Safwan Akram

2025

Design, synthesis, in vitro, and in silico studies of novel isatin-hybrid hydrazones as potential triple- negative breast cancer agents

Munir, I., Batool, Z., Khan, F., Hussain, J., Khan, A., Mali, S. N., Radhakrishnan, V. V., Mathew, B., Almutairi, T. M., Al-Harrasi, A., Akram, M. S. & Shafiq, Z., 13 Jan 2025, In: RSC Advances. 15, p. 948-965 17 p.

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Determination of protein transporter function using Raman spectroscopy

Gilchrist, D., Islam, M., Akram, S. & Dean, P., 10 Feb 2025, In: Microbiology. 171, 2, 9 p.

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Synthesis, biological evaluation, and in silico studies of phenyl naphthalene-2-sulfonate derived thiosemicarbazones as potential carbonic anhydrase inhibitors

Eshal, J., Tariq, H. Z., Li, J., Aftab, H., Senol, H., Taslimi, P., Sadeghian, N., Alharthy, R. D., Akram, M. S., Talib, R. & Shafiq, Z., 3 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Bioorganic Chemistry. 155, 17 p., 108118.

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2024

Consanguineous marriages increase the incidence of recurrent tuberculosis: Evidence from whole exome sequencing

Akbar, N. U., Ahmad, S., Khan, T. A., Tayyeb, M., Akhter, N., Shafiq, L., Khan, S. N., Alam, M. M., Abdullah, A. M., Rehman, M. F. U., Bajaber, M. A. & Akram, M. S., 1 Mar 2024, In: Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 118, 105559.

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Water pollution remediation: Synthesis and characterization of poly(o-methylaniline)/ZnO/rGO composite for photocatalytic degradation of dyes

Ahmad, M. N., Anjum, M. N., Farid, M. F., Haq, A.-U., Ali, A., ur Rehman, M. F., Assiri, M. A. & Akram, S., 18 Jan 2024, In: Polymers for Advanced Technologies. 35, 1, 12 p., e6269.

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2023

Chemical Characterization, Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, Cytotoxicity and In-silico Studies of n-hexane Extract and Essential Oils from Citrus limon Leaves

Riaz, M., Qadir, R., Akhtar, M. T., Misbah Ur Rehman, M., Anwar, F., Eman, R., ur Rehman, M. F. & Akram, S., 20 Jan 2023, In: Chemistry and Biodiversity. 20, 1, 12 p., e202200537.

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Designing strategies towards non-fullerene DTCR1 based compounds for the exploration of non-linear optical behavior

Khalid, M., Saeed, Z., Shafiq, I., Asghar, M. A., Braga, A. A. C., Al-Shehri, S. M., Akram, S. & Chandra Ojha, S., 7 Jul 2023, In: Journal of Saudi Chemical Society. 27, 16 p., 101683.

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Effect of different end-capped donor moieties on non-fullerenes based non-covalently fused-ring derivatives for achieving high-performance NLO properties

Khalid, M., Shafiq, I., Mahmood, K., Hussain, R., ur Rehman, M. F., Assiri, M. A., Imran, M. & Akram, S., 25 Jan 2023, In: Nature Scientific Reports. 13, 1395.

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Exploration of photovoltaic behavior of benzodithiophene based non-fullerene chromophores: first theoretical framework for highly efficient photovoltaic parameters

Shafiq, I., Khalid, M., Asghar, M. A., Adeel, M., ur Rehman, M. F., Syed, A., Bahkali, A. H., Elgorban, A. M. & Akram, S., 16 Mar 2023, In: Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 24, May-June, p. 1882-1896

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Exploration of photovoltaic behavior of fused triphenylamine moiety as core donor with modified acceptors: Star-shaped D-π-A conjugated systems

Khalid, M., Ishaque, U. H., Asghar, M. A., Adeel, M., Alam, M. M., Imran, M., Baby, R., Braga, A. A. C., ur Rehman, M. F. & Akram, S., 15 Apr 2023, In: Materials Chemistry and Physics. 299, 13 p., 127528.

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Response Surface Methodology-Based Optimized Ultrasonic-Assisted Extraction and Characterization of Selected High-Value Components from Gemlik Olive Fruit

Akram, S., ur Rehman, M. F., Anwar, F., Qadir, R. & Ullah, S., 12 May 2023, In: Chemistry and Biodiversity. 12 p., e202300107.

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Synthesis, Crystal Structure, DFT Calculations, Hirshfeld Surface Analysis and In Silico Drug-Target Profiling of (R)-2-(2-(1,3-Dioxoisoindolin-2-yl)propanamido)benzoic Acid Methyl Ester

Rubab, S. L., Raza, A. R., Nisar, B., Ashfaq, M., Altaf , Y., Hussain, R., Sajjad, N., Akram, S., Tahir , M. N., Shaheen , M. A., ur Rehman, M. F. & Ali, H. M., 26 May 2023, In: Molecules. 28, 11, 4375.

