Zafar Mehmood

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Zafar Mehmood is a scholar working on Food Science, Complementary and alternative medicine and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Zafar Mehmood has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Food Science, 5 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine and 5 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Zafar Mehmood's work include Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (7 papers), Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems (4 papers) and Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants (4 papers). Zafar Mehmood is often cited by papers focused on Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (7 papers), Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems (4 papers) and Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants (4 papers). Zafar Mehmood collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, India and Germany. Zafar Mehmood's co-authors include Iqbal Ahmad, Faiz Mohammad, Farrukh Aqil, Shamim Ahmad, Shabbir Ahmad, Irfan Ahmad, Muhammad Harris Shoaib, Rabia Bushra, Rabia Ismail Yousuf and A.M. Api and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology and AAPS PharmSciTech.

In The Last Decade

Zafar Mehmood

15 papers receiving 997 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Screening of some Indian medicinal plants for their antimicrobial properties

1998 776 citations Iqbal Ahmad, Zafar Mehmood et al. Journal of Ethnopharmacology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zafar Mehmood Pakistan	9	671	583	302	244	196	19	1.4k
I.M.S. Eldeen Malaysia	17	589 0.9×	438 0.8×	167 0.6×	227 0.9×	235 1.2×	28	1.2k
İlhan Gürbüz Türkiye	21	720 1.1×	447 0.8×	231 0.8×	185 0.8×	446 2.3×	59	1.5k
Sumitra Maurya India	11	670 1.0×	807 1.4×	163 0.5×	227 0.9×	174 0.9×	15	1.4k
Isidora Samojlik Serbia	12	775 1.2×	759 1.3×	221 0.7×	169 0.7×	262 1.3×	28	1.6k
Peter Masoko South Africa	23	1.0k 1.5×	730 1.3×	237 0.8×	209 0.9×	383 2.0×	86	1.8k
Andy R. Opoku South Africa	23	629 0.9×	492 0.8×	199 0.7×	316 1.3×	475 2.4×	85	1.7k
Elita Scio Brazil	24	789 1.2×	605 1.0×	146 0.5×	219 0.9×	427 2.2×	71	1.6k
Shaida Fariza Sulaiman Malaysia	22	670 1.0×	542 0.9×	272 0.9×	311 1.3×	375 1.9×	67	1.7k
Prashant Tiwari India	11	930 1.4×	471 0.8×	324 1.1×	275 1.1×	283 1.4×	78	1.8k
Lachimanan Yoga Latha Malaysia	19	627 0.9×	337 0.6×	200 0.7×	258 1.1×	266 1.4×	27	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zafar Mehmood

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19 of 19 papers shown

Iqbal, Rana Khalid, Waseem Asghar, Zafar Mehmood, & Nauman Khalid. (2024). Effect of sunflower oil nanoemulsions on the growth and lifespan extension ofthe Caenorhabditis elegans. Food Research. 8(1). 127–135. 1 indexed citations

Badshah, Afzal, Anwar Ghani, Isma Farah Siddiqui, et al.. (2023). Orchestrating model to improve utilization of IaaS environment for sustainable revenue. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. 57. 103228–103228. 5 indexed citations

Singh, Ajay, et al.. (2021). An Indian Folkore Phytomedicine Perilla frutescens L.: Free RadicalScavenging Property along with Metal Detection by ICP-MS. Asian Journal of Chemistry. 33(4). 945–948.

Mehmood, Zafar, et al.. (2021). Pharmacognostic, phytochemical, biological and spectroscopic analyses of Capparis decidua (Forsk.) Edgew root and stem bark. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 19(12). 2667–2675.

Abbas, Tanveer, et al.. (2017). Potential of Red Sandalwood (Adenanthera pavonina L.) as an Antibacterial Agent against Clinical Isolates. 2(2). 61–66.

Abbas, Tanveer, et al.. (2016). Invitro Antibacterial Activity of Ethanolic Extracts of Dietary Spices Against Clinical Isolates. 1(1). 11–16. 1 indexed citations

Mehmood, Zafar, et al.. (2016). Riluzole. Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry. 20(5). 32–33. 1 indexed citations

Mehmood, Zafar, et al.. (2016). Indian Herb Hemidesmus indicus - A Potential Source of New Antimicrobial Compounds. Medicinal Chemistry. 6(12). 4 indexed citations

Murtaza, Ghulam, et al.. (2015). Formulation and Permeation Kinetic Studies of Flurbiprofen Gel. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 14(2). 195–195. 9 indexed citations

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Shoaib, Muhammad Harris, et al.. (2013). Formulation development and evaluation of Diltiazem HCl sustained release matrix tablets using HPMC K4M and K100M.. PubMed. 26(4). 653–63. 13 indexed citations

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Bushra, Rabia, et al.. (2010). Enteric coating of ibuprofen tablets (200 mg) using an aqueous dispersion system. Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 46(1). 99–107. 13 indexed citations

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Loveless, Scott E., A.M. Api, René Crevel, et al.. (2009). Potency values from the local lymph node assay: Application to classification, labelling and risk assessment. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 56(1). 54–66. 62 indexed citations

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Shoaib, Muhammad Harris, et al.. (2008). Development of Enteric Coated Flurbiprofen Tablets using Opadry/acryl-eze System—A Technical Note. AAPS PharmSciTech. 9(1). 116–21. 16 indexed citations

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Aqil, Farrukh, Iqbal Ahmad, & Zafar Mehmood. (2006). Antioxidant and Free Radical Scavenging Properties of Twelve Traditionally Used Indian Medicinal Plants. DergiPark (Istanbul University). 324 indexed citations

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Mehmood, Zafar, Faiz Mohammad, Iqbal Ahmad, & Shamim Ahmad. (2000). Studies of antifungal/anticandidal activity of herbal formulation "Triphala".. 16(1). 12–15. 2 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Irfan, Zafar Mehmood, Faiz Mohammad, & Shabbir Ahmad. (2000). Antimicrobial potency and synergistic activity of five traditionally used Indian medicinal plants.. Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Sciences. 22. 173–176. 34 indexed citations

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Mehmood, Zafar, Iqbal Ahmad, Faiz Mohammad, & Shamim Ahmad. (1999). Indian Medicinal Plants: A Potential Source for Anticandidal Drugs. Pharmaceutical Biology. 37(3). 237–242. 105 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Iqbal, Zafar Mehmood, & Faiz Mohammad. (1998). Screening of some Indian medicinal plants for their antimicrobial properties. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 62(2). 183–193. 776 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kemal, A. R. & Zafar Mehmood. (1993). Labour absorption in the informal sector and economic growth in Pakistan. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations

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