Research Interest

• My research activities are mainly focused on synthesis, isolation, structure elucidation and structure-activity relationship studies of bioactive secondary metabolites having medicinal importance from natural products. Other research interests include multidisciplinary approach to development of nutraceuticals from medicinal plants, green chemistry process development for safe production of chemicals with simple reaction and hyphenated chromatographic techniques for the rapid identification of the bioactive compounds.

Research Publications

• • Moin M, Khan MA, Rainsford KD. 2013. Synthesis of Thiophene and NO-Curcuminoids for Antiinflammatory and Anti-cancer Activities. Molecules. 18: 1483-1501.
   
• • Sultankhodzhaev M, Khan M, Moin M, Choudhary MI, Rahman A. 2005. Tyrosinase Inhibition Studies of Diterpenoid Alkaloids and their Derivatives: Structure-activity Relationships. Natural Product Research. 19: 517-522.

Others

Poster Presentation

• • Arif D., Waheed H. Gul A. and Moin M. Phytochemical Profiling and In-vitro Evaluation of Anti-snake Venom Activity of Ipomea pes caprae (Linn.) at 1 st 3D-Science Model and Research Poster Exhibition, DCoB, 10th January 2024.
   
• • Sajnani M., Moin M. Javed U. Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles from Bitter Gourd Peels Waste: An Eco-friendly Approach to Utilize Food Waste. Biocon-2.0’2024, 2nd International Conference of Biotechnology, 05th- 06th March 2024, University of Karachi.
   
• • Yousuf M. H., Khan A., Aslam A., Farooq O., Javed U., and Moin M. Bactohues: A sustainable and Ecofriendly Approach for the Production of Pigments from Microbes. Annual Research Day, 30th November 2023, DUHS, Karachi, Pakistan.
   
• • Khan A., Yousuf M. H., Shahid S., Aslam K., Bukhari S. M. B., Javed U., and Moin M. Biosynthesis of Protein Degrading Enzyme: A Sustainable and Eco-friendly Approach Towards Industrial Applications. Annual Research Day, 30th November 2023, DUHS, Karachi, Pakistan.
   
• • Arif D., Waheed H. and Moin M. Phytochemical Profiling and In-vitro Evalutation of Anti-snake Venom Activity of Ipomea pes caprae (Linn.). Annual Research Day, 30th November 2023, DUHS, Karachi, Pakistan.
   
• • Sabzwari SAS, Hussain M, Moin M*. 2022. In-Vivo Assessment of Oxalis corniculata Bioactivity in Drosophila melanogaster. In: 3rd International Conference on Applied Biosciences (ICAB), 28th-29th December 2022.
   
• • Fatima SM, Tahir W, Moin M, Dastagir N, Waheed H. 2022. Study on Phytochemicals and Proteins from Datura alba Seeds. In: AERIC 10th International Conference on Endorsing Health Science Research, ICCBS University of Karachi, 5th January 2022.
   
• • Fatima SM, Tahir W, Moin M, Dastagir N, Waheed H. Study on Phytochemicals and Proteins from Datura alba Seeds. In: 2nd International Conference on Biological Research and Applied Sciences (IBRAS), Jinnah University for Women, 11th-13th January 2022.

Grants

• • Grant on Project entitled “Isolation, Purification and Characterization of Bioactive and Anti-cancerous Small Molecules from Oxalis corniculate” for year 2021-2023 from Vice-Chancellor Seed Funding Initiative (VCSFI)

Teaching

• • I teach both undergraduate and postgraduate courses of Organic Chemistry, Physical/Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry and Instrumentation, and Biopharmaceuticals

BS Thesis Supervised

• • Phytochemical Analysis and Snake Venom Neutralization Activity of Datura alba Seed Extracts, (Co-supervisor) 2023
   
• • Phytochemical Profiling and In-vitro Evaluation of Anti-snake Venom Activity of Ipomea pes caprae (Linn.)
   
• • Isolation of Essential and Fixed Oils from Agro-industrial Waste
   
• • In-vivo Screening of Medicinal Potential of Oxalis corniculata Linn.
   
• • Study on Phytochemicals and Proteins from Datura alba Seeds. 2022 (Co-supervisor).

M.Phil. Thesis Supervised

• M.Phil (Biotechnology) “Comparison of Different Fermentation Media for Citric Acid Production Using Indigenous Aspergillus sp.” 2022 (Co-supervisor).

Honors & Achievements

• • Laiba Umar, Izma Sohail, Ayesha Malik, Aqsa Bibi, Shujaat Sardar Khan and Mahera Moin. “Natures Incredible Laboratories, 3D Model” at 1st 3D-Science Model and Research Poster Exhibition, DCoB, 10th January 2024. (3rd Position).

• •  Khan A., Yousuf R., Batool S. M., Aslam K., Shahid S., Javed U. and Moin M., Proposal Writing Competition “Clean and Green Karachi, what our Youth can Do?”. Organized by Green Youth Movement Club-DUHS on 31st May 2023. (Second Prize).

• • Fatima SM, Tahir W, Moin M, Dastagir N, Waheed H. Study on Phytochemicals and Proteins from Datura alba Seeds. In: BIOCON-1, 1st International Conference of Biotechnology, University of Karachi, 16th -17th March, 2022. (Poster Third Prize)

Research Fellowship

• PhD Research Fellow at International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi, (2002-2004).