangabasiCollege,Kolkata,India
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Contributors
SunilKhan DepartmentofBotany,HaripalVivekanandaCollege,Hooghly,
India
SelimaKhatun DepartmentofBotany,GovernmentGeneralDegreeCollege,
Simgur,Hooghly,India
RasheedAhmadKhera DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,
Faisalabad,Pakistan
Rados1awKowalski DepartmentofAnalysisandEvaluationofFoodQuality,
UniversityofLifeSciencesinLublin,Lublin,Poland
MohamadFawziMahomoodally DepartmentofHealthSciences,Facultyof
Science,UniversityofMauritius,Mauritius
MuhammadIrfanMajeed DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,
Faisalabad,Pakistan
NajmaMemon NationalCentreofExcellenceinAnalyticalChemistry,
UniversityofSindh,Jamshoro,Sindh,Pakistan
ShahabuddinMemon NationalCentreofExcellenceinAnalyticalChemistry,
UniversityofSindh,Jamshoro,Pakistan
MuhammadMubeenMohsin DepartmentofChemistry,Universityof
Agriculture,Faisalabad,Pakistan
AyeshaMushtaq DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,
Faisalabad,Pakistan
ZahidMushtaq DepartmentofBiochemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,
Faisalabad,Pakistan
FarwaNadeem DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
RaziyaNadeem DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,
Faisalabad,Pakistan
HaqNawaz DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
MuhammadSaboorNayyar DepartmentofChemistry,Universityof
Agriculture,Faisalabad,Pakistan
HumaNaz DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
ShafaqNisar DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
IsiakaA.Ogunwande NaturalProductsResearchUnit,Departmentof
Chemistry,FacultyofScience,LagosStateUniversity,Ojo,Lagos,Nigeria
AncaRacoti TheNationalInstituteforResearch&DevelopmentinChemistry
andPetrochemistryeICECHIM,Bucharest,Romania
MuhammadRaffiShehzad DepartmentofChemistry,Universityof
Agriculture,Faisalabad,Pakistan
ShafiqurRahman DepartmentofPharmaceuticalSciences,SouthDakotaState
University,Brookings,SD,UnitedStates
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Contributors
RafiaRehman DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
ShaheeraRehmat DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,
Faisalabad,Pakistan
MuhammadRiaz DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofSargodha,Sargodha,
Pakistan
MehrezRomdhane LaboratoiredeRecherche:Energie,Eau,Environnementet
Proce´de´s,ENIG,UniversityofGabe`s,Tunisia
ShumailaSaif DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
SidraSarwar DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
AsmaSeher DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
FarihaShabbir DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
AsmaShaheen DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
ShahzadAliShahidChatha DepartmentofChemistry,GovernmentCollege
University,Faisalabad,Pakistan
AmmaraShamim DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,
Faisalabad,Pakistan
AlexanderShikov St-PetersburgInstituteofPharmacy,Leningradregion,
Vsevolozhskydistrict,Russia
KiranSoomro NationalCentreofExcellenceinAnalyticalChemistry,University
ofSindh,Jamshoro,Pakistan
SajjadHussainSumrra DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofGujrat,
Pakistan
NaimaTariq DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
VahidTavallali DepartmentofAgriculture,PayameNoorUniversity(PNU),
Tehran,Iran
BuiThanhTung DepartmentofPharmacologyandClinicalPharmacy,Schoolof
MedicineandPharmacy,VietnamNationalUniversity,Hanoi,Vietnam
KinzaWaheed DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
AnamWaheed DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,
Pakistan
ShahziaYousaf DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,
Faisalabad,Pakistan
MuhammadNadeemZafar DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofGujrat,
Gujrat,Pakistan
MuhammadZubair DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofGujrat,Gujrat,
Pakistan
About the Editors
Muhammad Hanif
Dr. Hanif is an Associate Professor and Group Leader at the Nano and
Biomaterials lab within the Department of Chemistry at the University
of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. His work focuses on natural prod-
ucts and their analysis using advanced analytical chemistry, and he has
published over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles, 10 books/manuals,
and several book chapters. In addition, Dr. Hanif has supervised over
50 MPhil students and five PhD students. For outstanding contributions
he has made to scientific development through the application of basic
and applied scientific research, particularly in the field of chemical sci-
ences (chemistry), and his unmatched services to the community as the
benchmark of excellence, the Pakistan Academy of Sciences awarded
himtheprestigious“GoldMedal”in2019.Heholds2PatentsonNatural
Products fromPortugal andSpain.
Affiliations and Expertise
Associate Professor and Group Leader, Nano and Biomaterials Lab,
DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad,Pakistan
Haq Nawaz
Dr.NawazisanAssistantProfessorwiththeNanoandBiomaterialsLab
within the Department of Chemistry at the University of Agriculture,
Faisalabad, Pakistan. His research focuses on natural products and their
analysis using advanced organic chemistry and spectroscopy, and he
has published over 35 peer-reviewed journal articles and several book
chapters.
Affiliations and Expertise
Assistant Professor, Nano and Biomaterials Lab,Department of Chemis-
try,University ofAgriculture,Faisalabad,Pakistan
Muhammad MumtazKhan
MuhammadMumtazKhanisanAssociateProfessorofCropProduction/
Horticulture in the Department of Crop Sciences, College of Agriculture
and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. He has over 30
years’experienceinresearchandteachingcropsciencewithaparticular
focusonhorticulturalcropsandnutraceuticalhorticulturalplants.Hehas
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AbouttheEditors
published more than 150 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers,
edited one book on Lime and several book chapters. Since he started
his academic career, he has taught a range of undergraduate/postgrad-
uate courses and mentored a large number of MSc and PhD candidates.
Duetohispioneerworkandabilitytoexpressnovelfindingsandhisser-
vices to science/agriculture and the community, the Government of
Pakistan awarded him the prestigious Presidential Award ‘‘Izazi Fazee-
lat’’ in2007.
Affiliations andExpertise
Associate Professor of Crop Sciences/Horticulture, Department of Crop
Sciences, College of Agriculture and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos
University, Muscat, Oman
Hugh J. Byrne
Prof.ByrneisHeadoftheFOCASResearchInstituteattheTechnological
UniversityofDublin,Dublin,Ireland.Hehasover30years’experiencein
research science and has published over 300 peer-reviewed journal and
conference papers. He has been responsible for over V25 million in
funded projects and has supervised over 40 PhD students. His principal
researchinterestsareinapplicationsofspectroscopyandthestudyofmo-
lecular and nanomaterials, biospectroscopy for diagnostics, cytological
analysis,and nanoebiointeractions.
Affiliations andExpertise
Head, FOCAS Research Institute, Technological University of Dublin,
Ireland
