List of Published Papers

1. Sabahat Naeem, Shamim Akhtar, Zi-Ning Lei, Kimberly Lu, Shaista Zafar, Ahsaan
Ahmed, MohsinAli, Mansoor Ahmed, Zhe-Sheng Chen. “Anticancer and acute toxicity
studies of Isoniazid Derivatives”. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Nov.
2017.

2. Sumaira Ansari, Nousheen Mushtaq, Sadia Arif, Ahsaan Ahmed, Shamim Akhtar, Rabya
Munawar, Huma Naseem, Sadia Meer, Zafar Saied Saify, Muhammad Arif and Qurratul-
ain Leghari; Synthesis, Pharmacological Evaluation and In-Silico Studies of Some
Piperidine Derivatives as Potent Analgesic Agents. Journal of Developing Drugs Volume
6, Issue 1, 2017.

3. Rabya Munawar, Nousheen Mushtaq, Sadia Arif, Ahsaan Ahmed, Shamim Akhtar,
Sumaira Ansari, Sadia Meer, Zafar S. Saify, and Muhammad Arif; Synthesis of 9-
Aminoacridine Derivatives as Anti-Alzheimer Agents. American Journal of Alzheimer’s
Disease & Other Dementias September 17, 2015.

4. Shaista Zafar, Shamim Akhtar, Talat Tariq, Noushin Mushtaq, Arfa Akram, Ahsaan
Ahmed, Muhammad Arif, Sabahat Naeem and Sana Anwar; Determination of pKa values
of new phenacyl-piperidine derivatives by potentiometric titration method in aqueous
medium at room temperature (25±0.5oC). Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Vol.27, No.4, July 2014, pp. (925-929).

5. Arfa kamil, Shamim Akhtar, Aneela Karim, Ahsaan Ahmed, Mehwish wajdi, Zahid khan
and Zafar Saeed Saify; Benzimidazole derivatives with potential cyototoxic activity,
synthesis and their structure activity relationship. FUUAST J. BIOL., 3(2): 87-93, 2013.

6. Ahsaan Ahmed, Nousheen Mushtaq, Shamim Akhtar, Muhammad Arif and Ghazala
Yasmeen; Disposal Practices of unused and expired Pharmaceuticals in Karachi and their
impact on health and environment. Journal of University of Medical & Dental College
JUMDC Vol. 4, Issue 2, July-December 2013.

7. Shamim Akhtar, Muhammad Arif, Nousheen Mushtaq, Zafar Saeed Saify, Ahsaan
Ahmed, Darakhshan Jabeen Haleem and Arfa Akram; Behavioral and neurochemical
profile of some novel phenacyl based isonipecotamide derivatives. Pakistan Journal of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol.25, No.4, October 2012, pp.(705-713).

RESEARCH PAPER/S ACCEPTED AND WILL BE PUBLISHED:

8. Sabahat Naeem, Shamim Akhtar, Shaista Zafar, Ahsaan Ahmed, MohsinAli, Mansoor
Ahmed, Zi-Ning Lei, Kimberly Lu and Zhe-Sheng Chen. “Behavioral and general
pharmacological screening of Isoniazid Derivatives in mice”. Pakistan Journal of
Pharmaceutical Sciences. (Feb.2018)

9. Nadia Asghar, Shamim Akhtar, Sabahat Naeem, Ahsaan Ahmed, Shaheena Faizy, M. Arif
and Z.S. Saify. “Synthesis, characterization and SAR of novel bezimidazole derivatives as
nematicidal agents”. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2017 (Accepted and
will be published in Vol. 31, No.3, May 2018)