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@rediffmail.com

Educational Qualifications M Sc. Ph.D.
 
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
 
Chemistry of Natural Products (20 years)
 
CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST
 
Development of drug/lead from the medicinal plants and synthesis of target compounds for biological assay.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Prasoon Gupta, Dinesh Kumar Yadav, Kiran Babu Siripurapu, Guatam Palit and Rakesh Maurya. Constituents of Ocimum sanctum with Antistress Activity J. Nat. Prod., 2007, 70 (9), 1410–1416.
Prasoon Gupta, Akanksha, Kiran Babu Siripurapu, Ausaf Ahmad, Gautam Palit, Ashish Arora and Rakesh Maurya. Anti-stress constituents of Evolvulus alsinoides: An Ayurvedic crude drug. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 2007, 55 (5), 771-775.
B. Sathiamoorthy, Prasoon Gupta, Manmeet Kumar, Ashok K. Chaturvedi, P.K. Shukla and Rakesh Maurya. New antifungal flavonoid glycoside from Vitex negundo Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2007, 17, 239-242.
Rakesh. Maurya, B. Sathiamoorthy and M. Deepak. Flavonoids and phenol glycosides from Boerhavia diffusa. Natural Product Research, 2007, 21(2), 126-134.
Geetu Singh, Preeti Rawat and Rakesh Maurya. Constituents of Cissus quadrangularis. Natural Product Research, 2007, 21 (6), 522-528.
Divya Singh, Amita Aggarwal, Rakesh Maurya and Sita Naik. Withania somnifera inhibits NF-kB and AP-1 transcription factors in human peripheral blood and synovial fluid mononuclear cells. Phytotherapy Research, 2007, 21(10), 905-913.
Geetu Singh, Prasoon Gupta, Preeti Rawat, Anju Puri, Gitika Bhatia, Rakesh Maurya. Antidyslipidemic activity of polyprenol from Coccinia grandis in high-fat diet-fed hamster model. Phytomedicine, 2007, 14, 792-798.
G. Ahmad, P. K. Mishra, P. Gupta, P. P. Yadav, P. Tiwari, A. K. Tamrakar, A. K. Srivastava and R. Maurya. Synthesis of novel benzofuran isoxazolines as protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2006, 16(8), 2139-2143.
Rakesh Maurya, Prasoon Gupta and C. M. Gupta. “Biodiversity for Health in Perspectives on Biodiversity, A Vision for Megadiverse Countries”. Editors Desh Deepak Verma, Sujata Arora and R. K. Rai, published by Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India, 2006, pp294-335.
Rakesh Maurya and C. M. Gupta. Traditional herbs for modern medicine, Pioneering efforts by India’s Central Drug Research Institute. The Asia Pacific Tech Monitor Nov-Dec 2006, 23 (6), 23-36.
A. Pathak, D. K. Kulshreshtha and R. Maurya. Chemical constituents of Bacopa procumbens. Natural Product Research 2005, 19(2), 131-136.
R. Panday, R. Maurya, G. Singh, B. Sathiamoorthy and Sita Naik. Immunosuppressive properties of flavonoids isolated from Boerhaavia diffusa linn. International Immunopharmacology 2005, 5, 541-553.
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.
Prem P. Yadav, Ghufran Ahmad and Rakesh Maurya. An efficient route for commercially viable syntheses of furan- and thiophene-anellated ß- hydroxychalcones. Tetrahedron Letters, 2005, 46(34), 5621-5624.
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.
R. Maurya, P. P. Yadav. Furanoflavonoids: An Overview. Natural Product Reports 2005, 22(3), 400 - 424.
P. P. Yadav, G. Ahmad, R. Maurya. Furanoflavonoids from Pongamia pinnata fruits. Phytochemistry, 2004, 65, 439-443.
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.
G. Ahmad, P. P. Yadav, R. Maurya. Furanoflavonoid glycosides from Pongamia pinnata fruits. Phytochemistry, 2004, 65, 921-924.
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.
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.
R. Maurya, S. Srivastava, D. K. Kulshreshta, C. M. Gupta Traditional remedies for fertility regulation. Current Medicinal Chemistry, June 2004, 11(11), 1431-1450.