Research Activities
Research interest lies in the areas of biology and fundamental chemistry with special emphasis to explore medicinal aspects of coumarin, vanadium and copper and other transition metal based moiety.
- as potent anticancer agent against human breast adenocarcinoma and lung carcinoma
- as potent type II anti-diabetic agent: Evaluating the glucose uptake capacity of the compounds when injected to the insulin resistant human hepatocyte carcinoma cells
- as anti-microbial agent: Evaluation against antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria and fungi
- as potent tuberculosis agent
- to study their mode of action, transport and uptake properties which can further be tested for its clinical responses
- to study speciation in aqueous and biological media, lipophilicity and stability in the presence of bio-macromolecules
Environmental Chemistry:
- development of a bio-adsorbent with enhanced adsorption properties
Our thematic area of research lies in the field of health with an aim to ease the increasing trend of global health issues. Although the healthcare sector contributes largely to a country’s growth and economy, there are many obstacles and challenges which have proven detrimental and obtaining immediate solutions for the impending health crisis has become obligatory. World Health Organisation in the recent global health report has insisted on extensive research to explore new drug entities for providing sustainable solutions to the majorly occurring diseases. In this regard, developing drugs having definitive properties like target specificity, efficacy, low-toxicity profile (towards healthy cells), zero side effects, and ability to bypass drug resistance issues, cost-effectiveness and shorter regimen of action is needed. All the aforementioned issues could be addressed using the emerging field of medicinal inorganic chemistry and the age-old medicinal organic chemistry, both of which have the potential to overcome the glitches offered by the existing treatment strategies.
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