Name

Personal

Contact #: +92-91-9224706
Email: touseefrehan@sbbwu.edu.pk
Address: Department of Food and Nutrition Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar

Experience

1. Assistant Professor in Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar (April, 2021-Till date)
2. Reearch Fellow at food and seeds health laboratory, National Agriculture Research Center Islmabad, Pakistan (May 2012-Sptember 2019)

Lecturer Women University, Mardan (October 2019- March 2020)

Qualification

PhD in Biochemistry (Specialization in Nutritional Biochemistry, Cancer Nutrigenomics)
(Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad/University of Liverpool, UK)

Honor and Awards

• Merit scholarship, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

International Research Support Intitiative Program Scholarship by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.

Memberships

• Associate EditorAperito Journal of Biochemistry and Biochemical Techniques

Link: http://aperito.org/journal/ebm_display/16

• Associate EditorCancer Studies : Open Access

Link: http://aperito.org/journal/ebm_display/8

Reviewer

Graduate Students Postdocs Undergraduate Students Honor Students

Service Activity

Brief Statement of Research Interest

Research Interest

Nutrigenomics of cancer, Food Sciences and Nutritional Biochemistry

• Dietary Modifications for the chemoprevention of cancer by targeting molecular pathways
• Assessment of Nutritional status and its correlation with different human disorders
• Epigenetic modifications of human embryonic stem cells genes in cancer patients and dietary modifications for the reversibility of these modifications in cancer cell lines.
• Improvement of the seed quality of different foods through prevention of specific pathogenic strains
• Synthesis of different commercial foods products from functional foods.
• Extraction and analysis of essential oils from ornamental, medicinal and dietary plants and their use for the prevention of different human disorders.
• Isolation of seed born fungi, their identification and molecular characterization.
• Isolation of mycoviruses from cladosporium (Seed born Fungus).
• Extraction and analysis of essential oils from rose Jasmine and aromatic herbs.
• Molecular diagnostic Assay for Rice blight disease.
• Evaluation of phytochemicals of medicinal plants for various bioactivities and pharmaceutical purposes.
• Determination of Genetic Diversity among different species of Mint, Basil and Achillium plants using RAPD markers.
• Antimicrobial and Probiotic efficiency of Essential oils and methanolic of different medicinal herbs.

Publications

1. Touseef Rehan, David MacEwan, N Shah,  R Tahira, T Rehan, S Murad, M Anees, Iram Murtaza and Aneesa Sultan, Induction of apoptosis due to sustained activation of JNK in leukemia cells by Ocimum basilicum fractions,Current pharmaceutical design, 25 (34), 3681-3691, 2019.
2. Touseef Rehan, R Tahira, R Ghafoor, H Batool, N Shah, Tabassum Rehan, A Sultan. Tumor necrosis factor α (tnf-α) up-regulation through selected lamiaceae plant extracts in sprague dawley leukemia induced rats, Current Nutrition and Food.
3. TouseefRehan, A Tahir, A Sultan, Z Ali, N Shah, S Waseem. A Potent Anti-Leukemic Nanomedicine: Mesoporous Silica Nanobeads Coated with Crude Extract of OcimumBasilicum Depicts Protection against Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Rat Model. International Food Research journal.
4. Touseef Rehan, R Tahira, T Rehan, A Bibi, A A Khan, Epigenetic Analysis of OCT4 Gene in Blood Cells of Normal and Leukemic Patients, 3(1), 11-21, 2015.
5. Book Chapter: N Shah, Touseef Rehan et al 2022.Polysaccharides-metal oxide composite: A green functional material, in the book (Edited by Ghenadii Korotcenkov).
6. Touseef Rehan, R Tahira, T Rehan, A Bibi, M Naeemullah,Screening of Seven Medicinal Plants of Family Lamiaceae for Total Phenolics, Flavonoids and Antioxidant Activity, Pakhtunkhwa Journal of Life Science, 2(3), 107-117, 2014.
7. N Shah, M Balal, R Tabbasum, Touseef Rehan, M ul Islam, S Farman. Analyses of Ethanol, Glucose, Acetaldehyde, Total Proteins and Oil Concentration in Albizia Lebbeck benth Seeds Extract, Pakhtunkhwa Journal of Life Science, 2(1), 46-55, 2014.
8. R Tahira, Touseef Rehan, A Rehman, M Naeemullah. Comparative Analysis of Total Phenols, Flavonoids and Antioxidant Activity of areal parts of Basil Lime, The Experiment, International Journal of Science and Technology, 15(2), 2013.
9. Shah, N., Hussain,M., Rehan, T., Rehan, A., Khan,. (2021). Overview of Polyethylene glycol-based materials with a special focus on core shell particles for drug delivery applications, Current Pharmaceutical design .
10. Shah, N., Farman,S ., Rehan, T., Rehan, T., Khan, A., Khan, S,B & Bakhsh, E, M. (2021). Natural Crude Dye from Cucurbita Pepo Leaves for Dying, Antimicrobial, and Antioxidant Activities , Letters in Organic, Chemistry.
11. Bibi, A., Ibrar, M., Shalmani, A., & Rehan, T. (2021).  A review on recent advances in chitosan applications. Pure and Applied Biology. Vol. 10, Issue 4, pp1217-1229.
12. Shah, N., Khan, Z. U., Hussain, M., Rehan, T., & Khan, A. (2021). Characterization study of polyAMPS@ BMA core-shell particles using two types of RAFT agents.
13. Shah, N., Khan, Z. U., Hussain, M., Rehan, T., Khan, A., Zaman, K., ... & Asiri, A. M. (2021). Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Particles and Beads: A Survey of Modern Synthetic Techniques. Current Nanoscience, 17(3), 380-392.
14. Shah, N., Rehan, T., Li, X., Tetik, H., Yang, G., Zhao, K., & Lin, D. (2021). Magnetic aerogel: an advanced material of high importance. RSC Advances, 11(13), 7187-7204.
15. N Shah, ZU Khan, M Hussain, Touseef Rehan, et al. Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Particles and Beads: A Survey of Modern Synthetic Techniques, Current Nanoscience, (accepted) 2020.
16. N Shah, T Zaman, Touseef Rehan, S Khan, W Khan, A Khan, M Ul-Islam, Preparation and Characterization of Agar Based Magnetic Nanocomposite for Potential Biomedical Applications, Current pharmaceutical design 25 (34), 3672-3680, 2019.
17. S Gul, N Shah, MB Arain, N Rahman, Touseef Rehan, M Ul-Islam, MW Ullah, Fabrication of magnetic core shell particles coated with phenylalanine imprinted polymer,  Polymer Testing 75, 262-269, 2019.
18. Touseef Rehan, H Ullah, R Tahira, U Tareen, T Rehan, S Murad, M Anees, I Murtaza and A Sultan, In vitro bioactivities and subacute toxicity study of O. basilicum, T. vulgaris and R. officinalis,Turkish Journal of Biochemistry 43(4),447-455,2018.
19. N Shah, Touseef Rehan, M B Arain, R Tabassum, Fabrication of Biocompatible nanocomposites consisted of ZnO nanoparticles based poly (acrylonitrile O acrylic acid), Advanced material proceedings 3(6), 425-431, 2018.
20. N Shah, Touseef Rehan, J K Park, Adsorptive molecularly imprinted composite membranes for chiral separation of phenylalanine, Polish Journal of Chemical Technology 18 (3), 22-29, 2016.
21. N Shah, F Claessyns, S Rimmer, MB Arain, Touseef Rehan, M Ul-islam, Magnetic Core-Shell Nanocomposites for Water Treatment, Recent patents on nanotechnology 10 (3), 202-212, 2016.

