Dr. ALPANA RAM

Professor

Work Experience

Teaching in UG 30 years, PG 28 years, Research Experiences 22 years. Administrative experiences as a HOD 3 years.

Area of Specialization

Novel drug delivery system

Projects & Patents

Cultivation and Evaluation of petrocrops Jatropha and Karanj on Degraded Lands of Chhattisgarh, by Department of Land Resources,Ministry of Rural Development,Govt.of India worth Rs 36 Lakhs as Co –PI.

Education

M.PHARMA, Ph.D.

Achievments/Awards/Honors

• Distinguished Woman of the Year 2019 awarded by Venus International , Foundation Chennai. • Obtained best paper presentation award in National conferences in Amarkantak.

Publications

Books Published 1. Topical Ethosomal Carriers of Ascorbic Acid: A novel skin care formulation, Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany. ISBN: 978-3-659-29574-4, 2012. 2. Controlled release microspheres of Antimalarial drug, Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany. ISBN: 978-3-659-29574-4, 2013. Book Chapters 1. Essentials of Pharmacology: Basic Principles and General Concepts, CBS Pub. & Dist., New Delhi,, ISBN:81-239-1449-0 Chapter Heavy Metals and Heavy Metal Antagonists. 558-566 2. Essentials of Pharmacology: Basic Principles and General Concepts, CBS Pub. & Dist., New Delhi,, ISBN:81-239-1449-0 Chapter Non Metallic Environmental Toxicants. 567-574. 3. Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics Vol.X Eds. LP Agarwal & VN Sharma,Sankalp Pub. New Delhi, ISBN:81-88173-02-9Chapter Enzymes, 51-58. 4. Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics Vol.X Eds. LP Agarwal & VN Sharma,Sankalp Pub. New Delhi, ISBN:81-88173-02-9 Chapter Chelating Agents, 275-280. 5. Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics Vol.X Eds. LP Agarwal & VN Sharma,Sankalp Pub. New Delhi, ISBN:81-88173-02-9Chapter Osmotic Agents, 281-294. 6. Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics Vol.X Eds. LP Agarwal & VN Sharma,Sankalp Pub. New Delhi, ISBN:81-88173-02-9Chapter Ophthalmic Formulations, 561-608 (Alpana Ram) Research Papers/Review Articles Published : 1. Alpana Ram Drug Delivery Systems: New Trends. Pharma Today 1990,10-12. 2. Alpana Ram, P Lauria and V N Sharma,, Lipoprotein Receptor Concept and Implications for Reduction of Cardiovascular Risk. Doctors News 6(5)1993; 7-11. 3. Alpana Ram,P.Lauria, Pradeep Kumar and V N Sharma The Lipid Lowering Drugs:Updated. Indian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy.sept-oct 1993; 167-170. 4. Alpana Ram, Effect of Plumbago zeylanica in Hyperlipidaemic rabbits and its modification by vitamin E. Indian J Pharmacology 1996;161-166. IF 1.2 5. Alpana Ram, P.Lauria, R. Gupta, V.N.Sharma. Hypolipideamic effect of Myristica fragrans fruit extract in rabbits.Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 1996; 55, 49-53 . IF 4.36 6.Alpana Ram, P.Lauria, R. Gupta, Pradeep Kumar, V.N.Sharma. Hypocholesterolaemic effects of Terminalia arjuna tree bark. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 1997; 55: 165-169. IF 4.36 7.V.N. Sharma, Alpana Ram. The good, the bad, the ugly and the deadly cholesterol. South Asian Journal. Preventive Cardiology, 1998; 2; 52-58. 8.Ahirwar Bharti, Ahirwar D and Ram Alpana, Comparative quality parameter of Asava, International Journal of Green Pharmacy, 2007, 1(3-4):42-43.IF 0.128 9.Surendra H. Bodakhe and Alpana Ram, Hepatoprotective properties of Bauhinia variegate bark extract, Yakugaku Zasshi 2007, 127(9), 1503-1507 IF 0.368 10. Jitendra Kawadkar and Alpana Ram. Colon targeted chitosan microsphere compressed matrices for treatment of ulcerative colitis. Pharma info.net.2007;1-13. 