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Biography
Dr. Shagufta Saeed is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology (IBBt), University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore. She holds a PhD in Biochemistry from UVAS. Her research interests focus on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), nanobiotechnology, antidiabetic potential of local herbs and production of biopolymers by fermentation. She has successfully supervised numerous M.Phil. students and PhD scholars and is HEC-approved supervisor. She has published extensively in national and international peer-reviewed journals and is author of various book chapters.
Area of Interest
- Biochemistry
- Nanobiotechnology
- Fermentation
- Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
- Animal and Human Health Research
Publications
Sr No | Research Publications |
1 | Rubina Yasmeen, AbuSaeed Hashmi,Aftab Ahmed Anjum, Shagufta Saeed and Khushi Mohammed (2012). Antibacterial activity of indigenous herbal extracts against urease producing bacteria. The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences.22(2):416-419. |
2 | Naveed Hussain, AbuSaeed Hashmi, Shagufta Saeed, Shahid Raza, Shaista Qamar and Hira Mubeen (2015). Chemical analysis of trait Punjab’s Zingiber officianale rhizome as a crude drug.World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research.4 (3): 166-176 |
3 | Abdul Muqeet Khan, Imran Altaf, Shagufta Saeed, Mateen Abbas, Asma Waris, Rukhama Haq and Rasheeda Bashir (2016). Mycotoxin (aflatoxin and ochratoxin) and pesticide residues in Capsicum Frutescents in Punjab, Pakistan. International Journal of Biology, Pharmacy and Allied sciences. 5(7): 1646-1654. |
4 | AbuBakar Imran, Tanveer Hussain, Asif Nadeem, Shagufta Saeed, Rahat Ejaz, Mian Anjum Murtaza, Naeem Aslam, Muhammad Ibrahim, Muhammad Shafi and Syed Muhammad Muslim Raza (2016).Chromatographic determination of residual contents of pesticides in rice samples from different geographical regions of Punjab. FUUAST Journal of biology. 6(2):155-160. |
5 | Shagufta Saeed, AbuSaeed Hashmi, Ikram-ul-Haq, Muhammad Tayyab, Ali Raza Awan, Aftab Ahmed Anjum and Sehrish Firyal (2016). Bioconversion of agricultural by-products to alginate by Azotobacter vinelandii and physic-chemical optimization for hyper-production. The Journal of animal and plant sciences. 26(5): 1514-1519. |
6 | Shagufta Saeed, AbuSaeed Hashmi, Ikram-ul-Haq, Muhammad Tayyab, AliRaza Awan, Aftab Ahmed Anjum and Sehrish Firyal. (2016).Hyperproduction of alginate by mutated strain of Azotobacter vinelandii through submerged fermentation. Pakistan Journal of Zoology.48 (5): 1585-1589. |
7 | Ali Raza Awan, Sehrish Firyal, Muhammad Tayyab, Lala Rukh, M. Zia ul Haq, Shagufta Saeed and Muhammad Wasim.(2017). Molecular Classification of Pakistani Wild Rose-Ringed Parakeet through Novel Cytochrome B Gene Polymorphism. Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 49(1): 283-288. |
8 | Sehrish Firyal, Ali Raza Awan. Sohaib Baigh Muhammad Tayyab, Muhammad Wasim, Obaidullah Qazi, Aftab Ahmad Anjum and Shagufta Saeed (2017). Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus of poultry and human sources. DOI: 10.1109/IBCAST.2017.7868054. Published in: Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST), 2017 14th International Bhurban Conference. IEEE |
9 | Sehrish Firyal, Sidra Mukhtar, Ali Raza Awan, M. Tayyab, M. Wasim, Shagufta Saeed and Ghulam Muhammad (2017). Polymorphism Analysis of Exon 2, 5 and 10 of Bovine Lactoferrin Gene and its Association with Mastitis in Sahiwal Cows.. Pakistan Veterinary Journal. 37 (4): 480-481. |
10 | Naveed Hussain, Abu Saeed Hashmi, Muhammad Wasim, Tauqeer Akhtar, Shagufta Saeed and Toheed Ahmad (2018). Synergistic potential of Zingiber Officinale and Curcuma Longa to ameliorate diabetic dyslipidemia. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 31(2): 491-498. |
11 | Sehrish Firyal, Ali Raza Awan, Huma sattar, Hafiz Kamran RizwanUllah, Muhammad Tayyab, Muhammad Wasim, Shagufta Saeed, Rahat Naseer, Muhammad Ovais Umer and Imaad Rashid (2018). Identification of polymorphism in bovine tumor necrosis factor alpha and toll-like receptor 4 genes and its association with mastitis in Sahiwal cows.International Journal of Agriculture and Biology. 20(4):750-752. |