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Synthesis, Spectroscopic Characterization, DFT and Molecular Dynamics of Quinoline-based Peptoids

Akhter, S., Concepcion, O., de la Torre, A. F., Ali, A., Abdul Rauf Raza, A. R. R., Eman, R., Khalid, M., ur Rehman, M. F., Akram, S. & Ali, H. M., 13 Jan 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Arabian Journal of Chemistry. 104570.

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Theoretical design and prediction of novel fluorene-based non-fullerene acceptors for environmentally friendly organic solar cell

Khan, M. U., Hussain, R., Yaqoob, J., ur Rehman, M. F., Kanmazalp, S. D., Asghar, M. A., Assiri, M. A., Imran, M., Lu, C. & Akram, S., 1 Jan 2023, In: Arabian Journal of Chemistry. 16, 1, 18 p., 104374.

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2022

Differential Proteomics of Helicobacter pylori Isolates from Gastritis, Ulcer, and Cancer Patients: First Study from Northwest Pakistan

Shah, S. A. R., Rahman, H., Qasim, M., Akram, S., Saygideger, Y., Puspita, N., Demir, B. S., Alzahrani, K. J., ur Rehman, M. F., Alzahrani, F. M. & Alblihd, M. A., 28 Aug 2022, In: Medicina. 58, 9, 13 p., 1168.

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Evaluating Zn-Porphyrin-Based Near-IR-Sensitive Non-Fullerene Acceptors for Efficient Panchromatic Organic Solar Cells

Khan, M. U., Imran, M., ur Rehman, M. F., Assiri, M. A., Mashhadi, S. M. A., Akram, S. & Lu, C., 23 Aug 2022, In: ChemistryOpen. 11, 8, 14 p., e202200047.

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2021

COVID-19 Outliers: Lessons to Better Understand SARS-CoV-2 Behaviour

Zhao, N., Kanwal, F., ur Rehman, M. F., Akram, S. & Li, Z., 14 Jul 2021, In: Fourrages. 247, 7, 8 p.

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Effectiveness of Natural Antioxidants against SARS-CoV-2? Insights from the In-Silico World

ur Rehman, M. F., Akhter, S., Batool, A. I., Selamoglu, Z., Sevindik, M., Eman, R., Mustaqeem, M., Akram, S., Kanwal, F., Lu, C. & Aslam, M., 20 Aug 2021, In: Antibiotics. 10, 8, p. 1011 1044 p.

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Exploration of efficient electron acceptors for organic solar cells: rational design of indacenodithiophene based non‐fullerene compounds

Khalid, M., Khan, M. U., tul ‑Razia, E., Shafiq, Z., Alam, M. M., Imran, M. & Akram, S., 7 Oct 2021, In: Nature Scientific Reports.

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Exploration of promising optical and electronic properties of (non-polymer) small donor molecules for organic solar cells

Khalid, M., Khan, M. U., Ahmed, S., Shafiq, Z., Alam, M. M., Imran, M., Braga, A. A. C. & Akram, M. S., 2 Nov 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 21540.

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Ficus benghalensis as Potential Inhibitor of 5α-Reductase for Hair Growth Promotion: In Vitro, In Silico, and In Vivo Evaluation

Iltaf, J., Noreen, S., ur Rehman, M. F., Ghumman, S. A., Batool, F., Mehd, M., Hasan, S., Ijaz, B., Akram, S. & Butt, H., 7 Dec 2021, In: Frontiers in Pharmacology.

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Gastric Cancer Screening Methods: A Comparative Study of Two Scoring Methods

Zhang, W., Li, Z., Akram, S., ur Rehman, M. F., Khan, N. H., Hu, D., Mustaqeem, M., Zeng, Y. & Kanwal, F., 20 Jul 2021, In: Cancer Management and Research. p. 5785-5791 6 p.

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Molecular engineering of indenoindene-3-ethylrodanine acceptors with A2-A1-D-A1-A2 architecture for promising fullerene-free organic solar cells

Khalid, M., Imran, M., ur Rehman, M. F., Braga, A. A. C. & Akram, S., 13 Oct 2021, In: Nature Scientific Reports. 11, 14 p., 20320.

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Probing Transferrin Receptor Overexpression in Gastric Cancer Mice Models

Lodhi, M. S., Khan, M. T., Bukhari, S. M. H., Sabir, S. H., Samra, Z. Q., Butt, H. & Akram, S., 27 Oct 2021, In: ACS Omega.

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Structural modulation of π-conjugated linkers in D–π–A dyes based on triphenylamine dicyanovinylene framework to explore the NLO properties

Khalid, M., Khan, M. U., Shafiq, I., Hussain, R., Ali, A., Imran, M., Braga, A. A. C., ur Rehman, M. F. & Akram, S., 4 Aug 2021, In: Royal Society Open Science. 8, 8, 14 p., 210570.

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Tailor-made recombinant prokaryotic lectins for characterisation of glycoproteins

Fernandez-Poza, S., Padros, A., Thompson, R., Butler, L., Islam, M., Mosely, J. A., Scrivens, J. H., F Rehman, M. & Akram, M. S., 27 Feb 2021, In: Analytica Chimica Acta. 1155, 338352.