11.Lanjhiyana S,Singhai A K,Dangi J S, Lanjhiyana S.and Ram Alpana. Oral antihyperglycaemic potential of Root Bark Extract of E.glaucum pers . in Normal and Streptozotocin Induced Diabetic Rats. Journal of Pharmaceutical Research,2007,vol 6, no 4,197-200. 12.Shruti Rathore and Alpana Ram. Colon Targeted Pulsatile Drug Delivery. Pharma info.net.April,2007 13.Bharti Ahirwar, Ahirwar D, V K Dixit and Alpana Ram, Antihistaminc activity of Kanakasava: A polyherbal formulation, Adv. Pharmacol. Toxicol., 2008, 9(3); 141-145. IF 0.93 14. Bharti Ahirwar, Ahirwar D and Alpana Ram, Antihistaminic effect of sitopaladi churna extract, Research J. Pharm. and Tech.1(2)2008,89-92. IF 1.203 15. Alpana Ram , Fast release products of Tolbutamide; Formulation and Evaluation , CSVTU Research Journal 1(2).2008;89-94 16. Bharti Ahirwar, Alpana Ram Antihistaminic activity of AVB-01 a polyherbal formulation, Pharmacog Magazine 2008, S 46-50. IF 1.085 17. Bharti Ahirwar, Alpana Ram and Dheeraj Ahirwar, Passive cutaneous anaphylactic activity of vasavaleha, CSVTU Research Journal 2(2) 2009, 78-80. 18. Rathor Shruti and Ram Alpana Formulation and Characterisation of Biocompatible Microspheres of Benzophenone-3 , Research Journal of Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Technology 1(3).2009;222-225. 19. kaushik M, Chitmay HR, Bodakhe SH, Bodakhe KS, Ram A, Tripathi A. A Study on antiarthritic Potential of Ficus Glomerata Roxb. Latex in Rats .International J of, Pharmacol, Biol. Sci. Vol.3(3), 2009, 33-40. IF 0.888 20. kaushik M, Chitmay HR, Bodakhe SH, Bodakhe KS, Ram A & Tripathi A. Screening of Anti-inflammatory potential of Ficus Glomerata Roxb Latex in Rats. Advances in Pharmacology and Toxicology 2, 2009,81-84. IF 0.93 21. Bodakhe SH, Ram A and Bodakhe KS, Anti-inflammatory activity of Morina longifolia extract , Adv. Pharmacol. Toxicol. 10(2), 2009, 71-79. IF 0.93 22. Ahirwar B, Alpana Ram and Ahirwar D, Air Pollution a major culprit of asthma, Res. J. of Science and Technology ,Vol. 1,2009, 1-8. 23. Bodakhe S H , Alpana Ram. Isolated Cock Illeum:A Tool for Pharmacology Experiments . Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research 43(2).2009;199-202. IF 0.686 24. Peeyush Kumar , Alpana Ram, Rajeev Kumar and Mithilesh Kumar. Nanotechnology: An Innovative Approach for HIV/AIDS Treatment. J Pharmacy Research, 2010,3(10),2345-2349 25. Bodakhe SH, Ram A and Pandey Devi P. A new aromatic glycoside from Morina longifolia wall, Asian J of chem. vol.22, No. 4, 2010, 2789-93. IF 0.54 26. P.verma, A.Ram, A.K.Jha, A.Mishra, A. Thakur. Phosphatidyl Choline: A Revolution in Drug Delivery Technology. International Journal of Pharm.Sciences and Research vol. 1, issue 2, 2010, 1-12.IF 3.226 27. Kawadkar J, Chauhan MK, Ram A, Evaluation of Potential of Zn-Pectinate gel (ZPG) containing Mesalazine for Colonic Drug Delivery. DARU 2010 Vol.18, No. 3 ,211-220. IF 2.69 28.Peeyush Kumar , Alpana Ram, Nanotechnology: An Innovative Approach for HIV/AIDS Journal of Pharmacy Research, 3(10) 2010 29. Shruti Rathor and Alpana Ram. Investigation of Depressant activity of an ayurvedic churna in mice:A Preliminary Study. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Nanotechnology 2010;790-794 30.Vinod Verma and Alpana Ram, Preparation, Characterisation and In-vitro Release of Piroxicam-loaded Solid Lipid Nanoparticals , International J of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Nanotechnology,2010,Vol.3 (3),1136-1140 31.Peeyush Kumar , Pramod Kumar, Alpana Ram , Mithelesh Kumar and Rajeev Kumar,Coenzyme Q10: A Progress Towards the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disease. Oriental Pharmacy and Experimental Medicine,2010,10(4),239-253.IF 0.211 32. Surendra H Bodakhe, Alpana Ram, Kiran S Bodakhe and Devi Prasad Pandey New polyphenolic aromatic glycoside from Bauhinia variegate L stem bark. Asian journal of Chemistry 2010;3549-3553. IF 0.54 33. Alpana Ram, Peeyush Kumar, Rajeev Kumar, Mukesh Kumar. Nanotechnology: An Emerging Technology for Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disease. Inventi Rapid, 2010, vol.1,issue 3. 