Department of Chemistry
Extension Number: 594
Office Number: S-134

Brief Profile
Dr. Mariya al-Rashida completed her PhD in Chemistry in 2011 as an HEC Scholar and has over 10 years experience of teaching and research. She has served as the Chairperson of the Department of Chemistry from 2017-2023. Dr. Mariya was awarded CSP Gold Medal for Chemist Under 40, by the prestigious Chemical Society of Pakistan (CSP) in 2019. She was the recipient of Research Productivity Award (RPA) 2015 and 2016, awarded by Pakistan Council of Science & Technology (PCST). She was awarded IUCr Young Scientist Award sponsored by The International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) in 2016. She has successfully completed two HEC funded NRPU projects worth Rs. 3.7 and 3.9 Million Rs. She has two US patents to her credit (Patent No. 9643169 and 10577327). Dr. Mariya has authored a book titled “α-Tertiary Amines en Route to Natural Products” published by Elsevier, and has contributed a book chapter, “Ionic liquid-based colloidal nanoparticles: applications in organic synthesis” in the book titled “Metal nanoparticles for drug delivery and diagnostic applications” also published by Elsevier. Dr. Mariya has served as Review Editor of Frontiers in Chemistry (Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry section) from 2015-2018, and is currently serving as an Academic Editor of PLOS One since March 2019. She has published over 80 research articles in international peer reviewed journals with cumulative impact factor of 380 (JCR 2022). Dr. Mariya’s research interests are in the field of synthetic and computational medicinal chemistry, her research group is interested in exploring new deep eutectic solvents (DES) and ionic liquids (ILs) as alternatives to traditional organic solvents for synthesis of medicinally important scaffolds. Her research group is also developing polymer supported heterogenous catalysts for multicomponent reactions

Education

• PhD in Chemistry (2011), Institute of Chemistry, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
• Masters in Chemistry, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan

Research & Publications

1. Hafiza Amna Younus, Faiza Saleem, Abdul Hameed, Mariya Al-Rashida, Raed A Al-Qawasmeh, Mohamed El-Naggar, Sobia Rana, Muhammad Saeed, Khalid Mohammed Khan. Part-II: an update of Schiff bases synthesis and applications in medicinal chemistry-a patent review (2016-2023). Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents. 2023:1-24.  (IF 2022 = 6.714)
2. Muhammad Tariq Riaz, Parham Taslimi, Muhammad Yaqub, Mariya al‐Rashida, Rima D Alharthy, Ahmed El‐Gokha, Zahid Shafiq. Functionalized Diazabenzo [a] anthracenediones: Regioselective Multicomponent Synthesis and Biological and Computational Studies as Potential Cholinesterase Inhibitors. ChemistrySelect. 2023;8(22):e202300648. (IF 2022 = 2.307)
3. Hafiza Amna Younus, Muhammad Saeed, Abid Mahmood, Muhammad Siraj Khan Jadoon, Abdul Hameed, Asnuzilawati Asari, Habsah Mohamad, Julie Pelletier, Jean Sévigny, Jamshed Iqbal, Mariya Al-Rashida. Exploring chromone sulfonamides and sulfonylhydrazones as highly selective ectonucleotidase inhibitors: Synthesis, biological evaluation and in silico study. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2023; 134, 106450. (IF 2022 = 5.307)
4. Hafiza Amna Younus, Muhammad Saeed, Abid Mahmood, Muhammad Siraj Khan Jadoon, Abdul Hameed, Asnuzilawati Asari, Habsah Mohamad, Julie Pelletier, Jean Sévigny, Jamshed Iqbal, Mariya Al-Rashida. Exploring chromone sulfonamides and sulfonylhydrazones as highly selective ectonucleotidase inhibitors: Synthesis, biological evaluation and in silico study. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2023; 134, 106450. (IF 2022 = 5.307)
5. Rima D Alharthy, Faisal Rashid, Abida Ashraf, Zahid Shafiq, Steven Ford, Mariya Al-Rashida, Muhammad Yaqub, Jamshed Iqbal. Pyrazole derivatives of pyridine and naphthyridine as proapoptotic agents in cervical and breast cancer cells. Scientific Reports. 2023; 13, Article number: 5370. (IF 2022 = 4.996)
