1. Phytochemical and Pharmacological Investigation of Medicinal Plants
2. Drug Discovery from Natural Sources
3. Antioxidant and Hepatoprotective Effects of Medicinal Plants
4. Ethnopharmacological Study of Bangladeshi Medicinal Flora
5. Phytochemical Profiling and Bioactivity Evaluation of Natural Extracts
6. Exploration of Plant-Based Compounds for Metabolic Disorders
7. Comparative Study of Bioactive Compounds in Edible and Medicinal Plants
8. Molecular Docking, HPLC and GC–MS Analysis of Plant Extracts for Drug Discovery

Published articles:
1. Akter, A., Roy, R., & Basher, M. A. (2023). In-vivo hepatoprotective and hypoglycemic effects of methanolic extract of Schumannianthus dichotomus rhizome. Phytomedicine Plus, 3(3), 100459. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phyplu.2023.100459
2. Roy, R., Roy, J., Liya, I. J., Ahmed, J., Akter, A., & Basher, M. A. (2023). Antioxidant and hepatoprotective activities of methanolic extract of Fimbristylis miliacea (L.) Vahl. Phytomedicine Plus, 3(2), 100449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phyplu.2023.100449
3. Akter, A., Basher, M. A., Roy, R., Sultana, S., & Ud Daula, A. F. M. (2019). Phytochemical content, antioxidant and antidiarrhoeal activities of Limnophila repens. Indonesian Journal of Pharmacy/Majalah Farmasi Indonesia, 30(3). https://doi.org/10.14499/indonesianjpharm30iss3pp187
4. Mia, S., Roy, R., Akter, A., Barek, M. A., & Basher, M. A. (2019). Hypoglycemic effect of leaf extract of Fimbristylis miliacea in mice model. Clinical Phytoscience, 5, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40816-019-0119-x
5. Roy, R., Daula, A. S. U., Akter, A., Sultana, S., Barek, M. A., Liya, I. J., & Basher, M. A. (2019). Antipyretic and anti-nociceptive effects of methanol extract of leaves of Fimbristylis miliacea in mice model. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 243, 112080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2019.112080
6. Mukta, U. H., Roy, R., Daula, A. S. U., Ferdous, Akter, A , M., Chowdhury, A., Mia, S., & Basher, M. A. (2020). Phytochemical analysis, antioxidant and antidiarrhoeal activities of methanol extract of Fimbristylis miliacea (L.) Vahl. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, 12(1), 10-18. https://doi.org/10.5897/JPP2019.0567
7. Karim, I., Roy, R., Hoque, M. R., Hosen, S., Bhowmik, T., Liya, I. J. Akter, A, & Basher, M. A. Effect of mouse sex on pharmacological investigations. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacognosy Research vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 569-579 https://doi.org/10.56499/jppres20.911_8.6.569
8. Basher, M. A., Hoque, M. R., Roy, R., Hosen, S., Karim, I., Bhowmik, T., & Akter, A. (2020). Sex-dependent variations in anti-nociceptive and antipyretic effects of rhizome and stem extract of Schumannianthus dichotomus Roxb. in male and female mice. Indonesian Journal of Pharmacy, 323-334. https://doi.org/10.22146/IJP.602

Submitted articles:
1. Afroza Akter, Anamika Datta, Fatema Khan, and Afsana Rimi. Elucidation of Phytochemical Constituents, Antioxidant Potency, and In Vivo Antidiarrheal Efficacy of Ethanolic Extract from Glinus oppositifolius: An Integrative Approach. RPSU Research Journal. 2025.
2. Afroza Akter, Anamika Datta, Muaj Ibne Sahid. Exploring the Antibacterial Potential of Limnophila repens Methanolic Extract Against Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Pathogens. Ref: No. BJSIR/P/52/4159/, Bangladesh Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 2025

Ongoing project:
1. Comparative Evaluation of Antioxidant, Antihyperglycemic, Analgesic, and Anti-inflammatory Activities of Ethanolic Extracts from Brassica oleracea var. botrytis and Brassica oleracea var. italic: Insights from GCMS Profiling, Molecular Docking, and ADMET Analysis