Staff

  • Saad Touqeer, Ph.D

Saad Touqeer, Ph.D

Assistant Professor

Abu Dhabi Campus

Education

  • PhD (Pharmaceutical Chemistry), University of Vienna, Austria
  • M.Phil. (Pharmaceutical Chemistry), University of Lahore, Pakistan
  • Pharm D, University of Lahore, Pakistan

Research Interests

1. Drug synthesis

2. Natural product chemistry and ethnopharmacology

Selected Publications

  1. Anjum, F., Touqeer, S., Jamil, Q., Rida, A., Zubair, H. M., Sarfraz, A., Iqbal, S. M. (2025). Bassia indica Attenuates Cardiotoxicity in a Rat Model via Anti-Inflammatory, Antioxidant, and Keap1/Nrf2 Modulation. Pharmaceuticals, 18(12), 1907.
  2. Aslam, F., Jabeen, Q., Touqeer, S., Jamil, Q., Saghir, K. A., Ashraf, W., Iqbal, S. M. (2025). Neuroprotective effects of Prosopis cineraria L. ameliorate Alzheimer’s disease manifestations. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 121052.
  3. Anjum, F., Touqeer, S., Jamil, Q., Rida, A., Haji, E. M., Abdullah Alnasser, S. M., Iqbal, S. M. (2025). Cardioprotective effects of Bassia indica via NF-κB and BCL-2/BAX modulation in isoproterenol-induced myocardial injury. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 16, 1628715.
  4. Touqeer, S., Moutraji, S. A. (2025). Amide-based derivatives of acridine display multifaceted anticancer targeting: An in silico-based mechanistic study. Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research, 13(2), 578-590.

Teaching Courses

1. Medicinal Chemistry (B.Sc)

2. Advanced Pharmaceutical Chemistry (M.Sc)

3. Advanced Pharmaceutical Analysis (M.Sc)

 

 

 

 

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all.

This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  

 

Memberships

1. Member Punjab Pharmacy Council, Pakistan

2. Member Pakistan Pharmacist Association, Pakistan

3. Member Association of Arab Universities, UAE

4. Member Société de Chimie Thérapeutique, France

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