ZnO-NPs embedded biodegradable thiolated bandage for postoperative surgical site infection: In vitro and in vivo evaluation

• Rabia Arshad,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Farhan Sohail ,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gshahnaz@qau.edu.pk (GS); farmacist.pk@gmail.com (MFS)

  Affiliations Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, Riphah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (RIPS), Riphah International University, Lahore Campus, Lahore, Pakistan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3970-5003

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• Hafiz Shoaib Sarwar,

  Roles Project administration, Software

  Affiliations Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, Riphah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (RIPS), Riphah International University, Lahore Campus, Lahore, Pakistan

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• Hamid Saeed,

  Roles Resources, Software

  Affiliation University College of Pharmacy, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

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• Imran Ali,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, University College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences, The Islamia University, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

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• Sohail Akhtar,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition

  Affiliation Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

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• Syed Zajif Hussain,

  Roles Investigation, Software

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, SBA School of Science and Engineering (SBA-SSE), Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan

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• Iqra Afzal,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

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• Sarwat Jahan,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

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• Anees-ur-Rehman,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliations Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

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• Gul Shahnaz

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gshahnaz@qau.edu.pk (GS); farmacist.pk@gmail.com (MFS)

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

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