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2020

Challenges for biosimilars: focus on rheumatoid arthritis

Akram, S., Pery, N., Butler, L., Shafiq, M. I., Batool, N., ur Rehman, M. F., Grahame-Dunn, L. G. & Yetisen, A. K., 11 Oct 2020, In: Critical Reviews in Biotechnology. 41, 1, p. 121-153 33 p.

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First principles study of electronic and nonlinear optical properties of A–D–π–A and D–A–D–π–A configured compounds containing novel quinoline–carbazole derivatives

Khalid, M., Ali, A., Jawaria, R., Asghar, M. A., Asim, S., Khan, M. U., Hussain, R., ur Rehman, M. F., Ennis, C. & Akram, S., 10 Jun 2020, In: RSC Advances. 2020, 37, p. 22273-22283 11 p.

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2019

Characterisation of intact hemoglobin variants utilising a cyclic ion mobility-enabled quadrupole time-of-flight (Q-cIM-oaToF) mass spectrometer

Alkawi, A., Scrivens, J., Taylor, G., Akram, S., Palmer, M., Ujma, J., Giles, K., Williams, J. & Edgeworth, M., 2019, p. WP483.

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Utilisation of enhanced shape selective information obtained from a cyclic ion mobility-enabled-mass spectrometer for the characterisation of complex mixtures

Mehboob, J., Scrivens, J., Taylor, G., Akram, S., Palmer, M., Ujma, J., Giles, K., Williams, J., Portwood, D. & Navarro, P., 2019, p. TP502.

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Utilisation of enhanced shape selective information obtained from a cyclic ion mobility-enabled-mass spectrometer for the characterisation of complex mixtures

Mehboob, J., Scrivens, J., Taylor, G., Akram, S., Ujma, J., Giles, K., Portwood, D., Navarro, P. & Williams, J. P., 5 Sept 2019.

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2017

Synthesis, biological evaluation and docking studies of 2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-one derivatives as inhibitors of cholinesterases

Sarfraz, M., Sultana, N., Rashid, U., Akram, M. S., Sadiq, A. & Tariq, M. I., 17 Jan 2017, In: Bioorganic Chemistry. 70, p. 237-244

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Synthesis, crystal structure determination, biological screening and docking studies of N 1 -substituted derivatives of 2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1 H )-one as inhibitors of cholinesterases

Sultana, N., Sarfraz, M., Tanoli, S. T., Akram, M. S., Sadiq, A., Rashid, U. & Tariq, M. I., 17 Apr 2017, In: Bioorganic Chemistry. 72, p. 256-267

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2016

Antimicrobial metal-based thiophene derived compounds

Yasmeen, S., Sumrra, S. H., Akram, M. S. & Chohan, Z. H., 21 Oct 2016, In: Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry. 0, p. 106=112

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Metal-based ethanolamine-derived compounds: a note on their synthesis, characterization and bioactivity

Amjad, M., Sumrra, S. H., Akram, M. S. & Chohan, Z. H., 24 Aug 2016, In: Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry. p. -

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2015

Applications of Paper-Based Diagnostics

Akram, M. S., Daly, R., da Cruz Vasconcellos, F., Yetisen, A. K., Hutchings, I. & Hall, E. A., 2015, Lab-on-a-Chip Devices and Micro-Total Analysis Systems. p. -

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Metal based drugs: design, synthesis and in-vitro antimicrobial screening of Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) complexes with some new carboxamide derived compounds: crystal structures of N-[ethyl(propan-2-yl)carbamothioyl]thiophene-2-carboxamide and its copper(II) complex.

Sumrra, S. H., Hanif, M., Chohan, Z. H., Akram, M. S., Akhtar, J. & Al-Shehri, S. M., 11 Jun 2015, In: Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry. p. -

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2014

Engineered Proteins for Bioelectrochemistry

Akram, M. S., Rehman, J. U. & Hall, E. A. H., 12 Jun 2014, In: Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry. p. -

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The regulation of mobile medical applications

Yetisen, A. K., Martinez-Hurtado, J. L., da Cruz Vasconcellos, F., Simsekler, M. C. E., Akram, M. S. & Lowe, C. R., 2014, In: Lab on a Chip. 5, p. 0

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2013

Iridescence in Meat Caused by Surface Gratings

Martinez-hurtado, J., Akram, M. & Yetisen, A., 11 Nov 2013, In: Foods. 2, 4, p. 499-506

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Paper-based microfluidic point-of-care diagnostic devices

Yetisen, A. K., Akram, M. S. & Lowe, C. R., 21 Jun 2013, In: Lab on a Chip. 13, 12, p. 2210-2251 42 p.

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2009

Wasting cash—the decline of the British biotech sector

Smith, G., Akram, M. S., Redpath, K. & Bains, W., 1 Jun 2009, In: Nature Biotechnology. 27, 6, p. 531-537

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