Dr. K. V. Sashidhara
 
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Scientist C
Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division
Central Drug Research Institute
Chattar Manzil Palace
Lucknow 226001, UP, India

 
Educational Qualifications M.Sc., Ph.D. (Faizabad)
Date of Birth 10th January, 1973
E- mail sashidhar123@rediffmail.com
Phone No. +91-0522-2612411-18, Ext. 4318
Fax No. +91-0522-2643405, 2623938
Research Experience (Area)

Natural product chemistry (7½ years)
Industrial experience (1½ years)

 
CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST
 

Natural product drug discovery and development
Chemical transformation of natural product for its value addition
Analytical chemistry

 
Selected U S Patents Granted ( Total 13 )
Synthetic precursors to 4-(P-methoxyphenyl)-2-amino-butane.
Chattopadhyay; Sunil Kumar (Lucknow, IN); Sashidhara; Koneni Venkata (Lucknow, IN); Tripathi; Vinayak (Lucknow, IN); Tripathi; Arun Kumar (Lucknow, IN); Prajapati; Veena (Lucknow, IN); Kumar; Sushil (Lucknow, IN) United States Patent 6,441,205. August 27, 2002.
Process for the preparation of maltol from plants belonging to the genus Abies. Chattopadhyay; Sunil Kumar (Uttar Pradesh, IN); Srivastava; Sachin (Uttar Pradesh, IN); Sashidhara; Koneni Venkata (Uttar Pradesh, IN); Tripathi; Vinayah (Uttar Pradesh, IN); Kumar; Sushil (Uttar Pradesh, IN).
United States Patent 6,384,246. May 7, 2002.
Process for the production of a compound (+) catechin penta acetate useful as a precursor for the production of (+) catechin. Chattopadhyay; Sunil Kumar (Lucknow, IN); Banerjee; Suchitra (Lucknow, IN); Agarwal; Shipra (Lucknow, IN); Sashidhara; Koneni Venkata (Lucknow, IN); Tripathi; Vinayak (Lucknow, IN); Kukreja; Arun Kumar (Lucknow, IN); Kumar; Sushil (Lucknow, IN); Kulshrestha; Manish (Lucknow, IN); Sharma; Ram Prakash (Lucknow, IN); Mehta; Vijay Kumar (Lucknow, IN). United States Patent 6,365,757. April 2, 2002.
Process for preparing novel biologically active synthetic molecule 4-(p- methoxyphenyl)-2-amino-butane. Chattopadhyay; Sunil Kumar (Lucknow, IN); Sashidhara; Koneni Venkata (Lucknow, IN); Tripathi; Vinayak (Lucknow, IN); Tripathi; Arun Kumar (Lucknow, IN); Prajapati; Veena (Lucknow, IN); Kumar; Sushil (Lucknow, IN). United States Patent 6,252,114. June 26, 2001.
   
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 
Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of the Twigs and Leaves of Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa. Kaur, H. P. Garg, S. N*. Sashidhara, K. V. Yadav, A. Naqvi, A. A. Khanuja, S. P. S. JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH 2006 VOL 18; NUMB 3, page(s) 288-289
Essential oil composition of Matricaria recutita L. from the lower region of the Himalayas . Sashidhara, K. V *. Verma, R. S. Ram, P. FLAVOUR AND FRAGRANCE JOURNAL 2006 VOL 21; NUMBER 2, page(s) 274-276.
Constituents of leaf essential oil of Amomum subulatum Roxb. from lower region of Himalayas. Sashidhara, K. V.* Verma, R. S. Ram, P. INDIAN PERFUMER 2005 VOL 49; NUMB 2, page(s) 169-172
Evaluation of geranium cultivars (Pelargonium graveolens) in Tarai region of Uttaranchal Sashidhara, K. V.* Verma, R. S. Ram, P. INDIAN PERFUMER 2004 VOL 48; NUMB 3, page(s) 273-276
Betuligenol derivative with growth inhibition and antifeedant activity . Chattopadhyay, S. K. Srivastava, S. Sashidhara, K. V. Tripathi, A. K. Bhattacharya, A. K. Negi, A. S. BIOORGANIC AND MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS 2004 VOL 14; NUMBER 7, page(s) 1729-1731
Alpinia galanga L.- Composition of essential oil from flowers Garg, S. N. Gupta, D. Sashidhara, K. V. Mehta, V. K. INDIAN PERFUMER 2003 VOL 47; PART 2, page(s) 147-150
LC-ESI-MS analysis of taxoids from the bark of Taxus wallichiana Madhusudanan, K. P. Chattopadhyay, S. K. Tripathi, V. K. Sashidhara, K. V. Kukreja, A. K. Jain, S. P. BIOMEDICAL CHROMATOGRAPHY 2002 VOL 16; PART 5, page(s) 343-355
Studies on the Himalayan yew Taxus wallichiana: Part IX - The chemical constituents of the seeds of Taxus wallichiana Chattopadhyay, S. K. Tripathi, V. Sashidhara, K. V. Mehta, V. K.; Joshi, B. S. Roy, R. INDIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY SECTION B 2002 VOL 41; PART 1, page(s) 225-227
MS/MS Profiling of Taxoids from the Needles of Taxus wallichiana Madhusudanan, K. P. Chattopadhyay, S. K. Tripathi, V. Sashidhara, K. V. Kumar, S. PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS 2002 VOL 13; PART 1, page(s) 18-30
Analysis of taxol and major taxoids in Himalayan yew, Taxus wallichiana Bala, S. Uniyal, G.C. Chattopadhyay, S.K. Tripathi, V. Sashidhara, K.V. Kulshrestha, M. Sharma, R.P. Jain, S.P. Kukreja, A.K. Kumar, S. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A 1999 VOL 858; NUMBER 2, page(s) 239-244