Research

The research activities in the Faculty of Pharmacy are at par with the best in the profession. More than 202 M. Pharm. dissertations have contributed in the development of the R & D. Seven of the faculty members are PhD among others, who are actively engaged in research. The international and national publications / presentations explain the quantum and quality of research being done.

Research Areas

• Molecular docking, QSAR and other in-silico methodologies using software like Schrodinger, SeeSAR and others.
• Microwave Assisted Organic Syntheses.
• Syntheses, characterization and pharmacological activity studies of novel derivatives/analogues of thiazolidinone, piperidine, pyrazoline, benzimidazole, chloroquine, triazine, triazole, pyrimidine, isatin, and Schiff bases, Mannich bases, etc.
• Isolation, characterization and biological screening of medicinal plants / plant parts.
• Development of novel methods for estimation of drugs in combinations through RP-HPLC / UV-Vis spectrophotometry.
• Solid Phase Synthesis, peptides and their conjugates.
• Natural product inspired synthesis.

• Biomaterials.
• SLNs, NLCs, nanocrystals, nanoemulsions, nanofibers.
• Medicated chewable gum, Aspasomes, Nanowhisker, Tablet Shampoo, Microwave irradiation nanoformulation
• Ocular inserts.
• Targeted drug delivery (Liver fibrosis, Cystic fibrosis, IBD, Cancer etc.)
• Microparticulate drug delivery.
• Topical formulations.
• In-situ implants.
• Nutraceuticals.
• Cosmeceuticals.

• Repurposing of drugs.
• In-silico studies.
• In-vitro and In-vivo activity studies.
• Toxicity studies
• Cell-culture studies.

• MODROBS project grant to B.B.D.N.I.I.T., Lucknow entitled ‘Green Synthesis, Molecular Docking and Pharmacological Activity of Some Pyrazolines as MAO Inhibitors’ by All India Council of Technical Education, New Delhi, No. 9-257/IDC/MODROB/Policy-I/2019-20, Grant Amount-Rs.11,28,627/-, 2020.
• Research Promotion Scheme (RPS) project grant to B.B.D.N.I.I.T., Lucknow entitled ‘Microwave assisted synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular modeling studies of some novel quinoline-thiazolidin-4-one hybrids as antimalarial agents’ by All India Council of Technical Education, New Delhi, No. 8-245/RIFD/RPS(POLICY-1)/2018-2019, Grant Amount-Rs.11,17,647/-, 2019.
• Research Promotion Scheme (RPS) project grant by All India Council of Technical Education, New Delhi, Ref. No.-8023/RID/RPS-30(Pvt.)/2011-2012, Grant Amount-Rs.19,00,000/-, 2012.
• MODROBS project grant by All India Council of Technical Education, New Delhi, Ref. No.- 8024/RID/MOd-475/2009-10, Grant Amount-Rs.15,00,000/-, 2010.
• Consultancy has also been provided to National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Raibareli; Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU), Lucknow; M/S Super Biofresh Pvt. Ltd., Lucknow, M/S Sanjivas Herbal, Lucknow; M/S Pranisco Remedies, Lucknow, Lavanya Ayurved Pvt. Ltd., IDMA Laboratories Ltd. etc.
• MOU with M/S Vaastu Vihar Biotech. Pvt. Ltd., Gaya for research and development.
• The MOU with Eli-Lilly & Company for the Open Innovation Drug Discovery (OIDD) program.
• MOU with M/S IDMA Laboratories Limited, Panchkula for research and development.
• MOU with M/S Interstellar Testing Centre Pvt. Ltd., Baddi for research and development.
• MOU with M/S Lavanya Ayurveda Hospital & Research Centre, Lucknow for research and development.
• MOU provided to M/S Sanjivas Herbals, Lucknow for development and trouble-shooting of herbal formulations.
• Consultancy provided to M/S Pranisco Remedies, Lucknow for formulation development and scale-up process.
• Consultancy provided to M/S Super Biofresh Pvt. Ltd., Lucknow for development and formulation of mouth-freshener tablets.