Dr. RAKESH MAURYA
  Scientist-F
Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division,
Central Drug Research Institute,
Lucknow-226 001 (U.P), India
 
 
Phone No. +90-0522-2612411-18 Ext: 4440
Fax No. +90-0522-2623405, 2623938
E-Mail

mauryarakesh[at]rediffmail dot com

Educational Qualifications M Sc. Ph.D.
Date of Birth 01.07.1954
 
POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH

The Weizmann Institute of Sciences, Rehovot - 76100, ISRAEL

 1985 - 1987

Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, ISRAEL

 1987-1989

Department of Chemistry, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, U.K.

 1989-1990

Department of Chemistry, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, U. K.

 1990-1991

Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State university, Blacksburg, Virginia USA

 1994 -1995.
 
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
 
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 Chemistry of Natural Products (20 years)
 
CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST
 
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 Development of drug/lead from the medicinal plants and synthesis of target compounds for biological assay.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
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 Ahamad R, Srivastava SP, Maurya R, Rajendran SM, Arya KR and Srivastava A - Mild antihyperglycaemic activity in Eclipta alba, Berberis aristata, Betula utilis, Cedrus deodara, Myristica fragrans, Terminalia chebula (2008) - Ind. J. Sci. & Technology 1,1-6
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 Bhatia G, Puri Anju, Maurya R, Yadav PP, Khan MM, Saxena AK and Saxena JK - Antidyslipidemic and antioxidant activities of different fractions of Pongamia pinnata (Lin) fruits (2008) - Med Chem Research 17, 281-289
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 Maurya R, Gupta P, Ahmad G, Yadav DK, Chand K, Singh AB, Tamrakar AK and Srivastava AK - Synthesis of 3,5-disubstituted isoxazolines as protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B inhibitors (2008) - Med Chem Research 17, 123-136
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 Singh Nasib, Kumar A, Gupta Prasoon, Chand K, Samant Mukesh, Maurya Rakesh and Dube Anuradha - Evaluation of antileishmanial potential of Tinospora sinensis against experimental visceral leishmaniasis. (2008) - Parasitology Research 102, 561-5
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 Tamrakar AK, Yadav PP, Tiwari P, Maurya R and Srivastava AK - Identification of Pongamol and Karanjin as lead compounds with antihyperglycemic activity from Pongamia pinnata fruits (2008) - Journal of Ethnopharmacology 118, 435-439
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 Gupta Prasoon, Akanksha, Siripurapu Kiran Babu, Ahmad Ausaf, Palit Gautam, Arora Ashish and Maurya Rakesh. - Anti-stress constituents of Evolvulus alsinoides: An ayurvedic crude drug. (2007) - Chem. Pharm. Bull 55, 771-775
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 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
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 P. K. Mishra, N. Singh, G. Ahmad, A. Dube and R. Maurya. Glycolipids and other constituents from Desmodium gangeticum with antileishmanial and immunomodulatory activities. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2005, 15(20), 4543-4546.
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 P. P. Yadav, G. Ahmad and R. Maurya. An efficient route for commercially viable syntheses of furan- and thiophene-anellated ß- hydroxychalcones. Tetrahedron Letters, 2005, 46(34), 5621-5624.
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 R. Maurya, P. P. Yadav. Furanoflavonoids: An Overview. Natural Product Reports 2005, 22(3), 400 - 424.
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 P. P. Yadav, P. Gupta, A. K. Chaturvedi, P. K. Shukla, R. Maurya. Synthesis of 4-hydroxy-1-methylindole and benzo[b]thiophen-4-ol based unnatural flavonoids as new class of antimicrobial agents. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 2005, 13(5), 1497-1505.
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 A. Pathak, D. K. Kulshreshtha and R. Maurya. Chemical constituents of Bacopa procumbens. Natural Product Research 2005, 19(2), 131-136.
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 P. P. Yadav, G. Ahmad, R. Maurya. Furanoflavonoids from Pongamia pinnata fruits. Phytochemistry, 2004, 65, 439-443.
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 R. K. Grover, R. Maurya, Raja Roy. Dynamic NMR investigation of two new interconvertible diasteriomeric epimers of natural 2-benzyl-2-hydroxybenzofuranone derivative from Pterocarpus marsupium. Tetrahedron, 2004, 60, 2005-2010.
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 R. Maurya, R. Singh, M. Deepak, S. S. Handa, P. P.Yadav, P. K. Mishra Constituents of Pterocarpus marsupium: an Ayurvedic crude drug Phytochemistry, 2004, 65, 915-920.
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 G. Ahmad, P. P. Yadav, R. Maurya. Furanoflavonoid glycosides from Pongamia pinnata fruits. Phytochemistry, 2004, 65, 921-924.
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 R. Maurya, S. Srivastava, D. K. Kulshreshta, C. M. Gupta Traditional remedies for fertility regulation. Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2004, 11(11), 1431-1450.
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 R. Maurya, L. R. Manhas, P. Gupta, P. K. Mishra, G. Singh, P. P. Yadav. Amritosides A, B, C and D: clerodane furano diterpene glucosides from Tinospora cordifolia. Phytochemistry, 2004, 65 (14), 2051-2055.
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 A. Pathak, D. K. Kulshreshtha and R. Maurya. Coumaroyl triterpene lactone, phenolic and naphthalene glycoside from stem bark of Diospyros angustifolia. Phytochemistry, 2004, 65 (14), 2153-2158.