6. Marium Ishtiaq, Maria Aqeel Khan, Shakil Ahmed, Shujaat Ali, Mariya al-Rashida, Shafia Iftikhar, Syed Tarique Moin, Abdul Hameed. Probing new DABCO-F based ionic liquids as catalyst in organic synthesis. Journal of Molecular Structure. 2022; 1268, 133638. (IF 2022 = 3.841)
7. Marium Ishtiaq, Maria Aqeel Khan, Shakil Ahmed, Shujaat Ali, Mariya al-Rashida, Shafia Iftikhar, Syed Tarique Moin, Abdul Hameed. Probing new DABCO-F based ionic liquids as catalyst in organic synthesis. Journal of Molecular Structure. 2022; 1268, 133638. (IF 2022 = 3.841)
8. Sehrish Bano, Mariya Al-Rashida, Rima D Alharthy, Imtiaz Ali Khan, Jamshed Iqbal. Nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterases (NPPs) including NPP1 and NPP2/ ATX as important drug targets: A patent review (2015-2020). Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents. 2022; 12:1-9.  (IF 2022 = 6.714)
9. Adil Khushal, Amara Mumtaz, Wamda Ahmed Shadoul, Syeda Huda Mehdi Zaidi, Hummera Rafique, Abida Munir, Aneela Maalik, Syed Jawad Ali Shah, Ayesha Baig, Wajiha Khawaja, Mariya al-Rashida, Muhammad Ali Hashmi, Jamshed Iqbal. Synthesis, carbonic anhydrase II/IX/XII inhibition, DFT and molecular docking studies of hydrazide-sulfonamide hybrids of 4-methylsalicyl and acyl substituted hydrazide. BioMed Research International. 2022, volume 2022, Article ID 5293349. (IF 2022 = 3.246)
10. Deedar Ali, Sayyeda Tayyeba Amjad, Zainab Shafique, Muhammad Moazzam Naseer, Mariya al-Rashida, Tayyaba Allamgir Sindhu, Shafia Iftikhar, Muhammad Raza Shah, Abdul Hameed and Jamshed Iqbal. Utilization of Transition Metal Fluoride Based Solid Support Catalysts for the Synthesis of Sulfonamides: Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitory Activity and in Silico Study. RSC Advances 2022, 12, 3165-3179.  (IF 2022 = 4.036)
11. Maria Saleem Khan, Muhammad Asif Nawaz, Saquib Jalil, Faisal Rashid, Abdul Hameed, Asnuzilawati Asari, Habsah Mohamad, Atta Ur Rehman, Mehwish Iftikharh, Jamshed Iqbal, Mariya al-Rashida. Deep eutectic solvent mediated synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones and evaluation of biological activities targeting neurodegenerative disorders. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2022;118, 105457.  (IF 2022 = 5.307)
12. Muhammad Umair Ahmad, Muhammad Rafiq, Bakhtawar Zahra, Muhamamd Islam, Muhammad Ashraf, Mariya al-Rashida, Ajmal Khan, Javid Hussain, Zahid Shafiq, Ahmed Al-Harrasi. Synthesis of benzimidazole based hydrazones as non-sugar based α-glucosidase inhibitors: Structure activity relation and molecular docking. Drug Development Research. 2021;82(7):1033-1043. (IF 2022 = 5.004)
13. Saira Afzal, Mariya al Rashida, Abdul Hameed, Julie Pelletier, Jean Sévigny, Jamshed Iqbal. Synthesis, In-vitro Evaluation and Molecular Docking Studies of Oxoindolin Phenylhydrazine Carboxamides as Potent and Selective Inhibitors of Ectonucleoside Triphosphate Diphosphohydrolase (NTPDase). Bioorganic Chemistry 2021;112:104957. (IF 2022 = 5.307)
14. Sehrish Bano, Abdul Hameed, Mariya Al-Rashida, Shafia Iftikhar, Jamshed Iqbal. Recent Advances towards Drug Design Targeting the Protease of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Current Medicinal Chemistry. 2021;28(22):4484-4498.  (IF 2022 = 4.740)
15. Wardah Shahid, Syeda Abida Ejaz, Mariya al-Rashida, Muhammad Saleem, Maqsood Ahmed, Jameel Rahman, Naheed Riaz, Muhammad Ashraf. Identification of NSAIDs as lipoxygenase inhibitors through highly sensitive chemiluminescence method, expression analysis in mononuclear cells and computational studies. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2021. 104818.  (IF 2022 = 5.307)
16. Hafiza Amna Younus, Mariya Al-Rashida, Abdul Hameed, Maliha Uroos, Uzma Salar, Sobia Rana, Khalid Mohammed Khan. Multicomponent reactions (MCR) in medicinal chemistry: a patent review (2010-2020). Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents. 2021;31(3):267-289. (IF 2022 = 6.714)
