MUKTA AGRAWAL

Assistant Professor
Specialization: Pharmaceutics

Research Profiles:

Google Scholar  https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uBJaAl0AAAAJ&hl=en

ResearchGate  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mukta-Agrawal

Scopus  https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57205887378 

ORCID  https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-1857-7698

Research interests

Nanoparticle, Stimuli responsive drug carrier, Brain targeting, Alzheimer therapy, Nose-to-brain drug delivery, Tumor targeting

Teaching interest

Pharmaceutical technology, Controlled drug delivery system, Novel drug delivery system, Pharmacokinetics

Research Summary

Cumulative impact factor	: 132.865
International Papers	:  26
National Papers	:  23
Book Chapter	:  06
International Conference	:  03
National Conference	:  17
Workshop & Training	:  04

AWARDS AND HONORS

Awards

• First Prize (10,000 cash award), Central Zone DRPI 2021-Online organized by SPDS and AAPS
• First Prize (10,000 cash award), East-Central Zone First Prize (10,000 cash award), Central Zone DRPI 2020-Online organized by SPDS and APTI
• Best Oral Presentation Award at CGCOST Sponsored National Seminar in 2018
• Won the title of ‘Young Scientist’ (21,000 cash award) at 14^th Chhattisgarh Young Scientists Congress, 2016
• Best Poster Presentation Award in spirit’s 2012 organized by IT-BHU, Varanasi, 2012.

Academic appreciations

• Academic Appreciation by RCPSR, Bhilai for Outstanding Results in B. Pharm Pharmaceutical technology-II, 2015-16
• Academic Appreciation by RCPSR, Bhilai for Outstanding Results in B. Pharm Cosmetic Technology, 2015-16
• Academic Appreciation Certificate by RCPSR, Bhilai for Outstanding Results Pharm Course for Pharmaceutics-I, 2016-17
• Academic Appreciation by RCPSR, Bhilai for Outstanding Results in B. Pharm Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, 2016-17
• Academic Appreciation by RCPSR, Bhilai for Outstanding Results in B. Pharm Pharmaceutics-XII, 2016-17

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Life Member	: Association of Pharmacy Teachers of India (APTI) [CG/LM-093]
Member	: Chhattisgarh State Pharmacy Council: 10117

 

PUBLICATION STATISTICS

Publications with Impact Factor (Cumulative Impact Factor: 132.865)

Journal Title	Publisher	Impact Factor	No of paper
Journal of Controlled Release	Elsevier	9.776	04
Drug Discovery Today	Elsevier	7.851	02
Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery	Taylor & Francis	6.648	01
Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy	Elsevier	6.529	02
International Journal of Nanomedicine	Dove Press	6.4	01
Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	Springer	5.046	01
Life Sciences	Elsevier	5.037	01
European Journal of Pharmacology	Elsevier	4.432	01
Neurochemistry International	Elsevier	3.921	01
Current stem cell research and therapy	Bentham Science	3.828	05
Current Drug Targets	Bentham Science	3.465	01
Respiratory Medicine	Elsevier	3.415	01
Current Pharmaceutical Design	Bentham Science	3.116	01
Current Drug Delivery	Bentham Science	2.565	01
Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines	World Scientific	1.816	01
		132.865	24

 

