Dr. Aqsa Mushtaq

Name

Dr. Aqsa Mushtaq

Designation

Assistant Professor

Email

aqsa.mushtaq@duhs.edu.pk

Office

At Department of Pharmacology, Dow College of Pharmacy, DUHS.

Qualifications

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

Research

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.