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CONTENTS

88. Comparative analysis of lipid levels between coronary heart disease patients and normal healthy subjects Sehrish Fatima, Obaid Y. Khan and Abid Azhar

92. Impairment of glutathione JOURNAL metabolism and its impact on OF BIOCHEMISTRY other biochemical constituents in patients of diabetes mellitus AND MOLECULAR Farah Jabeen, Husan Afroz Rizvi, BIOLOGY Rafia Azmat and Farha Aziz

97. Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Pakistani women with polycystic ovarian syndrome Nargis Anjum, Sitwat Zehra, Afsheen Arif, Abid Azhar, Masood Qureshi

An International Journal of 101. Prevalence and treatment protocol Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of tuberculosis among poor socio- economy class: study of population of Karachi, Pakistan Rabia Bushra, Nousheen Aslam, Shazia Alam, Durr-e-Shahwar Siddiqui, Isra Khan, Qammar-un- Nisa, Nusrat Bano, Mirza Tasawer Baig and Sikandar Khan Sherwani

104. Delignification of sisal wood by Published by: pulping with organic acids The Pakistan Society for Muhmmad Tahir, Akhtar Shareef Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Farhan Aziz Abbasi

107. Frequency of urinary tract infection causing agents in

pregnant women and their antimicrobial susceptibility profile Muhammad Imran Sarwar, Irfan Volume 46, No. 3-4, Sarwar, Muhammad Shahbaz September - December, 2013 Hussain, Sikandar Khan Sherwani, (Indexed & Recognized by HEC) Abdul Hakeem and Shahana Urooj

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PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Abid Azhar University of Karachi, Karachi

Executive Editor

S. M. Saqlan Naqvi PMAS-Arid Agriculture University,

Editors

Pervaiz Iqbal, Karachi Saima Sadaf, S. M. Shahid, Karachi Arshad Hussain, Peshawar

Editorial Board Members PJBMB

Local Foreign Anwar Nasim, Islamabad David B. Wilson, Cornell, USA Ayaz Malghani, Quetta David Perret, UK Azra Khanum, Rawalpindi Graham Parslow, Melbourne, Australia Jamilur Rehman, Peshawar Huzoor Akbar, Ohio, USA Kausar A. Malik, Lahore Imran H. Khan, Davis, USA M. Ashraf, Multan John de Jersey, Queensland, Australia M. Ataur Rehman, Karachi Khalid Iqbal, Staten Island, USA Masoom Yasinzai, Islamabad Kiyoshi Kita, Tokyo, Japan Nasiruddin, Lahore Kyung-Soo Hahm, Kwangju, Korea Nikhat Siddiqui, Karachi Nessar Ahmad, Manchester, UK S. Fazl-e-Mabood, Abbottabad Phillip Nagley, Monash, Australia S. Nazrul Hasnain, Karachi Qi-Shui Lin, Shanghai, China Yau-Huei Wei, Taiwan

Executive Council PSBMB

President Ghousia Lutfullah, Peshawar Vice-President (Punjab) Faizul Hassan, Bhawalpur Vice-President (Sindh) Shamshad Zarina, Karachi General Secretary M. Waheed Akhtar, Lahore Associate Secretary (KPK) Saatea Arif, Peshawar Associate Secretary (Punjab) Feroza H. Wattoo, Rawalpindi Associate Secretary (Sindh) M. Kamran Azim, Karachi Treasurer Mahjabeen Saleem, Lahore Members Aftab Bashir, Faisalabad Javaid Asad, Rawalpindi M. Noman Syed, Karachi Mudassir A. Khan, Peshawar S. M. Shahid, Karachi

PJBMB, School of Biological Sciences, , Lahore-54590, PAKISTAN www.psbmb.org.pk

PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

An International Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Published by: The Pakistan Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

ISSN. 1681-4525 Volume 46, No. 3-4, September-December, 2013 (Indexed & Recognized by HEC)