DEPARTMENT.FACULTY

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Prof. Iqbal Ahmad
  • DEPARTMENT_STAFF.QUALIFICATION

    Ph.D (Microbiology), M.Phil

  • DEPARTMENT_STAFF.DESIGNATION

    Professor

  • DEPARTMENT_STAFF.THRUST_AREA

    Applied Microbiology & Anti infective Natural products, Microbial biofilms

  • DEPARTMENT_STAFF.ADDRESS

    Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002, INDIA

  • DEPARTMENT_STAFF.MOBILE

    9897902936

  • DEPARTMENT_STAFF.EMAIL

    ahmadiqbal8@yahoo.co.in

DEPARTMENT_STAFF.COMPLETE_CV
DEPARTMENT_STAFF.PROFILE

Dr Iqbal Ahmad, Professor and  Chairman of the Department obtained M.Phil (1991) and  Ph. D degree (1994) in Ag. Microbiology from Aligarh Muslim University and worked at Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow (1989-1994). Before joining as a lecturer at the Institute of Agriculture, AMU on 25.3.1995, He has worked as Research Scientist at The Himalaya Drug Company, New Delhi. He has guided 15 PhD and several M.Sc theses completed five Research Projects, edited 12 books, and published more than 150 original research papers and 50 book Chapters. Interdisciplinary Research work has also been conducted in collaboration with the Departments of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Botany, and Biotechnology. The research work published has been fairly cited by the International scientific community. The fair citation has also been on the Web of Science, Scopus, and Research gate. Prof. Ahmad is the Chief editor of the Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology and on the editorial and advisory board of many Scientific Journals. He has been a visiting Professor at the Department of Biology, Umm-Al Qura University, KSA in 2016 and 2020.  He is the  Course Coordinator of Undergraduate Programme ( B.Sc. Agriculture)  and MSc.(Ag.) Agronomy of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, AMU, Aligarh.

 Major areas of teaching interest: General microbiology, Pathogenic microbes, and drug resistance, soil microbiology, industrial microbiology and fermentation technology, Biomolecules, bacterial genetics, and plasmid biology. Prof. Ahmad has completed extramural Research Projects mainly funded by UGC New Delhi and Indian Oil Corporation( Mathura Oil Refinery). 

Presently On-going International projects include two Indo -UK Joint Research Projects sanctioned by the DBT new Delhi in 2020. In the above Multi-Institutional projects, Prof. Ahmad is Lead PI from India in the  project, SELECTAR with Professor Alan McNally, University of Birmingham, UK( Lead UK PI), and Co-PI in another project (ResPharm) with Prof Wellington, University of Warwick, UK (Project Coordinator, UK) and Professor Neelam Taneja (Project Coordinator -India)

Both National and International PhD and Postdoctoral students have been guided who received funding from DST, ICMR, FICCI, UGC and IOC, New Delhi. The major area of current research Interest: Biofilm based development of PGPR and biofertilizers Microbial ecology, Metal -Microbe interaction and biosorption Novel bioactivity/ compounds from traditionally used Indian medicinal plants Search for anti-infective compounds against drug-resistant bacteria and fungi (antibiofilm, anti quorum sensing, and anti-virulence activities) Understanding antiglycation of natural products. Some of the important Journals in which work has been published include Scientific Reports, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Journal of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Microbiological Research, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology Journal of Ethnopharmacology, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Phytomedicine, Medical Mycology, Mutation Research Drug and Chemical Toxicology, Bioresource Technology, Frontiers in Microbiology, etc.

Contact details; iazilli786@gmail.com, ahmadiqbal8@yahoo.co.in

  1. Publication

    Publication in the last 5 years:(2014-2018):

    Books: 03

    • New Look to Phytomedicine: Advancements in Herbal Products as Novel Drug Leads (2018). Editors: Mohd Sajjad Ahmad Khan, Iqbal Ahmad and Debprasad Chattopadhyay. Imprint: Academic Press, Elsevier.

    • Biofilm in Plant and Soil Health (2017) Wiley-Blackwell, Iqbal Ahmad and Fohad Mabood Husain.

