Dr. Pratibha Srivastava
Scientist C
Bioprospecting
Agharkar Research Institute
India
Biography
Her research interest focused on synthetic and natural product chemistry. They are working in design and synthesize of new bioactive molecules by new routes for antidiabetic, antioxidant, antiviral, hepatoprotective, antibacterial and anticancer activity. They are also dealing with isolation, purification and characterization of natural product molecules such as proteins and secondary metabolites. She is experienced as Post Doctoral Fellow at National Institute of Health, USA.
Research Interest
They are focusing on natural product molecules which play important role in biology and medicine, serving as pharmaceutical leads, drugs, and powerful reagents in the area of scientific research. New research areas centered around natural products chemistry continue to emerge, being as rich in diversity as in their elegance. The breadth of these disciplines may help in development of new synthetic methodology, and efforts could be made towards understanding, and untangling the mysteries of life. Although research in such disciplines have evolved to address unique problems in their own right, they are all united by an underlying common theme and reliance upon a thorough understanding of the basic principles of organic chemistry. Therefore, they are interested to develop new molecules based on naturally active pharmacophores.
Publications
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Srivastava* P., Renuka S. Wagh, Ninad V. Puranik, Raut, H. N. Puntambekar, H. M. Sheetal S. Jahagirdar, In vitro plasmid curing activity of aqueous extract of terminalia chebula fruit against plasmids of bacillus subtilis and shigella sonnei, International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2015, 7, 298-301
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Puranik,N. V. Puntambekar,H. M. Srivastava P., Antidiabetic potential and enzyme kinetics of benzothiazole derivatives and their non-bonded interactions with a-glucosidaseand a-amylase. Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2016, 25, 805-815
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Puranik N. V. and Srivastava, P. First synthesis of rugosaflavonoid and its derivatives and their activity against breast cancer. RSC Advances 2017, 7, 33052-33060.