Madhu Dikshit Explained

Madhu Dikshit (born 21 November 1957) is an Indian cardiovascular biologist, pharmacologist, who served as (2015–2017) director of the Central Drug Research Institute of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.^[1] Known for her studies on cardiovascular pathologies such as thrombosis,^[2] she is also an adjunct professor at Carleton University.^[3] Her studies have been documented by way of a number of articles^{[4] [5]} and ResearchGate, an online repository of scientific articles has listed 204 of them.^[6] All the three major Indian science academies namely Indian Academy of Sciences,^[7] National Academy of Sciences, India^[8] and Indian National Science Academy have elected her as their fellow^[9] and she is also a recipient of the Young Scientists Medal (1989) as well as the Professor K. P. Bhargava Memorial Medal (1999) of the Indian National Science Academy.^[10] The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded her the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for her contributions to biosciences in 2000.^[11]

Selected bibliography

• Prakash, Prem . Khanna, Vivek . Singh, Vishal . Jyoti, Anupam . Jain, Manish . Keshari, Ravi Shankar . Barthwal, Manoj Kumar . Dikshit, Madhu . Atorvastatin protects against ischemia-reperfusion injury in fructose-induced insulin resistant rats . Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy . 2011 . 25 . 4 . 285–297 . 10.1007/s10557-011-6312-x. 21671014 . 3061622 .
• Kothari, Nikhil . Keshari, Ravi S. . Bogra, Jaishri . Kohli, Monica . Abbas, Haider . Malik, Anita . Dikshit, Madhu . Barthwal, Manoj K. . Increased myeloperoxidase enzyme activity in plasma is an indicator of inflammation and onset of sepsis . Journal of Critical Care . 2011 . 26 . 4 . 435.e1–435.e7 . 10.1016/j.jcrc.2010.09.001. 21036525 .
• Jain, Manish . Barthwal, Manoj Kumar . Haq, Wahajul . Katti, Seturam B. . Dikshit, Madhu . Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of novel arginine analogs as potential inhibitors of acetylcholine-induced relaxation in rat thoracic aortic rings . Chemical Biology & Drug Design . 2012 . 79 . 4 . 459–469 . 10.1111/j.1747-0285.2011.01286.x. 22145586 . 22971961 . free .

See also

• Neutrophils
• Plasma protein

External links

• Web site: Natural Products Research in CDRI - Dr Madhu Dikshit, Director, CSIR-CDRI talks . 25 February 2016 . CSIR-CDRI India . YouTube video . 2017-11-24.
• Web site: Away from home: Sailing my mast . 10 July 2013 . Nature India . 2017-11-24.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 5 CSIR's labs get directors 60 days after minister's Lucknow visit . 12 June 2015 . Times of India . 2017-11-24.
2. Web site: Director profile . 2017-11-24 . Central Drug Research Institute . 2017-11-24.
3. Web site: Dr. Madhu Dixit Adjunct Research Professor . 2017-11-24 . Carleton University . 2017-11-24.
4. Web site: Browse by Fellow . 2017-11-21 . Indian Academy of Sciences . 2017-11-21.
5. Web site: Dr Madhu Dikshit . 2017-11-23 . Google Scholar . 2017-11-23.
6. Web site: On ResearchGate . 2017-11-23 . 2017-11-23.
7. Web site: Fellow profile . 2017-11-12 . Indian Academy of Sciences . 2017-11-12.
8. Web site: NASI fellows . 2017-11-12 . National Academy of Sciences, India . 2017-11-12.
9. Web site: INSA Year Book 2016 . 2017-11-24 . Indian National Science Academy . 2017-11-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161104001952/http://www.insaindia.res.in/pdf/YearBook_2016.pdf . 4 November 2016 . dead .
10. Web site: Indian fellow - Dikshit . 2017-10-21 . Indian National Science Academy . 2017-10-22.
11. Web site: Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development . 2016 . Department of Biotechnology . 2017-11-20.