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Dr Sabaz Ali Khan

Dr Sabaz Ali Khan

Professor

Area of Interest: Plant Molecular Genetics, Plant Biotechnology, Plant Molecular Breeding

Email: [email protected]

HEC Approved PhD Supervisor

Academics / Degrees

  • CAS-PIFI Post Doc Research Fellowship from Center for Molecular Agrobiology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology,100101 Beijing, China from May 1st, 2017-April 30th, 2018.
  • PhD, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, 2012
  • M.Phil, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2006
  • BSc (Hons) in Agriculture

Profile / Bio

PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • Sep. 2012 to Continued: Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan
  • Feb. 2012 to Aug. 2012: Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Oct. 2007 to Jan. 2012: PhD Scholar, Wageningen University,The Netherlands
  • Jun. 2006 to Aug. 2007: Research Officer, Institute of Biotechnology and Agriculture, National Agricultural Research Centre Islamabad, Pakistan

Associations

1.      Life
time member of “Society for Conservation Biology of Pakistan” since Nov. 2014.

2.      Life
time member of “Pakistan Botanical Society” since Feb. 2013.

Research Interests

·
Molecular Plant Stress Physiology

·
Molecular Breeding, GWAS and QTL mapping in plants

·
Gene expression and metabolic profiling in plants under abiotic
stress

·
Plant Tissue Culture, Micropropagation and in-vitro Techniques

Awards

  • 1.  Best
    Researcher at Department of Biotechnology, CUI-2021.

    2.   CAS-PIFI
    Post Doc Research fellowship; IGDB China 2017-2018.

    3.    Research
    Productivity Award CUI; from 2013 to 2021.

    4.   HEC
    fellowship holder for pursuing PhD studies in the Netherlands (2007-2011).

    5.      Bronze medal in BSc. (Hons.) Agriculture. 2004.

    6.   Grand talent award for third position on University
    level in BSc. (Hons.) Agriculture. 2004.

    7.       Position holder in F.Sc. level at Govt: Post
    Graduate College Nowshera. 1999.

Research Projects

  • Identification and characterization of
    lead (Pb) responsive genes in Wheat (Triticum
    aestivum L.). 2015. HEC Start-up
    Research Grant Proposal: 0.5 million PKR.
  • Investigating
    the symbiotic relationship of ectomycorrhizal and pine trees grown on
    different soils under elevated O3 and high nitrogen load. 2017.
    HEC-NRPU: 6.051 M PKR.
  • Metabolic and Genetic Profiling of Pea (Pisum
    sativum     L.) Under Salinity and Drought Stress. 2018. CRGP: 0.297
    Million PKR.
  • The impact of drought stress on endoproteases
    genes expression in maize. 2017. CRGP: 3.0 Million PKR.
  • Post Doc Project: Genome wide
    association studies for nutrients genes in tomato fruits.
  • PhD Project: Genetical metabolomics in
    apples (Malus x domestica Borkh.).
  • M.
    Phil Project: Thesis: Studies on Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated
    genetic transformation in Sugarcane (Saccharum
    officinarum     L.).

Students Supervised

  Muhammad Farooq, CIIT/SP15-R62-001/ATD, PhD, Metabolic and Genetic Profiling of Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Under Salinity and Drought Stress Supervisor,2022

 Basit Ali,CIIT/SP20-RBT-003/ATD,MS, Biochemical
Assays and Selected Genes Expression Analysis Under Phosphorus and Salt Stress
in Wheat Crop,Supervisor 2021

Sobia, CIIT/FA19-RBT-027/ATD, MS, Evaluation
of Individual and Combine Effects of Phosphorous Deficiency and Salt Stress on
Wheat Through Proline and Their Related Genes Expression Supervisor 2021

Sidra Rasool,
CIIT/SP19-RBT-007/ATD,MS, Evaluation of Fe and Zn Deficiency Stress Response in
Wheat Through Phyto siderophores and Their Related  Genes Expression Supervisor 2020