12 | Tasleem Akhtar , Abu Saeed Hashmi , Muhammad Tayyab , Aftab Ahmed Anjum and Shagufta Saeed (2018). Enhanced production of butyric acid by solid-state fermentation of rice polishings by a mutant strain of Clostridium tyrobutyricum. Tropical Journal of pharmaceutical research. 17 (7): 1235-1241. |
13 | Tasleem Akhtar, Abu Saeed Hashmi, Muhammad Tayyab,· Aftab Ahmed Anjum, Shagufta Saeed, Sakhawat Ali (2018). Bioconversion of Agricultural Waste to Butyric Acid Through Solid State Fermentation by Clostridium tyrobutyricum. Waste and biomass valorization. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-018-0475-7 |
14 | Muhammed Sheraz Yasin, Shagufta Saeed, Muhammed Tayyab, Abu Saeed Hashmi, Ali Raza Awan, Sehrish Firyal and Rahat Naseer. (2019). Production of Microbial Biomass Protein by Arachniotus ruber using Banana Peel and its Biological Evaluation in Broiler Chicks. Journal of the chemical society of Pakistan. 41(2):319-324. |
15 | Nimra Azeem ,Muhammad Nawaz ,Aftab Ahmad Anjum ,Shagufta Saeed ,Saba Sana ,Amina Mustafa and Muhammad Rizwan Yousuf (2019). Activity and Anti-Aflatoxigenic Effect of Indigenously Characterized Probiotic Lactobacilli against Aspergillus flavus—A Common Poultry Feed Contaminant. Animals. 9(4), 166. |
16 | Aisha Khalid, Muhammad Tayyab,, Abu Saeed Hashmi, Tahir Yaqub,Ali Raza Awan, Muhammad Wasim, Shagufta Saeed, Sehrish Firyal and Abdul Rauf Shakoori (2019). Optimization of Conditions for Maximal Production of Recombinant Thermostable Cellulase from Thermotoga naphthophila using E. coli BL21-CodonPlus (DE3) as Expression Host. Pakistan journal of Zoology. 51(4):1371-1377. |
17 | M. Tayyab, H. Ali, B. Muneer, S. Firyal, A. R. Awan, M. Wasim1 F. Masood1 and S. Saeed (2019). Optimization of conditions for the production of glucoamylase from Aspergillus fumigatus: purification and kinetic studies of Glucoamylase. The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences. 29(4): 964-970. |
18 | Rida Arshad, Ayesha Mohyuddin, Shagufta Saeed, Abrar Ul Hassan (2019). Optimized production of tannase and gallic acid from fruit seeds by solid state fermentation. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research.18 (5): 911-918. |
19 | Sobia Saeed, Shagufta Saeed, Faiza Masood, Sehrish Firyal and Muhammad Tayyab (2019). Potential of Carica papaya Waste for the Production of Alginic Acid by Fermentation. Journal of the chemical society of Pakistan.41(4):679-684. |
20 | Sadaf Aslam, Raheela Akhtar, M. Arif Khan, Saima Masood, Uzma Fareed, Saad Nasir,Syed Faheem Ahmed, Syed Saleem Ahmed and Shagufta Saeed (2019). Clinico-biochemical study on different pre-anesthetic drugs combined with propofol for neutering dogs. Indian Journal of Animal Research. DOI: 10.18805/ijar.B-1029 |
22 | Tehmina Aslam, Shagufta Saeed, Muhammad Tayyab, Huma Mujahid, Ali Raza Awan, Sehrish firyal and AbuSaeed Hashmi (2020). Bioconversion of agricultural wastes to polyhydroxybutyrate by Azotobacter vinelandiiPakistan journal of zoology.52 (6):2227-2231. https://dx.doi.org/10.17582. |
23 | Shagufta Saeed,Iram Bibi,Tahir Mehmood, Rahat Naseer and Muhammad Bilal (2020). Valorization of locally available waste plant leaves for production of tannase and gallic acid by solid-state fermentation. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-020-00989-3 |
24 | Shagufta Saeed, Tahir Mehmood, Muhammad Irfan. Statistical optimization of cultural parameters for the optimized production of alginic acid using apple (Malus domestica) peels through solid-state fermentation. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-020-01143-9 |
25 | Sehrish Firyal, Ali Raza Awan, Muhammad Umair Latif, Muhammad Tayyab, Muhammad Wasim, Shagufta Saeed1 and Imaad Rashid. (2020). Molecular Identification of Pakistani Lathy Rock Pigeon using Cytochrome B Gene. Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 52(6), 2409-2412. |
26 | Rahat Naseer, Nargis Afzal, Zulfiqar-ul-Hassan, Shagufta Saeed, Huma Mujhahid, Sherish Faryal, Sadaf Aslam, Habib-ur-Rehman (2020). Effect of Bronsted Base on Topological Alteration of Rice Husk as an Efficient Adsorbent Comparative to Rice Husk Ash for Azo Dyes. Polish Journal of environmental studies. 29 (4): 2795-2802. DOI: 10.15244/pjoes/112353 |
