Central Department of Chemistry

Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal


Associate Professor
Achyut Adhikari, PhD
Organic Chemistry Faculties
Male
achyut.adhikari@cdc.tu.edu.np

Dr. Adhikari is Associate Professor of Chemistry. He received PhD from University of Karachi, Pakistan. His research area are exploration and structural elucidation of different natural products and synthetic compounds and study of phase-I metabolism of such compounds.

Email: achyutraj05@gmail.com

PhD

Professional experiences

  • 2017-current:Assistant Professor Central Department of Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Kritipur, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • 2012-2017:Assistant Professor H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry, ICCBS, University of Karachi.
  • 2010-2012:Research Officer H. E. J., ICCBS, University of Karachi.
  • 2010: Postdoctoral Fellow H. E. J., ICCBS, University of Karachi

Dr. Adhikari has presented his research works in several national/international seminars/conferences.

Selected publications

  1. Ali, F. U. Haq, Q. U. Arfeen, K. R. Sharma, A. Adhikari and S. G. Musharraf, Sensitive quantification of coixol, a potent Insulin secretagogue, in Scoparia dulcis extract using high performance liquid chromatography combined with tandem mass spectrometry and UV detection, Biomedical Chromatography,31, 1-6, 2017.
  2. M. Hafizur, S. A. Raza, A. Hameed, A. Adhikari and K. R. Sharma, Coixol exerts an exclusive glucose-dependent insulinotropic effect in βTC-6 cells, Journal of Cytology and Histology, 6, 2015, 1000i109.
  3. Kanwal, A. Adhikari, A. Hameed, R. M. Hafizur, and S. G. Musharraf. Isolation and characterization of non-sulfated and sulfated triterpenoid saponins from Fagonia indica, Phytochemistry, 143, 151-15, 2017.
  4. S. Senathilake, E. H. Karunanayake, S. R. Samarakoon, K. H. Tennekoon, E. D. deSilva, A. Adhikari, Oleanolic acid from antifilarial triterpene saponins of Dipterocarpus zeylanicus induces oxidative stress and apoptosis in filarial parasite Setaria digitata in vitro, Experimental Parasitology, 177, 13-21, 2017.
  5. Ali, A. Jahan, A. Ali, A. Adhikari, B. Ahmad, A. Ali, and S. Ali, Steroidal alkaloids as an emerging therapeutic alternative for investigation of their immunosuppressive and hepatoprotective potential, Frontiers in Pharmacology 8: 2017.

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