Personal Info. Nationality: INDIAN

Date of Birth:

22 JULY 1977

Marital Status:

Married

Languages

Kannada

Hindi

English

Computing

Skills MS office

Statistical software

Graph Pad Prism

Origin

SPSS

Interests

Current Affairs

Travel

Reading

Sports

Cricket

Badminton

Present Address

Dept. of Quality

Assurance

Sree Siddaganga College

of Pharmacy

B.H. Road

Tumkur-572 102

Cell: 09986516146

Email: veeresh36@

gmail.com

Permanent Address

“Gangotri” Hosa oni Saidapur

Dharwad -580 008

Qualification

Work Experience

DR. VEERESH P VEERAPUR M.Pharm, Ph.D

1

st Aug., 2009 to Till date Sree Siddaganga College of Pharmacy

Tumkur

Working as Professor and Head, Department of Quality Assurance

Teaching Organic Chemistry, Medicinal chemistry [B.Pharm] & Pharmaceutical Analysis [M.Pharm]

Area of Research: Evaluation of natural /semi-synthetic products for their effects on metabolic

syndrome

PhD (Pharmaceutical Sciences)

2004-2007

Manipal Academy of Higher Education

M. Pharm (Pharmaceutical Chemistry)

1999-2001

Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal, [First class (69.6%)] (One of the top ten

Pharmacy colleges of India)

B. Pharm 1995-1999

SET’s College of Pharmacy, Dharwad. [First Class (62%)]

1st

Oct., 2007 to 31st

July 2009 SET’s College of Pharmacy Dharwad

Worked as Professor in Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Teaching Organic Chemistry, Medicinal chemistry [B.Pharm] & Pharmaceutical Analysis [M.Pharm]

Area of Research: Pharmacodynamic & kinetics studies of natural /synthetic products

22nd

Apr. 2004 to

28th

Sept. 2007

Manipal College of Pharmaceutical

Sciences Manipal

Senior Research Fellow under project sponsored by Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India

Title of PhD thesis: “Activity guided phytopharmacological analysis of selected Indian medicinal plants with special reference to Diabetes mellitus”

Experience in determining kinetics of fast reactions using Stopped-flow Spectrophotometry,

Nanosecond Pulse Radiolysis, Spectrofluorimetry and other Photochemistry techniques (Trained at Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Trombay, Mumbai)

Experience in handling cell cultures and determining genotoxicity of various toxicants

Experience working with animal models using Wistar, SD rats and SA, C-57 mice

Standardization of experimental diabetic animal models such as

STZ-induced diabetic model

Fructose-fed lean diabetic model

Combination of high- fat diet-fed and low-dose STZ-treated type II diabetic model

Partial pancreactomy in rats

In-vitro assay (Bioassays):

Polarscreen PPAR- competitor binding assay [Binding affinity]

PTP-1B inhibition assay

DPP-4 inhibition assay

-glucosidase & -amylase inhibition assay

Glucose uptake studies in isolated rat hemi-diaphragm

Insulin release assay using RIN m5F cell lines

Glucose uptake, Gluconeogenesis studies in cell line

Calf thymus and Plasmid DNA protection studies

Anticlastogenic studies as assessed by micronuclei formation

Experience in preparing literature reports, experimental data analysis, bio-statistics,

technical report preparations and project presentations

Research Grant Ongoing/Completed- 02/02: [Total grant amount: 71.1 Lakh]

15th

Oct. 2003 to 18th

Apr. 2004 BV Patel PERD centre Ahmadabad

Worked as Junior Research Fellow under ICMR sponsored project

Standardization of Herbal drugs

Process development for the extraction & isolation of Biomarkers from the medicinal plants and Bio-activity guided study

Method development for the estimation of active principles of Medicinal plants by HPTLC

Development of fingerprint profile of plant extracts by HPTLC & HPLC

28th

Sept 2002 – 13th

Oct 2003

SET’s College of Pharmacy

Dharwad

Worked as lecturer in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Experience in teaching Pharmaceutical and Analytical Chemistry

Involved in the preparation of Practical Protocols

3rd

Dec 2001 –24th

Sept 2002

Sri K. V. College of Pharmacy

Chickaballapur

Worked as lecturer in Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Experience in teaching Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry

Prepared practical Protocols and record book

Also involved in research work, which resulted in three publications in nation journals

1. Working as Principal-investigator in the project entitled “Design and Synthesis of Thiazolidinediones (TZD) and

Non-TZD derivatives to ameliorate the diabetes and its cardiovascular complications” under AICTE CAREER

AWARD FOR YOUNG TEACHERS (CAYT) for the Year 2009-2010 funded by AICTE, Govt. of India, grant

amount: 10.50 Lakhs. Duration: 3 years (June 2010 to March 2013).

2. Working as Principal co-investigator in the Project entitled “Herbal Drug Research” to establish “Centre of

Excellence in Herbal Drug Development” under Establishment of Centres of Excellence in Science,

Engineering and Medicine (CESEM), funded by VGST, DST, Govt. of Karnataka, grant amount: 60 Lakhs.

Duration: 3 years (June 2010 to March 2013).

3. Worked as Principal-investigator in the project entitled “Wound healing activity of spider web in diabetes

condition” under Science Projects in College Education (SPiCE) for the year 2011-12, funded by VGST, DST,

Govt. of Karnataka, grant amount: 0.3 Lakhs. Duration: 6 month, (Nov., 2011 to March 2012).

4. Worked as Principal-investigator in the project entitled “Anti-oxidant and wound healing property of spider web

based on ethnomedical claim” under Science Projects in College Education (SPiCE) / (SSP-UG) for the year

2010-11, funded by VGST, DST, Govt. of Karnataka, grant amount: 0.3 Lakhs. Duration: 6 month (Jan., 2011 to

June 2011).

Consultancy services completed - 07 1. Radiant Research Lab, Bangalore; Project title “antidiabetic activity of three herbal products” Nov., 2011

[Worked as Principle Investigator; project Cost: Twenty thousand rupees]

2. “Anti-hyperlipidaemic activity of Embelin and its ninhydrin adduct” Biotechnology department SIT,

Tumkur. Feb to May 2011. [Worked as Principle Investigator]

3. “Anti-hyperlipidaemic activity of some synthetic agents” Dr. Noolvi, ASBASJSM College of Pharmacy,

Bela, Punjab. April to June 2010. [Worked as Co-Investigator; project Cost: Twenty thousand rupees]

4. “Screening of herbal products for anticonvulsant activity” Mr. Nagaraj, Professor, SJMCP, Chitradurga.