27 | Shagufta Saeed, Sofia Aslam, Tahir Mehmood, · Rahat Naseer, · Sadia Nawaz, Huma Mujahid, Sehrish Firyal, Aftab Ahmed Anjum, Aeysha Sultan (2021). Production of Gallic Acid Under Solid-State Fermentation by Utilizing Waste from Food Processing Industries. Waste and Biomass Valorization. 12:155–163. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-020-00980-z |
28 | Fareeha Nadeem, Tahir Mehmood, Zahid Anwar, · Shagufta Saeed,· Muhammad Bilal, Bisma Meer.(2021). Optimization of bioprocess steps through response surface methodology for the production of immobilized lipase using Chaetomium globosum via solid‑state fermentation. Biomass conversion and biorefinery. DOI: 10.1007/s13399-021-01752-y. |
29 | Shagufta Saeed, Sadia Nawaz, Aneesa Nisar, Tahir Mehmood, Muhammed Tayyab,Muhammad Nawaz, Sehrish Firyal, Muhammad Bilal, Ayesha Mohyuddin and Azmat Ullah (2021) .Effective fabrication of zinc-oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles using Achyranthes aspera leaf extract and their potent biological activities against the bacterial poultry pathogens. Materials Research express. 8 035004 |
30 | Sanaid Ghauri, Syed Qasim Raza, · Muhammad Imran, · Shagufta Saeed, · Muhammad Rashid, · Rahat Naseer (2021). Assessment of α‑amylase and α‑glucosidase inhibitory potential of Citrus reticulata peel extracts in hyperglycemic/hypoglycemic rats. 3 Biotech. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-021-02717-8. |
31 | Shagufta Saeed, Muhammad Tayyab, Tahir Mehmood, Ali Raza Awan, Sehrish Firyal, Fareeha Nadeem, Muhammad Irfan (2021). Valorization of potato peel for production of alginate and optimization of the process through response surface methodology (RSM) by using Azotobacter nigricans. Biomass Conversion and Biorefineryhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-021-01357-5. |
32 | Syeda Aamna Hassan, Huma Mujahid, Muhammad Muddassir Ali Shagufta Irshad, Shagufta Saeed, Sehrish Firyal Fariha Arooj. (2021). Synthesis, characterization and protective efect of green tea‑mediated zinc oxide nanoparticles against ochratoxin A induced hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity in albino rats. Applied Nanoscience https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-021-02006-z |
33 | Qudsia Tabassam , Tahir Mehmood , Sibtain Ahmed , Shagufta Saeed, Abdul Rauf Raza, Farooq Anwar. (2021). GC-MS Metabolomics profiling and HR-APCI-MS characterization of potential anticancer compounds and antimicrobial activities of extracts from Picrorhiza kurroa roots. Journal of Applied Biomedicine. DOI: 10.32725/jab.2020.017. |
34 | Huma Sattar, Sehrish Firyal, Ali Raza Awan, Habib-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Tayyab, Muhammad Sajid Hasni, Muhammad Muddassir Ali, Shagufta Saeed, Tahir Mehmood, Amjad Islam Aqib, Muhammad Hassaan Khan and Muhammad Wasim. (2021). Genetic association of polymorphism and relative mRNA expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene in mastitis in Sahiwal cow. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology. 25:701‒708. DOI: 10.17957/IJAB/15.1719 |
35 | Qudsia Tabassam, Sibtain Ahmed, Tahir Mehmood, Mudassir Iqbal, Shagufta Saeed, Muhammad Mushtaq Ahmad, Ayesha Sultan, Muhammad Misbah ur Rehman, Rahman Qadir, Azmat Ullah, Natasha Abdul Rehman (2021). Cellular and Molecular Biology Phytochemical investigation and effective therapeutic potential of plants extracts against breast and ovarian cancer cell lines: compounds from zizyphus mauritiana and triticum aestivum. Cellular and Molecular Biology. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14715/cmb/2021.67.1.221 |
36 | Tahir Mehmood, Ashba Tanveer, ·Fareeha Nadeem, Farooq Anwar, Shagufta Saeed, Qudsia Tabassam (2021). Evaluation of effect of different solvent systems on functional and pharmacological properties of fruits and leaves extracts from natal plum. Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization 15:2667–2678 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11694-021-00850-9 |
