Dr. K.R. Arya
 

Principal Scientist
Botany Division
Central Drug Research Institute
Lucknow- 226 031 (U.P.), India
 
Date of Birth 10.01.1958
E-Mail  [email protected]
Educational qualifications M. Sc., Ph. D. (Botany)
 
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
 
Plant tissue culture (10 Years),
Natural products Research (15 Years)
 
CURRENT AREAS OF RESEARCH
 

Ethnobotanical survey, Taxonomical identification of medicinal plants, documentation and bioprospecting of ethnobotanical leads.

Collection of medicinal plant samples as per the priorities areas of the institute and isolation, identification & characterization of bioactive molecules for modern therapeutics.

Pharmacological investigation for the development of quality control measures for crude samples identification

Chemical fingerprinting of important medicinal plants for identification of bioactive marker using DART MS/Q TOF LCMS/HRMS techniques.

Validation of traditional knowledge through scientific investigations.
Sustainable management and conservation of medicinal plant biodiversity

Various aspects of plant cell and tissue culture technology for scale up production of secondary metabolites

 
PATENT AWARDED
 
Patent number with date: No. WO/2009/110003 dated 11. 09. 2009 Rakesh Maurya, Preeti Rawat, Kunal Sharan, J A Siddiqui, Geetanjali Mishra, Lakshmi Manickavasagam, K R Arya, Naibedya Chattopadhyay. Title: Novel Flavonol compounds, A bioactive extract/fraction from Ulmus wallichiana and its compounds for prevention for treatment of osteo-health related disorders
 
PTECHNOLOGY AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
 
Compound K058, K012, K068, K0100 (Rapid bone fracture healing agents) Licensed to Kemxtree USA for product development
 
 
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 

K R Arya, Sayyada Khatoon & Brijesh Kumar (2013) Development of quality control markers for Ulmus wallichiana Planchon:  An Indian traditional plant for osteogenic activity. Indian J Tradit Knowle Vol. 12 (4), October (In Press)

Arya K R, Sharma Deepty and Brijesh K (2011). Validation and quality determination of an ethnobotanical lead for osteogenic activity isolated from Ulmus wallichiana Planch.: A traditional plant for healing fractured bones . J Sci Ind Res 70:360-364.

Arya K R & Mishra D K (2010) Ethnopharmacological studies on anti-arthritic and anti rheumatic plants of Almora and Bageshwar districts in Kumaon division of Uttarakhand state (India). J Med & Arom  Pl Sci. 32 (3), 262-267.

Arya K R & Mishra D K (2010) Ethnopharmacological studies on anti-arthritic and anti rheumatic plants of Almora and Bageshwar districts in Kumaon division of Uttarakhand state (India). J Med & Arom  Pl Sci. 32 (3), 262-267.

Rawat P, Khan M F, Kumar M, Tamarkar A K Srivastava A, Arya K R, Muarya R (2010). Constituents from fruits of Cupressus sempervirens. Fitoterapia, 81: 162-166.

Rawat P, Khan M F, Kumar M, Tamarkar A K Srivastava A, Arya K R, Muarya R (2010). Constituents from fruits of Cupressus sempervirens. Fitoterapia, 81: 162-166.

Kumar M, Rawat P, Khan F M, Tamarkar A K, Srivastava A K, Arya K R, Maurya R (2010) Phenolic glycosides from Dodecadenia grandiflora and their glucose-6-phosphitase inhibitory activity.  Fitoterpia

Mishra DK and Arya K R (2010). Frerea indica Dalz. (Asclepiadaceae): a palaeoendemic plant of Maharashtra State, India, Geophytology 38 (1-2): 101-104.
Kumar M, Rawat P, Khan F M, Tamarkar A K, Srivastava A K, Arya K R, Maurya R (2010) Phenolic glycosides from Dodecadenia grandiflora and their glucose-6-phosphitase inhibitory activity Fitoterpia. 81 (6), 475-479.
Rawat P, Khan M F, Kumar M, Tamarkar A K Srivastava A, Arya K R, Muarya R (2010). Constituents from fruits of Cupressus sempervirens. Fitoterapia, 81: 162-166.
Sharan K, Siddiqui JA, Swarnkar G, Tyagi AM, Kumar A, Rawat P, Kumar M, Nagar GK, Arya KR, Manickavasagam L, Jain GK, Maurya R and Chattopadhyay N (2010). Extract and fraction from Ulmus wallichiana Planchon promote peak bone achievement and have a nonestrogenic osteoprotective effect. Menopause-The Journal of The North American Menopause Society 17(2), 393-402.
Arya K R and Mishra D K (2010). Anti-arthritic and anti-rheumatic plants of Almora and Bageshwar districts in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, India. Journal of Medicinal & Aromatic Plant Sciences 32(3), 262-267
Reddy K P, Bid H K, Nayk VL, Chaudhary P, Chaturvedi JP, Arya K R, Konwar R and Narender T (2009) In vitro and in vivo anti cancer activity of 2-deacetoxytaxnine J and synthesis of Novel taxoids and their anti-cancer activity. Eur J Chem, 44: 3947-3953.
Arya K R, Dube Priyanka and Khatoon S. (2009). Development of quality control parameters of ingredients of a folk remedy for piles and their comparative chemo profiling with homeopathic drugs. J Sci. & Ind. Res. 68: 385-392.
Ahamad R, Srivastava SP, Maurya R, Rajendran SM, Arya KR and Srivastava A - Mild antihyperglycaemic activity in Eclipta alba, Berberis aristata, Betula utilis, Cedrus deodara, Myristica fragrans, Terminalia chebula (2008) - Ind. J. Sci. & Technology 1,1-6
Arya KR and Agarwal SC - Folk therapy for eczema, bone fracture, boils, sores and gingivitis on Taragtal province of Uttaranchal (2008) - Indian J. Traditional Knowledge 7, 443-445
Arya, K.R. (2001). Recent observation on medicinal plant biodiversity and conservation of some hot spot areas of Kumaon Himalaya. J. Med. & Arom. Plant. Sci. 23: 77-81.

Arya, K.R. and Prakash, V. (1999). Ethnomedicinal study of a remote tribal area of Almora District: A Survey Report - Part I. J.Econ. Taxon. Bot. 23: 247-252.
Arya, K.R., Kukreja, A.K., Gupta, R.C. and Beg, M.U. (1996). Peroxidase isozyme analysis and regeneration of endosulfan tolarent clones of Brassica campestris cv brown sarson. Ind J. Exp. Biol., 34, 1041-1043
Arya, K.R., Kukreja, A.K. and Beg, M.U. (1998). Microcloning and propagation of endosulfan tolerant genotypes of Brassica campestris through apical shoot bud encapsulation. Ind. J. Exp. Biol., 1161-1164.

Arya, K.R., Gupta, R.C., Semwal, B.D., and Beg M.U. (1994). In vitro selection of endosulfan-tolerant strains of Brassica campestris (cv brown sarson). Plant Cell Rep. 14, 137-140.

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