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Department of Biochemistry,
University of Karachi,
Karachi-75270

DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY
M.PHIL
S.NO.	CANDIDATE	RESEARCH TOPIC	RESEARCH SUPERVISOR	YEAR OF DEGREE AWARD
1	Ms.Nadira Perveen Siddiqui	Ajmaline and its metabolism and Intracellular Localization.	Dr. M. Zainul Abedin	1971
2	Mr.S.Ali Athar	Comparative aspects of Gluconeogenesis in reptiles	Dr. M. Zainul Abedin	1971
3	Ms.Shaukat Bano	Some Metabolic effects of Abrus precatorious on different vertebrate tissues	Dr. M. Zainul Abedin	1971
4	Ms.Sabiha Khatoon	Variation of amylase activity and polysaccharide level in rats with Alloxan induced diabetes injected with adrenaline or cortisone.	Dr. M. Ataur Rehman	1972
5	Ms.Bushra Perveen	Biochemical aspects in Schizophrenia	Dr. M. Ataur Rehman	1972
6	Ms.Darakhshan Jabeen	Estimation of free and bound tryptophan and determination of its binding with macromolecules.	Dr. M. A. Haleem	1977
7	Ms.Rafat Sultana	Studies of Isoenzymes.	Dr. M. Ayub Yousufi	1978
8	Mr.Qudrat-e-Khuda	Physiochemical and biological characterization of Bovine pituitary gonadotrophins.	Dr. (Mrs) Barbara Zain	1978
9	Ms.Iffatunnisa	Effect of protein calorie malnutrition on copper, zinc and other metabolites of serum	Dr. (Mrs.) Babara Zain	1979
10	Ms.Farhat Jahan	Evaluation of animal protein sources commonly utilized in Pakistan.	Dr. (Mrs) Babara Zain	1979
11	Ms.Zahida Nasreen	Characterization of protein of uterine tissue section and plasma of rat, guineapig and human material	Dr. Zainul Abedin	1979
12	Ms.Naheed Akhter	Studies on lipids and bile salts in amphibians and reptiles	Dr. Syed Sabir Ali	1980
13	Ms.Khushnaseeb Ibrahim	Plasma Vitamin A and Carotene levels in general population residing in Karachi.	Dr. S. N. Hasnain	1981
14	Ms.Naheed Qureshi	Effect of protein malnutrition on hair root.	Dr. (Mrs) Barbara Zain	1981
15	Ms.Anjum Rehman	Lipid pattern in liver diseases.	Dr. S. N. Hasnain	1982
16	Ms.Rashida Maqsood	Pyruvate metabolism in patients with liver diseases and control.	Dr. S.N. Hasnain	1982
17	Ms.Kishwar Sultana	Biochemical studies on plants infected by Parasitic nematodes	Dr. S. N. Hasnain	1985
18	Ms.Talat Syeda	Studies on tryptophan protein binding and effects of drugs on binding.	Dr. M. A. Haleem	1985
19	Ms.Najma Aftab	Seasonal changes in Biochemical composition of edible oysters collected from various coasts of Karachi.	Dr. Rashida Qasim	1987
20	Ms.Tabassum Mahboob	Effect of Drugs on the Electrolyte balance and Osmolality.	Dr. M. A. Haleem	1987
21	Ms.Tahira Parveen	Effect of Drugs on Tryptophan Protein Binding	Dr. M. A. Haleem	1987
22	Mr.Naseem Ahmed	Serum Lipids, Their Subfractions and Haemoglobin-A1 In-Patients with Chronic Renal Failure.	Dr. Shakila Jahangir	1988
23	Ms.Shahzadi Parveen	Studies on Hypoglycemic Activity of Indigenous Plants Used in Traditional Medicine for the Control of Diabetes.	Dr. Ataur Rehman	1990
24	Mr.M.Aslam	Seasonal Variations in non-protein nitrogenous constituents in Karachi Coastal Water Shrimps (Peonies merguiensis).	Dr. R. B. Qadri	1991
25	Mr.M. Khalid Khan Niazi	The study of Citrate Supplementation of Urinary stone Formers and Normal Controls.	Dr. Aziza Khanum	1991
26	Ms.Salma Farooqi	Influence of Various Growth conditions on the production of Amino Acids by Microorganisms.	Dr. S. Nazrul Hasnain	1992
27	Ms.Samina Bano	Effect of drug administration on tryptophan metabolism.	Dr. M. A. Haleem	1992
28	Ms.Reshma Farooq	Studies on spoilage of shell-fish during storage at different temperature.	Dr. Rashida Qasim	1992
29	Ms.Uzma Raza	Effect of various drugs on the metabolites of intermediary metabolism, total activity of LDH and it’s isoenzyme pattern.	Hafiz S. Ali Althar	1993
30	Ms.Jehan Ara	Studies on the Effects of Drugs on Electrolyte Balance and Osmoregulators in Animals	Dr. M. A. Haleem	1993
