(Mrs.) VIJAI LAKSHMI
  Scientist F
Medicinal & Process Chemistry Division
Central Drug Research Institute
Lucknow-226001, India
 
 
Phone No. (EPABX) 2212411-18,
Fax No. 091-(522)-2223405/2223938/2229504
E-Mail vijailakshmi[at]rediff dot com

Educational qualifications M Sc. Ph.D.
Date of Birth 20.10.1950
 
POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH
 
University of Oklohoma, Norman , USA during September,1980-February, 1982.
University of Oklahoma (Post Doctoral Res. Assocate.)Norman, USA. 1980–1982
Central Institute for Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest 31.3.91 – 30.6.91
28.03.06-12.04.06 South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Guangzhou, China
 
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
 
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 32 Years
 
CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST
 
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 Chemistry of Natural Products
(Terrestrial plants as well as Marine
flora and fauna).
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 
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 Gupta A, Lakshmi V, Jain GK and R Raghubir - Wound healing in guinea pigs after topical application of starfish pentaceraster regulus extract (2008) - J. Wound Care 17, 441- 444
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 Lakshmi V and Gupta P - An overview of genus Xylocarpus (2008) - Nat. Prod. Res. 22, 1203-1230
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 Lakshmi V, Raghubir R and Gupta P - New Ceramides from the sponge Cinachyra cavernosa (2008) - Asian Nat. Prod.10, 747-751
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 Lakshmi V, Saxena A, Mishra SK, Raghubir R, Srivastava MN, Jain RK, Maikhuri JP and Gupta G - Spermicidal activity of bivittoside D from Bohadschia vitiensis (2008) - Arch Med Res. 39, 631-8
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 Singh N, Kumar R, Gupta S, Dube A and Lakshmi V - Antileishmanial activity in vitro and in vivo of constituents of sea cucumber Actinopyga lecanora (2008) - Parasitol Research 103, 351-4
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 Tamrakar AK, Kumar R, Sharma R, Balapure AK, Lakshmi V and Srivastava AK - Stimulatory effect of Ceriops tagal on hexose uptake in L6 muscle cells in culture (2008) - Nat. Prod. Res. 22, 592-599
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 Tamrakar AK, Tiwari P, Ahmad R, Kumar R, Lakshmi V, Srivastava MN and Srivastava AK - Antihyperglycaemic activity of Sinularia firma and Sinularia erecta in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats (2008) - Med Chem Research 17, 62-73
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 Tiwari P, Tamarkar AK, Ahmad R, Kumar R, Lakshmi V. and Srivastava AK - Antihyperglycemic activity of ceriops tagal in normoglycemic and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats (2008) - Med Chem Research 17, 74-84
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 . Novel Bicyclic Ketoalcohol from Rhizophora mucronata,V. Lakshmi and A. Misra, Planta Medica, 61, 382-83(1995).
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 The crystal structure of Lansimide- 2, a product from Clausena-lansium, Xinhuaji, D. Vander Helm, V. Lakshmi, S.K.Agarwal and R.S. Kapil, Acta Cryst., C48, 1082-85(1992).
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 Acid catalysed rearrangement of Arenerol. V. Lakshmi, S.P. Gunasekera, F.J. Schmitz, Xinhua J. and D. Vander Helm, J. Org. Chem., 55(15), 1709(1990).
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 A triterpene alcohol lansiol from Clausena lansium,V. Lakshmi, K. Raj and R.S. Kapil, Phytochemistry, 28(3), 943(1989).
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 Metabolites from the two softcorals from Guam ; Sinularia gonatodes and Sinularia gyrosa V. Lakshmi and F.J. Schmitz (USA); J. Nat. Prod. 49 (4) , 728 (1986)