34.Shruti Rathor and Ram Alpana,Porous Microspheres of 5 Flourouracil for Site Specific Drug Delivery in Gastric Cancer. International J of Current Pharmaceutical Research,2011,vol. 3,issue 1,38-42. 35. Abhishek kumar Sah, Ashish Rambhade,Alpana Ram and Sunil Jain . Resealed Erythrocytes: A Novel Carrier for Drug Targetting. Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research 2011,vol.3,no.2;550-565. 36. Suresh sahu,Alpana Ram Development and Characterisation of nanostructured lipid carriers of oral Hypoglycemic agent: Selection of surfactants. International Journal of Pharmaceutica Sciences Review and Research 2011;vol 7, issue 2; 125-130 37. P.Verma and A Ram. Effect of different penetration enhancers on skin permeation of drug using ethosomal carrier systems. Jour. of Current Pharmaceutical Research Vol 5 no 1,2011; 42-44. IF 0.65 38. Ram Alpana, Kumar Peeyush,Kumar Mukesh. Marine Pharmacotherapy for Cancer and Viral diseases. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Frontier Research 2011;1(1):85-97. 39. Alpana Ram,Shailendra Wasnik, Poonam Parmar, Ashok K Sahu,,Narendra Patrey and Rajendra singh Rathore. Exchangeable ion and its Pharmaceutical Importance. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 2011;vol 3 issue 3; 1-9 40. S. Wasnik, P.Parmar,D.Singh,Alpana Ram. Preparation and Characterisation of Floating Drug Delivery System of Azithromycin. Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica- Drug Research,Vol.69, no.3 ,515-522,2012 . IF 0.35 41.Alpana Ram, Abhinav Thakur,Vineet Mittal,Proniosomal Provesicular System for Transdermal Delivery of Hydralazine for Hypertension .Asian Jour of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, Vol. 5, issue 3,1-5,2012. IF 0.32 42. Rathore Shruti and Ram Alpana Formulation & Characterisation of an intragastric floating drug delivery system of Doxorubicin Hydrochloride : in vitro- in vivo release study. Asian journal of Pharmaceutical & Clinical Research vol 5. Suppl 1, 2012,150-158. 43.Mohd Irfan,S.Verma, Alpana Ram, Preparation and Characterisation of Ibuprofen loaded Transfersomes as a Novel Carrier for Transdermal Drug Delivery, Asian Jour of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, Vol. 5, issue 3,162-165,2012. IF 0.32 44. Surendra H Bodakhe, Alpana Ram, Suruchi Verma and Devi Prasad Pandey Anticataract activity of rhamnocitrin isolated from Bauhinia Variegata stem bark. Oriental Pharmacy and Experimental Medicine vol.12,2012,227-232. IF 0.211 45. Dheeraj Ahirwar,Bharti Ahirwar and Alpana Ram Nanotechnology for Herbal Extract: A Novel Approach. APTI Bulletin-Continuing Education Vol. 14,Issue 79,Nov-Dec,2012 46. Krishna Gopal Das and Alpana Ram. Niosome as a Novel Drug Delivery System: A Review. Int. journal of Applied Pharmaceutics, Vol. 5 issue 1,2013;1-7. IF 0.82 47. Shruti Rathore and Alpana Ram Floating Drug Delivery System as an approach to increase gastric retention of Methotrexate : Formulation and evaluation, Asian journal of Pharmaceutical & Clinical Research . Vol6 issue 1,2013; 42-47. 48.Alpana Ram, Development and evaluation of solid dispersions of Tolbutamide, Asian journal of Pharmaceutical & Clinical Research, Vol.6,Suppl1,2013;220-224. 