RECENT PUBLICATIONs

SCI Indexed International Journals

1. Mukta Agrawal, Shailendra Saraf, Madhulika Pradhan, Ravish J Patel, Gautam Singhvi, Ajazuddin, Amit Alexander*. Design and optimization of curcumin loaded nano lipid carrier system using Box-Behnken design. Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, 2021; 141: 111919. (Impact Factor: 6.529)
2. Mukta Agrawal, Eluri Prathyusha, Hafiz Ahmed, Sunil Kumar Dubey, Prashant Kesharwani, Gautam Singhvi, V.G.M. Naidu, Amit Alexander. Biomaterials in treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Neurochemistry International. 2021; 145: 105008. (Impact Factor: 3.921)
3. Sunil Kumar Dubey, Shraddha Parab, Neha Dabholkar, Mukta Agrawal, Gautam Singhvi, Amit Alexander, Ranjeet Ajit Bapat, Prashant Kesharwani. Oral peptide delivery: challenges and the way ahead. Drug Discovery Today. 2021; 26(4): 931-950. (Impact Factor: 7.851)
4. Mukta Agrawal, Shailendra Saraf, Swarnlata Saraf, Upadhyayula Suryanarayana Murty, Sucheta Banerjee Kurundkar, Debjani Roy, Pankaj Joshi, Dhananjay Sable, Yogendra Kumar Choudhary, Prashant Kesharwani, Amit Alexander*. In-line treatments and clinical initiatives to fight against COVID-19 Outbreak. Respiratory Medicine. 2020. (Impact Factor: 3.415)
5. Mukta Agrawal, Shailendra Saraf, Swarnlata Saraf, Sunil K Dubey, Anu Puri, Umesh Gupta, Prashant Kesharwani, V. Ravichandiran, Pramod Kumar, VGM Naidu, Upadhyayula Suryanarayana Murty, Ajazuddina, Amit Alexander*. Stimuli-responsive In situ gelling system for nose-to-brain drug delivery. Journal of Controlled Release. 2020; 327: 235-265. (Impact Factor: 9.776)
6. Siddhanth Hejmady, Rajesh Pradhan, Amit Alexander, Mukta Agrawal, Gautam Singhvi, Prashant Kesharwani, Sunil K Dubey. Recent advances in targeted nanomedicine as promising antitumor therapeutics. Drug Discovery Today. 2020; 25(12): 2227-2244. (Impact Factor: 7.851)
7. Pavan Kumar Samudrala, Pramod Kumar, Kamlesh Choudhary, Nagender Thakur, Gaurav Suresh Wadekar, Richa Dayaramani, Mukta Agrawal, Amit Alexander*. Virology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and in-line treatment of COVID-19. European Journal of Pharmacology. 2020; 883: 173375. (Impact Factor: 4.432)
8. Mukta Agrawal, Swarnlata Saraf, Shailendra Saraf, Sunil K Dubey, Anu Puri, Ravish J Patel, Ajazuddina, V. Ravichandiran, Upadhyayula Suryanarayana Murty, Amit Alexander*. Recent strategies and advances in the fabrication of Nano Lipid Carriers and their application towards brain targeting. Journal of Controlled Release, 2020; 321: 372-415. (Impact Factor: 9.776)
9. Sunil Kumar Dubey, K.K. Lakshmi, Kowthavarapu Venkata Krishna, Mukta Agrawal, Gautam Singhvi, Ranendra Narayana Saha, Swarnalata Saraf, Shailendra Saraf, Rahul Shukla, Amit Alexander*. Insulin mediated novel therapies for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Life Sciences. 2020; 249: 117540. (Impact Factor: 5.037)
10. Sunil Kumar Dubey, Amit Alexander*, Munnangi Sivaram, Mukta Agrawal, Gautam Singhvi, Swapnil Sharma, Richa Dayaramani. Uncovering the Diversification of Tissue Engineering on the Emergent Areas of Stem Cells, Nanotechnology and Biomaterials. Current Stem Cell Research and Therapy. 2020; 15(3): 187-201. (Impact Factor: 3.828)
11. Amit Alexander*, Mukta Agrawal, Swarnlata Saraf, Shailendra Saraf, Ajazuddin, Mahavir B Chougule. Formulation strategies of nano lipid carrier for effective brain targeting of anti-AD drugs. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 2020; doi: 10.2174/1381612826666200212120947. (Impact Factor: 3.116)
12. Sunil Kumar Dubey, Amit Alexander*, K. Sai Pradhyut, Mukta Agrawal, Rupesh Jain, Ranendra Narayana Saha, Gautam Singhvi, Swarnlata Saraf and Shailendra Saraf. Recent avenues in Novel Patient-Friendly Techniques for the Treatment of Diabetes. Current Drug Delivery. 2020; 17(1): 3-14. (Impact Factor: 2.565)
13. Sunil Kumar Dubey, Shubham Salunkhe, Mukta Agrawal, Maithili Kali, Gautam Singhvi, Sanjay Tiwari, Swarnlata Saraf, Shailendra Saraf, Amit Alexander*. Understanding the Pharmaceutical Aspects of Dendrimers for the Delivery of Anticancer Drugs. Current Drug Targets. 2020; 21(6): 528-540. (Impact Factor: 3.465)
