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Overview

Zahid H. Chohan is affiliated with Bahauddin Zakariya University in Pakistan and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Chemistry and Medicine, focusing particularly on Organic Chemistry and Oncology. Their work spans a diverse range of topics related to the synthesis, characterization, and biological evaluation of metal complexes and heterocyclic compounds.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Synthesis and biological activity
  • Synthesis and characterization of heterocyclic compounds
  • Synthesis of tetrazole derivatives
  • Enzyme function and inhibition
  • Click chemistry and applications

Zahid H. Chohan has published in frequent venues such as:

  • Journal of Coordination Chemistry
  • Journal of Molecular Structure
  • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Sains Malaysiana
  • Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly

Frequent co-authors collaborating on their research include Sajjad Hussain Sumrra, Wardha Zafar, Muhammad Imran, Abrar U. Hassan, and Umme Habiba.

Key research papers authored or co-authored by Zahid H. Chohan include:

  • A review: Pharmacological aspects of metal based 1,2,4-triazole derived Schiff bases (2021), European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • A review on 'sulfonamides': their chemistry and pharmacological potentials for designing therapeutic drugs in medical science (2023), Journal of Coordination Chemistry
  • A review on the biomedical efficacy of transition metal triazole compounds (2022), Journal of Coordination Chemistry
  • A review on the efficacy and medicinal applications of metal-based triazole derivatives (2020), Journal of Coordination Chemistry
  • Synthesis, characterization, molecular docking and network pharmacology of bioactive metallic sulfonamide-isatin ligands against promising drug targets (2022), Journal of Molecular Structure

Their research includes both reviews and experimental studies that explore the biochemical and pharmacological potentials of transition metal compounds, with an emphasis on triazole and sulfonamide derivatives. This body of work contributes to the understanding of drug design and therapeutic applications involving metal complexes.

Zahid H. Chohan's scientific output integrates approaches from Organic Chemistry and Molecular Biology with a practical orientation toward oncology and general health professions, highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of their research endeavors.

Best Publications

  • Metal based biologically active compounds: design, synthesis, and antibacterial/antifungal/cytotoxic properties of triazole-derived Schiff bases and their oxovanadium(IV) complexes

    Zahid H. Chohan;Sajjad H. Sumrra;Moulay H. Youssoufi;Taibi B. Hadda

  • Isatin-derived antibacterial and antifungal compounds and their transition metal complexes.

    Zahid H Chohan;Humayun Pervez;A Rauf;Khalid M Khan

  • Metal-Based Antibacterial and Antifungal Agents: Synthesis, Characterization, and In Vitro Biological Evaluation of Co(II), Cu(II), Ni(II), and Zn(II) Complexes with Amino Acid-Derived Compounds

    Zahid H. Chohan;M. Arif;Muhammad A. Akhtar;Claudiu T. Supuran

  • Identification of antibacterial and antifungal pharmacophore sites for potent bacteria and fungi inhibition: indolenyl sulfonamide derivatives.

    Zahid H. Chohan;Moulay H. Youssoufi;Aliasghar Jarrahpour;Taibi Ben Hadda

  • Metal binding and antibacterial activity of ciprofloxacin complexes.

    Zahid H. Chohan;Claudiu T. Supuran;Andrea Scozzafava

  • Metalloantibiotics: Synthesis and Antibacterial Activity of Cobalt(II), Copper(II), Nickel(II) and Zinc(II) Complexes of Kefzol

    Zahid H. Chohan;Claudiu T. Supuran;Andrea Scozzafava

  • Zinc complexes of benzothiazole-derived Schiff bases with antibacterial activity.

    Zahid H. Chohan;Andrea Scozzafava;Claudiu T. Supuran

  • Unsymmetrical 1,1'-disubstituted ferrocenes: synthesis of Co(ii), Cu(ii), Ni(ii) and Zn(ii) chelates of ferrocenyl -1-thiadiazolo-1'-tetrazole, -1-thiadiazolo-1'-triazole and -1-tetrazolo-1'-triazole with antimicrobial properties.

