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2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
18842
World Ranking
7188
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Pakistan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Pakistan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Pakistan Leader Award

Overview

Atta-ur-Rahman is affiliated with the University of Karachi in Pakistan and has contributed to various research fields including materials chemistry, molecular biology, pharmacology, and plant science. Their work spans diverse topics with a particular focus on ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials, multiferroics, natural product bioactivities and synthesis, phytochemistry, microwave dielectric ceramics synthesis, crystallization and solubility studies, and X-ray diffraction in crystallography.

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as Current Medicinal Chemistry, The Cambridge Structural Database, Bioorganic Chemistry, Natural Product Research, and SSRN Electronic Journal. Their research collaborations involve frequent co-authors including M. Iqbal Choudhary, Atia-tul Wahab, Yuqing Jian, Nuzhat Shehla, and Aiwen Xie.

Recent notable papers include:

  • "In silico identification of potential inhibitors of key SARS-CoV-2 3CL hydrolase (Mpro) via molecular docking, MMGBSA predictive binding energy calculations, and molecular dynamics simulation" (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • "Medicinal plants used in the treatment of tuberculosis - Ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological approaches" (2020, Biotechnology Advances)
  • "Kadsura coccinea: A rich source of structurally diverse and biologically important compounds" (2020, Chinese Herbal Medicines)
  • "Ultrahigh piezoelectric strain in lead-free BiFeO3-BaTiO3 ceramics at elevated temperature" (2022, Journal of Alloys and Compounds)
  • "An easy approach to obtain large piezoelectric constant in high-quality transparent ceramics by normal sintering process in modified potassium sodium niobate ceramics" (2020, Journal of the European Ceramic Society)

Atta-ur-Rahman has also authored books, including the title Bioactive Natural Products, published by Elsevier BV in 2021.

The comprehensive focus on both natural products and advanced materials science reflects the interdisciplinary nature of their research contributions.

Best Publications

  • Bioassay Techniques for Drug Development

    Atta-ur-Rahman;M. Iqbal Choudhary;William J. Thomsen

  • Trends in ethnopharmacology

    Anwarul Hassan Gilani;Atta-ur-Rahman

  • Antidiabetic Potential of Medicinal Plants and Their Active Components.

    Bahare Salehi;Athar Ata;Nanjangud V Anil Kumar;Farukh Sharopov

  • Medicinal plants with hypoglycemic activity.

    Atta-Ur-Rahman;Khurshid Zaman

  • Chemistry and mechanism of urease inhibition.

    Z. Amtul;Atta-ur-Rahman;R. A. Siddiqui;M. I. Choudhary

  • Nigellidine — A new indazole alkaloid from the seeds of Nigella sativa

    Atta-ur-Rahman;Sohail Malik;S.Sadiq Hasan;M.Iqbal Choudhary;M.Iqbal Choudhary

  • Isolation and structure determination of nigellicine, a novel alkaloid from the seeds of

    Atta-ur-Rahman;Sohail Malik;He Cun-heng;Jon Clardy

  • Structure-activity relationships of tyrosinase inhibitory combinatorial library of 2,5-disubstituted-1,3,4-oxadiazole analogues.

    Mahmud Tareq Hassan Khan;Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary;Khalid Mohammed Khan;Mubeen Rani

  • Bioactive natural products as a potential source of new pharmacophores. A theory of memory

    Atta-ur-Rahman;M. Iqbal Choudhary

  • Antifungal steroidal lactones from Withania coagulance.

    M. Iqbal Choudhary;Dur-e-Shahwar;Zeba Parveen;Abdul Jabbar

  • Anti-inflammatory activity of Bacopa monniera in rodents.

    Shabana Channa;Ahsana Dar;Shazia Anjum;Muhammad Yaqoob

  • Withanolides, a new class of natural cholinesterase inhibitors with calcium antagonistic properties.

    M. Iqbal Choudhary;Sarfraz Ahmad Nawaz;Zaheer-ul-Haq;M. Arif Lodhi

  • Kinetics of novel competitive inhibitors of urease enzymes by a focused library of oxadiazoles/thiadiazoles and triazoles

    Zareen Amtul;Maimoona Rasheed;Mohammad Iqbal Choudhary;Supino Rosanna

  • Nigellimine N-oxide-a new isoquinoline alkaloid from the seeds of Nigella sativa

    Atta-ur-Rahman;Sohail Malik;Khurshid Zaman

  • Studies on the chemical constituents of Phyllanthus emblica.

    Habib-ur-Rehman;Khawaja Ansar Yasin;Muhammad Aziz Choudhary;Naeem Khaliq

  • Diterpenoid and steroidal alkaloids

    Atta-ur-Rahman;M. Igbal Choudhary

  • Cholinesterase inhibiting withanolides from Withania somnifera.

    Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary;Sammer Yousuf;Sarfraz Ahmad Nawaz;Shakil Ahmed

  • Alkaloids of Aconitum laeve and their anti-inflammatory antioxidant and tyrosinase inhibition activities.

    Farzana Shaheen;Manzoor Ahmad;Muhmud Tareq Hassan Khan;Saima Jalil

  • N-Alkylation of anilines, carboxamides and several nitrogen heterocycles using CsF–Celite/alkyl halides/CH3CN combination

    Safdar Hayat;Atta-ur-Rahman;M Iqbal Choudhary;Khalid Mohammed Khan

  • Antifungal diterpenoid alkaloids from Delphinium denudatum

    Atta-ur-Rahman;Amber Nasreen;Farzana Akhtar;M. Saleh Shekhani

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Iqbal Choudhary
M. Iqbal Choudhary University of Karachi
Khalid Mohammed Khan
Khalid Mohammed Khan University of Karachi
Bilge Sener
Bilge Sener Gazi University
Hoong-Kun Fun
Hoong-Kun Fun Universiti Sains Malaysia
Wolfgang Voelter
Wolfgang Voelter University of Tübingen
Masood Parvez
Masood Parvez University of Calgary
Jon Clardy
Jon Clardy Harvard University
Anwarul Hassan Gilani
Anwarul Hassan Gilani Aga Khan University
Ilkay Erdogan Orhan
Ilkay Erdogan Orhan Gazi University
Ayhan Ulubelen
Ayhan Ulubelen Istanbul University

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