14. Sunil Kumar Dubey, K. Sai Pradyuth, Ranendra Narayana Saha, Gautam Singhvi, Amit Alexander, Mukta Agrawal, Bruce A. Shapiro and Anu Puri. Application of Photodynamic Therapy Drugs for Management of Glioma. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines. 2019; 23: 1216–1228. (Impact Factor: 1.816)
15. Amit Alexander, Mukta Agrawal, Ajaz uddin, Sabahuddin Siddique, Ahmed M Shehata, Mahmoud A Shaker, Syed Ata Ur Rahman, Mohi Iqbal M Abdul, Mohamed A. Shaker. Recent Expansions of Novel Strategies Towards the Drug Targeting into The Brain. International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2019; 14(14): 1-14. (Impact Factor: 4)
16. Sunil Kumar Dubey, Munnangi Siva Ram, Kowthavarapu Venkata Krishna, Ranendra Narayana Saha, Gautam Singhvi, Mukta Agrawal, Ajazuddin, Swarnlata Saraf, Shailendra Saraf, Amit Alexander*. Recent expansions on cellular models to uncover the scientific barriers towards drug development for Alzheimer’s Disease. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, 2019; 39(2): 181-209 (Impact Factor: 046).
17. Amit Alexander, Shailendra Saraf*, Swarnlata Saraf, Mukta Agrawal, Ravish J Patel, N Vishal Gupta, Junaid Khan, Ajazuddin. Amalgamation of Stem Cells with Nanotechnology: A Unique Therapeutic Approach. Current stem cell research and therapy, 2019;14(2):83-92. (Impact Factor: 3.828).
18. Mukta Agrawal, Amit Alexander*, Shailendra Saraf, Swarnlata Saraf, Junaid Khan, Tapan Kumar Giri, N Vishal Gupta, Ravish J Patel, Ajazuddin. Recent biomedical applications on stem cell therapy: A brief review. Current stem cell research and therapy, 2019; 14(2): 127-136. (Impact Factor: 3.828).
19. Junaid Khan, Amit Alexander*, Mukta Agrawal, Ajazuddin, Swarnlata Saraf, Shailendra Saraf. Stem cell-based therapies: A new ray of hope for diabetic patients. Current stem cell research and therapy, 2019;14(2):146-151. (Impact Factor: 3.828).
20. Tapan Kumar Giri, Amit Alexander*, Mukta Agrawal, Swarnlata Saraf, Shailendra Saraf, Ajazuddin. Current status of stem cell therapies in tissue repair and regeneration. Current stem cell research and therapy, 2019; 14(2):117-126. (Impact Factor: 3.828).
21. Amit Alexander, Sabahuddin Siddique, Mukta Agrawal, Ajaz uddin, Ahmed M Shehata, Mahmoud A Shaker, Syed Ata Ur Rahman, Mohi Iqbal M Abdul, Mohamed A. Shaker. Nanotechnology: A non-invasive diagnosis and therapeutic tool for brain disorders. African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2019; 13(10): 118-123.
22. Ajazuddin, Sabahuddin Siddique, Amit Alexander, Pooja Yadav, Mukta Agrawal, Ahmed M Shehata, Mahmoud A Shaker, Syed Ata Ur Rahman, Mohi Iqbal M Abdul, Mohamed A. Shaker. Nanomedicines: Challenges and perspectives for future nanotechnology in the healthcare system. Scientific Research and Essays, 2019; 14(5): 32-38.
23. Mukta Agrawal, Swarnlata Saraf, Shailendra Saraf, Sophia G. Antimisiaris, Mahavir Chougule, Sunday A. Shoyele, Amit Alexander*. Nose-to-brain drug delivery: An update on clinical challenges and progress towards approval of anti-Alzheimer drugs. Journal of Controlled Release, 2018; 281: 139-177. (Impact Factor: 9.776)
24. Mukta Agrawal, Swarnlata Saraf, Shailendra Saraf, Sophia G. Antimisiaris, Nobuhito Hamano, Shyh-Dar Li, Mahavir Chougule, Sunday A. Shoyele, Umesh Gupta, Ajazuddin, Amit Alexander*. Recent advancements in the field of nanotechnology for the delivery of anti-Alzheimer drug in the brain region. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. 2018; 15(6): 589-617. (Impact Factor: 6.648)
25. Tripti Shukla, Neeraj Upmanyu, Mukta Agrawal, Swarnlata Saraf, Shailendra Saraf, Amit Alexander*. Biomedical applications of microemulsion through dermal and transdermal route. Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, 2018; 108: 1477-1494. (Impact Factor: 6.529)
26. Mukta Agrawal, Ajazuddin, Dulal K. Tripathi, Swarnlata Saraf, Shailendra Saraf, Sophia G. Antimisiaris, Spyridon Mourtas, Margareta Hammarlund-Udenaes, Amit Alexander. Recent advancements in liposomes targeting strategies to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Controlled Release 2017; 260: 61-77 (Impact Factor: 9.776)

