DR. RAM PRATAP
 
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Sr. Assistant Director
Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division
Central Drug Research Institute
Chattar Manzil Palace
Lucknow 226001, UP, India

 
Phone No. 91-522-2212411-18, Extn. 4347
Fax No. +91-0522-2243405, 2223938
E- mail rpcdri[at]yahoo dot com
Educational Qualifications M. Sc., Ph. D.
 
AWARDS

CDRI Technology Award 1994

CDRI Technology Award 1996
CDRI Incentive Award 2003
 
SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS
 

New antimalarial drug Bulaquine

Novel hypolipidemic drug 80/574 under phase III human trial
Highly efficient process technology of Acyclovir transferred to Ranbaxy Laboratories
Technology for Primaquine Diphosphate transferred to Piramal Health Care
Novel technology for Quinidine transferred to Cinchona Department, Tamilnadu
 
CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST
 
Synthesis of Potential drugs in CNS and CVS area and novel technology development for drugs
Synthesized a close analogue of guggulsterone an active constituent of Guggul, without drawbacks of guggulsterone, under phase III clinical trial.
Currently working on novel flavones, a potent antidiabetic compounds selected for drug development.
Worked on nucleosides and quinolines as potential antiparasitic agents.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 
A method of treating hyperlipidemic and hyperglycemic conditions in mammals using pregnadienols and pregnadienones, US Patent No. 6579862, 17th June, 2003
Synthesis and antihyperglycemic activity of chalcone based aryloxy propanolamines, Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 2004, 12, 883-889
Synthesis and antiviral activity of 3-b-D-riboguranosyl-l,2,4-oxadiazole-carboxamide, Nucleoside, Nucleotide and Nucleic acids, 2000, 19, 845
A simple method for synthesis of spongosine, azaspongosine and their antiplatelet effects, Nucleosides and Nucleotides, 1995, 14, 1889