March, 2010 to June, 2010. [Worked as Co-Investigator; project Cost: Twenty thousand rupees]

5. “Screening of Hepatoprotective and antidiabetic herbal products” Mr. Ashok kumar, Asst. professor, Sri

KV College of Pharamcy, Chikkaballapur, Jan 2009 to March-2009. [Worked as Principle Investigator;

project Cost: Sixty two thousand rupees]

6. Sahajanada Life Sciences [Pink Health Pvt Ltd., Surat, Gujarat]; Project entitled “Effect of Herbal

Formulations in Ethanol-Induced Liver Damage: Acute and Chronic Studies” Dec 2008 to Feb 2009.

[Worked as Principle Investigator; Cost of the project: Fifty two thousand rupees].

7. Himalaya Drug Company, Bangalore, Karnataka; Project entitled “Evaluation of Antihistaminic activity

of Herbal extracts/fractions viz. MC, VN, PT & FRE using Guinea Pig Tracheal Preparation” Oct 2008 to

Dec-2008. [Worked as Co-Investigator; project Cost: Thirty thousand rupees].

Reviewer/Editorial Board Member - 20/02

As Reviewer

African Journal of Biotechnology (Academic journals)

Gene therapy and & Molecular biology

Oxidants and Antioxidants in Medical Science (Scope Med)

HEPATOLOGY International (Springer)

Food Chemistry (Elsevir publication)

International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries (Springer)

Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy (Academic journals)

Oriental Pharmacy and Experimental Medicine (OPME)

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine (JCIM)

Journal of Experimental and Integrative Medicine (Scope Med)

African Journal of Biochemistry Research (Academic journals)

African Journal of Food Science (Academic journals)

Clinical Nutrition (Elsevir publication)

Biochemical Sciences (OMICS publishing group)

Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Letters in Drug Design and Discovery (Bentham Science)

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Arabian Journal of Chemistry (Elsevir publication)

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences (Elsevir publication)

As Honorary Editorial/Scientific Advisory Board member

International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Applied Sciences

Journal of Experimental and Integrative Medicine

Honors/Achievements/Awards - 16 1. Participated as “CHAIRPERSON” in the Scientific Poster Session at the International Conference

Research & Application on Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine [TCAM] 2012 held at

Muhammadiyah University, Surakarta, Indonesia during 22nd

to 23rd

June, 2012.

2. Received “BEST POSTER AWARD” for the poster entitled “Ameliorative effect of embelin on

testosteron-induced prostatic hyperplasia in rats” during 4th

CDRI-NIPER (RBL) Symposium on

Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, CDRI, Lucknow. 23rd

to 25th

Feb., 2012.

3. Participated as “CHAIRPERSON” in the Scientific Poster Session at the 12th

International Congress of

Ethnopharmacology held at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India during 17th

to 19th

Feb., 2012.

4. Received REVIEWER SCIENTIFIC CREDITS CERTIFICATE and scored 3.5 Scientific Credits as a reviewer

for the analytical & Biomedical techniques, OMICS Publishing group in 2011.

5. Name is included in WHO'S WHO IN THE WORLD 2012 (29TH EDITION): as one of the leading achievers

from around the country.

6. Participated as “CHAIRPERSON” in the Scientific Poster Session at the 63rd

IPC held at Bangalore

International Exhibition Centre during 16th

to 18th

Dec., 2011.

7. Received “ASSOCIATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL TEACHERS OF INDIA (APTI) YOUNG PHARMACY

TEACHERS AWARD” for the Year 2011.

8. Working as “VISITING FACULTY” to Department of Biotechnology, Siddaganga Institute of Technology

(SIT), Tumkur, Karnataka, India.

9. Received “YUVA SOUSHODHAKA SREE” award from Tharuna Sanga, Abbigeri, Gadag (Dist), Karnataka

on 10th

Oct., 2010.

10. Received “ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION (AICTE) CAREER AWARD FOR YOUNG

TEACHERS (CAYT)” for the Year 2009-2010.

11. Received “BEST POSTER AWARD” for the poster entitled “Protective Effect of Ethanol Extract of

Desmodium triquetrum DC., leaf in Isoproterenol-induced Myocardial Infarction in Rats” during

International Herbal Conference – 2009. Feb 26th -28th2009, Bangalore.

12. Received “RESEARCH SCHOLAR FELLOWSHIP” of DAE, BRNS (April, 2004- April, 2007).

13. Received “TRAVEL GRANT” to attend and present a scientific paper at “Trombay Symposium on

Radiation Photochemistry” held at BARC, Mumbai, 2006

14. Received “BEST POSTER AWARD” for the poster entitled “Bioactivity guided fractionation of aqueous

Extract of Coronopus didymus- A Free Radical Scavenging Perspective.” during Annual Conference of

Society for Free radical Research-India (SFRR-India), Bangalore, 2005.

15. Received “JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP” of ICMR (Oct., 2003 – March, 2004).

16. Received “BEST POSTER AWARD” for the poster entitled “Evaluation of polyherbal unani formulations-

A case study of Itrifal mulaiyin and Sharbat-E-dinar” during Proceedings of Institute-Industry interaction

on Research in unani medicine to identify areas of collaboration, New Delhi, January 2004.

Workshops/ Seminar Attended

Successfully participated in “MAITHRYAM-the industry-institution forum” event organized by Orchid

Chemicals and Pharmaceutical Ltd, Chennai, dated on 5th February 2011

Participated in “One week workshop on Public Speaking Skills” held on 22 to 27th

Feb., 2010, organized

by Junior Chamber International (JCI) Tumkur Metro, Tumkur.

Underwent the training programme entitled “Three Day Workshop on Cheminformatics and Approaches

in Drug Design” held on 11th

to 13th

Dec., 2009, at VIT University, Vellore, Tamilnadu.

Participated in “One-day training and continuing Education Program on HELINET Updates” held on 24th

Sept., 2009, at RGUHS, Bangalore.

Participated in a National Workshop (South Zone) on “Developing Quality Monographs for

Pharmacopoeia for Herbs and Herbal Products” held on 4th

– 5th

Sept., 2009 at Al-Ameen College of

Pharmacy, Bangalore.

Participated in a workshop on “Research Methodology, Epidemiology and Biostatistics” conducted by

Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, September, 2006

Participated in the following AICTE sponsored workshops

Intellectual Property for Drugs and Pharmaceuticals, Manipal, September 2004

Targeted Drug Delivery and Herbal Products, Manipal, June 2000

Guest Lectures Delivered – 23 1. Participated as resource person and delivered two talks on “Green Chemistry tools: An approach

towards sustainable chemistry ” and “Chemistry in daily life” during VGST, DST, Govt. of Karnataka

sponsored high school teachers training programme organized by BGS institutes, BG nagar, Bellur

cross, Karnataka on 13 April, 2012.