49. Peeyush Vasistha and Alpana Ram,Non ionic provesicular drug carrier: an overview. , Asian journal of Pharmaceutical & Clinical Research, Vol.6,Suppl1,2013 38-42 50. Peeyush Vasistha and Alpana Ram, Proniosomes,as a drug carrier for transdermal delivery of Hydrochlorothiazide and Lisinopril combination, Int. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol 5 Issue 4,2013,142-149. 51.Vinod Verma and Alpana Ram. Development of Piroxicam loaded SLN based hydrogel for transdermal delivery, International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Nanotechnology, Vol.7 issue 1,2014,2338-2345 52. Rakesh Raj,Pooja Mongia, Alpana Ram and NK Jain.Enhanced delivery of aceclofenec via hydrogel based solid lipid nanoparticles.Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine and Biotechnology,2015,44;6, 1434-1439. IF 5.678 53.Rakesh Raj, Pooja Mongia, Alpana Ram, Lipid based noninvasive vesicular formulation 17, 2016, 206-228. IF 3.03 54. Rakesh Raj, Pooja Mongia, Alpana Ram, Preparation and Characterisation of Solid Lipid Nanoparticles loaded with Cytarabin via a micellar composition for Leukemia: RSC Advances (Royal Society of Chemistry) vol 6, 2016,53578-53586. ISSN: 2046-2069. IF 3.361 55 . Rakesh Raj, Pooja Mongia,Nitish Kumar and Alpana Ram, Comparative study of Eudragit RS100 and RL100 Nanoparticles as Ophthalmic vehicle for Fungal Infection, Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology (Bentham Science Pub.) vol. 4 , no.4,2016,316-328. IF 2.69 56. Rakesh Raj,Pooja Mongia,Suresh Sahu, Alpana Ram. Nanocarriers based Anticancer drugs: Current Scenario and Future Perceptions, Current Drug Targets (Bentham Science Pub.),Vol. of cytarabine: Nondeformable Liposomes. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 88,2016,83-90. IF 4.384 57. Shruti Rathore and Alpana Ram, Advancement in Transdermal drug delivery system: Microneedles. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Development Vol. 5 (5) Sept - Oct. 2017:1-07. 58. Rakesh Raj, Pooja Mongia Raj and Alpana Ram, Biodistribution and targeting potential assessment of mucoadhesive chitosan nanoparticles designed for ulcerative colitis via scintigraphy . RSC Advances,2018:Vol.8, 20809- 20821. IF 3.361 59.Suresh Sahu and Alpana Ram. Evaluation of Linezolid Loaded Ethosomes for Treatment of Deep Skin Infections in Diabetic Model. Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology 11(7): July 2018, 3023-3030.IF 1.203 60.Rathor Shruti, Ram Alpana, Pardeshi Shraddha. Antidistinct Nanoparticles for drug delivery. Advance Research in Pharmaceuticals and Biologicals 2018; Vol 8 (IV), 1073-1081. 61. Rakesh Raj. Pooja Mongia and Alpana Ram, Nanosized ethanol based malleable liposomes of cytarabine to accentuate transdermal delivery:formulation optimization, in vitro skin permeationand in vivo bioavailability , Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and BiotechnologyAn International Journal 2018. IF 5.678 62. Suresh Kumar Sahu, Rakesh Raj*, Pooja Mongia Raj and Ram Alpana Topical Lipid Based Drug delivery Systems for Skin Diseases:A Review. Current Drug Therapy . 2020, 15, 4, 283-298 IF 0.57 63. Rashmi Madhariya, Alpana Ram and Shruti Rathore.Stimulai responsive controlled release systems. World journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 2021:vol.10,issue 7, 333-348. IF 6.647 64. Shruti Rathore, Alpana Ram, Deepesh Lall, Bhagyashree Agarwal,Pranay Soni, Mohd Javed Naim. Development and Evaluation of Sunscreen Cream containing Benzophenone-3 Microspheres for enhancing Sunscreen Activity Research journal of Pharmacy and Technology 2021:vol 14issue 11, 6078-6084. IF 1.203 65. Rashmi Madhariya, Bhupendra Dixena, Alpana Ram, Amber Vyas, Akhlesh K. Jain, Experimental Animal Models: Tools to Investigate Antidiabetic Activity, Current pharmaceutical design, 2022, 1381-6128.