Javeria Tariq,CIIT/FA18-RBT-019/ATD,
MS, Evaluation of Ambient Temperature and Soil pH on Underlying Genes
Expression in Kiwifruit Supervisor,2020

Bibi Kalsoom ,CIIT/SP18-R02-015/ATD, MS, Evaluation of Important Metabolites
and Their Responsive Genes in Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Plant Under Drought Stress                   Supervisor 2019

Bibi Mariyam ,CIIT/FA17-R02-003/ATD,MS, Studies
on Health Beneficial Metabolites and their Genes Expression Analysis in –Actinidia
delicosa  Supervisor 2019

Saba Naz,CIIT/SP17-R02-004/ATD ,MS,Molecular
Study of Metabolites and Genes Responsive to Salt Stress in Pea (Pisum sativm L.),Supervisor
2019

Sehrish Zaman,
CIIT/FA15-R02-009/ATD, MS, Unraveling Genetic Diversity and Metabolic Profiling
of Polyphenols in Prunus armeniaca L.    Supervisor,2017

Javaria Chand, CIIT/SP15-R02-002/ATD, MS,Gene
Expression Study for Cold Resistance in Tomato Crop.        Supervisor,2017

Muhammad Awais,CIIT/FA14-R02-006/ATD, MS,Agrobacterium
Mediated Transformation of Tomato with Drought Resistant ATAF1 Gene, Supervisor,
2016

Muhammad Awais, CIIT/FA13-R02-006/ATD, MS, Prevalence and Detection of
Drug-resistant Tuberculosis in Hazara Division, Supervisor 2015

 Muhammad Ayaz,CIIT/FA12-R02-011/ATD,MS, Analysis
of Drought Stress Related Genes in Tomato, Supervisor  2014

  Saman Jamil ,CIIT/FA11-R02-011/ATD, MS, Metabolic
Profiling in Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Under Salt Stress, Supervisor  2013

Sameera Safdar, Co-supervisor,2021

Asma Jaffar, Co-Supervisor     2021

 Hana Mukhtar, MS, Co-supervisor, 2021

Maryum
Qazi CIIT/SP19-R02-002/ATD,MS ,Interaction of Bifenthrin with Pioea smithiana
and some Selected Fungi for its Biodegradation, Co-supervisor 2020

Umama
Khatoon,CIIT/SP18-R02-007/ATD,MS, Investigating the Role of Human Protease
Inhibitors in HCV and Pathogenic Bacterial Strains,Co-supervisor,2019

