Dr. D. K. Mishra
 

Senior Scientist
Botany Division
Central Drug Research Institute
Lucknow-226 031 (U.P.), India
 
Date of Birth 25.08.1967
E-Mail [email protected]
Educational qualifications M.Sc., Ph.D. (Botany)
 
 
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
 
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 Plant tissue culture, Conservation biology,  Medicinal plant diversity and Ethno-botany
CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST
 
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  • In-vitro biosynthesis and enrichment of bioactive secondary metabolites through plant tissue culture techniques.
  • Stress imposed in-vivo production and enrichment of important secondary metabolites.
  • Identification and expression analysis of genes involved in selected secondary metabolites biosynthesis
  • Elucidation of secondary metabolites (targeted) biosynthetic pathway
 
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 
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 S.K.Singh, T.Joshi, S.Kanojiya, V.Tripathi & D.K.Mishra* (2015). Callus culture and in vitro biosynthesis of echitamine from Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture. 120: 367-372.
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 T.Joshi, R.Mahar, S.K.Singh, P.Srivastava, S.K.Shukla, D.K.Mishra, R.S. Bhatta & S.Kanojiya* (2015). QuantitativeAnalysis of BioactiveCarbazole Alkaloids in Murraya koenigii. Natural Product Communications.10 (2):293-295.
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 R.Pandey, P.Chandra, M.Srivastava, D.K.Mishra & B.Kumar* (2015). Simultaneous Quantitative Determination of Multiple Bioactive Markers in Ocimum sanctum Obtained from Different Locations and its Marketed Herbal Formulations Using UPLC– ESI/MS/MS Combined with Principal Component Analysis. Phytochemical Analysis (DOI 10.1002/pca.2551).
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 S.Kumar, P.Chandra, V.Bajpai, A.Singh, M.Srivastava, D.K. Mishra & B.Kumar* (2015). Rapid qualitative and quantitative analysis of bioactive compounds from Phyllanthus amarus using LC/MS/MS techniques. Industrial Crops and Products. 69:143-152.
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 S.Gautam, N.Rahuja, N.Ishrat, R.K.Asthana, D.K.Mishra, R.Maurya, S.K.Jain & A.K.Srivastava* (2014). Nymphaea rubra Ameliorates TNF-α-Induced Insulin Resistance via Suppression of c-Jun NH2-Terminal Kinase and Nuclear Factor-kB in the Rat Skeletal. Appl Biochem Biotechnol. 174 (7): 2446-2457.
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 P. K. Tripathi, S. Awasthi, S. Kanojiya, V. Tripathi and D. K. Mishra* (2013). Callus culture and vitro biosynthesis of cardiac glycosides from Calotropis gigantea (L.) Ait. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol. Pant. 49:455–460.
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 N.Rahuja, A.Mishra, R.K.Asthana, R.Maurya, D.K.Mishra, M.N.Srivastava, A.K.Tamrakar, S.K.Jain & A.K.Srivastava* (2013). Antidiabetic and hypolipidemic activity in stem of Jatropha gossypifolia L. Int. J. Pharm. Pharm. Sci. Vol 5, Suppl 4:706-715 (Corrigendum in Vol 6, Suppl 2: 968, 2014).
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 N.Rahuja, A.Mishra, S.Gautam1, R.K.Asthana, D.K.Mishra, A.K.Tamrakar, R.Maurya, S.K.Jain & A.K.Srivastava* (2013). Antidiabetic Activity in Flowers of Nymphaea rubra. Int. J. Pharm. Sci. Rev. Res., 22(1):121-133.
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 Tripathi, P.K., Awasthi, S., Kanojiya, S., Tripathi, V. and Mishra, D.K.* 2012. Callus culture and in vitro biosynthesis of cardiac glycosides from Calotropis gigantea (L.) Ait. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol. – Plant (DOI 10.1007/s11627-012-9481-9).
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Mishra, D.K. * and K.R.Arya. 2010. Frerea indica Dalz. (Asclepiadaceae): A palaeoendemic plant of Maharashtra state, India. Geophytology, 38 (1-2): 101-104
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Arya, K.R. * and Mishra, D.K. 2010. Anti-arthritic and anti-rheumatic plants of Almora & Bageshwar districts in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, (India). J. Med. & Arom. Pl. Sci. 32(3):262-267

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 Maity, P., Hansda, D., Bandyopadhyay, U. and Mishra D.K.* 2009. Biological activities of crude extracts and chemical constituents of Bael, Aegle marmelos (L.) Corr. Indian J. Exp. Biol. 47: 849-861
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 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
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 Mishra DK and Agarwal SC - Medicinal plants of Maharashtra state: Importance in modern drug therapeutics and their international trade (2006) - J. Econ. Tax. Bot 30, 358-364
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 Mishra, D.K.& N.P. Singh. Endemic and Threatened Flowering Plants of Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India. 2001.
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 Mishra, D.K. & N.P.Singh. Status survey of endemic species of Ceropegia L. in Maharashtra in Higher Plants of Indian Sub-continent 9:17-32.2000 (Addl. ser. Indian Jour. For. No.11).
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 Mishra, D.K. & N.P.Singh. Sedges endemic to Maharashtra State with their red list status in Bull. Bot. Surv. India. 42(1-4): 115-120. 2000.
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 Mishra, D.K. & N.P.Singh. Frerea indica Dalz.(Asclepiadaceae), A critically endangered plant, now collected from Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra in Bull.Bot. Surv. India.42 (1-4): 157-159 2000.
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 Mishra, D.K. & N.P.Singh. Endemic lilies of Maharashtra with their revised red list status in Indian Jour. For. 24(1): 114-118.2001.