Dr. GAUTAM PALIT
 



Scientist - G
Pharmacology Division
Central Drug Research Insitute
P. B. No: 173, Chattar Manzil
LUCKNOW - 226 001
 
Phone No. 0522-2612411-18 Ext:4303, 4432.
Fax No. 91+522-2623938, 2623405
E- mail  [email protected]
Educational qualifications M.B.B.S., M.D., M.A.M.S.
Date of Birth

8th August, 1950.

 
POST DOCTORAL EXPERIENCE
 
Intimately associated with Undergraduate and Post graduate (Medical and Dental wing) teaching Programme during my stay in the Department of Pharmacology, King George's Medical College, Luck now for 24 years.
Advance training in the area of Neuropharmacology and Behavioral Pharmacology.
Advance training in the area of Psychopharmacology, gastric and molecular pharmacology from Rudolf Magnus Institute of Pharmacology, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Kyoto Medical College, Kyoto and Department of Applied Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto, Japan.
 
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
 
Neuropharmacology and Primate Behavior
 
CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST
Stress Research, Gastric Pharmacology and Neuropharmacology.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 
Lahiri S, Singh P, Singh S, Rasheed N, Palit G, Pant KK. Melatonin protects against experimental reflux esophagitis. J Pineal Res. Mar;46(2):207-13. Epub 2008 Nov 28,2009.
Rasheed N, Tyagi E, Ahmad A, Siripurapu KB, Lahiri S, Shukla R, Palit G. Involvement of monoamines and proinflammatory cytokines in mediating the anti-stress effects of Panax quinquefolium. J Ethnopharmacol. May 8;117(2):257-62. Epub 2008 Feb 8, 2008.
Gupta Prasoon, Yadav Dinesh Kumar, Siripurapu Kiran Babu, Palit Guatam and Maurya Rakesh. - Constituents of Ocimum sanctum with antistress activity. (2007) - J. Nat. Prod 70, 1410-1416
Kalita J, Kumar S, Kumar Vijay, Palit G and Misra UK. - A study of CSF catecholamine and its metabolites in acute and convalescent period of encephalitis . (2007) - Journal of the Neurological Sciences 252, 62-66
Vijaya Kumar Kuchibhotla; Krishna Devarakonda Rama; Palit, Gautam. Histaminergic H1 receptors mediate L-histidine-induced anxiety in elevated plus-maze test in mice. Behavioural Pharmacology:Volume 18(3)May pp 213-217, 2007.
Dharmani, P & Palit G. - Exploring Indian medicinal plants for anti-ulcer activity. (2006) - Indian J Pharmacol, 38, 95-99.
Dharmani, Poonam; Mishra, Pushpesh Kumar; Maurya, Rakesh; Singh Chauhan, Vinay and Palit, Gautam - Allophylus serratus: a plant with potential anti-ulcerogenic activity (2006) - Journal Of Ethnopharmacology, 99, 361-66.
Das, Amitava, Rai, Deepak, Dikshit, Madhu, Palit, Gautam, Nath, Chandishwar - Nature of stress: differential effects on brain acetylcholinesterase activity and memory in rats (2005) - Life Sciences, 77, 2299-2311
Dharmani P, Mishra PK, Maurya R, Chauhan VS, Palit G. - Desmodium gangeticum: a potent anti-ulcer agent. (2005) - Indian J Exp Biol., 43, 517-21
Dharmani, Poonam , Mishra, Pushpesh Kumar , Maurya, Rakesh , Chauhan, Vinay Singh & Palit, Gautam - Allophylus serratus: A plant with potential anti-ulcerogenic activity, (2005) - Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 99, Issue 3, 361-366.
Dharmani, P., Kuchibhotla, V.K., Maurya, R., Srivastava, S.K., Sharma, S and Palit, G. Evaluation of anti- ulcerogenic and ulcer healing activity of Ocimum sanctum linn. J. Ethnopharmacol. 93: 197-206, 2004
Rai, D., Bhatia, G., Palit, G., Singh, S., Pal, R. and Singh, H.K. Adaptogenic effect of Bacopa monniera (Brahmi ). Pharmacol. Biochem. Behaviour. 75: 823-830, 2003.
Rai, D., Bhatia, G., T, Sen.and Palit, G. Comparative study of perturbations of peripheral markers in different stresses in rats. Canadian J. Pharmacol. 81:1139-1146, 2003.
Palit G., Kumar R., Chudhary, S.R., Gupta, M. B., Saxena, R. C. and Dhawan, B. N. A primate model of anxiety. European Journal of Neuropsychopharmacol, 3: 195-201, 1998.
Bhargava, K.P., Dixit, K. S. and Palit, G. Nature of histamine receptor in the chemoreceptor trigger zone. Britist J. Pharmacol. 57: 211-213, 1976