    • Antibiofilm Agents: From Diagnosis to Treatment and Prevention, Editors: Rumbaugh KP, Ahmad Iqbal (2014) Springer, USA,

    Book Chapters:

    • 32 ( Please see CV)

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    Research Publications: 63

    1. Nasser A. Al-Shabib, Fohad Mabood Husain, Rais Ahmad Khan, Mohammad Shavez Khan, Mohammad Zubair Alam, Firoz Ahmad Ansari, Sameen Laeeq, Mohammad Zubair, Syed Ali Shahzad, Javed Masood Khan, Ali Alsalme, Iqbal Ahmad: (2018) Interference of Phosphane Copper (I) complexes of �?�²-carboline with quorum sensing regulated virulence functions and biofilm in foodborne pathogenic bacteria: A First Report. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 04/2018. DOI:10.1016/j.sjbs.2018.04.013.

    2. Abdullah KM, Qais FA, Ahmad I, Hasan H, Naseem I. Study of pyridoxamine against glycation and reactive oxygen species production in human serum albumin as model protein: An in vitro & ex vivo approach. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 2018 Dec 1;120:1734-43.

    3. Qais FA, Khan MS, Ahmad I. Broad-spectrum quorum sensing and biofilm inhibition by green tea against gram-negative pathogenic bacteria: Deciphering the role of phytocompounds through molecular modelling. Microbial Pathogenesis. 2018. 126:379-392. doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2018.11.030.

    Zahin M, Khan MS, Qais FA, Abulreesh HH, Ahmad I. Antioxidant properties and anti-mutagenic potential of Piper Cubeba fruit extract and molecular docking of certain bioactive compounds. Drug and Chemical Toxicology. 2018 Feb 7:1-0.

    5.�  Khan JA, Rathore RS, Abulreesh HH, Qais FA, Ahmad I. Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance Profiles of Campylobacter jejuni Isolated from Poultry Meat and Related Samples at Retail Shops in Northern India. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 2018 Apr 1;15(4):218-25.

    6. Khan MS, Qais FA, Ahmad I, Hussain A, Alajmi MF. Genotoxicity inhibition by Syzygium cumini (L.) seed fraction and rutin: understanding the underlying mechanism of DNA protection. Toxicology Research. 2018;7(2):156-71.

    7. Khan JA, Rathore RS, Abulreesh HH, Al�?�¢??thubiani AS, Khan S, Ahmad I. Diversity of antibiotic�?�¢??resistant Shiga toxin�?�¢??producing Escherichia coli serogroups in foodstuffs of animal origin in northern India. Journal of Food Safety. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfs.12566.

    8.Jafri H, Khan MS, Ahmad I. In vitro efficacy of eugenol in inhibiting single and mixed-biofilms of drug-resistant strains of Candida albicans and Streptococcus mutans. Phytomedicine. 2019 Feb 15;54:206-13.

    9.�  Ansari FA, Ahmad I. Plant growth promoting attributes and alleviation of salinity stress to wheat by biofilm forming Brevibacterium sp. FAB3 isolated from rhizospheric soil. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2018 Aug 6.

    10.Ansari FA, Ahmad I. Biofilm Development, Plant Growth Promoting Traits and Rhizosphere Colonization by Pseudomonas entomophila FAP1: A Promising PGPR. Advances in Microbiology. 2018 Mar 21;8(03):235.

    11.Al-Shabib NA, Husain FM, Hassan I, Khan MS, Ahmed F, Qais FA, Oves M, Rahman M, Khan RA, Khan A, Hussain A, Alhazza IM, Aman S, Noor S, Ebaid H, Al-Tamimi J, Khan JM, Al-Ghadeer ARM, Khan MKA, Ahmad I. Biofabrication of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle from Ochradenus baccatus Leaves: Broad-Spectrum Antibiofilm Activity, Protein Binding Studies, and In Vivo Toxicity and Stress Studies. Journal of Nanomaterials. 2018;2018.

    12.Maheshwari M, Althubiani AS, Abulreesh HH, Qais FA, Khan MS, Ahmad I. Bioactive extracts of Carum copticum L. enhances efficacy of ciprofloxacin against MDR enteric bacteria. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2017 Dec 22.

    13.�  Al-Shabib NA, Husain FM, Ahmad N, Qais FA, Khan A, Khan A, Khan MS, Khan JM, Shahzad SA, Ahmad I. Facile Synthesis of Tin Oxide Hollow Nanoflowers Interfering with Quorum Sensing-Regulated Functions and Bacterial Biofilms,�¢?? Journal of Nanomaterials, vol. 2018, Article ID 6845026, 11 pages, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/6845026.