BOOK CHAPTER CONTRIBUTED

1. Mukta Agrawal, Aditya Narayan Konwar, Amit Alexander, and Vivek Borse. Chapter 16 - Nose-to-brain delivery of biologics and stem cells; in Direct Nose-to-Brain Drug Delivery: Mechanism, Technological Advances, Application and Regulatory Updates, Academic Press, Elsevier. 2021, pp. 305-328. ISBN: 978-0-12-822522-6.
2. K. Lakshmi, Siddhanth Hejmady, S. Shridula, Amit Alexander*, Mukta Agrawal, Gautam Singhvi, Sunil Kumar Dubey*. Chapter 2 - Analytical quality by design for spectrophotometric method development; in Handbook of Analytical Quality by Design, Academic Press, Elsevier. 2021, pp. 15-44. ISBN 9780128203323. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820332-3.00003-0.
3. Amit Alexander, Mukta Agrawal, Mahavir Bhupal Chougule, Shailendra Saraf, Swarnlata Saraf. "Nose-to-brain drug delivery: an alternative approach for effective brain drug delivery”. Nanopharmaceuticals- Expectations and Realities of Multifunctional Drug Delivery Systems. Elsevier. Volume 1; 2019. Ref. no. B978-0-12-817778-5.00009-9
4. Amit Alexander, Mukta Agrawal, Pooja Yadav, Gunjan Jeswani, Vinay Sagar Verma, Sabahuddin Siddique, Ajazuddin; "Chapter 17: Targeted Delivery through Carbon Nanomaterials: Applications in Bioactive Delivery Systems". Advances and Avenues in the Development of Novel Carriers for Bioactives. Elsevier. 2020: 509-524. ISBN: 978-0-12-819666-3.
5. Mukta Agrawal, Sunil Kumar Dubey, Junaid Khan, Sabahuddin Siddique, Ajazuddin, Swarnlata Saraf, Shailendra Saraf, Amit Alexander*. "Extraction of catechins from green tea using supercritical carbon dioxide”. Green Sustainable Processes for Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Science. Elsevier. 2019 ISBN: 10.1016/B978-0-12-817388-6.00003-9
6. Pooja Yadav, Mukta Agrawal, Amit Alexander, Ravish Patel, Sabahuddin Siddique, Shailendra Saraf, Ajazuddin. "Polymer production and processing using supercritical carbon dioxide”. Green Sustainable Processes for Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Science. Elsevier. 2019 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-817388-6.00001-5.