Pharmaceutics Research Group

Project Description

Pakistan is an agricultural country, where a large number of fruits and vegetables are harvested. A big portion of food waste is generated in agricultural, industrial and household activities. This food waste includes; peels of mango, citrus fruits, apple, banana, cucumber bran of rice, bran and germs of wheat, skin and pomace of tomato and seeds etc. This food waste contained a large number of valuable bioactive compounds. If we use this food waste in proper way for the manufacturers without exhausting, then we can get broader impacts of ecological, social and economic as Pakistan is a developing country. We are pursuing for an innovative approach to use this food waste of Pakistan to green cosmetics to achieve sustainable development goals. For this purpose, main food waste will be targeted and extracted. Green cosmetic formulations will be promoted from these food waste extracts using nanotechnology. Stability of developing formulations will be checked. Then, these formulations will be tested on animals. After checking the safety and efficacy of formulations, they will be tested on human subjects. Green cosmetic formulations by using food waste will make attractable to our community and cosmetic manufacturers to compete market demands.
 

Project Funding

Sr. No.Funding BodyFunds
1 HEC 6.33 Million Rupee

Members

  • Dr Atif Ali
  • Dr. Abdul  Mannan