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Dow College of Pharmacy

Dow College of Pharmacy was established in 2007. It was based on the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences The college is a distinguished and well renowned entity established under the umbrella of Dow University of Health Sciences and recognized by Higher Education Commission (HEC).

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Faculty Profile

  • Dr. Aqsa Mushtaq
  • Designation
  • Assistant Professor
  • Department
  • Pharmaceutics
  • Qualification

  • Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.
    Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D) from Government College University Faisalabad.

  • Email
  • aqsa.mushtaq@duhs.edu.pk
  • Office Location
  • At Department of Pharmacology, Dow College of Pharmacy, DUHS.

Research Interest

She is Dr. Aqsa Mushtaq, Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad and Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D) from Government College University Faisalabad, Registration no. 8969-A/12. She was awarded a Ph.D. fellowship scholarship for her research work from ORIC, University of Agriculture Faisalabad. She has two publications from her dissertation, one national and the other one in an international journal. Her research interest focuses on immunomodulation in acute/chronic hepatitis and finding strategies to treat/prevent liver damage by medicinal plant extracts or their phytochemicals or synthetic drugs, specially PPAR/LXR agonists and related drugs, and finding out their anti-inflammatory or anti-oxidative mechanisms involved to treat hepatitis.

Research Publications

Published 
1. A. Mushtaq, B. Aslam, F. Muhammad, and J.A. Khan, Hepatoprotective activity of Nigella sativa and Piper nigrum against concanavalin A-induced acute liver injury in mouse model, Pakistan Veterinary Journal, 2020, 10.29261/pakvetj/2020.076.
2. A. Hussain, B. Aslam, M. Faqir, M.N. Faisal, S. Kousar, A. Mushtaq, M.U. Bari, Anti-arthritic activity of Ricinus communis L. And Withania somnifera L. extracts in adjuvant-induced arthritic rats via modulating inflammatory mediators and subsiding oxidative stress, Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2021, 10.22038/ijbms.2021.55145.12355.
3. Z. Hussain, H. Rashid, A. Mushtaq, R. Siddique, A. Ali, Glycyrrhizin, curcumin and cinnamon prevent from concanavalin-A and acetaminophen-induced liver injury and oxidative stress in mouse model. Journal of Life Sciences Research, 2021.
4. B. Aslam, A. Hussain, M.N. Faisal, M.U. Bari, S. Kousar, A. Mushtaq, A. Umer. Physicochemical characterization and preliminary in vitro antioxidant activities of curcumin and meloxicam co-encapsulated PLGA nanoparticles, Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Science, 2023
Book Chapter
1. Z. Hussain, J. A. Khan, H. Rashid, N. Noreen, R. Siddique, A. Mushtaq, S. Kousar and M. Rasheed, Chapter 32; Therapeutic strategies of endocrine and metabolic disorders, Book; Animal Health Perspectives, Unique Scientific Publishers, Pakistan, 2022.
Accepted  
A. Mushtaq, B. Aslam, M.N. Faisal, A. Hussain, S. Shamim, S. Kousar, A. Gul A. Umer Nigella sativa L. attenuates oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis in concanavalin A-induced acute immunological liver damage in mice. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2023.