Dr. Rizwan Taj Khan

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Dr. Rizwan Taj Khan Working as Assistant Prof. department of Botany AJK University Muzaffarabad Azad Kashmir joined the university in June, 2008. He received his PH.D. degree from AJK University in 2016. His research focused on stress physiology, plant tissue culture, Phytochemistry of medicinal plants, Nanotechnology. His expertise are focused on phytochemistry of medicinal plants and green synthesis of nanoparticles from important medicinal plants.
Assistant professor
Ph.D.
Botany
  1. 1. Syed Rizwan Abbas, Syed Dilnawaz Ahmad, Syed Mubasher Sabir2, Sardar Ali Khan1,Wajid Aziz5, Asad Hussain Shah, Aourang Zeb Rao, Muhammad Rehan Abbas, Rizwan Taj Khan, Attiya Batool. Comparative antioxidant activity in sugarcane leave’s samples against polyethylene glycol. JBS 1(1):42-54 (2013).
  2. 2. Syed Rizwan Abbas1, , Aourang Zeb Rao, Syed Dilnawaz Ahmad3, Syed Mubasher Sabir2, Asad Hussain Shah1, Muhammad Rehan Abbas5, , Attiya Batool, Rizwan Taj Khan. Classsification of Sugar cane genotypes based on heat stress and morphological parameters.    Agri. Stud. 1(2): (2013).
  3. Syed Rizwan Abbas, , Syed Dilnawaz Ahmad, Syed Mubasher Sabir, Attiya Batool, Aourang Zeb Rao, Asad Hussain, Sundas Shahzad, Rizwan Taj Khan,  Muhammad Rehan Abbas.Measurement of lipid peroxidation and phenol contents under heat stress conditions in sugarcane genotypes. J. Agri. Sci. 5(10): (2013).
  4. Rizwan Taj Khan, Ghulam Murtaza, Syed Rizwan Abbas, Iqbal Hussain, Muhammad Rehan Abbas and Attiya Batool. Virus Elimination, in vitro response and colonel multiplication Potato (Solanum tuberosum). JNS 1(1): 1-13 (2013).

     5 Rizwan Taj Khan, Syed Dilnawaz ahmed Gerdezi, Syed Rizwan Abbas and Attiya Batool. (2016).Effect of drought stress on the           growth of tomato genotypes. Int. J. biosci. 9(1): 421-429.

    6 Safoora Ishfaq, Syed Dilnawaz Ahmed, Asad Hussain Shah, Rizwan Taj Khan, Syeda Maria Fiaz Bukhari, Isma Hameed, Hira            Mubeen, Nazish Awan, Syed Rizwan Abbas and Shahid  Raza. 2016.  in- vitro optimization of local maize cultivar of muzffarabad, ajk.      Euor.J. Biomed. Pharma. Sci. 3(3): 503-505.

    7 Safoora Ishfaq, Syed Dilnawaz Ahmed, Asad Hussain Shah, Rizwan Taj Khan, Syeda Maria Fiaz Bukhari, Isma Hameed, Hira            Mubeen, Nazish Awan, Syed Rizwan Abbas and Shahid  Raza. 2016.   in-vitro optimization protocol of wheat cultivars in newly           established lab of plant tissue culture, muzaffarabad. Euor.J. Biomed. Pharma. Sci. 3(3): 477-479

8. Ghazala Javed, Syed Abdul Majid, Rizwan Taj khan and Asia Bibi. 2017. Evaluation of phylogenetic relationship among Ficus palmata forrsk. wild ecotypes from Azad Jammu and Kashmir using inter simple sequence repeats (ISSR). Pure Appl. Biol., 6(1): 328-336.

9. Mir Muhammad Nasir Qayyum1, Muhammad Arshad, Syed Rizwan Abbas,*, Uzma Batool1 Syed Mubasher Sabir3, Rizwan Taj Khan, Azhar Abbas Khan and Attiya Batool. 2020. Qualitative and shelf life response of prunus armenica to different concentrations of alginate coatings. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin.  Volume 29 (6). 4188-4194. (IF 0.691).

10. Madhia Ashraf1, Syed R. Abbas2, Sania Begum3, Syed D.A. Gerdezi and Rizwan T. Khan. 2020. Agro-morphological characterization of brassica rapa Germplasm from azad jammu and kashmir. Acta Sci. Pol. Hortorum Cultus. 19 (4): 31–39. (IF 0.4)

11. Muhammad Hafeez, Ruzma Shaheen, Bilal Akram, Zain-ul-Abdin, Sirajul Haq, Salahudin Mahsud Shaukat Ali and Rizwan Taj Khan. Green synthesis of cobalt oxide nanoparticles for potential biological applications. Mater. Res. Express 7 (2020) 025019. (IF 1.44).

12. Hina Sharif1 · AnsarMehmood1 · Aneela Ulfat1 · Khawaja Shafique Ahmad1 · Imtiaz Hussain2 · Rizwan Taj Khan. Environmentally Sustainable Production of Silver Nanoparticles and Their Effect on Glycinemax L. Seedlings. Gesunde Pflanzen. 0.1007/s10343-020-00532-4. (IF. 0.738).