17. Faryal Chaudhry, Wardah Shahid, Mariya al-Rashida, Muhammad Ashraf, Munawar Ali Munawar, Misbahul Ain Khan. Synthesis of imidazole-pyrazole conjugates bearing aryl spacer and exploring their enzyme inhibition potentials. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2021, 108, 104686.  (IF 2022 = 5.307)
18. Saima Muzaffar, Wardah Shahid, Naheed Riaz, Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Ashraf, Aziz-ur-Rehman, Bushra Bashir, Ayesha Kaleem, Mariya al-Rashida, Bikash Baral, Keshab Bhattarai, Harald Gross. Probing phenylcarbamoylazinane-1,2,4-triazole amides derivatives as lipoxygenase inhibitors along with cytotoxic, ADME and molecular docking studies. Bioorganic Chemistry 2021. 107 (2021) 104525.  (IF 2022 = 5.307)
19. Muhammad Tariq Shehzad, Aqeel Imran, Abdul Hameed, Mariya al Rashida, Marium Bibi, Maliha Uroos, Asnuzilawati Asari, Shafia Iftikhar, Habsah Mohamad, Muhammad Nawaz Tahir, Zahid Shafiq, Jamshed Iqbal. Exploring Synthetic and Therapeutic Prospects of New Thiazoline Derivatives as Aldose Reductase (ALR2) Inhibitors. RSC Advances, 2021,11, 17259-17282. (IF 2022 = 4.036) 
20. Khairunisa Mohd Zamli, Asnuzilawati Asari, Kooi Yeong Khaw, Vikneswaran Murugaiyah, Mariya al-Rashida, Habsah Mohamad, Hanis Mohd Yusoff, Nurul Huda Abdul Wahab & Hasnah Osman. Cholinesterase Inhibition Activity and Molecular Docking Study of Eugenol Derivatives. Sains Malaysiana 50(4)(2021): 1037-1045. (IF 2022 = 1.006)
21. Fouzia Naz, Kanwal, Mehreen Latif, Uzma Salar, Khalid Mohammed Khan, Mariya al-Rashida, Irfan Ali, Basharat Ali, Muhammad Taha, Shahnaz Perveen. 4-Oxycoumarinyl Linked Acetohydrazide Schiff bases as Potent Urease Inhibitors. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2020;105:104365   (IF 2022 = 5.307)
22. Saima Muzaffar, Wardah Shahid, Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Ashraf, Aziz-ur-Rehman, Bushra Bashir, Mudassar Ali, Mariya Al-Rashida, Bikash Baral, Keshab Bhattarai, and Naheed Riaz. Evaluation of Ethylated Phenylcarbamoylazinane-1,2,4-Triazole Amides Derivatives as 15-Lipoxygenase Inhibitors Together with Cytotoxic, ADME and Molecular Modeling Studies. ChemistrySelect 2020, 5, 14210– 14216. (IF 2022 = 2.307)
23. Jamshed Iqbal, Saira Afzal, Mariya al-Rashida, Abdul Hameed, Julie Pelletier and Jean Sévigny. Functionalized oxoindolin hydrazine carbothioamide derivatives as highly potent inhibitors of nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolases (NTPDases). Frontiers in Pharmacology. 2020;11:585876. (IF 2022 = 5.988)
24. Shujaat Ali, Mariya Al-Rashida, Hafiza Amna Younus, Syed Tarique Moin, Abdul Hameed. Piperidinium-Based Deep Eutectic Solvents: Efficient and Sustainable Eco-Friendly Medium for One-Pot N-Heterocycles Synthesis. ChemistrySelect. 2020;41(5):12697-12703. (IF 2022 = 2.307)
25. Hanan S. Anbar, Randa El-Gamal, Saif Ullah, Seyed-Omar Zaraei, Mariya al-Rashida, Sumera Zaib, Julie Pelletier, Jean Sévigny, Jamshed Iqbal, Mohammed I.El-Gamal. Evaluation of sulfonate and sulfamate derivatives possessing benzofuran or benzothiophene nucleus as inhibitors of nucleotide pyrophosphatases/phosphodiesterases and anticancer agents. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2020;104: 104305.  (IF 2022 = 5.307)
26. Naeem Ur Rehman, Khadijeh Esmaeilpour, Sara Joushi, Muzaffar Abbas, Mariya al-Rashida, Khalid Rauf, Yaser Masoumi-Ardakani. Effect of 4-Fluoro-N-(4-sulfamoylbenzyl) Benzene Sulfonamide on cognitive deficits and hippocampal plasticity during nicotine withdrawal in rats. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 2020;131:110783. (IF 2022 = 7.419)
27. Naeem Ur Rehman, Mariya Al-Rashida, Ahmed Tokhi, Zainab Ahmed, Fazal Subhan, Muzaffar Abbas, Muhammad Awais Arshid, Khalid Rauf. Analgesic and Antiallodynic Effects of 4-Fluoro- N-(4-Sulfamoylbenzyl) Benzene Sulfonamide in a Murine Model of Pain. Drug Design, Development and Therapy. 2020;14:4511-4518. (IF 2022 = 4.319)
