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Assessment of Selected Serological Factors in Overweight Children of Lahore, Pakistan

Amber Khalid, Farah Ashfaq, Shahzadi Farah, Amna Akbar, Farkhanda Manzoor, Muhammad Babar Khawar et al.

Current prospective study was designed to evaluate the selective serological parameters in overweight children of 6-12 years (n=300) in Lahore, Pakistan. Anthropometric assessment was carried out. Blood samples were taken and lipid Profile, serum creatinine an…

Wastewater Contaminants Characterization and Evaluation from Wali Muhammad Distributary, Multan, Punjab

Hasnain Raza, Tanveer-ul-Haq, Muhammad Imran, Nabeel Ahmad Ikram, Muhammad Bilal Shoukat

Wastewater production and disposal have become issues of concern with the growing population and increase in overall water usage. About 4.36 billion m3 (BCM) of wastewater is generated every year in Pakistan and not even 1% of the total wastewater gets treated…

Comparison and Evaluation of Physico-Chemical Properties of Five Orange Varieties under Agro-Climatic Conditions of Sargodha, Pakistan

Akbar Hayat, Ehsan Ul Haque, Marayam Nasir, Rab Nawaz, Tariq Mahmood, Sohaib Afzaal

An elaborated study on evaluating quality characteristics of exotic fruits belonging to orange group of citrus was carried out at Citrus Research Institute Sargodha. The candidate varieties/cultivars were Rhode Red Valencia, Cara Cara, Amber Sweet, Sun Star an…

Antibacterial Sodium Alginate Cosmetic Herbal Electrospun Nanofiber Mask

Ayesha Saeed, Farzana Kishwar, Ahsan Nazir, Sharjeel Abid, Muhammad Abiodullah, Danial Ali

Sodium Alginate (SA) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) have earned industrial recognition due to its biocompatible nature. Traditionally, Musa Acuminata (MA) and Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis (HRS) leaves famous for its medicinal value as they contain phytochemicals such a…

Mango Anthracnose: Global Status and the Way Forward for Disease Management

Shahid Iqbal, Muhammad Aslam Khan, Muhammad Atiq, Nasir Ahmed Rajput, Muhammad Usman, Ahmad Nawaz et al.

Mango anthracnose is the most ravaging biotic stress to the successful production of mango fruit across the globe. Colletotrichum gloeosporioides is an etiological agent of this disease that adversely affects the quality as well as quantity of produce. The occ…

Epoxidation of Pumpkin Seed Oil (Curcurbita Maxima) using Acidic Ion Exchange Resin and its Kinetic and Thermodynamic Study

Qamar Javed Iqbal, Zainab Masood, Asad Abbas, Sidra Munir

The kinetic properties of epoxidized pumpkin seed oil were examined under different parameters. The iodine number of pumpkin seed oil was found to be 108 g I2/100g oil. This oil was epoxidized by 30% H2O2 which acts as oxygen donor and glacial acetic acid whic…

Proximate Analysis, Phenolic Compounds and Antioxidant Activity of Milk Products Commonly Consumed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Shakeel Ahmad, Humaira Wasila, Juweria Abid, Nazir Muhammad, Hazrat Usman

The current study was designed to determine the proximate composition, phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity of milk products commonly consumed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Fifteen different milk product samples were collected from 3 different market…

Vermicomposting by Bio-Recycling of Animal and Plant Waste: A Review on the Miracle of Nature

Ali Ahmad, Zubair Aslam, Korkmaz Bellitürk, Ehsan Ullah, Ali Raza, Muhammad Asif

Inorganic fertilizers and pesticides have eliminated beneficial microorganisms, depleted soil fertility, and lowered natural resistance in crops, making them more susceptible to disease and having detrimental consequences for the environment and human health.…

Comparative Toxicity of Insecticides against Trichogramma chilonis (Hymenoptera; Trichogrammatidae) under Laboratory Conditions

Kanwal Hanif, Dilbar Hussain, Qurban Ali, Asad Aslam, Tamsila Nazir, Muhammad Saleem et al.

