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Zabta Khan Shinwari

Zabta Khan Shinwari

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Biology and Biochemistry
Pakistan
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
18422
World Ranking
6635
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Pakistan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Pakistan Leader Award
  • 2008 - Fellow of Pakistan Academy of Sciences

Overview

Zabta Khan Shinwari is affiliated with Quaid-i-Azam University in Pakistan. Their research focuses primarily on Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Medicine, with notable work in subfields such as Plant Science, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Their contributions encompass a diverse range of topics including nanoparticles synthesis and applications, ethnobotanical and medicinal plants studies, plant-microbe interactions and immunity, advanced nanomaterials in catalysis, plant tissue culture and regeneration, botanical research and chemistry, and Moringa oleifera research and applications.

The scientist has coauthored numerous research articles with frequent collaborators including Ali Talha Khalil, Muhammad Ali, M. Mâaza, Sohail Ahmad Jan, and Amjid Khan.

Primary publication venues for their research include Pakistan Journal of Botany, Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences B Life and Environmental Sciences, Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, Nanomedicine, and the Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics.

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Green-Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles Induced Apoptotic Cell Death in MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells by Generating Reactive Oxygen Species and Activating Caspase 3 and 9 Enzyme Activities (2020, Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity)
  • Promising Antiviral, Antimicrobial and Therapeutic Properties of Green Nanoceria (2020, Nanomedicine)
  • Floral extracts-mediated green synthesis of NiO nanoparticles and their diverse pharmacological evaluations (2020, Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics)
  • Bio-redox potential of Hyphaene thebaica in bio-fabrication of ultrafine maghemite phase iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe2O3 NPs) for therapeutic applications (2020, Materials Science and Engineering C)
  • Genetic engineering approaches to understanding drought tolerance in plants (2020, Plant Biotechnology Reports)

Zabta Khan Shinwari has been recognized as a Fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences since 2008.

Best Publications

  • Interaction between two cis-acting elements, ABRE and DRE, in ABA-dependent expression of Arabidopsis rd29A gene in response to dehydration and high-salinity stresses

    Yoshihiro Narusaka;Kazuo Nakashima;Zabta K. Shinwari;Yoh Sakuma

  • Plant beneficial endophytic bacteria: Mechanisms, diversity, host range and genetic determinants

    Imran Afzal;Zabta Khan Shinwari;Shomaila Sikandar;Shaheen Shahzad

  • Plant growth promoting bacteria as an alternative strategy for salt tolerance in plants: A review.

    Muhammad Numan;Muhammad Numan;Samina Bashir;Yasmin Khan;Roqayya Mumtaz

  • Organization and expression of two Arabidopsis DREB2 genes encoding DRE-binding proteins involved in dehydration- and high-salinity-responsive gene expression

    Kazuo Nakashima;Zabta K. Shinwari;Yoh Sakuma;Motoaki Seki

  • An Arabidopsis gene family encoding DRE/CRT binding proteins involved in low-temperature-responsive gene expression

    Zabta K. Shinwari;Kazuo Nakashima;Setsuko Miura;Mie Kasuga

  • Medicinal plants research in Pakistan.

    Zabta K. Shinwari

  • Piper Species: A Comprehensive Review on Their Phytochemistry, Biological Activities and Applications.

    Bahare Salehi;Zainul Amiruddin Zakaria;Rabin Gyawali;Salam A Ibrahim

  • Role of plant phytochemicals and microbial enzymes in biosynthesis of metallic nanoparticles.

    Muhammad Ovais;Muhammad Ovais;Ali Talha Khalil;Ali Talha Khalil;Nazar Ul Islam;Irshad Ahmad

  • Antimicrobial activities of biologically synthesized metal nanoparticles: an insight into the mechanism of action.

    Parveen Nisar;Nasir Ali;Lubna Rahman;Muhammad Ali

  • Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles via plant extracts: beginning a new era in cancer theranostics

    Muhammad Ovais;Ali Talha Khalil;Abida Raza;Muhammad Adeeb Khan

  • Sustainable harvest of medicinal plants at Bulashbar Nullah, Astore (Northern Pakistan)

    Zabta Khan Shinwari;Syed Shahinshah Gilani

  • Anticancer Plants: A Review of the Active Phytochemicals, Applications in Animal Models, and Regulatory Aspects

    Tariq Khan;Muhammad Ali;Ajmal Khan;Parveen Nisar

  • Biosynthesis of iron oxide (Fe2O3) nanoparticles via aqueous extracts of Sageretia thea (Osbeck.) and their pharmacognostic properties

    Ali Talha Khalil;Muhammad Ovais;Ikram Ullah;Muhammad Ali

  • The Phytochrome-Interacting Factor PIF7 Negatively Regulates DREB1 Expression under Circadian Control in Arabidopsis

    Satoshi Kidokoro;Kyonoshin Maruyama;Kazuo Nakashima;Yoshiyuki Imura

  • Ethnobotany of medicinal plants among the communities of Alpine and Sub-alpine regions of Pakistan.

    Sadaf Kayani;Mushtaq Ahmad;Shazia Sultana;Zabta Khan Shinwari

  • Anti-cancer green bionanomaterials: present status and future prospects

    Hamed Barabadi;Muhammad Ovais;Zabta Khan Shinwari;Muthupandian Saravanan

  • Physical properties, biological applications and biocompatibility studies on biosynthesized single phase cobalt oxide (Co3O4) nanoparticles via Sageretia thea (Osbeck.)

    Ali Talha Khalil;Ali Talha Khalil;Muhammad Ovais;Ikram Ullah;Muhammad Ali

  • An ethnobotanical survey of indigenous medicinal plants in Wana district south Waziristan agency, Pakistan

    Manzoor Ullah;Muhammad Usman Khan;Adeel Mahmood;Riffat Naseem Malik

  • Sageretia thea (Osbeck.) modulated biosynthesis of NiO nanoparticles and their in vitro pharmacognostic, antioxidant and cytotoxic potential.

    Ali Talha Khalil;Ali Talha Khalil;Ali Talha Khalil;Muhammad Ovais;Ikram Ullah;Muhammad Ali

  • The Phytochrome-Interacting Factor PIF7 Negatively Regulates DREB1 Expression under Circadian Control

    Satoshi Kidokoro;Kyonoshin Maruyama;Kazuo Nakashima;Yoshiyuki Imura

Frequent Co-Authors

Abdul Latif Khan
Abdul Latif Khan University of Houston
Malik Maaza
Malik Maaza University of South Africa
Muhammad Hamayun
Muhammad Hamayun Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
Bilal Haider Abbasi
Bilal Haider Abbasi Quaid-i-Azam University
Riffat Naseem Malik
Riffat Naseem Malik Quaid-i-Azam University
In-Jung Lee
In-Jung Lee Kyungpook National University
Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki
Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki University of Tokyo
Sumera Afzal Khan
Sumera Afzal Khan University of Peshawar
Kazuo Nakashima
Kazuo Nakashima Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

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