    14.Al-Shabib NA, Husain FM, Khan RA, Khan MS, Alam MZ, Ansari FA, Laeeq S, Zubair M, Shahzad SA, Khan JM, Alsalme A, Ahmad I. Interference of phosphane copper (I) complexes of �?�²-carboline with quorum sensing regulated virulence functions and biofilm in foodborne pathogenic bacteria: A first report. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2018 Apr 17.

    15.�  Al-Shabib NA, Husain FM, Ahmed F, Khan RA, Khan MS, Ansari FA, Alam MZ, Ahmed MA, Khan MS, Baig MH, Khan JM, Shahzad SA, Arshad M, Alyousef A, Ahmad I. Low temperature synthesis of superparamagnetic iron oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticles and their ROS mediated inhibition of biofilm formed by food-associated bacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2018;9:2567.

    16.�  Husain FM, Ahmad I, Khan FI, Al-Shabib NA, Baig MH, Hussain A, Rehman MT, Alajmi MF, Lobb KA. Seed Extract of Psoralea corylifolia and Its Constituent Bakuchiol Impairs AHL-Based Quorum Sensing and Biofilm Formation in Food-and Human-Related Pathogens. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2018;8.

    17.Qais FA, Khan MSA, Ahmad I, Althubiani AS. Potential of nanoparticles in combating Candida infections. Letters in Drug Design & Discovery (2018) 15: 1. https://doi.org/10.2174/1570180815666181015145224.

    18.�  Khan JA, Rathore RS, Abulreesh HH, Qais FA, Ahmad I. Cultural and Immunological methods for the Detection of Campylobacter jejuni: A Review. Indian Journal of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research. 2018 Jul 28;6(3):4-10.

    19. Al-Shabib NA, Husain FM, Ahmad I, Khan MS, Khan RA, Khan JM. Rutin inhibits mono and multi-species biofilm formation by foodborne drug resistant Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Food Control. 2017 Sep 1;79:325-32.

    20. NA Al-Shabib, FM Husain, Iqbal�?�  Ahmad, MH Baig (2017) Eugenol inhibits quorum sensing and biofilm of toxigenic MRSA strains isolated from food handlers employed in Saudi Arabia. Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 1-10.

    21.Husain FM,�?� Ahmad I,�?� Al-Thubiani AS,�?� Abulreesh HH,�?� AlHazza IM,�?� Aqil F.(2017) Leaf Extracts of Mangifera indica L. Inhibit Quorum Sensing - Regulated�?� Production�?� of Virulence Factors and Biofilm in Test Bacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology.�?� 2017 Apr 24;8:727. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00727.

    22. Nasser A. Al-Shabib, Fohad Mabood Husain, Faheem Ahmed, Rais Ahmad Khan, Iqbal Ahmad, Edreese Alsharaeh, Mohd Shahnawaz Khan, Afzal Hussain, Md Tabish Rehman, Mohammad Yusuf, Iftekhar Hassan, Javed Masood Khan, Ghulam Md Ashraf, Ali Alsalme, Mohamed F. Al-Ajmi, Vadim V. Tarasov, Gjumrakch Aliev: Biogenic synthesis of Zinc oxide nanostructures from Nigella sativa seed: Prospective role as food packaging material inhibiting broad-spectrum quorum sensing and biofilm. Scientific Reports 02/2017; 7:42266., DOI:10.1038/srep42266.

    23.�  Fohad Mabood, Iqbal Ahmad, Abdulatif Al-Shabib, Riyazuddin, Shahnawaz Mohd, Khan, Yahya Ahmed Mohammed, Abdullah Safar Althubiani: (2016) Quorum Sensing and Biofilm Inhibition by Lactonase Producing Bacillus amyloliquefaciens SBF1 Strain Isolated from Date Palm Rhizosphere of Saudi Arabia. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 10/2016; 10(3):1745-1754.

    24. Fohad Mabood Husain, Iqbal Ahmad, Mirza Mohammad Hassan Baig, Mohammad Shavez Khan, Mohd Shahnawaz Khan, Iftekhar Hassan, Nasser A Al-Shabib (2016). Broad-spectrum inhibition of AHL-regulated virulence factors and biofilms by subinhibitory concentrations of ceftazidime. RSC Advances, 6, 27952-27962. Impact Factor 3.84.