37 | Tahir Mehmood, Rana Waqar Ahmad, Fareeha Nadeem, Shagufta Saeed, Huma Mujhaid and Sadaf Imran (2021). Antidiabetic, antibacterial and antioxidant potential of bioactive peptides extracted from the germinated seeds of Poncirus trifoliata. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology. DOI: 10.17957/IJAB/15.1838 13 |
38 | Misbah Ghazanfar, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Nadeem, Hafiz Abdullah Shakir, Muhammad Khan, Shaukat Ali, Shagufta Saeed and Tahir Mehmood (2021). Isolation of cellulolytic bacteria from soil and valorization of different lignocellulosic wastes for cellulose production by submerged fermentation. Cellulose chemistry and Technology. |
39 | Wajad Ulfat, Ayesha Mohyuddin, Muhammad Amjad, Shagufta Saeed and Beenish Mujahid (2021). Recycling of buffing dust tanneries waste to prepare structural thermal insulation panels.Materials Research express. DOI 10.1088/2053-1591/ac37d5
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40 | Saeed, S., Fatima, S., Naseer, R., Ahmed, S., Arooj, F., Waseem, R., & Mehmood, T. (2025). Bioconversion of fruit peels, a waste product of industrial processing into itaconic acid by solid-state fermentation with Aspergillus niger and RSM statistical design to use for optimization process parameters. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 1–12.
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41 | Sultan, A., Sultan, H., Shahzad, W., Kareem, A., Liaqat, A., Ashraf, Z., Shahid, A., et al. (2024). Comparative analysis of physical and mechanical properties of starch-based bioplastic derived from the pulp and peel of potatoes. Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 101(10), 101301.
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42 | Saeed, S., Ahmed, S., Qureshi, F., Yasin, M. S., Waseem, R., & Mehmood, T. (2024). Bioconversion of mango peels into itaconic acid through submerged fermentation and statistical optimization of parameters through response surface methodology. PeerJ, 12, e18188.
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43 | Nisar, A., et al. (2025). Optimized synthesis of vanillin by utilizing corn cob through solid-state fermentation from indigenously isolated microbial strain Bacillus cereus PP068302. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 1–13.
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44 | Arshad, A., Saeed, S., Tayyab, M., Maqsood, Q., & Mehmood, T. (2025). Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry bioactive compounds profiling, potential of microbial resistance, anti-inflammatory, and cytotoxic effects of leaf extracts from Celtis tetrandra Roxb. European Journal of Mass Spectrometry. Advance online publication. 14690667251346782.
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45 | Waris, A., Awan, A. R., Firyal, S., Rashid, N., Hashmi, A. S., Wasim, M., et al. (2025). Impact of supplementation of poultry feed with locally characterized recombinant thermostable xylanase on the growth performance of broiler chicks. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 57(4).
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- Arshad H. et al. (2021) Role of Operational Parameters to Enhance Biofuel Production In: Srivastava M., Srivastava N., Singh R. (eds) Bioenergy Research: Commercial Opportunities & Challenges, Clean Energy Production Technologies, Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1190-2_6
- Bakhtawar J. et al. (2021) Advancements in Biofuel Production. In: Srivastava M., Srivastava N., Singh R. (eds) Bioenergy Research: Biomass Waste to Energy. Clean Energy Production Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1862-8_1
- Author of One Chapter “PCR Optimization” in book “Polymerase Chain Reaction, Principles, Applications and Troubleshooting” published by VDM Verlag Dr. Muller GmbH & Co. Germany, 2011.
- Author of One Chapter “Laboratory solution preparation” in “A Laboratory Manual of Biochemistry” published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishers USA.
Research Project:
Bioconversion of agricultural by-products to polyhydroxybutyrate by Azotobacter vinelandii using submerged fermentation. Research grant of 0.5 million under Start-up Research Grant Program of HEC.
