Akhtar Muhammad

952 total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 708 citations indexed

About

Akhtar Muhammad is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Akhtar Muhammad has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 708 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Plant Science and 6 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Akhtar Muhammad's work include Phytochemistry and Biological Activities (6 papers), Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (3 papers) and Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities (3 papers). Akhtar Muhammad is often cited by papers focused on Phytochemistry and Biological Activities (6 papers), Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (3 papers) and Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities (3 papers). Akhtar Muhammad collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, Türkiye and United Kingdom. Akhtar Muhammad's co-authors include Mariusz Jaremko, Syed Lal Badshah, Benjamin Gabriel Poulson, Shah Faisal, Abdul Hamid Emwas, Muhammad Raza Shah, Mehmet Emin Duru, Gülsen Tel‐Çayan, Itrat Anis and Said Nadeem and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, European Journal of Biochemistry and Molecules.

In The Last Decade

Akhtar Muhammad

29 papers receiving 694 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Antiviral activities of flavonoids

2021 283 citations Syed Lal Badshah, Shah Faisal et al. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Akhtar Muhammad Pakistan	13	263	213	123	112	110	30	708
Meri Emili F. Pinto Brazil	10	368 1.4×	211 1.0×	120 1.0×	123 1.1×	106 1.0×	18	702
Eman G. Haggag Egypt	15	255 1.0×	214 1.0×	112 0.9×	86 0.8×	143 1.3×	49	789
Razauden Mohamed Zulkifli Malaysia	16	246 0.9×	263 1.2×	73 0.6×	108 1.0×	149 1.4×	40	770
Jihan M. Badr Egypt	14	219 0.8×	185 0.9×	85 0.7×	69 0.6×	80 0.7×	64	629
Howaida I. Abd‐Alla Egypt	18	276 1.0×	303 1.4×	102 0.8×	109 1.0×	149 1.4×	65	857
Waqar Ahmad Pakistan	14	221 0.8×	238 1.1×	151 1.2×	183 1.6×	190 1.7×	39	759
Dharmender Rathee India	13	289 1.1×	343 1.6×	163 1.3×	161 1.4×	121 1.1×	22	813
Waheeta Hopper India	14	257 1.0×	224 1.1×	77 0.6×	84 0.8×	217 2.0×	37	758
Hany Ezzat Khalil Egypt	15	177 0.7×	210 1.0×	71 0.6×	96 0.9×	183 1.7×	68	627
Olivia Jansen Belgium	17	240 0.9×	289 1.4×	80 0.7×	140 1.3×	115 1.0×	40	776

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akhtar Muhammad

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Ullah, Asad, Behramand Khan, Yusuf Sıcak, et al.. (2025). The cytotoxic, antioxidant, and anticholinesterase activity of steviol and isosteviol analogues, together with structure-activity relationships and molecular docking studies. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1345. 143049–143049. 1 indexed citations

Khan, Khalid, Haroon Rashid, Nasir Ahmad, et al.. (2024). In silico evaluation of the potential anticancer effects of Viscosine and Quercetin 7-rutinoside: inhibition of DEAD-box RNA helicase DDX3X and b-cell lymphoma-extra large (Bcl-XL) activity. Chemical Papers. 78(18). 9615–9626. 2 indexed citations

Shah, Zafar Ali, et al.. (2023). Biological investigations of Aspergillus ficuum via in vivo, in vitro and in silico analyses. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 17260–17260. 1 indexed citations

Zahoor, Muhammad, Akhtar Muhammad, Sumaira Naz, et al.. (2022). Bioaccumulation of lead in different organs of Ctenopharyngodon Idella (grass fish) and Tor putitora (Mahseer) fish. Brazilian Journal of Biology. 84. e260355–e260355. 7 indexed citations

Muhammad, Akhtar, et al.. (2022). Performance of a single-ventricle home-monitoring programme: survival and predictors of adverse outcome. Cardiology in the Young. 33(5). 710–717. 1 indexed citations