    25.Husain FM, Iqbal Ahmad, Khan MS, Ahmad E, Tahseen Q, Khan MS, Alshabib NA (2015) Sub-MICs of Mentha piperita essential oil and menthol inhibits AHL mediated quorum sensing and biofilm of Gram-negative bacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2015;6. Impact factor (4.0).

    26.Fohad Mabood Husain,Iqbal Ahmad, Mohd Shahnawaz Khan, and Nasser Abdulatif Al-Shabib (2015) Trigonella foenum-graceum (Seed) Extract Interferes with Quorum Sensing Regulated Traits and Biofilm Formation in the Strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Aeromonas hydrophila. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
    Volume 2015 Article ID 879540, 10 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/879540 Impact Factor (1.80).

    27.Fohad Mabood Husain, Iqbal Ahmad, Mohammad Asif and Qudsia Tahseen (2013) Influence of clove oil on certain quorum sensing regulated functions and biofilm of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Aeromonas hydrophila. Journal of Biosciences 38: 1-10. Impact factor 1.759

    28.�  Fohad Mabood Husain, Iqbal Ahmad (2013). Quorum sensing inhibitors from natural products as potential novel anti-infective drug. Drugs of the Future 38: 691-706. Impact factor 0.5.

    29�  Fohad Mabood Husain, Iqbal Ahmad (2013): Doxycycline interferes with quorum sensing-mediated virulence factors and biofilm formation in Gram-negative bacteria. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 29(6):949�¢??957. Impact factor 1.523.

    30. Maryam Zahin, Sameena Hasan, Farrukh Aqil, Mohd. Sajjad Ahmad Khan, Fohad Mabood Husain and Iqbal Ahmad (2010): Screening of certain medicinal plants from India for their anti-quorum sensing activity. Indian J Experimental Biology. 48:1-7. Impact factor 1.295.

    31.Mohd Sajjad Ahmad Khan, Maryam Zahin, Sameena Hasan, Fohad Mabood Husain and Iqbal Ahmad (2009): Inhibition of quorum sensing regulated bacterial functions by plant essential oils with special reference to clove oil. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 49(3):354-360 (Publisher-Wiley-VCH; ISSN: 1472-765X; impact factor 1.622).

    32.Qais FA, Alam MM, Naseem I, Ahmad I. (2016) Understanding the mechanism of non-enzymatic glycation inhibition by cinnamic acid: an in vitro interaction and molecular modelling study. RSC Advances. 6(70): 65322-37. (DOI: 10.1039/c6ra12321j).

    33.Abdullah KM,�?� Qais FA,�?� Ahmad I,�?� Naseem I (2017) Inhibitory effect of vitamin B3 against glycation and reactive oxygen species production in HSA: An in vitro approach. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 627. DOI10.1016/j.abb.2017.06.009

    34.�  Faizan Abul Qais, Iqbal Ahmad (2017) In vitro interaction of cefotaxime with calf thymus DNA: Insights from spectroscopic, calorimetric and molecular modelling studies, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, DOI10.1016/j.jpba.2017.10.016

    35.Faizan Abul Qais�?� �?�·�?� K.M. Abdullah�?� �?�·�?� Md. Maroof Alam�?� �?�· Imrana Naseem, �?� Iqbal Ahmad ( 2017)Interaction of capsaicin with calf thymus DNA: A multi-spectroscopic and molecular modelling study. International journal of biological macromolecules�?� �?�·�?� January 2017DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.01.023.

    36. Alam MM, Qais FA, Ahmad I, Alam P, Hasan Khan R, Naseem I. (2017) Multi-spectroscopic and molecular modelling approach to investigate the interaction of riboflavin with human serum albumin. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 36(3): 795-809. (DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2017.1298470).

    37.Faizan Abul Qais, Samreen, Iqbal Ahmad (2017) Broad-spectrum inhibitory effect of green synthesized silver nanoparticles from Withania somnifera (L.) on microbial growth, biofilm and respiration: A putative mechanistic approach , IET Nanobiotechnology.

    38.  Faizan Abul Qais, Iqbal Ahmad and S. Farooq (2017) Diabecon, an Ayurvedic formulation exhibits antiglycation effect in vitro, UJPAH Vol. I No. 22 JUNE 2017.

