April, 2026 Vol. 23, No. 02

1. Review of integrated approaches for treatment of diabetes disease
   Samina Adam Khan, Maqbool Ahmed, Bibi Shakeela, Farah Sabeen Bugti, Ke Xu, Robina Manzoor, Jaless Ul Hasan and Aamir Rasool

2. Polycystin-2 ion-channels: structure and functions in primary cilia
   Zahir Hussain

3. Evaluation of BL-8[2-(5-butyl-6-thioxo-1, 3, 5-thiadiazinan-3-yl)-4-methyl pentanoic acid] against diabetes induced cognitive impairment in mice model
   Saba Hamid, Muhammad Aslam, Lubna and Hussain Shah

4. Forest carbon dynamics and sequestration potential in Gilgit-Baltistan: a two-decade meta-analytic analysis and future projections for climate change mitigation
   Tika Khan, Hasil Khan, Akbar Khan, Tajidar Ali Taj, Habiba Baig, Shazad Bano, Fariyal, Hafeeza Perveen, Sheeba Shabbir and Sehrish Zahra

5. Evaluating the properties of plant extracts to serve as organic fertilizer and bio-stimulants to improve soil fertility and microbial diversity
   Sadiah Saleem Sobia M. Yousuf Akbani and Mahreen Wali

6. Proximate, elemental and antioxidant analysis of desert mushroom Podaxis pistillaris (L.) Fr. from Tharparkar, Sindh, Pakistan
   Sikandar Ali, Hadi Bux, Muharram Ali Qambrani and Imssa Irfan

7. Molecular characterization and phylogenetic assessment of oyster Magallana cuttackensis (R. B. Newton and E. A. Smith, 1912) (syn. Crassostrea gryphoides) from coastal region of Pakistan
   Amna Sulaman, Faiz Muhammad, Wajahat Abbas, Muhammad Shafi, Amjid Ali, Muhammad Saleem Chang and Shahina Rao

8. Modulatory effects of clove oil, olive oil, and Nigella sativa oil on stress-induced oxidative damage and dysregulation of plasma corticosterone and biochemical parameters: a comparative study
   Sana Sadaf, Mahinn Ali, Shaista Emad, Sara Qadeer, Sarwat Yousuf, Yousra Sarfaraz, Sheeza Sheikh and Tahira Perveen

9. A review of fishes and fisheries of the family Sciaenidae (croakers) from Pakistan
   Muhammad Moazzam and Hamid Badar Osmany

10. Infestation in young goats (Capra hircus L.) and lambs (Ovis aries L.), after three months without any anthelmintic drug administration
    Kouassi Hervé Tani, Tagouèlbè Tiho and Gningnini Alain Koné

11. Evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of genexpert mtb/rif ultra in patients with clinical suspicion of pulmonary tuberculosis
    Maqbool langove, Ameer Hamza, Abdul Baqi achakzai, Syed Abdul Waheed, Asadullah, Aziz Bakht and Mehmood Khan

12. Salinity impacts on germination potential and seedling establishment of commercially important agroforestry tree species (Syzygium cumini and Vachellia nilotica)
    Muhammad Sohail Yousaf, Irfan Ahmad, Farzeen Khan, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Haroon U. Rashid, Hafiz Muhammad Furqan Shaheen, Abdul Jabbar, Muhammad Yousuf Adnan, Tayyab and Akhtar Munir

13. Effect of neem fruit extract and Cypermethrin (Pyrethroid) on cholinesterase activity of Pheretima posthuma populations of agricultural and non-agricultural ecological zones
    Altaf Hussain, Muhammad Faheem, Farah Naz Khokhar, Shujaullah Talib, Farzeen Khan and Habiballah Rana

14. Observations on the fisheries and biology of small-pelagic fishes of genus Decapterus (family carangidae) from Pakistan
    Luba Hameed

15. A new species of trematode Conspicuum roseusi n. sp. in Gallbladder of rosy starling Pastor roseus L. (Passeriformes: Sturnidae) from Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan
    Gada Hussain Brohi, Brohi, Hadia Laghari, Asma Kanwal Thebo, Muhammad Qasim Jiskani, Imran Ali Soomro and Nadir Ali Birmani

16. Stock structure analysis of large-scale sole (Cynoglosus arel) from Balochistan coast, Pakistan
    Gul Saman, Faisal Saeed, Muhsan Ali Kalhoro, Shaikh Sanaullah, Meenah Sohail and Muhammad Shafi

17. Gastrointestinal parasite prevalences in pigs in Korhogo region, Cote d’Ivoire
    Kouassi Marcel Koffi, Tagouèlbè Tiho and Yapo Magloire Yapi

18. Growth and survival rate of Whiteleg Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) at different stocking densities
    Dilawar Ali, Muhammad Younis Laghari, Nosheen Jawaid , Hameeda Kalhoro, Khalid Hussain, Punhal Khan Lashari and Wakeela Gul Mughal