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Prof. Dr. Riffat Farooqui

Name

Prof. Dr. Riffat Farooqui

Designation

Professor / Head of Pharmacology Department

Email

riffat.farooqui@duhs.edu.pk

Office

Room # 24, 3rd Floor, DIMC Building, OJHA Campus, Dow University of Health Sciences, Suparco Road, Karachi

Qualifications

  • BDS
  • MPhil
  • PhD

Research

Our research interests are broad and covering

  1. Drug Discovery
  2. Toxicology
  3. Analgesics in dentistry
  4. Role of antibiotics in oral infections
  5. Local Anesthetics in dentistry
  6. Drug-Drug Interactions

Publications

  1. Farooqui R, Hoor T, Karim N, Muneer M. Potential Drug-Drug Interactions among patient’s prescriptions collected from Medicine out-patient setting. Pak J Med Sci. 2018;34(1):144-148.   doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.341.13986
  2. Farooqui R, Khan RA, Zamir T & Karim N. Effects of Herbal Syrup Linkus on Acute and Gross Toxicity and Electrolytes in Blood and Organs. JBUMDC 2016;6(4):223-227.
  3. Hoor T, Farooqui R, Karim N & Nazar A. Errors in Prescription Writing: An Audit of General Practitioners. JBUMDC 2016; 6(3): 182-185.
  4. Farooqui R, Khan RA, Mustafa K. Evaluation of antitussive effect of herbal syrup. Medical channel vol.20 – No.3- 2014 ( 34 – 37 ).
  5. Farooqui R. Chemically Induced Mice Cough Model. JBUMDC 2014; 4(2): 69-71.
  6. Farooqui R, Hoor T, Zamir T, Khan RA. Evaluation of cardiovascular safety of herbal cough syrup. Pak J Med Dent 2014; 3(3):29-34.
  7. Hoor T, Farooqui R, Shaikh JM, Karim N. Salvadora persica; Anti-inflammatory activity in rats. Professional Med J 2014; 21 ( 1) : 070-074
  8. Zamir T, Farooqui R, Rajput MA, Mustafa K. “ In-Vitro assessment of antibacterial activity of methanol extract of brassica oleracae against selected bacterias”. JLUMHS SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2013; Vol 12: No. 03.
  9. Karim N, Khalid M, Hoor T, Farooqui R. “ Effect of Metformin versus Diet and Exercise on ovulation & menstrual regularity in PCOS”. jbumdc 2012;2(1):17-23
  10. Shireen Nazir, Syeda Afroz, Hafiza Tausef, Hafiza Afsheen, Riffat Farooqui, Aisha Rizvi, Phytochemical Analysis, Safety Profile , Analgesic and Anti-inflammatory Effects of Ethanol Extract of Allium Fistulosum L. PJMLS , 2022.
  11. Syeda Hafiza Afsheen Zafari , Dr. Riffat Farooqui, Ifrah Jawaid, Syeda Afroze, Fahmeed Karimiv, Dr. Syeda Bushra Zafar; Dose-Dependent Anti-Depressant Effect Of Citrus Paradisi In Rehabilitation Of Psychological Disorders; DOI: 10.36283/pjr.zu.12.1/015; Pakistan Journal Of Rehabilition, VOLUME 12(ISSUE 1), 2023