    39.Zarrin Haris and Iqbal Ahmad (2017) Impact of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles on Beneficial Soil Microorganisms and their Secondary Metabolites Int. J. Life. Sci. Scienti. Res., 3(3): 1020-1030 DOI10.21276/ijlssr.2017.3.3.10

    40.�?� �?� �?� �?� �?� �?� �?� �?�  Himani Varshney, Aiman Ahmad, Abdul Rauf, Fohad M Husain, Iqbal Ahmad (2017) Synthesis and antimicrobial evaluation of fatty chain substituted 2, 5-dimethyl pyrrole and 1, 3-benzoxazin-4-one derivatives, Journal of Saudi Chemical Society21 S394-S402.

    41.�?� �?� �?� �?� �?� �?� �?� �?�  Mohammad Shavez Khan, Iram Sheerin, Iqbal Ahmad (2016) Antimutagenic potential of Laurus nobilis L.in Salmonella typhimurium Test system. Univiersities Journal of phytochemistry and Ayurvedic Heights 21: 11-15 (ISSN0973-3507) www.upjah.in

    42.�?� �?� �?� �?� �?� �?� �?� �?�  Hussein H Abulreesh, Sameer R Organji, Gamal EH Osman, Khaled Elbanna, Meshal HK Almalki, Iqbal Ahmad (2016) Prevalence of antibiotic resistance and virulence factors encoding genes in clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Saudi Arabia. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health Mohd Farhan Khan, Akhter H. Ansari, M. Hameedullah, Qamar Zia, Ejaz Ahmad, ohad Mabood Husain, Umair Baig, Mohd Rehan Zaheer, Mohammad Mezbaul Alam, Zeid A. AlOthman, Iqbal Ahmad, Ghulam Ashraf, and Gjumrakch Aliev ( 2016) Sol-gel synthesis of thorn-like ZnO nanoparticles endorsing mechanical stirring effect and their antimicrobial activities: Potential role as nano-antibiotics"�?�  Scientific Reports: Nature Publishing Group. 2016 28;6:27689. doi: 10.1038/srep27689. Imapct factor: 5.5.

    44.Maryam Zahin, Iqbal Ahmad and Farrukh Aqil (2016) Antioxidant and antimutagenic potential ofPsidium guajavaleaf extracts.�?�  Drug and Chemical Toxicology, Taylor & Francis Group. DOI: 10.1080/01480545.2016.1188397 (Accepted)

    45. Maryam Zahin, Iqbal Ahmad, Iram Shireen, Fohad Mabood Husain, Farrukh Aqil (2016). Broad Spectrum Antioxidant Properties of 20 Indian Medicinal Plants. Journal of Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants, 22: 2, 118-129.

    46.Meenu Maheshwari, Iqbal Ahmad Abdullah Safar Althubiani (2016)Multidrug resistance and transferability of bla CTX-M among extended-spectrum �?�²-lactamase-producing enteric bacteria in biofilm. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 6: �?� 142-149

    47.  Meenu Maheshwari, Nawar Hadi Yaser, Suraiya Naz, Mansha Fatima, Iqbal Ahmad (2016)Emergence of ciprofloxacin-resistant extended-spectrum �?�²-lactamase-producing enteric bacteria in hospital wastewater and clinical sources Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. 05 :22-25

    48.Mohd. Musheer Altaf and Iqbal Ahmad (2016) Plant growth promoting activities, biofilm formation and root colonization by Bacillus sp. isolated from rhizospheric soils. Journal of Pure and Applied MicrobiologyNAAS rating (6.0), Impact factor (0.3) (ISSN-0973-7510)

    49.F. Ahmad, Iqbal Ahmad, Mohd. Musheer Altaf, M.S. Khan, Y. S. Shouche (2016). Characterization of Paenibacillus durus(PNF16) a new isolate and its synergistic interaction with other isolated rhizobacteria in promoting growth and yield of chickpea. Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences5 (4): 345-350. (ISSN-1338-5178).

    50.Nigar Fatima,�?� Naseem Ahmad,�?� Iqbal Ahmad,�?� Mohammad Anis (2015) Interactive Effects of Growth Regulators, Carbon Sources, pH on Plant Regeneration and Assessment of Genetic Fidelity Using Single Primer Amplification Reaction (SPARS) Techniques in Withania somnifera L. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 8;177(1):118-36.

    51.Iqbal Ahmad, M. Shavez. Khan, Mohd. Musheer Altaf, S. Farooq (2015) Nanoparticles in Ayurvedic Medicine: Role of Bhasma and Plant Extract. Areview.Universities'�?� Journal�?� of Phytochemistry and Ayurvedic Heights 2 (19): 69-75. (ISSN-0973-3507).

