Muhammad Zaeem Ahsan

Assistant Professor (Pharmacology)

Faculty of Pharmacy

Ethnopharmacology, Neuropharmacology, Pain pharmacology, Dependence

Muhammad Zaeem Ahsan is the Program Leader for Postgraduate Programs (M.Phil. & PhD) at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Superior University, Lahore. He earned a fully funded Chinese Government Scholarship for his PhD at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, completed his M.Phil. in Pharmacology from Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, and holds a Pharm D from Gomal University. […]

Muhammad Zaeem Ahsan is the Program Leader for Postgraduate Programs (M.Phil. & PhD) at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Superior University, Lahore. He earned a fully funded Chinese Government Scholarship for his PhD at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, completed his M.Phil. in Pharmacology from Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, and holds a Pharm D from Gomal University. […]

Phytochemical analysis and anti-obesity effects of Kalanchoe pinnata root-stem methanol extract Ashraf, M., Ashiq, K., Ahsan, M. Z., Shah, S. A., Munir, A., & Ahsan, R. Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences, 20(3), 366–384 (2025).   Phytochemical profiling and anti-obesity potential of the methanol extract of Carica papaya ripe fruit peel Rimsha Ahsan, Kanwal Ashiq, Shafiq Ali Shah, Muhammad Zaeem Ahsan, Shafiullah Shafiullah, Maryam Ashraf, Ishafaq Bukhari Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine (2025)   Exploration of ketone derivatives of succinimide for their antidiabetic potential: In vitro and in vivo approaches A Talib, SA Shah, MS Jan, MZ Ahsan, A Munir, IA Bukhari, H Sadia, TS Alomar, N AlMasoud, A Rauf Green Processing and Synthesis 12 (1), 20230103 (2023)   Phytochemical Evaluation and Anti-Dandruff Effect of Momodica charantia Seeds Extract RM Ismael, K Ashiq, SA Shah, A Munir, MZ Ahsan, FA Ahsan, A Ismail, A Mobashar, IA Bukhari Journal of Xi’an Shiyou University, Natural Science Edition (2023)   Ginsenoside Rb1, a principal effective ingredient of Panax notoginseng, produces pain antihypersensitivity by spinal microglial dynorphin A expression RM Shoaib, MZ Ahsan, U Akhtar, KA Ahmad, U Ali, MY Deng, XY Li, YX Wang Neuroscience Research (2022)   Comparative study of dezocine, pentazocine and tapentadol on antinociception and physical dependence MZ Ahsan, MJ Zhao, RM Shoaib, Y Zhang, YX Wang Life Sciences (2021), 119996   Microglial IL-10 and β-endorphin expression mediate gabapentinoids antineuropathic pain independent of neuronal α2δ-1 binding KA Ahmad, RM Shoaib, MZ Ahsan, MY Deng, L Ma, E Apryani and YX Wang Brain, Behavior, and Immunity (2021), 95(344-361)   Synergistic interaction between butorphanol and dexmedetomidine in antinociception MZ Ahsan, FU Khan, MJ Zhao, YX Wang European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (2020) 149, 105322   Dual μ-opioid receptor and norepinephrine reuptake mechanisms contribute to dezocine-and tapentadol-induced mechanical antiallodynia in cancer pain XF Mao, MZ Ahsan, E Apryani, XQ Tang, MJ Zhao, XY Li, YX Wang European Journal of Pharmacology (2020), 173062   Acupuncture/Electroacupuncture as an Alternative in Current Opioid Crisis U Ali, E Apryani, MZ Ahsan, RM Shoaib, KA Ahmad, Y Wang Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine (2019), 1-5   Interventions to chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome treatment. Where are we standing and what’s next? AS Madanraj, FU Khan, M Naveed, U Ali, MZ Ahsan, P Khongorzul, Shoaib R, Ihsan A European Journal of Pharmacology (2019), 172429   Scientific basis for use of Pyrus pashia-Ham. ex D. Don. fruit in gastrointestinal, respiratory and cardiovascular ailments KH Janbaz, MZ Ahsan, F Saqib, I Imran, M Zia-Ul-Haq, MA Rashid, Jaafar H, Moga M PLoS ONE (2015) 10(3)