Areas of Research Interest

Department of Pharmaceutics

 

Novel Drug Delivery Systems including

Buccal Drug Delivery

Ocular Drug Delivery

Controlled Drug Delivery

Solubilization Techniques for BCS Class II drugs

Nanoparticle Drug Delivery Systems

Liposomal Drug Delivery Systems

Novel Polymers from natural sources in Drug Delivery

BABE Studies

Department of Instrumentational Analysis

1. Analytical method development and its validation

2. Standardisation of herbal drugs and cosmetics

3. Bioanalytical techniques

 

Department of Phamaceutical Chemistry

1. Drug discovery

2. Organic synthesis of medicinal agents

3. Natural products chemistry

4. Prodrugs

5. Topical drug delivery

6. Peptide chemistry

7. Molecular modeling

8. Drug metabolism and molecular toxicology.

Department of Pharmacology

Neuropharmacology

• Central and peripheral neurotransmission

• Neurotoxicology

• Nerve growth factors

• Neural cytoskeletal elements

• Psychoactive drugs

• Drug addiction and alcohol dependence

• Behavioral pharmacology and the Pharmacology of abused drugs

• Novel molecules that may ameliorate the effects of drug abuse

Psychopharmacology

 

Toxicology

• The environmental and clinical aspects of toxicological processes

• The effects of xenobiotics on metabolism

• The toxicity and mechanisms of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons, such as dioxins

• Heavy metals, cyclic ethers and other environmental pollutants

• Toxicological effects on development, renal and pulmonary function, neural activity and immune responses

• Heart ischemia, cardiac pharmacology and cardiovascular disease

• Pulmonary disease

• Infectious disease

• Neurodegenerative disorders

• Pharmacological oncology

• Parkinson’s disease

• Circadian rhythm disorders

• Macular degeneration

Clinical Pharmacology

Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology

• Drug-receptor interactions

• Signal transduction mechanisms

• Calcium and calmodulin-dependent processes

• Protein phosphorylation

• Membrane transport

• Drug-enzyme interactions

• Pharmacology of antibiotics and immune responses

• Regulation of gene expression