28. Faryal Chaudhry, Sadia Naureen, Misbah Aslam, Mariya al-Rashida, Jameel Rahman, Rahila Huma, Javeria Fatima, Mavra Khan, Munawar Ali Munawar, Misbahul Ain Khan. Identification of Imidazolylpyrazole Ligands as Potent Urease Inhibitors: Synthesis, Antiurease Activity and In Silico Docking Studies. ChemistrySelect. 2020;5(38):11817-11821. (IF 2022 = 2.307)
29. Naeem Ur Rehman, Muzaffar Abbas, Mariya al-Rashida, Ahmed Tokhi, Muhammad Awais Arshid, Muhammad Sona Khan, Izhar Ahmad, Khalid Rauf. Effect of 4-Fluoro-N-(4-Sulfamoylbenzyl) Benzene Sulfonamide on Acquisition and Expression of Nicotine-Induced Behavioral Sensitization and Striatal Adenosine Levels. Drug Design, Development and Therapy. 2020, 14:3777-3786. (IF 2022 = 4.319)
30. Samra Khan, Muhammad Tariq, Muhammad Ashraf, Shawana Abdullah, Mariya al-Rashida, Muhammad Khalid, Parham Taslimi, Mehwish Fatima, Rafia Zafar, Zahid Shafiq. Probing 2-Acetylbenzofuran Hydrazones and Their Metal Complexes as α-glucosidase Inhibitors. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2020;102:104082. (IF 2022 = 5.307)
31. Rifat Jawaria, Mazhar Hussain, Hafiz Badaruddin Ahmad, Muhammad Ashraf, Safdar Hussain, Muhammad Moazzam Naseer, Muhamamd Khalid, Muhammad Ajaz Hussain, Mariya al-Rashida, Muhammad Nawaz Tahir, Sumreen Asim, Zahid Shafiq. Probing Ferrocene-based Thiosemicarbazones and Their Transition Metal Complexes as Cholinesterase Inhibitors. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 2020;508:119658. (IF 2022 = 3.118)
32. Hafiza Amna Younus, Abdul Hameed, Abid Mahmood, Muhammad Siraj Khan, Muhammad Saeed, Farwa Batool, Asnuzilawati Asari, Habsah Mohamad, Julie Pelletier, Jean Sévigny, Jamshed Iqbal, Mariya al-Rashida. Sulfonylhydrazones: Design, Synthesis and Investigation of Ectonucleotidase (ALP & e5′NT) Inhibition Activities. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2020;100:103827   (IF 2022 = 5.307)
33. Hafiza Amna Younus, Abdul Hameed, Abid Mahmood, Muhammad Siraj Khan, Muhammad Saeed, Farwa Batool, Asnuzilawati Asari, Habsah Mohamad, Julie Pelletier, Jean Sévigny, Jamshed Iqbal, Mariya al-Rashida. Sulfonylhydrazones: Design, Synthesis and Investigation of Ectonucleotidase (ALP & e5′NT) Inhibition Activities. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2020;100:103827   (IF 2022 = 5.307)
34. Muhammad Sona Khan, Wulfran Trenet, Nancy Xing, Britta Sibley, Muzaffar Abbas, Mariya al-Rashida, Khalid Rauf, Chitra D. Mandyam. A Novel Sulfonamide, 4-FS, Reduces Ethanol Drinking and Physical Withdrawal Associated With Ethanol Dependence. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2020, 21(12), 4411. (IF 2022 = 6.208)
35. Naheed Riaz, Muhammad Iftikhar, Muhammad Saleem, Aziz-ur-Rehman, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Muhammad Ashraf, Shahnawaz, Jameel Rehman, Mariya al-Rashida. A novel method for the synthesis of 1,2,4-triazole-derived heterocyclic compounds: enzyme inhibition and molecular docking studies. Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society. 2020;17:1183–1200. (IF 2022 = 2.271)
36. Naheed Riaz, Muhammad Iftikhar, Muhammad Saleem, Aziz ur Rehman, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Safdar Hussain, Muhammad Ashraf, Zahid Nawaz, Jameel Rahman, Mariya al Rashida. Enzyme Inhibition and In Silico Studies of New Synthetic N-Substituted-(4-Bromophenyl)-4-Ethoxybenzenesulfonamides. Organic & Medicinal Chemistry International Journal. 2020;10(2) doi: 10.19080/OMCIJ.2020.09.555783
37. Naheed Riaz, Muhammad Iftikhar, Muhammad Saleem, Aziz-ur-Rehman, Safdar Hussain, Fatima Rehmat, Zainab Afzal, Saba Khawar, Muhammad Ashraf, Mariya al-Rashida. New synthetic 1,2,4-triazole derivatives: Cholinesterase inhibition and molecular docking studies. Results in Chemistry. 2020;2:100041. (IF 2022 = 2.37)
38. Rafaila Rafique, Khalid Mohammed Khan, Arshia, Kanwal, Sridevi Chigurupati, Abdul Wadood, Ashfaq Ur Rehman, Arunkumar Karunanidhi, Shehryar Hameed, Muhammad Taha, Mariya al-Rashida. Synthesis of new indazole based dual inhibitors of α-glucosidase and α-amylase enzymes, their in vitro, in silico and kinetics studies. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2020;94:103195. (IF 2022 = 5.307)
