Research Achievements

Research Achievements
ANNUAL
REPORT
2010-11
143
UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE FAISALABAD
Muneer, M., I. A. Bhatti, H. N. Bhatti and K. R. Rehman.
2011. Treatment of dyes industrial effluents by
ionizing radiation. Asian J. Chem., 23: 2392- 2394.
Nadeem, R., M. A., Hanif, M. Riaz, A. A. Azhar, T. Iqbal
and T. M. Ansari. 2010. Kinetic and equilibrium
modeling of Cu(II) and Ni(II) sorption onto physically
pretreated Rosa centifolia distillation waste biomass.
Afr. J. Biotechnol., 9(53): 9051-9062.
Nadeem, R., M. Riaz, K., Rahman, M. A. Hanif, A. Khanum
and A. Qayum. 2010. Mineral composition of Cassia
fistula (golden shower): A life tree of medicinal
importance. Life Sci. Int. J., 4(3): 1739-1744.
Naz, S., I. A. Bhatti and S. Adeel. 2011. Dyeing Properties
of cotton fabric using un-irradiated and gamma
irradiated extracts of Eucalyptus camaldulensis bark
powder. Indian J. Fibre Text. Res., 36: 132-136.
Perveen, S., I. A. Bhatti and S. Adeel. 2010. Effect of UVradiation
on extraction and dying of cotton fabric
with pomegranate Rind (Punica granatum L.). Res. J.
Text. Apparel., 14: 5358.
Rashid, U., F. Anwar and G. Knothe. 2011. Biodiesel from
Milo (Thespesia populnea L.) Seed Oil. Biomass
Bioenerg., 35: 4034-4039.
Rashid, U., F. Anwar, A. Jamil and H. N. Bhatii. 2010.
Jatropha curcas seed oil as a viable source for
biodiesel. Pak. J. Bot., 42(1): 575-582.
Rashid, U., F. Anwar,M. Ashraf, M. Saleem and S. Yusup.
2011. Application of response surface methodology
for optimizing transesterification of Moringa
oleifera oil: Biodiesel production. Energ. Converse
Manage., 52: 3034-3042.
Rasul, S., M. A. Zia and S. Ali. 2011. Aldose-1-Epimerase:
isolation and purification from bovine liver. W. Appl.
Sci. J., 13(7): 1620-1623.
Rehman, F. U., I. A. Bhatti, M. Zuber, H. N. Bhatti and M.
Asghar.2010. Synthesis and surface properties of
HTPB- based Polyurethane elastomers by varing
aliphatic alkane diols. Asian. J. Chem., 23: 880-884.
Safa, Y. and H. N. Bhatti. 2011. Adsorptive removal of
direct textile dyes by low cost agricultural waste:
application of factorial design analysis. Chem. Eng.
J., 167: 35-41.
Safa, Y. and H. N. Bhatti. 2011. Adsorptive removal of
direct dyes by low cost rice husk: Effect of treatments
and modifications. Afr. J. Biotechnol., 10: 3128-
3142.
Safa, Y. and H. N. Bhatti. 2011. Kinetic and
thermodynamic modeling for the removal of direct
red-31 and direct orange-26 dyes from aqueous
solutions by rice husk. Desalination, 272: 313-322.
Safa, Y., H. N. Bhatti, I. A. Bhatti and M. Asgher. 2011.
Removal of direct red-31 and direct orange -26 by
low cost rice husk: influence of immobilization and
pre-treatment. Can. J. Chem. Eng., 9999: 1-12.
Sew, C., C. Zaini, N. A.M., Anwar, F., Abdul-Hamaid, A.
and Saari, N. 2010. Nutritional composition and oil
fatty acids of Kundur [Benincasa hispida (Thunb.)
Cogn.]. Pak. J. Bot., 42: 3247-3255.
Shabir, G., F. Anwar, B. Sultana, Z. M. Khalid, M. Afzal, Q.
M. Khan and M. Ashrafuzzaman. 2011. Antioxidant
and antimicrobial attributes and phenolics of
different solvent extracts from leaves, flowers and
bark of Gold Mohar [Delonix regia (Bojer ex Hook.)
Raf.]. Molecules, 16(9): 7302-7319.
Shofian, N. M., A. Abdul-Hamid, A. Osman, N. Saari, F.
Anwar, M. S. Pak-Dekand M. R. Hairuddin. 2011.
Effect of freeze-drying on the antioxidant
compounds and antioxidant activity of selected
tropical fruits. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 12: 4678-
4692.
Shoukat, A. and S. Ali. 2011. Optimization of Fenton's
process for the decolourization of azo dyes. Asian J.
Chem., 23(6): 2625-2628.
Sultan, M., H. N. Bhatti, M. Zuber, I. A. Bhatti and M. A.
Sheikh. 2011. Improvement of performance
behaviour of cellulosic fiber with polyurethane
acrylate copolymers. Carbohydr. Polymer, 86: 928-
935.
Tanveer, H., S. Ali and F. Qaiser. 2010. Predicting the
crease recovery performance and tear strength of
cotton fabric treated with modified N-methylol
dihydroxyethylene urea and polyethylene softener.
Color. Technol., 126(5): 256-260.
Win, M. M., A. Abdul-Hamid, B. S. Baharin, F. Anwar, M.
C. Sabu and M. S. Pak-Dek. 2011. Phenolic
compounds and antioxidant activity of peanut's skin,
hull, raw kernel and roasted kernel flour. Pak. J. Bot.,
43(3): 1635-1642.
Yaqoob, N., I. A. Bhatti, F. Anwar and M. R. Asi. 2010. Oil
quality characteristics of irradiated sunflower and
Maize. Eur. J. Lipid Sci. Technol., 112: 488 - 495.
Zahra, N., N. Jahan, S. Nosheen and K. Rehman. 2011.
Antimicrobial activity of aqueous, ethanolic extracts
and crude extracted phytoconstituents of Nigella
sativa seeds. Biosci. Res., 8(1): 19-25.
Zaini, N. A. M. F. Anwar, A. Abdul-Hamid and N. Saari.
2011. Kundur [Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.]: A
potential source for valuable nutrients and
functional foods. Food Res. Int., 44: 2368-2376.
Zuber, M., K. M. Zia, S. Mahboob, M. Hassan, I. A. Bhatti.
2010. Synthesis of chitin-bentonite clay based
polyurethane bio-nanocomposites. Int. J. Biol.
Macromol., 47: 196 -200.