Trichogramma (Hymenoptera; Trichogrammatidae) is a genus of parasitic wasps that are powerful biocontrol agents against a variety of insect pests. These biological control agents retain their importance due to their easy mass rearing, high searching ability an…

New Record of Chewing Lice (Phthiraptera: Insecta) on Guinea Fowls (Aves: Galliformes) from Sindh, Pakistan

Farheen Shaikh, Saima Naz, Nadir Ali Birmani

The chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Insecta) are parasitic insects of variety of birds belonging to the large family of Phasianidae (Aves: Galliformes). The lice have strong mandibles with biting mouth parts and develop specific host-parasite relationship. They ca…

Population Survey of Natural Enemies of Bactrocera Flies from Mango and Guava Septic Fruits of Sindh Region

Zain-ul-Aabdin Abro, Naheed Baloch, Raza Muhammad Memon, Niaz Hussain Khuhro, Waseem Akbar Qazi

Bactrocera flies are noxious pests of fruits mainly infecting guava and mango in Sindh. Bactrocera zonata and Bactrocera dorsalis are the deleterious pests of several plant species. Trybliographa daci (Weld.) and Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead) are natu…

Minerals Composition, Phenolic Compounds and Antioxidant Activity of Fresh and Processed Milk Consumed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Juweria Abid, Shakeel Ahmad, Humaira Wasila, Tooba Asif, Muhammad Farooq, Attaullah Jan

The study was determined mineral content, total phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity of fresh (cow, buffalo, goat, sheep and camel) and processed milk types (S1, S2, S3, S4 and S5) commonly consumed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. Samples were col…

Optimization of Water Depletion Level and Nutrient Requirement in Drip-Irrigated High Dense Kinnow Orchard

Habib Ullah Habib, Malik Muhammad Akram, Mujahid Ali, Tahir Mehmood, Muhammad Manzoor, Maqsood Ahmad et al.

Citrus can behave differently at different water depletion levels, which can be evaluated by various growth attributes. The study aimed to optimize water depletion level and nutrient requirement in drip-irrigated high dense kinnow orchard. To study such change…

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Evaluation of Tribolium castaneum Infestation against Different Packaging Materials

Mahreen Hanif, Shafqat Saeed, Mudssar Ali, Muqadas Younas, Huda Bilal, Syeda Fatima Bukhari

Post-harvest storage of chickpea in storage bags is commonly implemented practice, offers a chemical free tactics to control the stored grain pests. Barrier property of different types of packaging viz., polypropylene (green), polypropylene (white), polyethyle…

Assessment of Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyle on Campus Environment in a University Setting as Perceived by Students Using the Innovative Photo Voice Method, a Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyle (HEAL) Study

Iftikhar Alam, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Farooq

Healthy workplace environment is gaining enormous attention of the researchers. Food and lifestyle are main characteristics of a healthy workplace environment. Taken in this meaning, the food environment of the university has great implications on overall heal…

Prevalence of Eating Disorders in University Going Students of Islamabad/ Rawalpindi

Juweria Abid, Hooria Latif, Amir Sohail, Saroosh Fatima Tahir Syed, Shakeel Ahmad, Tooba Asif et al.

The current data and researches show a greater increase in eating disorders all around the world from the past fifty years specifically in the adolescents’ age group including psychological health i.e., excessive dieting, stress from educational and acad…

Biodiversity Evaluation among Wild Jujube (Ziziphus nummularia (Burm. F.) Population in Thal Desert of Pakistan

Naseem Sharif, Imran Muhammad Siqqique, Muhammad Kashif Raza, Urwa Irshad, Muhammad Ikhlaq Khan, Ammara Noreen et al.

Thal zone of Pakistan is massive treasure of wild jujube germplasm (Ziziphus nummularia (Burm. F.)), but currently due to deforestation, global climatic changing scenario and shifting attitude of farmers towards other cash crops, the specie is in high risk of…

Growth, Quality and Nutritional Profiling of Kinnow Mandarin Augmented through Rootstocks under Agro-Climatic Conditions of Sargodha, Pakistan

Akbar Hayat, Marayam Nasir, Ehsan-Ul-Haque, Muhammad Asim, Sohaib Afzaal, Shagufta Naz et al.

Citrus fruit production is getting much popularity throughout world, due to its high minerals and vitamin contents. The nutritional quality of citrus fruits primarily depends upon the selection of rootstock. Kinnow ‘Mandarin’ is a major citrus cult…

Emerging Resistance in Gram Negative Bacteria Isolated from Clinical Samples in Lahore, Pakistan: A Current Epilogue

Mehwish Saleem Khan, Sumama Farooq

Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria develop number of mechanisms to protect themselves against the action of antibiotics. Antibiotics are chemical substances which bacteria and fungi produce either to inhibit or kill the other microbes. Antibiotics are…