39. Muhammad Tariq Shehzad, Abdul Hameed, Mariya al-Rashida, Aqeel Imran, Maliha Uroos, Asnuzilawati Asari, Muhammad Islam, Shafia Iftikhar, Jamshed Iqbal, Habsah Mohamad. Exploring Antidiabetic Potential of Adamantyl-Thiosemicarbazones via Aldose Reductase (ALR2) Inhibition. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2019;92:103244. (IF 2022 = 5.307)
40. Muhammad Tariq Shehzad, Aqeel Imran, Guy Sedar Singor Njateng, Abdul Hameed, Muhammad Islam, Mariya al-Rashida, Maliha Uroos, Asnuzilawati Asari, Zahid Shafiq, Jamshed Iqbal. Benzoxazinone-thiosemicarbazones as antidiabetic leads via aldose reductase inhibition: Synthesis, biological screening and molecular docking study. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2019; 87:857-866.  (IF 2022 = 5.307)
41. Abdul Hameed, Mariya Al-Rashida, Maliha Uroos, Syeda Uroos Qazi, Sadia Naz, Marium Ishtiaq & Khalid Mohammed Khan. A patent update on therapeutic applications of urease inhibitors (2012-2018).  Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents. 2019;29(3):181-189.  (IF 2022 = 6.714)
42. Uzma Salar, Khalid Mohammed Khan, Syeda Abida Ejaz, Abdul Hameed, Mariya Al-Rashida, Shahnaz Perveen, Muhammad Nawaz Tahir, Jamshed Iqbal, Muhammad Taha. Coumarinyl Aryl/Alkyl Sulfonates with Dual Potential: Alkaline Phosphatase and ROS Inhibitory Activities; In Silico Molecular Modeling and ADME Evaluation. Letters in Drug Design & Discovery. 2019;16(3):256-272. (IF 2022 = 1.100)
43. Faryal Chaudhry, Sadia Naureen, Muhammad Ashraf, Mariya Al-Rashida, Bakhat Jahan, Munawar Ali Munawar, Misbahul Ain Khan. Imidazole-Pyrazole Hybrids: Synthesis, characterization and in-vitro bioevaluation against α-glucosidase enzyme with molecular docking studies. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2019;82:267-273.  (IF 2022 = 5.307)
44. Isaac IO, Al-Rashida M, Rahman SU, Alharthy RD, Asari A, Hameed A, Khan KM, Iqbal J. Acridine-based (Thio)semicarbazones and Hydrazones: Synthesis, In Vitro Urease Inhibition, Molecular Docking and In-Silico ADME Evaluation. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2018;82:6-16. (IF 2022 = 5.307)
45. Sanam, Khair Bux, Mariya al-Rashida, Rima D. Alharthy, Syed T. Moin, Abdul Hameed. Morpholinium and Piperidinium Based Deep Eutectic Solvents for Synthesis of Pyrazole-5-Carbonitriles, Indoles and Tetrazoles: Bulk Properties via Molecular Dynamics Simulations. ChemistrySelect. 2018;3(45):12907-12917. (IF 2022 = 2.307)
46. Syeda Uroos Qazi, Shafiq Ur Rahman, Asia Naz Awan, Mariya al-Rashida, Rima D. Alharthy, Asnuzilawati Asari, Abdul Hameed, and Jamshed Iqbal. Semicarbazone Derivatives as Urease Inhibitors: Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, Molecular Docking Studies and In-Silico ADME Evaluation. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2018;79:19-26.  (IF 2022 = 5.307)
47. Jamshed Iqbal, Syeda Abida Ejaz, Aamer Saeed, Mariya al-Rashida. Detailed investigation of anticancer activity of sulfamoyl benz(sulfon)amides and 1H-pyrazol-4-yl benzamides: An experimental and computational study. European Journal of Pharmacology. 2018;832:11-24. (IF 2022 = 5.195)
48. Muhammad Islam, Abdul Hameed, Khurshid Ayub, Muhamamd M. Naseer, Javid Hussain, Rima D. Alharthy, Asnuzilawati Asari, Ralf Ludwig, Mariya al-Rashida, and Zahid Shafiq. Receptor-Spacer-Fluorophore Based Coumarin-Thiosemicarbazones as Anion Chemosensors with “Turn on” Response: Spectroscopic and Computational (DFT) Studies. ChemistrySelect 2018;3(26):7633-7642. (IF 2022 = 2.307)
49. Ibanga Isaac, Iqra Munir, Mariya al-Rashida, Syed Ali, Zahid Shafiq, Muhammad Islam, Ralf Ludwig, Khurshid Ayub, Khalid Khan, Abdul Hameed. Novel Acridine-Based Thiosemicarbazones as “Turn-on” Chemosensors for Selective Recognition of Fluoride anion: A Spectroscopic and Theoretical Study. Royal Society Open Science. 2018;5(7):180646 (IF 2022 = 3.653)