N Shah, Touseef Rehan, Bioethanol Production from Biomass, Journal of Chemistry and Biochemistry2(2), 161-167,2014. 
 

Research Grants and Contracts

Other Research or Creative Accomplishments

Selected Professional Presentations

• K.Ihsanullah, T.Rehan, N.Shaheen, T. Nawaz, A.Khattak. 2012.Correlation of Nutritional Status with Heavy Toxic Metals Circulation International conference on New trends in Physical Chemistry. at National Centre of Excellence  in Physical Chemistry, October 25-27, 2012. University of Peshawar,
• T.Riffat, T.Rehan, I.Muhammad, M.Naeemullah, A.Rehman.2013. Seasonal Variation in Total Phenols, Flavonoids and Antioxidant Activity of Lemongrass. National conference on Development of Agriculture in Pakistan. July 24-27, 2013. University of Haripure, KPK.
• T. Rehan, A Sultan, U Malik, A Zahra, M Khan, S A Malik, A A Khan. 2013. Epigenetic Analysis of Embryonic Stem Cells Specific Genes in Blood of Normal and Leukemic Patients. International Conference on the Applications of Molecular Biology in Medicine and Agriculture. August 20?22, 2013. Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
• M.Izhar, T. Rehan, M. Naeemullah, R.Tahira. 2013. Effect of Nitrogen  Fertilizer and Salinity on Essential Oil Yield and Bioactivity of Oregano (Origanum vulgare) . National conference on Cultivation of Non Traditional Plants in Pakistan.
• N Shah, T Rehan, J K Park, Ultra Filtration through Phenylalanine Imprinted Composite Membranes, 3^rd ASEAN-Pakistan Conference on Materials Science (APCoMS 3) on 25-27 November 2014 at NUST Islamabad, Pakistan.
• N Shah, M. B. Arain, S. Farman, T. Rehan, Optimised extraction and characterization of natural dye obtained from cucurbita pepo leave. International Conference on Environment, on 9-11 January  2014 in Department of Chemistry, at UoK, Karachi, Pakistan.
• N Shah, J K Park, M B Arain,T Rehan, Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Composite Membranes with High Adsorption Selectivity for Chiral Separation of Phenylalanine, International Symposium on Polymer Science and Technology MACRO 2015, Indian association for the cultivation of science, Kolkata India, Jan 23-26, 2015.