Journal Publications

1. Amber Afroz,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Protein biomarker modulation and wound healing efficacy of mentha piperita-based green-synthesized silver nanoparticles in alloxan-induced diabetic rats, Journal of Drug Targeting, 2025
2. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> ). Growth Dilatory Effects of PEG and Sucrose on Geranium wallichianum: An In Vitro Approach for Conservation, Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, 2025
3. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=496" title="Abdul Nazir">A.Nazir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=497" title="Dr. Khalid Ahmad">K. Ahmad</a> Health risk assessment and levels of heavy metals contaminated drinking water used by both adults and children from nawanshahr town, Global NEST Journal, 2025
4. Nauman, M,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a>,Alghamdi, A.A.,Ahmed, J,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=110" title="Dr. Muhammad Irshad">M.Irshad</a> Enhanced Resilience to Salt Stress: An Integrated Approach Addressing Physiochemical Attributes of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). , Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 2025
5. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=496" title="Abdul Nazir">A.Nazir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Effects of Cd and Cr stress on physiological and morphological traits of two cultivars of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under hydroponic system , Global NEST, 2025
6. Mariyam Bibi,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=513" title=" Dr Muhammad Azeem">M. Azeem</a>,Noor Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=749" title="Dr. Arshad Mehmood Abbasi">Abbasi AM</a> Phytochemical profile, antioxidant potential and expression of FLS, GGP genes in kiwifruit at different harvesting stages and durations of storage. , Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 2025
7. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=496" title="Abdul Nazir">A.Nazir</a> Morphological, Biochemical, and Gene Expression Responses of Selected Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Varieties to Water-deficit Stress, Romanian Agricultural Research, 2025
8. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=130" title="Dr. Amjad Hassan">A.Hassan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> Novel halotolerant PGPR strains alleviate salt stress by enhancing antioxidant activities and expression of selected genes leading to improved growth of Solanum lycopersicum, Scientia Horticulturae, 2024
9. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=141" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad">M.Shahzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=130" title="Dr. Amjad Hassan">A.Hassan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=496" title="Abdul Nazir">A.Nazir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=497" title="Dr. Khalid Ahmad">K. Ahmad</a> Evaluation of morphological and biochemical variations in peas under two widespread abiotic stresses , Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2024
10. Hifza Imtiaz,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=130" title="Dr. Amjad Hassan">A.Hassan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=500" title="Dr. Abdul Rehman Khan">Abdul Rehman Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5852" title="Ghazal Khurshid">Khurshid.G</a> Insight into physiological and biochemical markersagainst formaldehyde stress in spider plant (Chlorophytum comosumL.), Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2024
11. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Phytochemical profile, antioxidant and antibacterial activities analysis of crude extract and essential oil of Pinus roxburghii and Pinus wallichiana: in vitro and in silico analyses, Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2024
12. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> The ability of selected fungal strains to produce carboxylesterase enzymes for biodegradation and use of bifenthrin insecticide as carbon source: in vitro and in silico approaches, Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 2024
13. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a> Aflatoxins in Wheat Grains: Detection and Detoxification through Chemical, Physical, and Biological Means, Life, 2024
14. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=141" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad">M.Shahzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a> Ectomycorrhiza and ethylenediurea reduced the impact of high nitrogen and ozone stresses and increased the growth of Cedrus deodara, Heliyon, 2024
15. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=130" title="Dr. Amjad Hassan">A.Hassan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a> Real time expression and in silico characterization of pea genes involved in salt and water-deficit stress, Molecular Biology Reports, 2024
16. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=130" title="Dr. Amjad Hassan">A.Hassan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Genome-wide identification of NAC and regulation of monoterpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus. , Frontier in Plant Science, 2023
17. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5860" title="Imran Hussain">Imran Hussain</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a> Industrial wastewater irrigation increased metal uptake and expansins, metacaspases, cystatin genes expression in parthenium and maize, Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2023
18. Taimoor Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=130" title="Dr. Amjad Hassan">A.Hassan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=493" title="Shahid Masood Shah">S.M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=500" title="Dr. Abdul Rehman Khan">Abdul Rehman Khan</a> Evaluating the antioxidative defense response of selected indoor plants against benzene and formaldehyde, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023
19. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>, De-Yong Zhao Biomass allocation and nutrients utilization in wheat as affected by phosphorus placement and salt stress, Agronomy, 2023
20. Ali Masood,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=130" title="Dr. Amjad Hassan">A.Hassan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=493" title="Shahid Masood Shah">S.M.Shah</a> In vitro propagation of Geranium wallichianum: An indigenously threatened medicinal plant in Pakistan, Kuwait Journal of Science, 2023
21. Saddaf Rashid,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=376" title="Dr. Arshad Mehmood Abbasi">Dr. AM Abbasi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=513" title=" Dr Muhammad Azeem">M. Azeem</a>,Dunia A. Al Farraj,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,Mohamed Soliman Elshikh Synthesis of Rumex hastatus-based silver nanoparticles induced the inhibition of human pathogenic bacterial strains, Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2023
22. Nabeela Zahid,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a> In vitro and in silico validation of antibacterial potential of Pinus roxburghii and Cedrus deodara leaves’ extract against human pathogenic bacteria, Journal of King Saud University-Science, 2023
23. Qin Gu,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Salt tolerant Bacillus strains improves plant growth traits and regulation of phytohormones in wheat under salinity stress, Plants, 2022
24. Danyu Kong ,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Biofortification of iron and zinc in rice and wheat, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2022
25. Amber Afroz,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Intron-containing hairpin RNA interference vector for OBP8 show promising mortality in peach potato aphid, Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, 2022
26. Nabeela Zahid,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a> Identification of different genotypes of HCV in hepatitis patients of Abbottabad, Pakistan and detection of acute and chronic HCV infection through proteases inhibitors genes expression, Acta Virologica, 1 October, 2021
27. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a> Differential variations in total flavonoid content and antioxidant enzymes activities in pea under different salt and drought stresses , Scientia Horticulturae, 2021
28. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Evaluation of heavy metals effects on morpho-anatomical alterations of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seedlings, Microscopy Research and Technique, 2021
29. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Impact of saline stress on the uptake of various macro and micronutrients and on their associations with plant biomass and root traits in wheat, Plant Soil and Environment, 2021
30. Javaria Chand,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a> Expression of Antioxidant Genes can Increase Cold Resistance in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). , Pakistan Journal of Botany, 2021
31. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a>,Shumail Waheed,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=110" title="Dr. Muhammad Irshad">M.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a> Ca2SiO4 chemigation reduces cadmium localization in the subcellular leaf fractions of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) under cadmium stress, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety , 2021
32. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Identification of Candidate Biomarkers for HCV Leading to Hepatocellu-, Current Pharmaceutical Analysis, 2020
33. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Identification and characterization of important sterile and maintainer lines from various genotypes for advanced breeding programs of onion (Allium cepa L.), Plant Breeding, 2020
34. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a> Salt stress reduces the pea growth and induces the expression of selected antioxidant genes, Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2020
35. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a>,Haris Usman,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,Zulfiqar A. Saqib,Karl-Hermann Mühling Sodium in the leaf apoplast does not affect growth of maize (Zea mays L.) under saline field conditions, Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality , 2019
36. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=141" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad">M.Shahzad</a> Unraveling the phytoremediation potential of Parthenium hysterophorus: Expression study of glutathione reductase and phospholipase D-α genes, Polish Journal Of Environmental Studies, April , 2019
37. Saddaf Rashid,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=513" title=" Dr Muhammad Azeem">M. Azeem</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> Characterization and synergistic antibacterial potential of green synthesized silver nanoparticles using aqueous root extracts of important medicinal plants of Pakistan, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, April, 2019
38. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> Prevalence and detection of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Hazara Division, Pakistan, Academia Journal of Biotechnology, October , 2018
39. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a> Transformation of tomato variety Rio grande with drought resistant transcription factor gene ataf1 and its molecular analysis, Pakistan Journal of Botany, 2018
40. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=400" title="Dr. Abdul Nazir">A.Nazir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=173" title="Dr. Abdul Mannan">A. Mannan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=376" title="Dr. Arshad Mehmood Abbasi">Dr. AM Abbasi</a> Identification of Cystatin Genes and Antibacterial Activity Against Clinical Pathogens in Selected Medicinal Plant Species , SYLWAN Journal, 2018
41. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a> Metabolic profiling to elucidate genetic elements due to salt stress , CLEAN, Soil, Air, Water, 2017
42. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Confirmation of Proteins Encoding Genes Importantin Bacterial Wilt Resistance, Journal of Advances in Agricultural Research, 2017
43. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Exploring genotypic variations for improved oil content and healthy fatty acids composition in Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.), Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture , 2017
44. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Molecular characterization of growth and proteolysis related genes in maize under drought stress, Pakistan Journal of Botany, 2017
45. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Unraveling the inheritance pattern of yield and associated traits in Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)" , Acta Physiologiae Plantarum , Acta Physiologiae Plantarum , 2017
46. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a>,Abdul Qadir,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,Sajid Masood,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=110" title="Dr. Muhammad Irshad">M.Irshad</a>,Fawad Kaleem,Sunjeet Kumar Exogenous Ca2SiO4 enrichment reduces the leaf apoplastic Na+ and increases the growth of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) under salt stress, Scientia Horticulturae, 2017
47. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a>,Zulfiqar A Saqib,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=122" title="Dr. Farhan Hafeez">F.Hafeez</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,Saeed A Asad,Javaid Akhtar Growth-related changes in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes grown under salinity stress, Journal of Plant Nutrition, 2016
48. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Heavy metals potential health risk assessment through consumption of wastewater irrigated wild plants: a case study, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 2016
49. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a> The effects of different levels of salinity on growth and proline accumulation in three pea varieties, Minerva Biotechnologica, 2016
50. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Growth-related changes in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes grown under salinity stress, Journal of Plant Nutrition, 2016
51. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a> Phytoremediation potential of hemp (Cannabis sativa L.):Identification and characterization of heavy metals responsive genes , Clean- Soil, Air, Water, 2016
52. Saeed Ahmad Asad,Ayesha Tabassum,Abdul Hameed,Fayyaz ul Hassan,Aftab Afzal,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a> Determination of lytic enzyme activities of indigenous Trichoderma isolates from Pakistan, Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2015
53. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> "Genetic Potential, Variability and Heritability of Various Morphological and Yield Traits among Maize Synthetics , Electronic Journal of Biology , 2015
54. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Molecular cloning, characterization and differential expression of novel phytocystatin gene during tropospheric ozone stress in maize (Zea mays) leaves, Comptes Rendus Biologies, 2015
55. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Influence of foliar nutrients application on growth and yield of Onion grown in nutrient deficient soil , Bangladesh Journal of Botany , 2015
56. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a> Drought stress stunt tomato plant growth and up-regulate expression of SlAREB, SlNCED3, and SlERF024 genes, Scientia Horticulturae , 2015
57. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a> Biocontrol efficacy of different isolates of Trichoderma against soil borne pathogen Rhizoctonia solani, Pol J Microbiol , 2014
58. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> Biocontrol Efficacy of Different Isolates of Trichoderma against Soil Born Pathogen Rhizoctonia solani., Polish Journal of Microbiology, 2014
59. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Estimates of heritability and expected response for maturity and grain yield related traits in half-sib recurrent families of Maize, Pakistan Journal of Biotechnology, 2014
60. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Metabolic diversity in apple germplasm, Plant Breeding, 2014
61. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> Genetic Transformation of Sugarcane Variety HSF-240 with Marker Gene GUS" , International Journal of Agriculture and Biology, 2013
62. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,Alain Brauman,Cécile Villenave,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=136" title="Dr. Sarfraz Shafiq">S.Shafiq</a>,Claude Plassard Nitrogen and Phosphorus Flow Stimulated by Bacterial Grazer Nematodes in Mycorrhizosphere of Pinus pinaster , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE & BIOLOGY, 2013
63. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Differences in acidity of apples are probably mainly caused by a malic acid transporter gene on LG16, Tree Genetics & Genomes, 2012
64. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Diversity arrays technology (DArT) markers in apple for genetic linkage maps, Molecular Breeding, 2012
65. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Genetic analysis of metabolites in apple fruits indicates an mQTL hotspot for phenolic compounds on Linkage Group 16, Journal of Experimental Botany, 2012
66. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> The mQTL hotspot on linkage group 16 for phenolic compounds in apple fruits is probably the result of a leucoanthocyanidin reductase gene at that locus." , BMC Research Notes, 2012
67. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Anthocyanin production as a potential visual selection marker during plant transformation, Transgenic Research, 2011
68. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> 9) Anthocyanin production as a potential visual selection marker during plant transformation, Transgenic Research, 2011
69. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> 12) Effect of GA3 on regeneration response of three tomato cultivars (Lycopersicon esculentum), Pakistan Journal of Botany, 2009
70. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Effect of cytokinins on shoot multiplication in three elite sugarcane varieties, Journal of Botany, 2009
71. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Callus induction and regeneration in elite Sugarcane cultivar HSF-240, Pakistan. Journal of Botany, 2009
72. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> RAPD and SSR analysis of wild oats (Avena species) from North West frontier Province of Pakistan, African Journal of Plant Science, 2008
73. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Rapid micropropagation of three elite Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) varieties by shoot tip culture, African Journal of Biotechnology, 2008
74. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Optimization of explant sterilization condition in sugarcane cultivar, Pakistan Journal of Agriculture Research, 2007
75. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Tolerance of Avena fatua and Phalaris minor to some graminacides, Pakistan Journal of Weed Science Research, 2005
76. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> 17) Important weeds of Wheat Crop of Malakandher Farm, NWFP Agricultural University, Peshawar., Pakistan Journal of Weed Science Research, 2004