31	Ms.Aliya Zafar	Effects of Caffeine on Rat Brain Serotonin	Dr. Darakhshan J. Haleem	1995
32	Ms.Anila Yasmeen	Effects of diacetypmorphine on rat brain serotonin.	Dr. Darakhshan J. Haleem	1995
33	Ms.Zakia Sultana Khan	Enzymatic and non-enzymatic Glycosylation of Proteins in Diabetes and diabetic.	Dr. Ataur Rehman	1995
34	Ms.Kahkashan.Parveen	Computational studies on the struture of cellulose.	Dr. M. A. Haleem	1995
35	Ms.Shahla Zafar	Effect of Drugs(Aspirin/Alcohol) on the electrolyte Balance and Osmoregulation	Dr. M. A. Haleem	1996
36	Mr.Bilal Saleh Al-Omeri	Studies on Glycaemic Index (GI) of Different conventional food stuff Cultivated and consumed in sindh (Pakistan)	Dr. Saleha Hasni	1996
37	Ms.Huma Zehra Hassan	Distribution of Toxic Metals in Head Hair Samples in and Around Karachi.	Dr. Nikhat Siddiqui	1996
38	Ms.Zohra Fatima	Effect of Acetazolamide on the electrolytic Balance in the Rabbits.	Dr. M. A. Haleem	1997
39	Ms.Saeeda Sherwani	Trace Elements Levels in Pregnant Women and their newborn Infants in Karachi.	Dr. S. Nazrul Hasnain	1997
40	Ms.Najma Shaheen	Effect so Spiyonolactone on the Electrolyte Balance in Rabbits	Dr. M. A. Haleem	1997
41	Ms.Farhat Batool	Neurochemical and Neuropharmacological studies in rats following repeated diazepam treatment.	Dr. Darakhshan J. Haleem	1998
42	Ms.Bushra Jabeen	Serotonerpic functions in ratbrain followin repeated precursor Administration.	Dr. Darakhshan J. Haleem	1999
43	Ms.Ghazala Shamim	An Investigation of the role of Adrenaline and Serotoin in Human Platetet Aggregation and Thrombusls.	Dr. Arshad Saeed	1999
44	Ms.Meraj Zehra	Isoaltion and Characterization of Proteases from Fish Waste.	Prof. Dr. Rashida Qasim	2000
45	Ms.Suad Naheed	Theraputic Utilization of fish liver oil in Cardiac Diseases.	Prof. Dr. Rashida Qasim	2000
46	Miss Hajra Naz	Adaptation to stress in ethanol treated rats: Effects on breen serotnin metabolium tutions.	Dr. Darakhshan J. Haleem	2000
47	Ms. Tamkeen Sarwat	Studies on the biomedical application of oil from fish waste in controlling hyperlipidemia.	Prof. Dr. Rashida Qasim	2000
48	Ms. Kausar Saboohi	Clinical Correlation among Trace Element Disturbances, Hypertension & Cardovascular Diseases.	Prof. Dr. Tabassum Mehboob	2000
49	Ms. Lubna Mehreen	Evaluation of Toxicities induced by Chemotherapy in Malignancy.	Prof. Dr. Aziza Khannum	2000
50	Ms. Parveen Akhtar	Therapeutic Studies of Seaweed from Karachi Coast in Diabetes Mellitus.	Dr. Viqar Sultana	2002
51	Ms. Sonia Siddiqui	Neurochemical and Behavioural Effects of 1(1-Naphthyl Piperazine).	Dr. Darakhshan J. Haleem	2002
52	Mr. Obaid Ali	Effects of Tryptophan and Valine on Neurochemistry and Behavioral Pharmacology of Haloperidol.	Dr. Darakhshan J. Haleem	2002
53	Ms. Khalida Bano	Conformation Analysis of Histamine Antagonists and other Drugs.	Prof. Dr. M.A. Haleem	2003
54	Mr. Najaf Abbas Ghafur	Conformational Analysis of 19-Propyl Thevinal Hydrobromide and other Drugs.	Prof. Dr. M.A. Haleem	2003
55	Mr. Noor Kamil	Neurochemical and Behavioral Effects of Antianxiety and Antipsychotics.	Prof. Dr. Darakhshan J. Haleem	2003
56	Ms. Foqia Mushtaq	Effects of Spiperone on Serotonergic Responses to Strss in Male & Female Rats.	Prof. Dr. Darakhshan J. Haleem	2003
57	Mr. Mohammad Azhar	Effects of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Fluoetine in Relations to Tryptophan Metabolism.	Dr. Samina Bano	2003
58	Ms. Darakhshan Mehboob	Serum Tryptophan and other Biomedical Parameters in Patients with Hepatic Dysregulations: Effects of Thioacetamide-Induced Encephalopathy on Plasma Tryptophan and Brain Monoamines in Rats.	Prof. Dr. Darakhshan J. Haleem	2003
59	Ms. Fakhara Sultana	EFFECT OF COLONY STIMULATING FACTORS (CM-CSF AND G-CSF) ON THE INDUCTION OF MULTIPLE FORMS OF DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE IN HUMAN WHITE BLOOD CELLS	Prof. Dr. M. Perwaiz Iqbal	2004
DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY
Ph.D.