Rizwan Taj Khan, Syed Rizwan Abbas, Syed Dilnawaz Ahmed Gerdezi, Ghazala Javed and Ansar Mehmood. 2020. Assessment of genetic diversity of tomato genotypes by using molecular markers.  Pure Appl. Biol., 9(2): 1532-1540. (HEC Recognised).  

14. Rizwan Taj Khan1*, Syed Dilnawaz Ahmed Gerdezi2, Tariq Habib and Syed Rizwan Abbas. 2019. Dpph (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) free radical scavenging activity of tomato genotypes against peg Simulated drought stress. J. Bot., 51(4): 1249-1253. (IF 0.7).

15. K. Fatimaa , S. R. Abbas , M. Zia, S. M. Sabir R. T. Khan , A. A. Khane , Z. Hassane  and R. Zamanf,  2020.  Induction of secondary metabolites on nanoparticles stress in callus culture of Artemisia annua L. Brazilian Journal of Biology. (IF. 1.266).

16.Rizwan Taj Khan* Asma Hameed, Sania Begum and Syed Rizwan Abbas3* 2020.  Agro-Morphological Evaluation Of Lineseed (Linum Usitatissimum L) Germplasm From Pakistan.   Pak. J. Bot., 53(1): DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2021-1(45). IF(0.8).

17.Rizwan Taj Khan, Sadia Riaz1, Muhammad Rehan Abbas2, Attiya Batool3 and Syed Rizwan Abbas4* (2020) A review on Strength of Medicinal Plants against Diabetes Mellitus. Journal of biotechnological sciences: 8; I (2): 105-116.

18. Syed Arif Hussain1 , Syed Rizwan Abbas*2 , Syed Mubashir Sabir3 , Rizwan Taj Khan4 , Azhar Abbas Khan5 , Sher Wali Khan1 , Qammer Abbas1. The inhibitory effect of Cannabis Sativa and Morus nigra against lipid peroxidation in goat liver and brain homogenates. Brazilian journal of biology. (IF. 1.4).

19. Maria Ishtiaq1 , Iqbal Hussain2 , Mehwish Maqbool1 , Khizar Hayat Bhatti3 , Muhammad Ishttiaq1 *, Muhammad Ajaib1 , Tanveer Hussain1 , Waheeda Mushtaq1 , Abdul Ghani4 , and Rizwan Taj. Phytotherapeutic uses of indigenous medicinal plants of Samahni area to cure Mycodermal infirmities prevailing in district Bhimber of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. BIOSCIENCE RESEARCH, 2021 18(2): 1639-1651. (HJRS Y CATG)

20. Syed Rizwan Abbas*1 , Rizwan Taj Khan2 , Munazza Nazir2 , Asia Bibi3 , Noshin Azhar3 , Syed Mubashir Sabir4 , Attiya Batool5 and Muhammad Ali Safder. Inhibitory effect of Cilostazol on osteoclast differentiation by In-Vitro and In-Silico Studies. Frezinius environmental Bulletin (IF 0.69).

Syed Rizwan Abbas*Rizwan Taj Khan2Saima Shafique, Azhar Abbas Khan4, Arif Muhammad Khan5, Zeshan Hassan , Muhammad Ali Safder: Study of Resveratrol against Bone Loss by using In-Silico and InVitro methods : Brazilian journal of Biology IF 1.7

22 Rizwan Taj Khan*1 Madhia Ashraf1, Syed Rizwan Abbas2Ansar Mehmood3 and Sania Begum4 Genetic diversity of Brassica rapa germplasm of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan revealed by molecular markers. Acta Sci. Pol. Hortorum Cultus. . (IF 0.4)

23  K. Fatima , S. R. Abbas , M. Zia, S. M. Sabir R. T. Khan , A. A. Khan , Z. Hassane and R. Zamanf,  2020.  Induction of secondary metabolites on nanoparticles stress in callus culture of Artemisia annua L. Brazilian Journal of Biology. (IF. 1.266).

24 Shameen Arif1, Basharat Mahmood2*, Sajjad Hussain3, Rizwan Taj Khan4, Abid Hussain3, Humaira Kousar3, Muhammad Tariq-Khan2, Asim Shamim5, Muhammad Riaz Khan6, Zahid Hussain Khan6, Khan Irfan Khans7, Sahira Tariq3 Ethnobotanical profiling of Teshil Dhirkot District Bagh Azad Jammu and Kashmir J. Plant Environ. 03 (02) 2021. 91-102. (HJRS X category)

25. Asma hameed1, Rizwan taj khan1*, Syed Rizwan Abbas2 and Sania Begum3. Estimation of Genetic Diversity Among Linum Usitatissimum L. Germplasm Through Molecular Markers. Pak. J. Bot., 55(1): DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2023-1(11). (IF.0.9).