CONFERENCES ATTENTED AS RESOURCE PERSON / ORGANIZED:
- Oral Presentation in Fourth International Conference on Biosciences (ICBS-2021), Organized by Biological Society of Pakistan (BSP) in collaboration with Department of Plant sciences, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad on 15-June-2021.
- Oral Presentation in International Conference of Research on Oncology and Cancer Sciences (IC-ROCS) and Pharmaceutical Exhibition-organized by Group of Researchers and Intellectuals of Pakistan (GRIP), held on 3-5 February 2020
- Oral presentation in PSHS International Horticulture Conference organized by Institute of Agricultural sciences, University of the Punjab on 26-28 February 2020.
- Oral presentation on in 3rd International conference on chemistry (ICC)- organized by Lahore Garrison University (LGU) on 21-22 September 2020.
- Oral presentation on research topic entitled in International EuroAsia Congress on scientific Researches and Recent Trends-VII held on 6-9 December 2020.
- Oral presentation on research topic entitled in 3rd international conference on applied zoology(ICAZ-2020)- organized by The Applied Zoological Society of Pakistan on 7-8 December 2020.
- Oral presentation in 2nd GRIP’s International Conference on Pharmaceutical and Biochemical sciences (IC-PBS)8th Pak Pharma and Healthcare Expo 2019 on 15-17 January 2019 at Expo Center Lahore-Pakistan. Organized by Group of researchers and Intellectuals of Pakistan (GRIP) and University of the Punjab, Lahore.
- Oral presentation in Recent trends in advancement of pharmaceutical sciences challenges and opportunities. Organized by faculty o pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariyan University, Multan and Institute of Pharmacy, Lahore college for woman university, Lahore on 14-16 February 2019.
- Oral Presentation in 2nd International Conference on Chemistry (ICC). Organized by: Department of Chemistry, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, Pakistan on April 26-27 2019.
- Resource person in National Training workshop on Recombinant DNA Technology for the production of biological products.Organized by: Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and animal sciences, Lahore on 30-31st October 2019.
- International Chemistry Conference for the promotion of University-Industry Linkage” held on 24-26th January, 2018.
- 38th Pakistan Congress of Zoology (International), organized by Zoological Society of Pakistan on 27th February to 1st march 2018.
- 1st International Conference on Chemistry: emerging challenges in the field of chemistry, held on 16-17 April, 2018. Organized by department of Chemistry, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore.
- International Conference on Innovation and Commercialization in Biotechnology, 25-26 April, 2018. Organized by Food and Biotechnology Research Centre, PCSIR Laboratories Complex, Lahore.
- 3rd International conference on Biosciences. Organized by Biological society of Pakistan on 09-11 May 2018 at GC University, Lahore.
- Training workshop on “Cell culture techniques for the production of Biologics” 24-25 October 2018, at UVAS, Lahore
- 1st International Conference on natural sciences. Organized by: faculty of science, Government Postgraduate College, Gulberg, Lahore on 4-5 December 2018.
- Oral Presenter in 2nd UMT International Conference on Pure and Applied sciences.5-7 October 2017.
- International Conference on Bioethics in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. 05-06 July 2017. IBBt, UVAS
- National Workshop on chromatographic techniques.30-31 October 2017. QOL, UVAS.
- Training on Research Methodology.11-13 December 2017. University of veterinary and animal sciences, Lahore.
- International Conference on Recent advances in clinical research.19-20 December 2017. Department of Physiology, University of veterinary and animal sciences, Lahore.
- Workshop on Fermenter studies and end product analysis by HPLC-29-30 June-2015. Held at GC University, Lahore
- International Human Nutrition Conference and Expo-2015,PC Hotel, 3-4 November-2015
- Symposium on “Recombinant Enzymes for the local industry of Pakistan” held on 25th September, 2013 by Institute of Biochemistry & Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore.
- National Conference on “Nanotechnology: Its Applications in Animal Health & Reproduction” University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore-Pakistan, 16-17 April 2012.
- ‘Bioinformatics - Opening new Frontiers in Molecular Biology Research” 14-15 May, 2010
- ‘Animal Forensics: DNA fingerprinting’, Sep 21-22, 2010
- ‘Professional Competency Enhancement Program’ (PCEPT) , organized by Center for education Policy and administration, Part I (23- 27 August, 2010) and Part II (28 September-1st October, 2010)
- National Biotechnology Exhibition and Seminar, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore-Pakistan. 20-21 October, 2010.