    Z. H. Chohan;Andrea Scozzafava;Claudiu Trandafir Supuran

  • Antibacterial, antifungal and cytotoxic properties of novel N-substituted sulfonamides from 4-hydroxycoumarin

    Zahid H Chohan;Ali U Shaikh;Abdul Rauf;Claudiu T Supuran

  • In-vitro antibacterial, antifungal and cytotoxic activities of some coumarins and their metal complexes.

    Saeed U. Rehman;Zahid H. Chohan;Farzana Gulnaz;Claudiu T. Supuran

  • Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. Inhibition of cytosolic/tumor-associated carbonic anhydrase isozymes I, II, IX, and XII with Schiff’s bases incorporating chromone and aromatic sulfonamide moieties, and their zinc complexes

    Luca Puccetti;Giuseppe Fasolis;Daniela Vullo;Zahid H. Chohan

  • In-vitro antibacterial, antifungal and cytotoxic properties of sulfonamide—derived Schiff's bases and their metal complexes

    Zahid H. Chohan;Mahmood-ul-Hassan;Khalid M. Khan;Claudiu T. Supuran

  • Metal‐based antibacterial and antifungal amino acid derived Schiff bases: their synthesis, characterization and in vitro biological activity

    Zahid H. Chohan;M. Arif;M. Sarfraz

  • Petra, Osiris and Molinspiration (POM) together as a successful support in drug design: antibacterial activity and biopharmaceutical characterization of some azo Schiff bases

    Aliasghar Jarrahpour;Jihane Fathi;Mostafa Mimouni;Taibi Ben Hadda

  • In vitro antibacterial, antifungal & cytotoxic activity of some isonicotinoylhydrazide Schiff's bases and their cobalt (II), copper (II), nickel (II) and zinc (II) complexes.

    Zahid H. Chohan;M. Arif;Zahid Shafiq;Muhammad Yaqub

  • Transition Metal Ion Complexes of Schiff-bases. Synthesis, Characterization and Antibacterial Properties.

    Zahid H. Chohan;Asifa Munawar;Claudiu T. Supuran

  • A review: Pharmacological aspects of metal based 1,2,4-triazole derived Schiff bases

    Wardha Zafar;Sajjad H. Sumrra;Zahid H. Chohan

  • Design, spectral characterization and biological studies of transition metal(II) complexes with triazole Schiff bases.

    Muhammad Hanif;Zahid H. Chohan

  • Antibacterial and antifungal ferrocene incorporated dithiothione and dithioketone compounds

    Zahid H. Chohan

  • Synthesis, characterization, coordination and antibacterial properties of novel asymmetric 1,1′‐disubstituted ferrocene‐derived Schiff‐base ligands and their Co(II), Cu(II) Ni(II) and Zn(II) complexes

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  • Antibacterial Co(II), Cu(II), Ni(II) and Zn(II) complexes of thiadiazole derived furanyl, thiophenyl and pyrrolyl Schiff bases

    Zahid H Chohan;Humayun Pervez;Abdul Rauf;Andrea Scozzafava

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudiu T. Supuran
Claudiu T. Supuran University of Florence
Khalid Mohammed Khan
Khalid Mohammed Khan University of Karachi
Taibi Ben Hadda
Taibi Ben Hadda Euro-Mediterranean University of Fes
Andrea Scozzafava
Andrea Scozzafava University of Florence
Muhammad Farooq
Muhammad Farooq Sultan Qaboos University
Loïc Toupet
Loïc Toupet University of Rennes
Atta-ur-Rahman
Atta-ur-Rahman University of Karachi
Vickie McKee
Vickie McKee Dublin City University
Muhammad Khalid
Muhammad Khalid King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Saad M. Alshehri
Saad M. Alshehri King Saud University

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