DR. (Ms) KANCHAN HAJELA
 
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Scientist F
Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division
Central Drug Research Institute
Chattar Manzil Palace
Lucknow 226001, UP, India

 
Phone No. +91-0522-2612411-18 Ext. 4463 (cabin), 4334 (lab)
Fax No. +91-0522-2643405, 2623938
E- mail kanchan_hajela@cdri.res.in
Educational qualifications M.Sc., Ph D.
Date of Birth

24.06.1957

 
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 25 Years
 
POST -DOCTORAL RESEARCH
 

Post Doctoral Research Fellow. Dept.of Medicinal Chemistry Univ. of Mississippi,MS,USA 20th Jan.2002-15th Jan.2003

 
SPECIALISATION
 

Synthetic Organic and Medicinal Chemistry currently working in the area of female reproductive health research.

 
CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST
Design and Synthesis of bioactive molecules particularly non steroidal heterocyclic molecules as estrogen receptor modulators (agonists/ antagonists) for use in the management of post- menopausal disorders such as breast cancer, osteoporosis, antifertility etc.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 
Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of 3, 4, 6-Triaryl -2-Pyranones as a New Class of Anti-breast Cancer Agents.Ravi Shankar, Bandana Chakravarti, Uma Sharan Singh, Shailendra Kumar Dhar Dwivedi, Hemant Kumar Bid, Rituraj Konwar, Geetika Kharkwal, Vishal Chandra, Anila Dwivedi & K. Hajela.Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2009, 3847-3856.
Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Indolyl Bisphosphonates as Anti-bone Resorptive and Antileishmanial Agents.Uma Sharan Singha , Ravi Shankara,Avinash Kumarb, Ritu Trivedib,Naibedya Chattopadhyayb,Nishi Shakyac, Shraddha Palnec, Suman Guptac & K Hajela . Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2008 , 8482-8491.
Synthesis and Structure Guided Evaluation of Estrogen Agonist and Antagonist Activities of Some New Tetrazolyl Indole Derivatives:Uma Sharan Singh, Ravi Shankar, Gaya P Yadav, Geetika Kharkwal, Anila Dwivedi, Govind Keshri, M M Singh, P.R. Moulik & K. Hajela.Eur. J. Medicinal Chemistry,2008,43, 2149- 2158.
"NAD+-dependent DNA ligase (Rv3014c) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis: structure-function relationship and identification of a specific inhibitor" Srivatava,S.K.; Dube, D.; Kukshal,V.; Jha, Ashok. K. Hajela, K.;Ramchandran. Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics, 2007, 69, 97-111.
An efficient and improved synthesis of 1,5-diketones : versatile conjugate addition of nucleophiles to a , ß-unsaturated enones and alkynones : Ravi shankar, Ashok K.Jha, Uma Sharan Singh and K. Hajela. Tetrahedron Lett., 2006, 47, 3077-3079.
Synthesis and Biological Activities of Some New Dibenzopyranones & Dibenzopyrans: Search for Potential Estrogen Receptor Agonists and Antagonist. Jaya Pandey, Ashok K. Jha, K. Hajela, PSN Murthy, Shikha Sharma, Govind Keshri, Anila Dwivedi and MM Singh; Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 12, (9),2239-50, 2004
Facile synthesis of 2-arylbenzo[b]furans through unusual acid catalysed 1,2- elimination. Ashok K Jha, Pushkar C Sharma, Prakas R Maulik, Umesh Yadav and K.Hajela. Indian J Chem. Vol. 43B, 1341-44, 2004.