Tanzina Azad, Shoeb Ahmed
Food adulteration is a global concern and developing countries are at higher risk associated with it due to lack of monitoring and policies. However, this is one of the most common phenomena that has been overlooked in many countries. Unfortunately, in contrast to common belief, milk adulterants can...
Mohammad Shoeb
Cancer is a major public health burden in both developed and developing countries. Plant derived agents are being used for the treatment of cancer. Several anticancer agents including taxol, vinblastine, vincristine, the camptothecin derivatives, topotecan and irinotecan, and etoposide derived from ...
Shaikh Jamal Uddin, Lutfun Nahar, Jamil A. Shilpi, Mohammad Shoeb et al.
Abstract Xylocarpus granatum J. König (Meliaceae), commonly known as ‘dhundul’, is a Bangladeshi mangrove tree, and well distributed in a number of other countries of south‐east Asia, Australia and east Africa. Traditionally, X. granatum has been used as an astringent and febrifuge, and also for the...
G. M. Kabir Uddin, D. Shoeb, Susannah Solaiman, Richard Marley et al.
The prevalence of hepatitis B and hepatitis C in immigrant communities is unknown. Immigrants from south Asia are common in England and elsewhere, and the burden of viral hepatitis in these communities is unknown. We aimed to determine the prevalence of viral hepatitis in immigrants from south Asia ...
Mohammad Khairul Alam Sobuj, Md. Ariful Islam, Md. Shoebul Islam, Md. Mohidul Islam et al.
Seaweeds are now recognized as a treasure of bioactive compounds. However, the bioactivity of seaweed originating in Bangladesh is still unexplored. So, this study was designed to explore the secondary metabolites and antioxidant activities of solvent extracts of Padina tetrastromatica and Gracilari...
S.M. Zabed Ahmed, Md. Zahid Hossain Shoeb
Purpose The main aim of this paper is to report on an examination of the service quality of Dhaka University Library (DUL), a premier public university library in Bangladesh, from its users' viewpoint. Design/methodology/approach A survey was conducted among faculty, graduate and undergraduate stude...
Mohammad Shoeb, Stephen M. MacManus, Marcel Jaspars, Jioji Trevidu et al.
Md Asaduzzaman Shoeb, GM Shafiullah
Due to high investment and maintenance costs, the government on Bangladesh is unable to provide sufficient support for grid extension and supplying electricity to remote or rural areas. The deficit in electricity introduces a crisis in powering irrigation systems, which influences negatively the cou...
Md. Shoebul Islam, Ana Milstein, M. Abdul Wahab, Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal et al.
Nishat Tabassum, Shoeb Ahmed, M. Azam Ali
Chitosan's lack of solubility in physiological pH and high molecular weight (MW) limits its use in hydrogel scaffolds. Conversion of chitosan to low MW chitooligosaccharides (COS) not only imparts water solubility, it also enhances several other biological properties. When used in hydrogels, the low...
Alima Akter, Mohammad Khairul Alam Sobuj, Md. Shoebul Islam, Koushik Chakroborty et al.
Seaweeds are incredibly significant marine resources that have the ability to yield beneficial metabolites and bioactive substances, exhibiting an extensive variety of biological and physiological capabilities. Seaweed polysaccharides, in conjunction with other bioactive components, have been shown ...
Kmy Leung, Katie Wan Yee Yeung, Jing You, Kyungho Choi et al.
Abstract Environmental and human health challenges are pronounced in Asia, an exceptionally diverse and complex region where influences of global megatrends are extensive and numerous stresses to environmental quality exist. Identifying priorities necessary to engage grand challenges can be facilita...
Mohammad Shoeb, Marcel Jaspars, Stephen M. MacManus, Sezgin Çeli̇k et al.
Touhid Bin Anwar, Bushra Behrose, Shoeb Ahmed
Textile wastewater is one of the major water pollution concerns in the manufacturing countries. However, the sludge from these wastewater treatment plants is often discarded to the environment and therefore is exposed to flood with rain causing the soil and water contamination. Therefore, there is a...
M. A. Hossain, M. Shoeb Hassan, Md. Abdul Mottalib, Sultan Ahmmed
This paper presents the technical and economic suitability of solar pump irrigations of rice and no-rice crops. Four submersible solar pumps (1050 Wp) were installed in different locations of Bangladesh for irrigating rice, wheat and vegetables. The solar pump was used for drip irrigation and furrow...