Madhu Dikshit
 
Scientist
Division of Pharmacology
Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 226 00
 
Educational qualifications M.Sc., Ph.D.
E-mail madhudikshit[at]yahoo dot com
 
CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST
Role of NO in the physiological as well as pathological conditions
(thrombosis, ischemia, hypertension, and neurodegeneration)
  Molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of NADPH-oxidase and
NOS activity in the neutrophils
  Peripheral markers in the CNS disorder
  Functional flow cytometry
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
 
Biochemical Pharmacology
 
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 
Sharma P, Raghavan SAV and Dikshit M: Role of ascorbate in the regulation of nitric oxide generation by polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (in press), 2003.
Sharma P, Barthwal MK and Dikshit M: NO Synthesis and its regulation in the arachidonic acid stimulated rat polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Nitric Oxide Biol. Chem., 7, 119-126, 2002.
Singh MP, Sinha S, Raghavan SAV and Dikshit M: Inhibition of platelet aggregation by rat globin. Thrombosis Research 107, 201-207, 2002.
Raghavan SAV and Dikshit M: Augmented relaxation to L-citrulline in lipopolysaccharide treated rat aorta: possible role of L-citrulline in endotoxaemia. Eur J Pharmacol. 431, 61-69, 2001.
Sethi S, Singh MP and Dikshit M: Nitric oxide mediated augmentation of polymorphonuclear free radical generation following hypoxia-reoxygenation. Blood 93, 333-340, 1999.
Barthwal MK, Srivastava N, Shukla R, Nag D, Seth PK, Srimal RC and Dikshit M: Polymorphonuclear leukocyte nitrite content and antioxidant enzymes in Parkinson's disease patients. Acta Neurol Scand. 100, 300-304, 1999.
Seth P, Kumari R, Dikshit M and Srimal RC: Modulation of rat polymorphonuclear leukocyte response by nitric oxide and arginine. Blood 84, 2741-2748, 1994.
Dikshit M, Kumari R and Srimal RC: Pulmonary thromboembolism induced alterations in the nitric oxide release from the rat neutrophils. J Pharmacol Exp Therap 265, 1369-1373, 1993.
 
PATENTS FILED / ACCEPTED
 
A process for the preparation of novel 1-arylalkyl-5-oxo-proline carboxamides useful as thrombin inhibitors. Dinesh Kumar Dikshit, Madhu Dikshit, Prashant Sharma, Stuti Srivastava, (Product patent [NF/492/01] and Process patent [NF/486/01] Filed for Indian Patent on 29.11.2001)
WGI/75K Novel herbal composition for the treatment of Gastric Ulcer. JM Rao, U Sampath Kumar, BS Sastry, JS Yadav, KV Raghavan, G Palit, M Dikshit, D Rai, PM Varier, TS Muraleedharan, K Muraleedharan [filed for the international patent in USA and European countries].