Dr. Archana Srivastava
 
.. Scientist F
Endocrinology Division
Central Drug Research Institute
Lucknow-226 001
 
Educational Qualifications M.Sc., Ph.D
E-Mail  [email protected]
Date of Birth 12.12.1950
 
Post-doctoral Research Experience
 
Fogarty/ NIH fellowship ,Northwestern University , Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology Evanston, IL, USA with Professor Erwin Goldberg, Ex- Noble Laureaute (July 2004-June 2005)
WHO Fellowship, Vanderbilt University, Department of Cell Biology, Nashville (TN), USA with Professor Gary E. Olson ( April 1989 to July, 1991)
 
CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST
 
Antifertility - Development of contraceptives for male
Molecular mechanisms of sperm maturation in mammalian epididymis as target for post-testicular contraception
Development of inhibitors of sperm specific ion channel as antispermatogenic agents
Development of sperm hyaluronidase enzyme inhibitors as contraceptive agents
Molecular characterization and significance in fertility/infertility of post-translationally modified, maturation dependent sperm membrane glycoproteins of mammalian epididymis
 
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Male Reproductive Biochemistry, Andrology, Antifertility
Post-testicular epididymal sperm maturation
Contraception
Infertility
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 
Archana Srivastav, A Chandra, M Singh, F Jamal, P Rastogi, S M Rajendran, FW Bansode, V Lakshmi ( 2009) Inhibition of hyaluronidase activity of human and rat spermatozoa in vitro and antispermatogenic activity in rats in vivo by Terminalia chebula, a flavonoid rich plant . Reproductive Toxicology (Published on line, DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2009.11.001)
A Chandra, KR Srinivasan, F Jamal, PK Mehrotra, RL Singh and Archana Srivastav (2008)
Post-translational modifications in glycosylation status during epididymal passage and significance in fertility of a 33kDa glycoprotein (MEF3) of rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta). Reproduction 135 761-770.
A Chandra, RL Singh and Archana Srivastav (2007) Mammalian epididymis and its role in reproduction: a review. Journal of Ecophysiology & Occupational Health 7 201-207
A Chandra, F Jamal, M Singh, A Pande, V Das, RL Singh and Archana Srivastav (2007)
Significance of a fertility inhibiting 33 kDa (MEF3) glycoprotein of rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) in human infertility. Journal of Ecophysiology & Occupational Health 7 209-215.
Archana Srivastav, B Singh, A Chandra, F Jamal, M Y Khan and S R Chowdhury (2004) Partial characterization, sperm association and significance of N- and O- linked glycoproteins of epididymal fluid (EF) of rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) Reproduction (UK) , 127, 343-357.
Archana Srivastav (2000) Maturation dependent glycoproteins containing both N-& O- linked oligosaccharides of epididymal sperm plasma membrane of rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta). J. Reprod Fert, 119: 241-252.
Archana Srivastava & Olson GE (1996) Studies on (3H)-palmitate binding proteins of rat spermatozoa: a post-translational modification of membrane proteins by fatty acid acylation. J Reprod Fert, 108: 245-251
Archana Srivastava & Olson GE (1991) Glycoprotein changes in the rat sperm plasma membrane during maturation in the epididymis. Mol. Reprod. & Dev., 29: 357-364.
Archana Srivastava, Maikhuri JP & Setty BS (1987) Evaluation of STS-557 as an oral contraceptive in male rat. Contraception, 36 : 253-272.
Archana Srivastava, Chowdhury AR & Setty BS (1986) Testicular regulation and subcellular distribution of zinc in the epididymis and vas deferens of rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta). Acta Endocr. (Kbh.), 113 : 440-449.
Setty BS, Jehan Q, Archana Srivastava & Kamal N (1986) Biological response of the rat epididymis to estrogen. Exp. Clin. Endocrinol., 87 : 229-238.
Archana Srivastava & Setty BS (1985). The distribution of zinc in the subcellular fractions of the rhesus monkey testis. Biol. Tr. Element Res., 7 : 83-87.
Archana Srivastava, Maikhuri JP, Chowdhury AR & Setty BS (1985). Possible role of zinc in the extragonadal antifertility action of a -chlorohydrin in rat. Life Science Advances, 4 (1A) : 1-7.
Archana Srivastava, Chopra SK & Dasgupta PR (1984) Biochemical analysis of human seminal plasma II. Protein, non-protein nitrogen, urea, uric acid and creatine. Andrologia, 16 : 265-268.
Archana Srivastava, Chowdhury AR & Setty BS (1984) Zinc content in the epididymis, vas deferens, prostate and seminal vesicles of juvenile rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) : effect of androgen and estrogen. Prostate, 5 : 153-158.
Archana Srivastava, Chowdhury AR & Setty BS (1983) Zinc content of maturing spermatozoa in estrogen treated rats. Int. J. Androl., 6 : 103-108.
Archana Srivastava, Chopra SK & Dasgupta PR (1983) Biochemical analysis of human seminal plasma. I. Fructose, ascorbate, cholesterol, adenosine tri-phosphatase and lactate dehydrogenase. Andrologia, 15 : 431-435.
Archana Srivastava, Dhar JD, Chowdhury AR, Chandra H & Setty BS (1982) Zinc in epididymal spermatozoa of rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta). Archs. Androl., 3 :117-120.
Dasgupta PR, Chopra SK, Kar AB & Archana Srivastava (1973) Seminal urea level and sperm count. Lancet, 1 : 770, 1973.