Dr S.K. Puri
 
 

Scientist G
Scientist-in-Charge
Parasitology Division
Central Drug Research Institute
Lucknow-226 001
 
   
Educational Qualifications M.Sc (Hons.), Ph.D
Date of Birth November 23rd, 1954
E-Mail sk_puri@cdri.res.in
Fax 91-522-2623405
 
POST DOCTORAL RESEARH
 
CDRI, Lucknow, 1979 to 1982
 
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
 
30 years
 
AREAS OF RESEARH
 
Malaria Chemotherapy, Immunoprophylaxis, Drug Resistance
 
CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST
 
Antimalarial drug Development, Drug resistance, Experimental Malaria models
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
 
  Gupta Leena, Srivastava Kumkum, Puri SK, Singh Shubhra and Chauhan Prem MS - Synthesis of 2-[3-(7-Chloro-quinolin-4-ylamino)-alkyl]-1-(substituted phenyl)-2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-ß-carbolines as a new class of antimalarial agents (2008) - Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters 18, 6530-6533
  Kumar A, Srivastava K. Rajakumar S, Puri SK and Chauhan PMS - Sythesis and bioevaluation of hybrid 4-aminoquinoline triazine as a new class of antimalarial agents (2008) - Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters 18, 6530-3
  Kumar Ashok, Srivastava Kumkum, Puri SK, and Chauhan Prem MS - Synthesis and bioevaluation of hybrid 4-aminoquinoline triazines as a new class of antimalarial agents (2008) - Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters 18, 6530-6533
  Kumar S, Guha M, Choubey V, Maity P, Srivastava K, Puri SK and Bandyopadhyay U - Bilirubin inhibits Plasmodium falciparum growth through the generation of reactive oxygen species (2008) - Free Radical Biology & Medicine 44, 602-13
  Kumar Satish, Misra Namita, Raj K, Srivastava Kumkum and Puri SK - Novel class of hybrid natural products derived from lupeol as antimalarial agents (2008) - Nat. Prod. Res.22, 305-19
  Parai KM, Panda G, Srivastava K and SK Puri - Design, synthesis and antimalarial activity of benzene and isoquinoline sulfonamide derivatives (2008) - Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters 18, 776-781
  Singh Ajit Shankar, Verma Ved Prakash, Hassam Mohammad, Krishna, Naikade Niraj, Puri Sunil K and Singh Chandan - Amino and Hydroxy- Functionalized 11- Azaartemisinins and Their Derivatives (2008) - Organic Letters 10, 5461–5464
  Singh C, Chaudhary, S and Puri SK - Orally active esters of dihydroartemisinin: Synthesis and antimalarial activity against multidrug-resistant Plasmodium yoelii in mice (2008) - Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters 18, 1436-1441
  Singh Chandan, Verma Ved Prakash, Naikade Niraj, Singh Ajit Shankar, Hassam Mohammad and Puri Sunil K - Novel Bis-and Tris-1, 2, 4-Trioxanes: Synthesis and Antimalarial Activity Against Multidrug-Resistant Plasmodium yoelii in Swiss Mice (2008) - J. Med. Chemistry 51, 7581–7592
  Solomon VR, Haq W, Smilkstein M, Srivastava K, Rajakumar S, Puri SK and Katti SB - Synthesis and antimalarial activity of novel side chain modified antimalarial agents derived from 4-aminoquinoline (2008) - Med. Chem. 4, 446-56
  Choubey Vinay, Maity Pallab, Guha Mithu, Kumar Sanjay, Srivastava Kumkum, Puri Sunil Kumar and Bandyopadhyay Uday - Inhibition of Plasmodium falciparum choline kinase by hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide: a possible antimalarial mechanism. (2007) - Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 51, 696-706
  Guha Mithu, Choubey Vinay, Maity Pallab, Kumar Sanjay, Srivastava Kumkum, Puri Sunil K and Bandyopadhyay Uday. - Overexpression, purification and localization of apoptosis related protein from Plasmodium falciparum. (2007) - Protein Expression and Purification 52, 363-372
