Vidya Gupta

About

My research interests are plant biochemistry, molecular biology and biotechnology with special emphasis on metabolic pathways and engineering, host-pest/pathogen interactions at molecular level and genomics. I worked at the CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India since 1982 till 2020 with various scientific positions. Presently, I am a Research Adviser at BSDT' Integrated Cancer Treatment and Research Center, Pune, India. I also represent certain scientific bodies and committees playing various roles in some of the Indian organizations.

Employment

• BSDT's Integrated Cancer Treatment and Research Center Research Adviser
  2020 - Present
• National Chemical Laboratory CSIR CSIR Emeritus Scientist
  2016 - 2020
• National Chemical Laboratory CSIR Chair
  2011 - 2015
• National Chemical Laboratory CSIR Chief Scientist
  2005 - 2015

Education

• University of Pune Ph. D.
  1977 - 1981
• University of Pune M. Sc.
  1975 - 1977

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (51)

• Adjunct Ayurvedic treatment providing more than 10 years of disease-free survival in a rare case of male breast cancer patient with high-grade invasive ductal cell carcinoma - A Case Report
  Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaim.2024.100982
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• Efficacy of Ayurvedic treatment given to cancer patients in the prevention of COVID-19 – A Retrospective Cohort Study at Integrated Cancer Treatment and Research Centre, Wagholi
  Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaim.2024.101045
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• Integrating Ayurvedic philosophy with modern technologies for drug research and development: A critical need of mechanistic insights for wider acceptability
  Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaim.2024.100954
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• Standardization and preliminary characterization of an ayurvedic stress-relieving head massage oil of Nardostachys jatamansi DC
  Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaim.2024.100900
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• Structure of epoxide hydrolase 2 from Mangifera indica throws light on the substrate specificity determinants of plant epoxide hydrolases
  Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.150444
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• Innovative Mechanical Manufacturing Process of Black Sulphide of Mercury vis’-a-vis’ Kajjali, an Official Ayurvedic Formulation, Augmented with Physicochemical Characterisation
  Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s12247-023-09744-3
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• Volatile Profiles of Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Fruits from Natural Accessions and Cultivated Alphonso
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s40011-023-01455-6
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• Lipid-based ayurvedic formulations of a single herb-Yashtimadhu (Glycyrrhiza glabra): Pharmaceutical standardization, shelf-life estimation and comparative characterization
  Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaim.2023.100711
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• Antimicrobial and antioxidant potential of a standardized Ayurvedic formulation explains its clinical efficacy as gargles in post-radiotherapy oral cancer patients
  Journal of Herbal Medicine 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.hermed.2021.100510
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• The importance of conserving fragmented forest patches with high diversity of flowering plants in the northern Western Ghats: an example from Maharashtra, India
  Journal of Threatened Taxa 2019 DOI: 10.11609/jott.3296.11.7.13833-13849
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