50. Abdul Hameed, Mariya al-Rashida, Maliha Uroos, Syed Abid Ali, Arshia, Marium Ishtiaq & Khalid Mohammed Khan. Quinazoline and Quinazolinone as Important Medicinal Scaffolds: A Comparative Patent Review (2011-2016). Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents. 2018;28(4):281-297.  (IF 2022 = 6.714)
51. Faryal Chaudhry,  Sadia Naureen, Shahnaz Choudhry, Rahila Huma, Muhammad Ashraf, Mariya al-Rashida, Bakhat Jahan, Masooma Hyder Khan, Farah Iqbal, Munawar Ali Munawar, Misbahul Ain Khan. Evaluation of α-glucosidase inhibiting potentials with docking calculations of synthesized arylidene-pyrazolones. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2018;77:507-514.  (IF 2022 = 5.307)
52. Azizullah, Mariya al-Rashida, Ali Haider, Ulrich Kortz, Sachin A. Joshi, Jamshed Iqbal. Development and In vitro Anticancer Evaluation of Self-Assembled Supramolecular pH Responsive Hydrogels of Carboxymethyl Chitosan and Polyoxometalate. ChemistrySelect. 2018;3(5):1472-1478. (IF 2022 = 2.307)
53. Nafees Iqbal,  Syed Abid Ali,  Iqra Munir,  Saima Khan,  Khurshid Ayub,  Mariya al-Rashida,  Muhammad Islam,  Zahid Shafiq,  Ralf Ludwig  and  Abdul Hameed. Acridinedione as selective flouride ion chemosensor: a detailed spectroscopic and quantum mechanical investigation. RSC Advances. 2018:8:1993-2003. (IF 2022 = 4.036)
54. Mariya al-Rashida, Syeda Nayab Rizvi, Abdul Hameed, Jamshed Iqbal. Ectonucleotidase Inhibitors: A Patent Review (2011-2016). Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents. 2017;5:1-14.  (IF 2022 = 6.714)
55. Syed Mobasher Ali Abid, Hafiza Amna Younus, Mariya al-Rashida, Zunaira Arshad, Tooba Maryum, Mazhar Amjad Gilani, Abdulrahman I. Alharthi, Jamshed Iqbal. Sulfonyl Hydrazones Derived from 3-Formylchromone as Non-Selective Inhibitors of MAO-A and MAO-B: Synthesis, Molecular Modelling and In-Silico ADME Evaluation. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2017:75:291-302  (IF 2022 = 5.307)
56. Abdul Hameed, Mariya al-Rashida, Rima D. Alharthy, Maliha Uroos, Ehsan Ullah Mughal, Syed Abid Ali, and Khalid Mohammed Khan. Small molecules as activators in medicinal chemistry (2000-2016). Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents. 2017;27(10):1089-1110.  (IF 2022 = 6.714)
57. Faryal Chaudhry, Shahnaz Choudhry, Rahila Huma, Muhammad Ashraf, Mariya al-Rashida, Rubina Munir, Ramsha Sohail, Bakhat Jahan, Munawar Ali Munawar, Misbahul Ain Khan. Hetarylcoumarins: Synthesis and biological evaluation as potent α-glucosidase inhibitors. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2017;73:1–9. (IF 2022 = 5.307)
58. Salar U, Khan KM, Iqbal J, Ejaz SA, Hameed A, al-Rashida M, Perveen S, Tahir MN. Coumarin sulfonates: New alkaline phosphatase inhibitors; in vitro and in silico studies. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 2017;131:29-47. (IF 2022 = 7.088)
59. Faryal Chaudhry, Abdul Qayuum Ather, Mohammad Javaid Akhtar, Ayesha Shaukat, Mohammad Ashraf, Mariya al-Rashida, Munawar Ali Munawar, Misbahul Ain Khan. Green synthesis, inhibition studies of yeast α-glucosidase and molecular docking of pyrazolylpyridazine amines. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2017;71:170-180. (IF 2022 = 5.307)
60. Faryal Chaudhry, Sadia Naureen, Rahila Huma, Ayesha Shaukat, Mariya al-Rashida, Nadia Asif, Mohammad Ashraf, Munawar Ali Munawar, Misbahul Ain Khan. In search of new α-glucosidase inhibitors: Imidazolylpyrazole derivatives. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2017;71:102-109. (IF 2022 = 5.307)
61. Huma Aslam Bhatti, Memoona Khatoon, Mariya al-Rashida, Huma Bano, Nafees Iqbal, Zaib-un-Nisa, Sammer Yousuf, Khalid Mohammed Khan, Abdul Hameed, Jamshed Iqbal. Facile dimethyl amino group triggered cyclic sulfonamides synthesis and evaluation as alkaline phosphatase inhibitors. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2017;71:10–18. (IF 2022 = 5.307)