26 Rizwan Taj Khan*1 Mahapara Nisar1, Nouman Sidiqui2, Wasim Akhtar1, Tariq Habib1, Rizwan Sarwar1, Muhammad Nasir1, Munazza Nazir. Agro-Morphological and Nutritional Analysis of Some Selected Wheat Varieties (Triticum Aestivum L.) (Accepted. BJB).

27. Shahid Shabbir Awan a , Rizwan Taj Khan a , Ansar Mehmood c,⇑ , Muhammad Hafeez b , Syed Rizwan Abass d , Munazza Nazir a , Muhammad Raffi. Ailanthus altissima leaf extract mediated green production of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles for antibacterial and antioxidant activity. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. (IF. 5.0)

28. Farman Ali , Asghari Bano2* ,Tamoor Ul Hassan1 , Munazza Nazir3 And Rizwan Taj Khan. Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria Induced Modulation of Physiological Responses in Rice Under Salt And Drought Stresses. Pak. J. Bot., 55(2): DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2023 (IF 1.0).

29 Basharat Mahmood, aMuhammad Abbas, bSajjad Hussain, cNasir Rahim, dSaima Shafique, Rizwan T. Khan, cTahmina Zafar, bRafia M. Bhatti, aAbu Bakar, aMuhammad T. Younas, dSyeda O. Javed, Shameen Arif exploring the potential of green silver nanoparticles from berberis vulgaris against bacterial spot of tomato and its surveillance in poonch district. Int. J. Phytopathol. 12 (01) 2023. 49-61 (X CAT).

30. Rizwan Taj Khan* , Robina Ilyas , Naveed Kamal2 , Saqib Saleem3 , Shahnaz Bibi 4 , Muhammad Riaz Khan5 , Muhammad Tahir Younas6 , Hafiz Matee-ur-Rehman6 , Sami Ullah6 , Basharat Mahmood*6 Effects of Different Hormonal Concentrations on In vitro Regeneration and Multiplication of Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.). J. Appl. Res Plant Sci. Vol. 3(2), 311-316, 2022. (Y CAT).

31. Rizwan Taj Khan , Komal Mumtaz1 , Basharat Mahmood2 , Muhammad Farooq Ahmed3 , Saqib Saleem4 , Sami Ullah2 , Sohaib Azam2 , Zahid Hussain Khan5 effect of different hormonal concentrations on in-vitro regeneration of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Pak. J. Biotechnol. Vol. 19 (2) 97-102 (2022).

32 Humaira Kausar, Ansar Mehmood, Rizwan Taj Khan2, Khawaja Shafique Ahmad1‡, Sajjad Hussain1‡, Fahim Nawaz3¤‡ , Muhammad Sajjad Iqbal4‡, Muhammad Nasir5‡, Tariq Saif Ullah5‡ Green synthesis and characterization of copper nanoparticles for investigating their effect on germination and growth of wheat. PLOS ONE https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269987 June 21, 2022 (IF 5.0)

33. Hina Talib, Ansar Mehmood1*, Muhammad Shoaib Amjad2,3*, Amna Mustafa1 , Muhammad Abdul Rauf Khan4 , Muhammad Raffi5 , Rizwan Taj Khan , Khawaja Shafique Ahmad1 and Huma Qureshi. Antibacterial, antioxidant, and anticancer potential of green fabricated silver nanoparticles made from Viburnum grandiflorum leaf extract. Botanical Studies (2024) 65:4. (IF. 3.4).

34 Rizwan Taj Khan*, Kiran Nasim and Muhammad Jamil Ahmed. Ethno-veterinary practices for animal healthcare from Sudhanoti Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 28:30 (2024) - http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.28.30.1-17. (X Cat).

35. Huma Firdous Rizwan Taj Khan  Muhammad Manzoor2  Syed Waseem Gillani Muhammad Nasir Mumna Munir2 Shabir Ahmad  Green Synthesis and Characterization of Ag Nanoparticles Using Carissa spinarum L. Leaf Extract: Evaluation for Their Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities. Microscopy Research and Technique. 2025; 0:1–12 (IF. 5.0).

36. Faisal Waheed Khan, Rajwali Khanb,*, Nasar Ahmeda,*, Muhammad Saddiquea, Rizwan Taj , Sherzod Abdullaevd,e, Sattam Al Otaibif, Khaled Althubeitig, Shahid Iqbalh. Evaluation of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for nutritional and trace elemental mapping in Otostegia limbata medicinal plant. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 344 (2026) 126645. (IF. 4.6).

Syeda Khateeb Fatima · Rizwan Taj Khan · Munazza Nazir · Muhammad Manzoor ·   Syed Waseem Gillani · Mumna Munir · Muhammad Nasir · Wasim Akhtar · Shabir Ahmad · Manal Abdulaziz Binobead · M Ajmal Ali. Exploration of medicinal and nutritional value of Himalayan wild edible fruits: implications for sustainable health and functional foods. Genet Resour Crop Evol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-025-02557-y ( IF 1.6)

Stress Physiology, Plant Tissue Culture, Phytochemistry, nanotechnology

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