    52.  Afsheen, Mohd Shavez Khan, Meenu Maheswari, Ait Sidi Brahim Malika, Iqbal Ahmad (2015). TLC and Spectroscopic Based Determination of Free Radical Scavenging Activity of Seven Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants. Universities Journal of Phytochemistry and Ayurvedic Heights, 1 (18), 4-10 (ISSN 53.Mohd. Musheer Altaf, M. Jabeen, Iqbal Ahmad (2015) �¢??In vitro and in situ biofilm formation and plant growth promoting potential of rhizobia on wheat plant�¢??. Trends in Biosciences 8 (18): 4964-4972. (NAAS Rating: 2.74) ISSN (0974-8431 print).

    54.a href="http://www.hindawi.com/24041285/">Maryam Zahin,�?� Iqbal Ahmad,�?� Ramesh C. Gupta,and�?� Farrukh Aqil ( 2014) Punicalagin and Ellagic Acid Demonstrate Antimutagenic Activity and Inhibition of Benzo[a]pyrene Induced DNA Adducts. BioMed Research International Volume�?� 2014 (2014), Article ID467465, 10 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/467465 Impact factor (1.75).

    55. Mohammad Shavez Khan, Garima Sharma, Zafar Mahmood, Iqbal Ahmad
    (2014). In Vitro Assessment of Antioxidant Activity of Selected Essential Oils. Universities Journal of Phytochemistry and Ayurvedic Heights, 2 (17), 58-63 (ISSN 0973-3507).

    J.A. Khan, R.S. Rathore, S. Khan and Iqbal Ahmad (2014) Antibiotic resistance profile of L. monocytogenes isolated from food sources. Indian Journal of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research 2 (2):21-24 Jun 2014/Article. ISSN 2347-3266- 21.

    57.Khan MSA, Iqbal Ahmad and Cameotra, SS (2014) Carum copticum and Thymus vulgaris oils inhibit virulence in Trichophyton rubrum and Aspergillus spp. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology .45 (2): Impact factor (0.76)

    58.  Himani Varshney, Aiman Ahmad, Abdul Rauf*, Fohad M. Husain, Iqbal Ahmad (2014) Synthesis and antimicrobial evaluation of fatty chain substituted 2,5-dimethyl pyrrole and 1,3-benzoxazin-4-one�?� derivatives. Journal of Saudi Chemical Society DOI: 10.1016/j.jscs.2014.04.008. Impact factor 1.288

    59. Mohd Farhan Khan, M. Hameedullah, Akhter H. Ansari, Ejaz Ahmad, M. B.�?�  Lohani, Rizwan Hasan Khan, M. Mezbaul Alam, Wasi Khan, Fohad Mabood Husain, Iqbal Ahmad (2014). Flower-shaped ZnO nanoparticulates synthesized by a novel approach at near-room temperatures with antibacterial and antifungal properties. International Journal of Nanomedicine. 9: 853�¢??864.Impact factor 3.463.

    60 Sartaj Tabassum, Shipra Yadav, Iqbal Ahmad (2014). Heterobimetallic o-Vanillin finctionalized complexes: In vitro DNA binding validation, cleavage activity and molecular docking studies of CuII-Sn2IV analogs. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 752: 17-24. Impact factor 2.0

    61. Shazia Parveen, Farukh Arjmand, Iqbal Ahmad (2014). Enatiometric in vitro DNA binding, pBR322 DNA cleavage and molecular docking studies of chiral L- and D-ternary copper(II) complexes of histidine and picolinic acid. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology 130: 170-178. Impact factor 3.110

    62.Qazi Fariduddin, Mohammad Yusuf, Iqbal Ahmad and Aqil Ahmad (2014). Brassinosteroids and their role in response of plants to abiotic stress. Biologia Plantarum 58: 9-17. Impact factor 1.692

    63. Aiman Ahmad, Himani Varshney, Abdul Rauf, Fohad M. Husain, Iqbal Ahmad (2014) Synthesis, biological screening of novel long chain derivatives of 1,3-disubstituted-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-one and 2-substituted-3H-1,4-phthalazin-1,4-dione structure activity relationship studies. Journal of King Saud University-ScienceVolume 26 (4), October 2014, Pages 290�¢??299.

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