Muhammad, Akhtar, et al.. (2022). IDENTIFICATION OF DROUGHT-TOLERANT WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L) CULTIVARS BASED ON THE ASSOCIATIONS OF IN-VITRO & IN-VIVO PREDICTORS THROUGH POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL (PEG 6000) MEDIATED OSMOTIC STRESS. 18((2-3)). 69–80. 2 indexed citations

Badshah, Syed Lal, Shah Faisal, Akhtar Muhammad, et al.. (2021). Antiviral activities of flavonoids. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 140. 111596–111596. 283 indexed citations breakdown →

Badshah, Syed Lal, Akhtar Muhammad, Gülsen Tel‐Çayan, et al.. (2021). Isolation, Characterization, and Medicinal Potential of Polysaccharides of Morchella esculenta. Molecules. 26(5). 1459–1459. 56 indexed citations

Tel‐Çayan, Gülsen, Akhtar Muhammad, Ebru Devecı, Mehmet Emin Duru, & Mehmet Öztürk. (2020). Isolation, structural characterization, and biological activities of galactomannans from Rhizopogon luteolus and Ganoderma adspersum mushrooms. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 165(Pt B). 2395–2403. 25 indexed citations

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Muhammad, Akhtar, Behramand Khan, Zafar Iqbal, et al.. (2019). Viscosine as a Potent and Safe Antipyretic Agent Evaluated by Yeast-Induced Pyrexia Model and Molecular Docking Studies. ACS Omega. 4(10). 14188–14192. 19 indexed citations

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Adhikari, Achyut, et al.. (2017). A novel Salvialactomine from the callus culture of Salvia santolinifolia Boiss. Natural Product Research. 32(7). 749–754. 7 indexed citations

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Muhammad, Akhtar, Gülsen Tel‐Çayan, Mehmet Öztürk, et al.. (2016). Phytochemicals from Dodonaea viscosa and their antioxidant and anticholinesterase activities with structure–activity relationships. Pharmaceutical Biology. 54(9). 1649–1655. 23 indexed citations

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Muhammad, Akhtar, Gülsen Tel‐Çayan, Mehmet Öztürk, et al.. (2015). Biologically active flavonoids from Dodonaea viscosa and their structure–activity relationships. Industrial Crops and Products. 78. 66–72. 31 indexed citations

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Ali, Hamid, Nurul Kabir, Akhtar Muhammad, et al.. (2013). Hautriwaic acid as one of the hepatoprotective constituent of Dodonaea viscosa. Phytomedicine. 21(2). 131–140. 25 indexed citations

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Muhammad, Akhtar, Itrat Anis, Ajmal Khan, et al.. (2012). Biologically active C-alkylated flavonoids from Dodonaea viscosa. Archives of Pharmacal Research. 35(3). 431–436. 47 indexed citations

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Muhammad, Akhtar, Itrat Anis, Zulfıqar Ali, et al.. (2011). Methylenebissantin: A rare methylene-bridged bisflavonoid from Dodonaea viscosa which inhibits Plasmodium falciparum enoyl-ACP reductase. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 22(1). 610–612. 33 indexed citations

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Nawaz, Muhammad, et al.. (2010). Some new balanced designs for two-component competition experiments on square lattice.. World Applied Sciences Journal. 10(5). 513–515.

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Barnard, Graham F. & Akhtar Muhammad. (1979). Mechanistic and Stereochemical Studies on the Glycine Reductase of Clostridium sticklandii. European Journal of Biochemistry. 99(3). 593–603. 11 indexed citations

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Muhammad, Akhtar, et al.. (1976). Mechanism and stereochemistry of enzymic reactions involved in porphyrin biosynthesis. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 273(924). 117–136. 21 indexed citations

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Muhammad, Akhtar, D C Wilton, I. A. Watkinson, & Anver D. Rahimtula. (1972). Substrate activation in pyridine nucleotide-linked reactions: illustrations from the steroid field. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 180(1059). 167–177. 25 indexed citations

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