Conference Publications

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=491" title="Dr. Yasar Sajjad">Y.Sajjad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=5860" title="Imran Hussain">Imran Hussain</a> Vermi Fertilizer as a Sustainable Alternative to Synthetic Fertilizers: Impacts on Wheat Yield and Soil Fertility, , 2025
2. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a> Effect of ectomycorrhiza and ethylenediurea on cedrus deodara seedlings grown under high nitrogen and ozone stress, , 2022
3. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Newly identified fungal strains from Pinus roxburghii rhizosphere showed differential impact on plant growth and in alleviating the high nitrogen stress, , 2019
4. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Molecular Characterization of Fungal Strains Isolated from Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contaminated Sites, , 2019
5. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Methane emission from summer grass species from Northern Pakistan: implication for sustainable animal production , , 2019
6. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> Evaluation of important health beneficial metabolites and their genes expression at various harvest stages of kiwifruit , , 2019
7. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a> Metabolic profiling of Pea crop under various salt stress conditions, , 2019
8. Zulfiqar A Saqib,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,Haris Usman Investigating the role of apoplastic Na+ on the maize (Zea mays L.) growth in different saline soils, , 2019
9. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a>,Rabbia Shahid,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=110" title="Dr. Muhammad Irshad">M.Irshad</a> Effect of nano silica particles on the ionic pattern and expansin genes expression in maize plant under salt stress, , 2019
10. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a>,Mehran Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=110" title="Dr. Muhammad Irshad">M.Irshad</a> Impact of calcium sulphate fertilization on the ionomics and growth-related genes in maize leaves under salinity stress, , 2019
11. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a>,Saba Naz, Muhammad Farooq Molecular study of metabolites and genes responsive to salt stress in pea (Pisum Sativum L.), , 2019
12. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,Kinza Manzoor, Hafiz Muhammad Ansab Jamil,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a> Impact of industrial wastewater irrigation on heavy metals uptake, proteases and expansins genes expressions in selected plants, , 2019
13. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a> Differential Antioxidant Genes Expression Associated with Tolerance of Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Against Salt Stress , , 2018
14. Muhammad Ayaz,,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a>,Noorullah Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=138" title="Dr. M. Maroof Shah">M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Drought stress stunt tomato plant growth and up-regulate expressionof SlAREB, SlNCED3, and SlERF024 genes, , 2015
15. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a> Identification and Isolation of Phospholipase D (PLD) and Glutathione Reductase (GR) Genes from Parthenium hyesterophorous, , 2014
16. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Characterization of drought resistant genes in tomato, , 2014
17. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Genetic Mapping of Phenolic Compounds in Apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.), , 2013
18. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Acidity is an important determinant for fruit taste in apple" , , 2012
19. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Relevance of cadmium and proton stress in Elodea canadensis for phytofiltration, , 2012
20. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a> Relevance of Cadmium and proton stress in Elodea canadensis for phytofiltration, , 2012

Books and Book Chapters

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=134" title="Dr. Sabaz Ali Khan">S.A.Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=135" title="Dr. Rafiq Ahmad">R.Ahmad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=123" title="Dr. Muhammad Shahzad (ES)">M. Shahzad</a> Citrus flavonoids: their biosynthesis, functions and genetic improvement. In: Citrus: Molecular Phylogeny, Antioxidant Properties and Medicinal Uses, , 2014
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