S.NO.	CANDIDATE	RESEARCH TOPIC	RESEARCH SUPERVISOR	YEAR OF DEGREE AWARD
1	Mr.Qamar Khalid	Studies on amino acid induced insulin release from the isolated rat islets.	Dr. M. Ataur Rehman	1975
2	Ms.Rashida Qasim	Biochemical investigations on some seaweeds of Karachi coast.	Dr. (Mrs.) Babara Zain	1976
3	Ms.Moinun Nisa Qadri	Studies of Isoenzymes of Phosphatases and cholinesterases in various animal species	Dr. S. Nazrul Hasnain	1979
4	Ms.Nikhat Shaukat	Interaction of amino acids with biopolymers	Dr. Zainul Abedin	1980
5	Ms.Razia Rawla	Biochemical and histochemical studies on xerophthalmia in vitamin A deficient rabbits	Dr. M. Ataur Rehman	1982
6	Ms.Najma Murtaza	Biogenesis of amudol and other related compounds from pencillium martensil in the cell free system, isolation of intermediates from P.martensil for the cell free system.	Dr. M. Shamimullah	1983
7	Mrs.Tanveer Sarwat	Studies on the Biochemical Aspects of Cataract formation	Dr. Ataur Rehman	1987
8	Ms.Naheed Akhtar	Studies on the Structure of b-Chitin and other Polysaccharides.	Dr. M. A. Haleem	1989
9	Ms.Sajida Shaheen	Recovery of Proteins from Solid Waste.	Dr. S. N. Hasnain	1990
10	Ms.M.Qudrat-e-Khuda	Studies on the Alkylation of cytosine and uridine nucleotides under strongly alkaline conditions.	Dr. M. Khursheed Alam Khan	1992
11	Ms.Saleha Hasni	Phytochemical studies on Fresh-Water Green Algae of Karachi.	Dr. S. N. Hasnain	1992
12	Ms.Tabassum Mahboob	Effect of Drugs on Blood Pressure Regulation and Electrolyte Homeostasis.	Dr. M. A. Haleem	1994
13	Mr.Junaid Mahmood Alam	Isolation & Characterization of toxic protein components from selected coelenterate, mollusks and sea snakes of Karachi Coast.	Dr. Rashida Qasim	1996
14	Mr.M.Shafiq	Plasma Endogenous Inhibitors of Lipid Peroxidation, Platelet Aggregation and Arachidonic Acid Metabolism in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.	Dr. Abdul Baseer	1996
15	Ms.Tahira Perveen	Neurochemical and Neuropharmacological Studies in Rats Following Single and Repeated Restraint Stresses.	Dr. Darakhshan J. Haleem	1997
16	Ms.Anjum Rehman	Evaluation of L1 Antinypsia Deficiency in Esphysema, Cirrhosts and Hepatitis.	Dr. Anwar Ali Siddiqui	1999
17	Ms. Farzana Mirza Jani	Characterization of Venom Proteins from Pseudocrastes Persicus.	Prof. Dr. Zafar H. Zaidi	2000
18	Ms. Sadia Haider	Neurochemical and Neuropharmacological Studies onn Serotonergic Regulation of Appetite .	Dr. Darakhshan J. Haleem	2002
19	Ms. Aliya Zafar	Computational Studies on the Structure of B-Chitin and other Polysaccharides.	Prof. Dr. M. A. Haleem	2002
20	Ms. Asifa Ahmed	Expression of Membrane Proteins During Migration of Rabbit Corneal Epithelium	Dr. Nikhat Siddiqui	2002
21	Ms. Jehan Ara	Studies on Bioactivity in some Seaweeds from Karachi Coast	Dr. Rashida Qasim	2002
22	Ms. Farzana Yasmeen	Effects of Ethanol and Stress on Serum Electrolytes in Rats: Relationship with Hypertension and other Related Diseases in Human.	Dr. M. A. Haleem	2002
23	Ms. Rubina Ghani	Biochemical Studies in Patients with Hemoglobin Abnormalities.	Dr. Nikhat Siddiqui	2002
24	Mr. Asal Khan	Serum Concentration of Apolipoprotein A-1, B and Lipoprotein (a) in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (CABG) in Pakistani Adults.	Prof. Dr. Anwar Ali Siddiqui	2003
25	Ms. Shamim Akhtar Qureshi	Studies on Antibiotics from Soil Fungi	Dr. Viqar Sultana	2004

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