  Kaushal DC, Kaushal NA, Narula A, Kumar N, Puri SK, Dutta S and Lanar DE. - Biochemical and immunological characterization of E. coli expressed 42 kDa fragment of Plasmodium vivax and P cynomolgi bastianelli merozoite surface protein. (2007) - Indian J. Biochem. Biophys 44, 429- 436
  Mehrotra N, Lal J, Puri SK, Madhusudanan KP and Gupta RC. - In vitro and In vivo pharmacokinetic studies of bulaquine (analogue of primaquine), a novel antirelapse antimalarial, in rat, rabbit and monkey-highlighting species similarities and differences. (2007) - Biopharm Drug Dispos 28, 209 -227
  Narender T, Reddy KP, Shweta, Srivastava K, Mishra DK and Puri SK. - Total synthesis of Munchiwarin, a triprenylated chalcone from Crotalaria medicagenia. (2007) - Org Lett 9, 5369-5372
  Narender T, Tiwari P, Shweta S, Reddy K Papi, Khaliq T, Prathipati P, Puri A, Srivastava AK, Chander R, Agarwal SC and Raj K - Antihyperglycemic and antidyslipidemic agent from Aegle marmelos. (2007) - Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 17, 1808-1811
  Singh C, Chaudhary S, R Kanchan and Puri SK - Conversion of antimalarial drug artemisinin to a new series of tricyclic 1,2,4-trioxanes1. (2007) - Organic Letters 9, 4327-4329
  Singh Chandan, Rani Kanchan, Sharma Upasana and Puri Sunil K - New adamantane-based spiro 1,2,4-trioxanes orally effective against rodent and simian malaria. (2007) - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 50, 521-527
  Singh Chandan, Sharma Upasana, Saxena Gunjan and Puri Sunil K - Orally active antimalarials: Synthesis and bioevaluation of a new series of steroid-based 1,2,4-trioxanes against multi-drug resistant malaria in mice. (2007) - Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 17, 4097-4101
  Solomon V Raja, Haq W, Srivastava Kumkum, Puri Sunil K and Katti SB - Synthesis and antimalarial activity of side chain modified 4-aminoquinoline derivatives (2007) - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 50, 394-398
  Srivastava K, Singh S, Singh P and Puri SK - In vitro cultivation of Plasmodium falciparum: Studies with modified medium supplemented with ALBUMAX II and various animal sera. (2007) - Experimental Parasitology 116, 171-174
  Dutta, S, Kaushal DC, Ware LA, Puri SK, Kaushal NA, Narula A, Upadhyay DS & Lanar DE. - Merozoite surface protein-1 of Plasmodium vivax induces a protective response against Plasmodium cynomolgi challenge in rhesus monkeys. (2006) - Infection & Immunity, 73, 5936-44.
  Singh, Chandan, Chaudhary S & Puri SK. - New orally active derivatives of artemisinine with high efficacy against multi-drug resistant malaria in mice. (2006) - J Medicinal Chemistry, 49, 7227-33.
  Singh, Chandan; Malik, Heetika; Puri, Sunil K - Orally active 1,2,4-trioxanes: synthesis and antimalarial assessment of a new series of 9-functionalized 3-(1-arylvinyl)-1,2,5-trioxaspiro[5.5]undecanes against multi-drug-resistant plasmodium yoelii nigeriensis in mice (2006) - Journal Of Medicinal Chemistry, 49, 2794-2803
Puri, S. K. and Dutta, G.P.(2003) Blood schizontocidal activity of WR 238605 (Tafenoquine) against Plasmodium cynomolgi and Plasmodium fragile infections in rhesus monkeys. Acta Tropica 86: 35-43
Puri, S.K. and Singh, N. (2000) Azithromycin: Antimalarial profile against blood and sporozoite induced infections in mice and monkeys Expl. Parasit. 94: 8-14
Singh N. and Puri, S. K. (2000) Modulation of halofantrine resistance after coadministration of halofantrine with diverse pharmacological agents in a rodent malaria model. Life Sciences, 67: 1345-1354
Singh, N. and Puri, S. K. (1998) Causal prophylactic activity of antihistaminic agents against Plasmodium yoelli infection in Swiss mice. Acta Tropica 69: 255-260
Singh, S.; Puri, S. K.; Singh, S. K.; Srivastava, R.; Gupta, R. C. and Pandey, V. C. (1997). Characterization of simian malarial parasite (Plasmodium knowlesi) induced putrescine transport in rhesus monkey erythrocytes. Jr. Biol. Chem. 272: 13506-13511.