62. Abdul Hameed, Mariya al-Rashida, Maliha Uroos, Syed Ali, Khalid M Khan. Schiff Bases in Medicinal Chemistry: A Patent Review (2010-2015). Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents. 2017; 27(1):63-79.  (IF 2022 = 6.714)
63. Sarfaraz Ali, Sana Saleem, Mariya al-Rashida, Nafees Iqbal, Rima D. Alharthy, Shakil Ahmed, Syed Tarique Moin and Abdul Hameed. N,N-Dimethylpyridin-4-Amine (DMAP) Based Ionic Liquids: Evaluation of Physical Properties via Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Application as Catalyst for Fisher Indole and 1H-Tetrazole Synthesis. RSC Advances. 2017,7, 34197-34207. (IF 2022 = 4.036)
64. Sarfaraz Ali Ghumro, Rima D. Alharthy, Mariya al-Rashida, Shakil Ahmed, Muhammad Imran Malik, and Abdul Hameed. N-Alkylated 1,4-Diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane–Polyethylene Glycol Melt as Deep Eutectic Solvent for the Synthesis of Fisher Indoles and 1H-Tetrazoles. ACS Omega, 2017;2(6):2891–2900. (IF 2022 = 4.312)
65. Mariya al-Rashida, Gazala Batool, Almas Sattar, Syeda Abida Ejaz, Samiullah Khan, Joanna Lecka, Jean Sévigny, Abdul Hameed, Jamshed Iqbal. 2-Alkoxy-3-(sulfonylarylaminomethylene)-chroman-4-ones as potent and selective inhibitors of ectonucleotidases. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 2016;115:484-94. (IF 2022 = 7.088)
66. Rima D, Alharthy, Abdul Hameed, Mariya al-Rashida, Aisha Al-Moubaraki, and Saedah R. Al-Mhyawi. Facile Synthesis and Electrochemical Evaluation of Coumarin-Tagged Pyridine and Thiophene Derivatives. ChemistrySelect. 2016;8(1):1596–1601. (IF 2022 = 2.307)
67. Abdul Hameed, Syeda Tazeen Zehra, Saba Abbas, Riffat Un Nisa, Tariq Mahmood, Khurshid Ayub, Mariya al-Rashida, Jürgen Bajorath, Khalid Mohammed Khan, Jamshed Iqbal. One-Pot Synthesis of Tetrazole-1,2,5,6-Tetrahydronicotinonitriles and Cholinesterase Inhibition: Probing the Plausible Reaction Mechanism via Computational Studies. Bioorganic Chemistry. 2016;65:38-47. (IF 2022 = 5.307)
68. Jamshed Iqbal, Aamer Saeed, Syed Jawad Ali Shah, Mariya al-Rashida, Shams-ul Mahmood. Biological Evaluation of Azomethine-dihydroquinazolinone Conjugates as Cancer and Cholinesterase Inhibitors. Medicinal Chemistry. 2016;12(1):74-82.  (IF 2022 = 2.329)
69. Marium Ishtiaq, Iqra Munir, Mariya al-Rashida, Maria, Khurshid Ayub, Jamshed Iqbal, Ralf Ludwig, Khalid Mohammed Khan, Syed Abid Ali, Abdul Hameed. Novel quinoxaline based chemosensors with selective dual mode of action: nucleophilic addition and host–guest type complex formation. RSC Advances. 2016;6: 64009-64018. (IF 2022 = 4.036)
70. Aamer Saeed,  Syeda Abida Ejaz,   Muddasar Shehzad,  Sidra Hassan,   Mariya al-Rashida, Joanna Lecka,   Jean Sévigny and Jamshed Iqbal. 3-(5-(Benzylideneamino)thiazol-3-yl)-2H-chromen-2-ones: a new class of alkaline phosphatase and ecto-5′-nucleotidase inhibitors. RSC Advances. 2016;6:21026-21036. (IF 2022 = 4.036)
71. Sumera Zaib, Syed Umar Farooq Rizvi, Sana Aslam, Matloob Ahmad, Syed Mobasher Ali Abid, Mariya al-Rashida and Jamshed Iqbal. Quinolinyl-Thienyl Chalcones as Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors and their In Silico Modeling Studies. Medicinal Chemistry 2015;11(6):580-9. (IF 2022 = 2.329)
72. Jamshed Iqbal, Mariya al- Rashida, Ayesha Babar, Abdul Hameed, Muhammad Siraj Khan, Munawar Ali Munawar, Ather Farooq. Cholinesterase Inhibitory Activities of N-Phenylthiazol-2-Amine Derivatives and their Molecular Docking Studies. Medicinal Chemistry. 2015;11(5):489-96. (IF 2022 = 2.329)
73. Mariya al-Rashida, Syeda Abida Ejaz, Sharafat Ali, Aisha Shaukat, Mehwish Hamayoun, Maqsood Ahmed, Jamshed Iqbal. Diarylsulfonamides and their bioisosteres as dual inhibitors of alkaline phosphatase and carbonic anhydrase. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry. 2015;15;23(10):2435-44. (IF 2022 = 3.461)
