Noor Zulfiqar1,*, Muhammad Tayyab Shafi2, Arifa Zafar3, Areeba Sajjad4, Shahab Ahmed5, Satyadhar Joshi6, Muhammad Waqas Hussain7, Fawad Inam8,9
1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Punjab, Pakistan.
2Department of Engineering Management, Guglielmo Marconi University, Rome 00144, Italy.
3Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Riphah International University, Faisalabad 38000, Punjab, Pakistan.
4Department of Pharmacy, The University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38000, Punjab, Pakistan.
5Dr. M.A. Kazi Institute of Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro 76080, Pakistan.
6Department Information Technology, Faculty Alumnus, Touro College, New York, NY 10010, USA.
7Assistant Food Safety Officer, Punjab Food Authority, Government of Punjab, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
8School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering, University of East London, Docklands Campus, London E16 2RD, UK.
9Oxford Business College, Macclesfield House, Oxford OX1 1BY, UK.
*Corresponding author: Noor Zulfiqar
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