2. Participated as resource person and delivered a talk on “Drug design and Development process” during

UGC sponsored national seminar “The role of Chemistry in Medicine” organized by MES Degree College

of Arts, Commerce and Science, Bangalore, Karnataka on 22nd

Feb., 2012.

3. Participated as resource person and delivered three talk on “Results”, “Preparation of Table & Figures –

Demonstration of Graph Pad Prism & Microcal Origin” & “How to prepare an effective Poster” during

ICMR & RGUHS sponsored workshop on “ Training on Research Process & Writing a Scientific Paper”

held at Sree Siddaganga College of Pharmacy, Tumkur, on 11th

to 13th

Feb., 2012.

4. Participated as resource person and delivered a talk on “Isomerism and its applications in Drug

discovery and Development process” during High school teacher training programme held at

Kepegouda residential school, vijyanagar, Tumkur on 17th

Jan., 2012.

5. Participated as resource person and delivered a talk on “Drug discovery and Development process”

during Vision group on Science and Technology, Govt., of Karnataka sponsored one day workshop for

B.Sc., M.Sc. students organized by Vijaynagar College, Hospet, Karnataka on 24th

Dec., 2011.

6. Participated as resource person and delivered a talk on “Importance of Chemistry in Pharmaceutical

Sciences” during Vision group on Science and Technology, Govt., of Karnataka sponsored interaction

between High school students and scientists held at SSCP, Tumkur, Karnataka on 10th

Dec., 2011.

7. Participated as resource person and delivered a talk on “Green Chemistry Tools” during UGC

sponsored National Level Seminar on “Eco friendly Chemicals” organized by RLS Science Institute,

Belgaum, Karnataka, on 8th

Sept., 2011.

8. Participated as resource person and delivered a talk on “Finger printing and standardization in Natural

product analysis” during AICTE sponsored National Level Seminar on “Recent Advances and factors

associated with Herbal Drugs” organized by JKKMMRF’s Annai JKK Sampoorani Ammal College of

Pharmacy, Komarapalayam, Erode, Tamil Nadu, on 1st July 2011.

9. Participated as invited speaker and delivered a talk on “Antidiabetic activity of herbal products: A

mechanistic approach” during EPS Chongqing International Medicine Forum 2011 Cardiology,

Respiratory Medicine, Geriatrics, Neuroscience & Diabetes organized by EPS Global Medical

Development Inc, Canada and Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing held at

Sofitel Forebase, Chongqing, China on April 22 & 23, 2011.

10. Participated as resource person and delivered a talk on “Isomerism” during Vision group on Science

and Technology, Govt., of Karnataka sponsored training programme for High school Teachers, held at

Siddaganga Mutta, Tumkur on 11th

Jan., 2011.

11. Delivered a talk on “Herbal standardization” at Nargund College of Pharmacy, Bangalore, on 30th

December 2010.

12. Participated as resource person and delivered a talk on “Drug discovery and development process”

during Vision group on Science and Technology sponsored training programme for Pre University

College Teachers, held at Jain University, Kanakapura, on 10th

Dec., 2010.

13. Participated as organizing member, resource person and delivered a two talks, during “One month

Training Programme on Herbal Drug Technology” organized at Sree Siddaganga College of Pharmacy,

Tumkur, Karnataka, 15th

Sept., to 13th

Oct., 2010.

14. Participated as resource person and delivered two talks on “Standardization of Diabetic Models” and

“Finger printing and Standardization in Natural product analysis” during NITTE University sponsored

two day workshop on Basics in Experimental Pharmacology, held at NITTE College of Pharmacy,

Mangalore, on 7th

& 8th

Sept., 2010.

15. Delivered a talk on “Finger printing and Standardization in Natural product analysis” at SET’s College of

Pharmacy, Dharwad, on 16th

June 2010.

16. Participated as resource person and delivered a talk on “Career Scope for Pharmacy Professionals”

during NCK pharma solution Pvt., Ltd., sponsored National seminar on “New Dimensions & Career

Opportunities in Pharmacy” held at Sree Siddaganga College of Pharmacy, Tumkur, Karnataka, on 25th

May 2010.

17. Participated as resource person and delivered a talk on “Finger printing and marker compound from

Natural product analysis” during AICTE sponsored National Level Seminar on “Present Scenario on

Future Prospects in Pharmaceutical Analytical Techniques” held at The Erode College of Pharmacy,

Erode, Tamil Nadu, on 16th

April 2010.

18. Delivered a talk on “Carrier in Pharmacy” at SVS PU College, Tumkur on 27th

Jan., 2010.

19. Participated as resource person and delivered a talk on “Organic Reactions in Aqueous Media” on 5th

Oct., 2009, during AICTE sponsored SDP on “Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Green Technologies &

Effective Teaching Aids” held at Sree Siddaganga College of Pharmacy, Tumkur, 30th

Sept., to 12th

Oct.,

2009.

20. Participated as resource person and delivered a talk on “Preparation of Effective Podium Presentation”

on 4th

Oct., 2009, during AICTE sponsored SDP on “Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Green Technologies &

Effective Teaching Aids” held at Sree Siddaganga College of Pharmacy, Tumkur, 30th

Sept., to 12th

Oct.,

2009.

21. Participated as resource person and delivered a talk on “ Uses of Softwares to draw Structure – Hand on

experience” on 30th

Sept., 2009, during AICTE sponsored SDP on “Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Green

Technologies & Effective Teaching Aids” held at Sree Siddaganga College of Pharmacy, Tumkur, 30th

Sept., to 12th

Oct., 2009.

22. Participated as resource person and delivered a talk on “ Preparation of Table & Figures –

Demonstration of Graph Pad Prism, Microcal Origin and Microsoft Excel” during AICTE sponsored

workshop on “ Writing and Communication Skills for Biomedical Media” held at Sree Siddaganga

College of Pharmacy, Tumkur, on 19th

– 21st

sept., 2009.

23. Participated as resource person and delivered a talk on “Prospective of Pharmacovigilance”, at

Karnataka State Pharmacy Council (KSPC), Bangalore sponsored Training Programme for Newly

recruited Pharmacist. March 5th

– 19th

2008, Training School, District Hosptial, Dharwad.

Publications in National [14]/International* [29] Journals –

Total: 43 [Cumulative impact factor: 52.598] [h-index: 9] 1. Pravansha S, Thippeswamy BS, Veerapur VP (2012) Immunomodulatory and antioxidant effect

of Leptadenia reticulate leaf extract in rodents: Possible modulation of cell and

humoral immune response. Immunopharmacology and immunotixicology,

doi:10.3109/08923973.2012.689767. [Impact factor: 1.209] *

2. Nagaraja TS, Riaz Mohamood, Krishna V, Thippeswamy BS, Veerapur VP (2012) Anticonvulsant

activity of Erythrina mysorensis bark extract in an animal model of epilepsy.

Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics, 3(1), 62-64. [Research Letter]

3. Nagakannan P, Shivasharan BD, Thippeswamy BS, Veerapur VP, Punit Bansal (2012) Protective

effect of hydroalcoholic extract of Mimusops elengi Linn. flowers against middle

cerebral artery occlusion induced brain injury in rats. Journal of ethnopharmacology,

140, 247-254. [doi:10.1016/j.jep.2012.01.01299-702]. [Impact factor: 2.466; 5-year Impact factor: 3.126]*

4. Veerapur VP, Prabhakar KR, Thippeswamy BS, Punit Bansal, Srinivasan KK, Unnikrishnan MK (2012)

Antidiabetic effect of Ficus racemosa Linn. stem bark in high-fat diet and low-

dose streptozotocin-induced type 2 diabetic rats: A mechanistic studies. Food

Chemistry, 132(1), 186-193. [Impact factor: 3.458; 5-year Impact factor: 3.922] *

5. Ashok Kumar BS, Lakshman K, Jayaveera KN, Sheshadri Shekar D, Saleemulla Khane, Thippeswamy

BS and Veerapur VP (2012) Antidiabetic, antihyperlipidemic and antioxidant activities

of methanolic extract of Amaranthus viridis Linn.in alloxan-induced diabetic rats.

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology, 64, 75-79. [doi:10.1016/j.etp.2010.06.009] [Impact factor: 2.283]

[Citation: 07] *

6. Mahendran S, Badami S, Ravi S, Thippeswamy BS, Veerapur VP (2011) Antioxidant, analgesic and

anti-inflammatory studies of novel ninhydrin adduct of embelin. Pharmaceutical

Chemistry Journal, 45(9), 547-551. *

7. Nagakannan P, Shivasharan BD, Veerapur VP, Thippeswamy BS (2011) Sedative and antiepileptic

effects of Anthocephalus cadamba Roxb., in mice and rats. Indian Journal of

Pharmacology, 43(6), 699-702. [Impact factor: 0.69]

8. Mahendran S, Badami S, Ravi S, Thippeswamy BS and Veerapur VP (2011) Synthesis and

evaluation of analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of most active free

radical scavenging derivatives of embelin – A structure activity relationship.

Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 59(8), 913-919. [Impact factor: 1.162] [Citation: 01] *

9. Thippeswamy BS, Nagakannan P, Shivasharan BD, Mahendran S, Veerapur VP, Badami S (2011)

Protective effect of embelin from Embelia ribes Burm., against transient global

ischemia induced brain damage in rats. Neurotoxicity Research, 20(4), 379-386 [Impact factor:

3.015]. [Citation: 02] *

10. Veerapur V.P, Thippeswamy B.S, Prabhakar K.R, Nagakannan P, Shivasharan B.D, Bansal P, Sneha SD,

Mishra B, Priyadarsini K.I, and Unnikrishnan M.K (2011) Antioxidant and renoprotective

activities of Ficus racemosa Linn. stem bark: Bioactivity guided fractionation

study. Biomedicine & Preventive Nutrition, 1, 273-281 [Citation: 01] *

11. Thippeswamy BS, Mahendran S, Mahantesh IB, Pooja R, Kamya S, Badami S, Veerapur VP (2011)

Protective effect of embelin against acetic acid induced ulcerative colitis in

rats. European Journal of Pharmacology, 654(1), 100-105. [Impact factor: 2.737;; 5-year Impact factor:

2.578] [Citation: 05] *

12. Mahendran S, Thippeswamy BS, Veerapur VP and Badami S (2011) Anticonvulsant activity of

embelin isolated from Embelia ribes. Phytomedicine, 18(2-3):186-188. [Impact factor: 2.33]

[Citation: 11] *

13. Thippeswamy BS, Mishra B, Veerapur VP, Gupta G (2011) Anxiolytic activity of Nymphaea alba

Linn. in mice as experimental models of anxiety. Indian Journal of Pharmacology, 43(1): 53-

58. [Impact factor: 0.69] [Citation: 02]

14. Ashok Kumar BS, Lakshman K, Jayaveera KN, Veerapur VP, Thippeswamy BS, Manoj B (2011)

Hepatoprotective Activity of “Peddathotakura” (Amaranthus caudatus Linn.) against

Paracetamol Induced Hepatic Injury in Rats. Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine (Zhong

Xi Yi Jie He Xue Bao), 9(2):194-200. [Impact factor: 0.961] *

15. Mahesh A, Jeyachandran R, Thangadurai D, Rao DM, Veerapur VP (2011) Gastroprotective effects of Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC. on gastric mucosal injury in experimental

mice. Phyton International Journal Of Experimental Botany, [In Press] [Impact factor:0.137] [Citation:

01] *

16. Thakker S, Biradar SM, Habbu PV, Mahadevan KM, Thippeswamy BS, Veerapur VP (2010)

Cardioprotective effect of Argyreia speciosa (Burm. f) Boj. extracts against

Isoproterenol- induced myocardial infarction in rats. Oriental Pharmacy and Experimental

Medicine, 10(4):278-287. *

17. Veerapur VP, Prabhakar KR, Machendar Reddy Kandadi, Srinivasan KK, Unnikrishnan MK (2010)

Antidiabetic Effect of Dodonaea viscosa Aerial Parts in High-Fat Diet-Fed and Low-

Dose streptozotocin-induced Type 2 Diabetic Rats: Mechanistic Approach.

Pharmaceutical Biology, 48 (11): 1137-1148. [Impact factor: 0.364] [Citation: 04] *

18. Veerapur VP, Prabhakar KR, Thippeswamy BS, Punit Bansal, Srinivasan KK and Unnikrishnan MK (2010)

Antidiabetic effect of Dodonaea viscosa (L). Lacq. aerial parts in high fructose-

fed insulin resistant rats: A mechanism based study. Indian Journal of Experimental

Biology, 48(8):800-810. [Impact factor: 0.702] [Citation: 03]

19. Habbu PV, Mahadevan KM, Kulkarni VH, Marietta P, Pratap V, Thippeswamy BS, Veerapur VP (2010)

Antidiabetic activity of Argyreia speciosa (sweet) (Burm.f.)Boj. in normoglycemic

and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Oriental Pharmacy and Experimental Medicine,

10(2):90-102. *

20. Mahesh A, Jeyachandran R, Cindrella L,

Thangadurai D, Veerapur VP and Rao DM (2010)

Hepatocurative potential of ethanolic extract and sesquiterpene lactones of

Taraxacum officinale roots on carbon tetrachloride induced liver toxicity in mice.

Acta Biologica Hungarica, 61(2): 175-190. [Impact factor: 0.46] *

21. Veerapur VP, Prabhakar KR, Vipan Parihar K, Punit Bansal, Srinivasan KK, Priyadarsini KI and

Unnikrishnan MK (2010) Antidiabetic, hypolipidaemic and antioxidant activity of

Dodonaea viscosa aerial parts in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. International

Journal of Phytomedicine. 2 (1): 59-70. [Impact factor: 0.89] [Citation: 11] *

22. Habbu PV, Mahadevan KM, Kulkarni PV, Daulatsingh C, Veerapur VP and Shastry RA (2010)

Adaptogenic and in-vitro antioxidant activity of flavanoids and other fractions of

Argyreia speciosa (Burm.f) Boj. in acute and chronic stress paradigms in rodents.

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 48(1): 53-60. [Impact factor: 0.702] [Citation: 05]

23. Ekbote Maruthi T, Ramesh CK, Riaz Mahmood, Thippeswamy BS and Veerapur VP (2010)

Hepatoprotective and antioxidant effects of Azima tetracantha Lam. Leaves extracts

against CCl4-induced liver injury in rats. Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources,

1(4): 493-499.

24. Ekbote Maruthi T, Ramesh CK, Riaz Mahmood, Thippeswamy BS and Veerapur VP (2010) Anti-

inflammatory and analgesic activities of Azima tetracantha Lam leaves. Journal of

Pharmaceutical Research, 3(3): 478-481.

25. Ekbote Maruthi T, Ramesh CK., Raiz Mahmood, Thippeswamy BS and Veerapur VP (2010) Evaluation

of Antipyretic Activity Of Azima Tetracantha Lam. in Rats. Biotechnology: An Indian

Journal, 4(1):

26. Thippeswamy BS, Thakker SP, Tubachi S, Kalyani GA, Netra MK, Patil U, Desai S, Gavimath CC,

Veerapur VP (2009) Cardioprotective Effect of Cucumis trigonus Roxb on Isoproterenol-

Induced Myocardial Infarction in Rat. Ammerican Journal of Pharmacology & Toxicology,

4(2):29-37. [Citation: 23] *

27. Veerapur VP, Prabhakar KR, Vipan Kumar, Beena Mishra, Ramakrishan P, Rao BSS, Priyadarsini KI,

Unnikrishnan MK (2009) Free Studies on Ficus racemosa stem bark: A potent antioxidant

and probable natural radioprotector. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine,

6(3)317–324. [Impact factor: 2.535] [Citation: 27] *

28. Nayak Y, Jacob A, Sil P, Prabhakar KR, Veerapur VP, Shanbhag R, Unnikrishnan MK (2008) Screening

Of Some Synthetic Ninhydrin Complexes for Antiallergic Activity. Canadian Journal of

Clinical Pharmacology, 15(3): E595. *

29. Prabhakar KR, Veerapur VP, Amit K, Beena Mishra, Atanu Barik, Priyadarsini KI, Unnikrishnan MK (2007)

Effect of curcumin and curcumin copper complex (1:1) on radiation induced changes

of anti-oxidant enzymes levels in the livers of Swiss albino mice. Journal of Radiation

Research, 48(3): 241-245. [Impact factor: 1.26] [Citation: 04] *

30. Prabhakar KR, Veerapur VP, Bansal P, Kumar PV, Reddy KM, Kumar PB, Priyadarsini KI, Unnikrishnan

MK (2007) Antioxidant and radioprotective effect of the active fraction of Pilea

microphylla (L.) ethanolic extract. Chemico-Biological Interaction, 165(1), 22-32. [Impact

factor: 3.077] [Citation: 19] *

31. Parihar VK, Prabhakar KR, Veerapur VP, Priyadarsini KI, Unnikrishnan MK, Mallikajuna Rao C (2007)

Anticlastogenic activity of morin against whole body gamma irradiation in Swiss

Albino mice. European Journal of Pharmacology, 557(1),58-65. [Impact factor: 2.737] [Citation: 13] *

32. Prabhakar KR, Veerapur VP, Punit Bansal, Vipan Kumar, Atanu Barik, Reddy KM, Bharat Kumar Reddy,

Redanna P, Priyadarsini KI and Unnikrishnan MK (2006) Anti-oxidant, anti-

inflammatory/analgesic activity of the most active ninhydrin-adducts synthesized.

Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry, 14, 7113-7120. [Impact factor: 3.075] [Citation: 16] *

33. Prabhakar KR, Veerapur VP, Vipan Kumar, Rao BSS, Priyadarsini KI and Unnikrishnan MK (2006)

Evaluation and Optimization of radioprotective ability of Coronopus didymus Linn

in Swiss albino mice. International Journal of Radiation Biology, 82(8), 525-536. [Impact factor:

2.178] [Citation: 19] *

34. Prabhakar KR, Veerapur VP, Vipan Kumar, Sudheer Kumar M, Rao BSS, Priyadarsini KI and

Unnikrishnan MK (2006) Bioactivity guided fractionation of aqueous Extract of

Coronopus didymus- A Free Radical Scavenging Perspective. Phytomedicine, 13, 591-595.

[Impact factor: 2.33] [Citation: 11] *

35. Parihar VK, Prabhakar KR, Veerapur VP, Kumar MS, Reddy YR, Joshi R, Unnikrishnan MK, Mallikajuna

Rao C (2006) Effect of sesamol on radiation-induced cytotoxicity in Swiss albino

mice. Mutation Research: Genetic, Toxicological, Environmental Mutagenesis, 611(1-2), 9-16. [Impact

factor: 2.363] [Citation: 31] *

36. Joshi SD, Kulkarni VD, Veerapur VP, Badiger AM, Kulkarni VH, Vagdevi HM, Vaidya VP (2006) Anti-

nociceptive activity of various extracts of Dodonaea viscosa (L). Jacq., leave.

Journal of Natural Remedies, 6(2): 135-140. [Citation: 02]

37. Prabhakar KR, Veerapur VP, Kumar V, Rao B, Priyadarshini KI, Unnikrishnan MK 2005 Optimization

of in-vivo radioprotective activity of Coronopus didymus in mice. Free Radical Biology

Medicine 39(Supplement 1):S40. [Impact factor: 5.399] *

38. Veerapur VP, Palkar MB, Srinivasa H, Kumar MS, Patra S, Rao PGM, Srinivasan KK (2004) The effect

of ethanol extract of Wrightia tinctoria bark on wound healing in rats. Journal of

Natural Remedies, 4(2):155-159. [Citation: 08]

39. Veerapur VP, Badiger AM, Joshi SD, Nayak VP, Shastry CS (2004) Anti-ulcerogenic activity of

various extracts of Dodonaea viscosa (L) Jacq. Leaves. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical

Sciences, 66(4): 407-411. [Citation: 14]

40. Baliga MS, Jagatia GC, Ulloor JN, Baliga MP, Venkatesh P, Reddy R, Mallikarjun Rao, Baliga BS,

Sulochana D, Sudheer KM, Veerapur VP, Reddy TK, Bairy KL (2004) The evaluation of the acute

toxicity and long term safety of hydroalcoholic extract of Sapthaparna (Alstonia

scholaris) in mice and rats. Toxicological Letters, 151: 317-326. [Impact factor: 3.249] *

41. Shastry CS, Joshi SD, Badiger AM, Veerapur VP (2003) Synthesis and Biological activity of

heterocyclic substituted benzothiazoles. Indian Journal of Heterocyclic chemistry, 13:57-60.

[Impact factor: 0.298] [Citation: 09]

42. Joshi SD, Badiger AM, Ashok K, Veerapur VP, Shastry CS (2003) Wound healing activity of

Dodonaea viscosa leaves. Indian drugs, 40(9): 549-552. [Citation: 07]

43. Shastry CS, Joshi SD, Veerapur VP, Badiger AM (2003) Specific Cyclo-oxygenase Inhibitors.

Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 37(3): 154-158. [Citation: 01]

Presentations at Conferences/ Workshop proceedings National (24) + International* (20) – Total: 44 1. Veerapur VP, Ananda SR, Roopesh M, Ambhika MV, Thippeswamy BS, “Effect of Caesalpinia

pulcherrima L., on streptozotocin-induced diabetes” International Conference Research &

Application on Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine [TCAM] 2012, Muhammadiyah

University, Surakarta, Indonesia, 22nd

to 23rd

June, 2012. Ref. no. 007 [ORAL]*

2. Veerapur VP, Thippeswamy BS, Chandni HH, Kempamma G, Kritika S, Prathima M, Anupama C, Badami

S, Anti-hyperlipidemic activity of emabelin and its ninhydrin adduct. Dubai International

Pharmaceuticals & Technologies Conference & Exhibition [DUPHT]-2012, Dubai, 12th

-14th

March 2012.

A-127, pp 108. [POSTER]*

3. Thippeswamy BS, Shivasharan B.D., Nagakannan P, Veerapur VP, Protective effect of Mimusops

elengi Linn., flowers against middle cerebral artery occlusion induced brain injury in rats.

Dubai International Pharmaceuticals & Technologies Conference & Exhibition [DUPHT]-2012, Dubai 12th

-14th

March 2012. A-130, pp 110. [POSTER] *

4. Nandeesh R, Vijaykumar S, Veerapur VP, Thippeswamy BS, Manohara KP, Estimation of -sitosterol

in Erythrina variegara Linn., by HPTLC method. Dubai International Pharmaceuticals &

Technologies Conference & Exhibition [DUPHT]-2012, Dubai 12th

-14th

March 2012. A-128, pp 109.

[POSTER] *

5. Veerapur VP, Thippeswamy BS, Chandni HH, Kempamma G, Kritika S, Prathima M, Anupama C, Badami

S, Anti-hyperlipidemic activity of emabelin and its ninhydrin adduct. Dubai International

Pharmaceuticals & Technologies Conference & Exhibition [DUPHT]-2012, Dubai 12th

-14th

March 2012. A-

127, pp 108. [POSTER]*

6. Ananda kumar SR, Niranjan kumar BM, Thippeswamy BS, Syed Mansoor Ahamed, Veerapur VP,

Investigation of Cardioprotective activity of Cedrus deodara Roxb. Heartwood extract on

experimentally induced cardiotoxity in rats.4th

CDRI-NIPER (RBL) Symposium on Medicinal

Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, CDRI, Lucknow, 23rd

to 25th

Feb., 2012, P-06, pp 30. [POSTER]

7. Ananda kumar SR, Niranjan kumar BM, Thippeswamy BS, Syed Mansoor Ahamed, Veerapur VP,

Ameliorative effect of embelin on testosterone-induced prostatic hyperplasia in rats.4th

CDRI-

NIPER (RBL) Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, CDRI, Lucknow. 23rd

to

25th

Feb., 2012, P-03, pp 27. (Conferred with Best Poster award)

8. Veerapur V.P., Onkaramurthy M., Thippeswamy B.S., Madhusudana Reddy T.N., Hunasagi R., Potaraj B.,

Chahar MK. Preventive effect of Chromolaena odorata linn. on streptozotocin-induced diabetes

and cataract in rats. 12th

International Congress of Ethnopharmacology, Jadavpur University,

Kolkata, India, 17th

to 19th

Feb., 2012. SNPSJUO406, pp 188. [POSTER] *

9. Badami S., Chahar M.K., Onkaramurthy M., Veerapur V.P., Thippeswamy B.S. Anti-inflammatory and

wound healing activity of mesuol isolated from Mesua ferrea linn. in rats. 12th

International

Congress of Ethnopharmacology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 17th

to 19th

Feb., 2012.

SNPSJUO327, pp 31. [ORAL] *

10. Shivasharan B.D., Nagakannan P, Roopesh M, Anand Kumar SR, Thippeswamy B.S., Veerapur V.P.,

Badami S. Neuroprotective effect of embelin against 3-nitropropionic acid-induced

experimental huntington’s disease in rats. 12th

International Congress of Ethnopharmacology,

Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 17th

to 19th

Feb., 2012. SNPSJUO271, pp 153. [POSTER] *

11. Thippeswamy BS, Rayappa H, Shivasharan BD, Roopesh M, Veerapur V.P., Protective effect of

Swertiamarin isolated from Enicostemma littorale on adriyamycin induced cardiotoxicity in

rats. 12th

International Congress of Ethnopharmacology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 17th

to

19th

Feb., 2012. SNPSJUO255, pp 150. [POSTER] *

12. Nandeesh R., Ganapaty.S., Veerapur V.P., Thippeswamy B.S., Manohara KP. Anti-oxidant and anti-

diabetic activity of Ichnocarpus frutescens bark: in vitro and in vivo studies. 12th

International Congress of Ethnopharmacology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 17th

to 19th

Feb.,

2012. SNPSJUO512, pp 217. [POSTER] *

13. Sriram Purohit, Veerapur VP, Synthesis, Antihyperglycemic Activity & QSAR Studies of Isoxazole

Bearing Thiazolidine-2, 4-dione Derivatives. 5th

Drug Design and Medicinal Chemistry International

Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, 19th

to 21st

Oct., 2011. [POSTER] *

14. Effect of Swertiamarin on experimental models of inflammatory bowel disease in rats

Proceedings of 63rd

Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), Bangalore International Exhibition Centre,

Bangalore, December 16-18, 2011, [POSTER]

15. Roopa Reddy KV, Vrathasha, Thippeswamy BS, Veerapur V.P., Antimutagenic activity of mesuol in

cyclophosphamide induced genotoxicity in mice. Proceedings of 63rd

Indian Pharmaceutical

Congress (IPC), Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, Bangalore, December 16-18, 2011, D-306.

[POSTER]

16. Veerapur VP, Prabhakar KR, Atanu Barik, Priyadarsini KI, Unnikrishnan MK, Antioxidant and

radioprotection activity of serendipitously discovered proline-ninhydrin Adduct.3rd

CDRI-

NIPER (RBL) Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, CDRI, Lucknow. 3rd

to

5th

March, 2011, P-25, pp 57. [POSTER]

17. Veerapur VP, Thippeswamy BS, Prabhakar KR, Nagakannan P, Shivasharan BD, Priyadarsini KI,

Unnikrishnan MK, Antioxidant and renoprotective activities of Ficus racemosa stem bark:

Bioactivity guided fractionation study. National conference on Emerging trends in Natural Product

Research 2011, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 12th

to 13th

Feb., 2011, SNPS-NPR-116, pp 84. [ORAL]

18. Veerapur VP, Mahendran S., Thippeswamy BS., Ravi S., Badami S, Anti-oxidant, analgesic and anti-

inflammatory studies of novel ninhydrin adduct of embelin. Proceedings of 62nd

Indian

Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), Manipal, December 17-19, 2010, B-145. [POSTER]

19. Nagakannan P, Shivasharan BD, Veerapur VP, Thippeswamy BS. Sedative and antiepileptic effects

of Anthocephalus cadamba in rats and mice. Proceedings of 62nd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress

(IPC), Manipal, December 17-19, 2010, D-218. [POSTER]

20. "Antibacterial activity of Acalypha indica and Calotropis gigantea against Amoxicillin

resistant bacteria" Proceedings of 62nd

Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC) Manipal, December 17-

19, 2010, [POSTER]

21. Thippeswamy BS, Nagakannan P, Shivasharan BD, Mahendran S, Veerapur VP, Badami S. Protective

effect of embelin against ischemia and reperfusion induced neuronal damage in rats.

Proceedings of 62nd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), Manipal, December 17-19, 2010, D-217.

[POSTER]

22. Gupta G., Manjula B., Thippeswamy BS., Veerapur VP, Badami S, Anti-convulsant and anti-psychotic

activity of the ethanolic extract of whole plant of Oxalis corniculata in rats. International

Conference on “Current Status and Future Perspective in Pharmaceutical Sciences”. PES College of

Pharmacy, Bangalore, 19th

– 21st

Nov., 2009, ICP-183, pp 177. [POSTER] *

23. Vinod Pratap, Peters MD, Thippeswamy BS, Kulkarni VH, Kulkarni PV, Veerapur VP, Effect of Cassia

glauca Leaves in Streptozotocin-Induced Type 1 Diabetic Rats: Mechanistic Approach.

International Herbal Conference – 2009. Feb 26th

-28th

2009, Bangalore, SNPS IHCB 09737, pp 167.

[POSTER] *

24. Thippeswamy BS, Kalayani GA, Suraj Tubachi, Veerapur VP, Kulkarni VH, Protective Effect of

Ethanol Extract of Desmodium triquetrum DC., leaf in Isoproterenol-induced Myocardial

Infarction in Rats. International Herbal Conference – 2009. Feb 26th

-28th

2009, Bangalore, SNPS IHCB

09741, pp 168. (Awarded as best top ten POSTER paper) *

25. Ramya E, Veeresh VP, Prabhakar KR, Unnikrishnan MK. Effect of Ficus racemosa stem bark extract

in type 2 diabetes induced by high-fat diet and low doses STZ in rats: A mechanistic

approach, 41st

Annual conference of Indian Pharmacological Society and International Conference on

Translational Pharmacology, 17 to 20th December 2008, AIIMS, New Delhi. [POSTER]

26. Y. Nayak, A. Jacob, P. Sil, K.R. Prabhakar, V.P. Veerapur, R. Shanbhag, Unnikrishnan MK. Screening of

some Synthetic Ninhydrin Complexes for Antiallergic Activity, The IX World Conference on

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics July 27 to 1 Aug 2008, Quebec City, Canada. [POSTER] *

27. Veerapur, V.P., Prabhakar K.R., Kandadi, M.R., Bansal, P., Joshi, S.D., Pratap, V and Unnikrishnan M.K.,

Effect of Dodonaea viscosa Aerial Parts in STZ-Induced Type-1 Diabetic Rats: Probable

Mechanistic Aspects. “Role of Traditional Medicines & Natural Products in Management of

Neurodegenerative Disorders” SET’s College of Pharmacy, Dharwad, Karnataka, India, June 22-24, 2008,

p-17, pp-45. [POSTER]

28. Yogendra Nayak, Anija Jacob, Parama Sil, K R Prabhakar, VP Veeresh, R Shanbhag, Unnikrishnan MK.

Ninhydrin-Napthol Adduct – A New Lead for Treatment of Allergy, 40th

Annual Conference of Indian

Pharmacological Society National Institute of Pharm Education and Research, Mohali Nov 1 – 3 2007

[OP16] [POSTER]

29. Veerapur VP, Prabhakar KR, Vipan Kumar, Machedar Reddy K, Priyadarsini KI and Unnikrishnan MK,

Antioxidant and Antidiabetic Effect of Dodonaea viscosa in High-Fat-Low-Dose-STZ-induced type

II diabetes in rats.Third Biennial meeting of SFRR-Asia & Sixth Annual meeting of Society for Free

radical Research-India (SFRR-India), Lonavala, India, Jan., 2007, P-107, pp198. [POSTER] *

30. Prabhakar KR, Veerapur VP, Vipan kumar P, Machendar Reddy Kandadi, Bharat kumar Reddy,

Reddanna P, Atanu Barik, Priyadarsini KI and Unnikrishnan MK, Antioxidant and Antidiabetic

Studies of Serendipitously Identified Proline-Ninhydrin Adduct. Third Biennial meeting of SFRR-

Asia & Sixth Annual meeting of Society for Free radical Research-India (SFRR-India), Lonavala, India,

Jan., 2007, P-60, pp162. [POSTER] *

31. Atanu Barik, Prabhakar KR, Veerapur VP, Unnikrishnan MK, Priyadarsini KI, Pulse radiolysis studies

of Proline-ninhydrin complex. The 1st

Asian-pacific symposium on radiation chemistry, Sep, 17-21,

2006, Shanghai, China, PPu05, pp24. [POSTER] *

32. Veerapur VP, Prabhakar KR, Vipan Kumar, Ramakrishna S, Beena Mishra, Rao BSS, Srinivasan KK,

Priyadarsini KI and Unnikrishnan MK, Comparison of antioxidant and In-vitro Radioprotection

studies of different fractions of Alcohol extract of Ficus Racemosa. Annual Conference of

Society for Free radical Research-India (SFRR-India), Kolkata, 2006, P-114, pp 241. [POSTER]

33. Prabhakar KR, Veerapur VP, Punit Bansal, Vipan Kumar, Rao BSS, Priyadarsini KI and Unnikrishnan MK,

Evaluation of antioxidant potential of Farsetia hamiltonii and Pilea microphylla.Annual

Conference of Society for Free radical Research-India (SFRR-India), Kolkata, 2006, P-69, pp 196.

[POSTER]

34. Prabhakar KR, Veerapur VP, Punit Bansal, Vipan kumar P, Atanu Barik, Bharat kumar Reddy, Reddanna

P, Atanu Barik, Priyadarsini KI and Unnikrishnan MK, Synthesis and Evaluation of Antioxidant

activity of Phenol-Ninhydrin Analogues. Annual Conference of Society for Free radical Research-

India (SFRR-India), Kolkata, 2006, OR-11, pp 93. [ORAL]

35. Vipan kumar P, Prabhakar KR., Veerapur VP, Sudheer kumar M, Rosi Reddy Y, Mallikarjuna Rao C and

Unnikrishnan MK. Sesamol prevents radiation induced cytotoxicity in Swiss albino mice. Annual

Conference of Society for Free radical Research-India (SFRR-India), Kolkata, 2006, P-74, pp 201.

[POSTER]

36. Prabhakar KR, Veerapur VP, Vipan Kumar, Rao BSS, Priyadarsini KI and Unnikrishnan MK, Radiation

Protection by Coronopus didymus- mouse survival and free radical studies.Proceedings of

Trombay Symposium on Radiation Photochemistry, Trombay, Mumbai, India, 2006, RC-16, pp 31-32.

[POSTER]

37. Veerapur VP, Prabhakar KR, Vipan Kumar, Srinivasan KK, Beena Mishra, Priyadarsini KI and

Unnikrishnan MK, Ficus racemosa: A potent radical scavenger and anti-diabetic. Proceedings of

Trombay Symposium on Radiation Photochemistry, Trombay, Mumbai, India, 2006, RC-34, pp67-68.

[POSTER] (Conferred with Travel grant Award)

38. Prabhakar KR, Veerapur VP, Vipan Kumar, Rao BSS, Priyadarsini KI and Unnikrishnan MK, Optimization

of in-vivo radioprotective activity of Coronopus didymus in mice, Free Radical Biology Medicine,

2005, 39(Supplement 1), S40. [POSTER] *

39. Prabhakar KR, Veerapur VP, Vipan Kumar, Sudheer Kumar M, Rao BSS, Priyadarsini KI and

Unnikrishnan MK, Bioactivity guided fractionation of aqueous Extract of Coronopus didymus- A

Free Radical Scavenging Perspective. Annual Conference of Society for Free radical Research-India

(SFRR-India), Bangalore, 2005, P-123. (Conferred with Best Poster Award)

40. Veerapur VP, Milind SB, Niranjan Kanki, Rajani M, Estimation of piperine in herbal raw materials

and formulations using HPTLC, Workshop proceedings, National Seminar on Food, medicine (IK and

IPR), Thiruvanthpuram, March 12-13, 2004, P-28. [POSTER]

41. Veerapur VP, Milind SB, Srinivasa H, Harish Padh, Rajani M, Phytochemical evaluation of polyherbal

unani formulations-A case study of Itrifal mulaiyin and Sharbat-E-dinar. Proceedings of

Institute-Industry interaction on Research in unani medicine to identify areas of collaboration, New

Dehli, January 2004. (Conferred with Second Best Poster award)

42. Veerapur VP, Srinivasa H, Mahesh B Palkar, Gadad AK, Srinivasan KK, Antiallergic effects of

ethanol extract of Tagetes erecta Linn. Flowers. Proceedings of 55th

Indian Pharmaceutical

Congress (IPC), Chennai, December 19-21, 2003. [POSTER]

43. Veerapur VP, Mahesh B Palkar, Gadad AK, Srinivasan KK, A Study of Chemical compounent of

Justicia gendarussa leaves with promising anti-inflammatory activity. Proceedings of

International symposium on Drug Discovery and Process Research (DDPR), Kolhapur, January 23-25,

2003 (Abstract # P-85). [POSTER] *

44. Veerapur VP, Srinivasan KK, Chemical investigation and wound healing activity of Wrightia

tinctoria bark. Proceedings of 53rd

Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), New Delhi, December 21-

23, 2001. [POSTER]

Book/Chapter – 01 1. Nayak, Y., Veerapur, VP., Nagappa, AN., Unnikrishnan, MK. (2010) Perspectives in Efficacy, Safety and

Clinical Evaluation of Bioactive Natural Products. In: Comprehensive Bioactive Natural Products, Vol. 2,

Efficacy, Safety & Clinical Evaluation I, Gupta, VK., (Ed), M/S. Studium Press LLC, USA. pp 1-29.

Professional Experience

Supervised one M. Pharm student as a co-guide under RGUHS, Bangalore

Academic experience of teaching Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry,

Biochemistry for B.Pharm and Modern Pharmaceutical Analysis for M. Pharm

Theory and Practical Examiner and Question paper setter for Diploma/Degree/PG examinations

conducted by RGUHS, Bangalore, Goa university, Goa and Sikkim-Manipal University, Manipal

Professional Activities Member of the following scientific societies

Society for Free Radical Research, Indian Chapter

Association of Pharmacy Teachers of India (APTI)

Dr. Veeresh P. Veerapur

References

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Dr. M. K. Unnikrishnan, Additional Professor in Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal. E-mail: cheruvaloor@yahoo.com Phone: 0820- 2922482 (O) 0820-2572195 (R) Dr. K. K. Srinivasan, Professor & Head, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal. E-mail: pansrini@yahoo.co.in Phone: 9448983295 (M) 0820-2573025 (R) Dr. S. Badami Professor & Principal Sree Siddaganga College of Pharmacy, Tumkur. E-mail: directorsscp@gmail.com

shribadami@rediffmail.com Phone: 9480640182 (M) 0816-22273331 (O) Fax: 0816-2252792

Dr. K. Indira Priyadarshini, Scientific Officer G, Radiation and Photochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Trombay, Mumbai-400 085 E-mail: kindira@apsara.barc.ernet.in Phone: 022-25595399 (O) 022-25506206 (R) Dr. N. Udupa Professor & Principal Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal. E-mail: n.udupa@manipal.edu Phone: 9845547746 (M) 0820-2922482 (O) Fax: 0820-2570061