74. Nafees Iqbal, Jamshed Hashim, Syed Abid Ali, Mariya al-Rashida, Rima D. Alharthy, Shakil Ahmed Ahmed, Khalid Mohammed Khan, Fatima Zahra Basha, Syed Tarique Moin, Abdul Hameed. Solvent-free 1H-tetrazole, 1,2,5,6-tetrahydronicotinonitrile and pyrazole synthesis using quinoline based ionic fluoride salts (QuFs): thermal and theoretical studies. RSC Advances. 2015;5:95061-95072.(IF 2022 = 4.036)
75. Aamer Saeed, Syeda Abida Ejaz, Asma Khurshid, Sidra Hassan, Mariya al-Rashida, Muhammad Latif, Joanna Lecka, Jean Sévigny, Jamshed Iqbal. Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of N-(2,3-dimethyl-5-oxo-1-phenyl-2,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)benzamides. RSC Advances. 2015;5:86428-86439. (IF 2022 = 4.036)
76. Mariya Al-Rashida, Sana Ahsen. In search of a docking protocol to distinguish between DNA intercalators and groove binders: Genetic algorithm vs. shape-complementarity based docking methods. RSC Advances. 2015;5:72394-72404. (IF 2022 = 4.036)
77. Mariya al-Rashida, Jamshed Iqbal. Inhibition of alkaline phosphatase: An emerging new drug target. Mini Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry. 2015;15:41-51. (IF 2022 = 3.737)
78. Sumera Zaib, Syed Umar Farooq Rizvi, Sana Aslam, Matloob Ahmad, Mariya al-Rashida and Jamshed Iqbal. Monoamine Oxidase Inhibition and Molecular Modeling Studies of Piperidyl-thienyl and 2-Pyrazoline Derivatives of Chalcones. Medicinal Chemistry. 2015;11(5):497-505. (IF 2022 = 2.329)
79. Aamer Saeed, Mariya al-Rashida, Mehwish Hamayoun, Amara Mumtaz, and Jamshed Iqbal. Carbonic anhydrase inhibition by 1-aroyl-3-(4-aminosulfonylphenyl)thioureas. Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry. 2014;29(6):901-5. (IF 2022 = 5.756)
80. Mariya al-Rashida, Jamshed Iqbal. Therapeutic Potentials of Ecto-Nucleoside Triphosphate Diphosphohydrolase, Ecto-Nucleotide Pyrophosphatase/Phosphodiesterase, Ecto-5′-Nucleotidase, and Alkaline Phosphatase Inhibitors. Medicinal Research Reviews. 2013;34(4):703-43. (IF 2022 = 12.388)
81. G. Abbas, Mariya-al-Rashida, A. Irfan, U. Ali Rana, and I. Shakir. DFT studies on the tetranuclear cubane complex [Ni₄(ampd)₄(Cl₄)]·MeCN. Journal of Structural Chemistry. 2014;55:30-37. (IF 2022 = 1.004)
82. Mariya al-Rashida, Sajad Hussain, Mehwish Hamayoun, Aisha Iltaf, and Jamshed Iqbal. Sulfa Drugs as Inhibitors of Carbonic Anhydrase: New Targets for the Old Drugs. BioMed Research International. Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 162928, (IF 2022 = 3.246)
83. Mariya-al-Rashida, Rabia Raza, Ghulam Abbas, Muhammad Shakil Shah, George E. Kostakis, Joanna Lecka, Jean Sévigny, Muhammad Muddassar, Constantina Papatriantafyllopoulou, Jamshed Iqbal.  Identification of Novel Chromone Based Sulfonamides as Highly Potent and Selective Inhibitors of Alkaline Phosphatases. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 2013;66:438-449. (IF 2022 = 7.088)
84. Ghulam Abbas, Ahmad Irfan, Mariam Mir, Mariya al-Rashida and Ather Farooq Khan. Electronic structure and absorption spectra of 6-picoline Schiff base: A DFT and XRD based approach. Journal of Molecular Structure. 2013;1050:10-14. (IF 2022 = 3.841)
85. Ghulam Abbas, Ahmad Irfan, Mariam Mir, Mariya al-Rashida, G. Wu. A new pentacoordinate polymeric copper(II) complex with 2-amino-2-methyl-1,3-propandiol: Structural investigations using XRD and DFT. Journal of Structural Chemistry. 2015;56(1):92-101. (IF 2022 = 1.004)
86. Zaheer Ul-Haq, Saman Usmani, Uzma Mahmood, Mariya al-Rashida and Ghulam Abbas. In-Silico Analysis of Chromone Containing Sulfonamide Derivatives as Human Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors. Medicinal Chemistry 2013;9(4):608-16. (IF 2022 = 2.329)
87. Ekinci, D., al-Rashida, M. Abbas, G., Şentürk, M., Supuran, C. T. Chromone containing sulfonamides as potent carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry. 2012;5(27), 744-7. (IF 2022 = 5.756)
88. al-Rashida, M., Ashraf, M., Hussain, B., Nagra, S. A., Abbas, G. Discovery of new chromone containing sulfonamides as potent inhibitors of bovine cytosolic carbonic anhydrase. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry. 2011;19, 3367-3371. (IF 2022 = 3.461)