Banasri Hazra

Ø DIOSPYRIN was isolated from the plant Diospyros

which are active against eight human cancer cell l

viz. breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7)

cervical epithelial carcinoma (HeLa)

keratinocyte-derived epidermal carcinoma (A431)

acute myeloblastic leukemia (HL-60)

chronic myelogenic leukemia (K-562)

larymgeal carcinoma (Hep2)

fibrosarcoma (HT1080)

and malignant melanoma (A375). Ø The inhibitor

with significantly lower toxicity in normal human

trypanosomiasis

malaria

schistosomiasis

and tuberculosis. Ø Studies on the mechanism of

hence

possess the potential to be designed and developed

Binod Kumar

Amit Kumar

B.N. Pandey

Banasri Hazra

K.P.Mishra

International Journal of Radiation Biology (In Pre

Madhushree Das Sarma

Rina Ghosh

Amarendra Patra

European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (2008)

doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2007.11.028 3. ‘Novel glyco

Rajdeep Chowdhury

Keya Chaudhuri

Organic Biomoecular Chemistry

5 (2007) 3115–3125. 4. ‘Radiosensitization by di

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RESEARCH INTEREST i) Isolation

purification and synthetic modification of bioactive natural products

with particular reference to quinonoid compounds. ii) Interdisciplinary programme involving studies on characterisation

development

and mechanism of action of antitumour and antimicrobial agents.