Novel Drug Delivery Systems for Phytoconstituents

Editors

Madhu Gupta has research experience pertaining to drug delivery

to nanoformulations for magical molecule delivery, bioligands for

targeting of bioactives and drug moiety, biopolymers, cancer nanomedicine,

as well as topical delivery that is carried out at the

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. H.S. Gour Central

University, Sagar. Dr. Gupta has done her B. Pharm (Gold Medalist),

M. Pharm, PhD in Pharmaceutics with experience of more than

12 years in academics, administrative functions, and research in

areas of pharmaceutical nanotechnology and targeted drug delivery

related to cancer, fungal infection, and psoriasis.

Presently she is working as an officer on special duty to Vice-

Chancellor in Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research

University. Along with teaching and research, she is Chief Operating

Officer of World Class Skill Centre courses, PRO, website In-charge,

IQAC in addition to much other managerial work.

She is pioneer scientist in the fields of nanotechnology and drug delivery. She has judiciously exploited

bioligands for targeting of bioactives and drug moiety. She has over 40 research publications to her

credit published in journals of high scientific impact and contributed 18 chapters in various renowned

books and to several international and national books. Dr. Gupta has H-index of 12, i10-index of 14, and

more than 600 citations. She has been awarded by various national and international conferences in the

form of best oral and poster presentation award and other national and international awards. She has

supervised 15 MPharm students. Dr. Gupta has availed several prestigious fellowships and awards

SRF AICTE (NDF), JRF (AICTE), Travel grant awards (DST, ICMR, INSA, and DBT, MPCST), Prof.

G.P. Nair Award (2004), and Prof. C.S. Chauhan Award (2004). She has her research work at BioAsia

Innovation Award-2012, Grace India Awards, Youth Education Award 2018, and Young Researcher

Award. She has successfully completed one project that is funded by MPCST Bhopal.

She is the nominee of CPCSEA and also an active member of various pharmaceutical bodies such

as APTI and others. She is a reviewer of various journals of repute. She has attended various conferences/

seminars/workshops/FDPs as organizer/coordinator/resource person/participant. Dr. Gupta and

her team have been selected for funding of one start-up.

Durgesh Nandini Chauhan completed her BPharm degree in

Pharmacy from the Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya,

Bhopal, India, and her MPharma (pharmaceutical sciences) in pharmaceutics

from Uttar Pradesh Technical University, currently Dr. A.P.J.

Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, in 2006. Mrs. Durgesh

Nandini Chauhan has 10 years of academic (teaching) experience from

Institutes of India in pharmaceutical sciences. She taught such subjects

as pharmaceutics, pharmacognosy, traditional concepts of medicinal

plants, drug-delivery phytochemistry, cosmetic technology, pharmaceutical

engineering, pharmaceutical packaging, quality assurance,

dosage form designing, and anatomy and physiology.

She is member of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers

of India, SILAE: Societa Italo-Latinoamericana di Etnomedicina

(The Scientific Network on Ethnomedicine, Italy), and so forth. Her

previous research work includes Penetration Enhancement Studies on Organogel of Oxytetracycline

HCL. She also attended AICTE-sponsored Staff Development Program on "Effects of Teaching and

Learning Skills in Pharmacy-Tool for Improvement of Young Pharmacy Teachers" and workshop on

Analytical Instruments. She has written more than 10 publications in national and international journals,

13 book chapters, and authored 2 books: Optimization and Evaluation of an Organogel and Plant and

Marine Based Phytochemicals for Human Health: Attributes, Potential, and Use. She is also active

as a reviewer for several international scientific journals and active participant in national and international

conferences such as Bhartiya Vigyan Sammelan and International Convention of Society of

Pharmacognosy. Presently she is part of the Ishita Research Organization, Raipur, India, as a freelance

writer and guiding pharmacy, Ayurvedic, and science students in their research projects.

Vikas Sharma is Associate Professor and Principal Shri Rawatpura

Sarkar Institute of Pharmacy Datia, India. Dr. Sharma obtained his

BPharm from Jiwaji University Gwalior, MPharm in Pharmacognosy,

and PhD from Dr. H.S. Gour Central University Sagar, India.

Dr. Sharma has more than 12 years of teaching and research experience.

He has made significant contributions in the area of medicinal

plant research. He has been working on evidence-based validation of

medicinal plants and pharmacological screening of herbal drugs. Dr.

Sharma works on marker and biomarker analysis of herbs for quality

evaluation. He has also made significant contributions to development

of chemical profiling of extracts and formulation through TLC,

HPTLC, and LC-MS. He is supervising scientific research of the postgraduation

and the doctoral level. He has written several researches and

review paper in reputed journals and has contributed several chapters in

books on pharmaceutical and indigenous drugs. He is a member of various professional and academic

bodies like Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) and the Society of Pharmacognosy.

Nagendra Singh Chauhan obtained his MPharm and PhD from

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. H.S. Gour University,

Sagar in 2006 and 2011. He has around 14 years of research experience.

He is presently working as Senior Scientific Officer Grade-II and

Government Analyst at Drugs Testing Laboratory avam Anusandhan

Kendra, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. He has professional expertise in

natural product isolation. He also has hands-on experience in various

techniques like extraction, isolation, and purification of natural products

from plant extracts using various chromatographic techniques for

separation of compounds including column, LC-MS, chromatography,

preparative TLC, and structure elucidation of natural products with the

help of various techniques like UV, mass, IR, and NMR. He is well

versed with the design, conduct, and data treatment of various in vivo

experiments like aphrodisiac, antidiabetic, anti-stress, hair growth,

BPH, hepatoprotective, and reproductive parameters. He has written more than 50 articles published in

national and international journals and 20 book chapters. He has more than 1400 citations with h-index

21 and i10 index of 32 (Google scholar) and scopus h-index 15; 669 citations. He is a member of various

professional and academic bodies like Society of Pharmacognosy, International Natural Product Sciences

Taskforce (INPST) Society, SILAE: Societa Italo-Latinoamericana di Etnomedicina (The Scientific

Network on Ethnomedicine, Italy), Institutional Human ethical committee, and the Association of

Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI).