Dr. Amisha K. Vora
Associate Professor & Section Head - Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Qualification : M. Pharm., Ph.D.
Specialization : Pharmaceutical Chemistry
E-mail : Amisha.vora@nmims.edu
Phone : 022-42332000 (Extn- 2080)
Experience : Academics- 17 years
She has 15 years’ experience in teaching undergraduates and post graduates subjects like Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Analysis and Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry.
Interest areas:
- Analytical method development and validation
- Impurity profiling
- Standardization of herbal drugs and formulations
- Drug-drug and herb drug interactions
- Novel methods of extraction
- Novel materials for waste water purification
Research
- Publications – 20 (International: 17; national: 3)
- Patents- 1 granted (A Novel and Stable Compositions of punicalagins)
- Presentations- 5 (International: 3, National : 2)
- Government funded Projects: 2
1) Investigation of pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic interaction potential of Tinospora cordifolia and Eugenia jambolana with oral hypoglycemics- 31 lakhs funded by CCRUM, Ministry of AYUSH.-.Completed.
2) Evaluation of neuroprotective potential of Majun nisyan : A mechanistic study: 37 lakhs funded by CCRUM, Ministry of AYUSH- Ongoing.
Completed : Determination of nitrosoamine impurities in different APIs, Nanghavi Chromatography solutions Pvt Ltd, and Embio Ltd) , total worth 15L
Conferences/Workshops/Seminars attended- 20
Academic activities
She has guided 25 M pharm students and 2 PhD candidates are registered under her supervision
Professional Memberships
- Indian Pharmaceutical Association
- Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India
Recent Publications
- R Ichale, AM Kanhed, A Vora, Coumarin linked thiazole derivatives as potential α-Glucosidase inhibitors to treat Diabetes Mellitus; Molecular Diversity, 1-9, 2023. (Impact Factor – 8)
- Ami Thakkar, Amisha Vora, Ginpreet Kaur, Jamal Akhtar; Dysbiosis and Alzheimer’s disease: role of probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics, Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 1-13, 2023 (Impact factor: 3.56).
- Dhrumi P, Amisha V, Sarika W, Mayur YC, Design of Experiments based LC-MS/MS method development for simultaneous estimation of nateglinide and metformin hydrochloride in rat plasma, Journal of mass spectrometry; 2021 (Impact factor: 1.8).
- Dushyant V Patel, Divya M Teli, Ashish M Kanhed, Nirav R. Patel, Bhavik S Shah, Amisha K. Vora, Mahesh T. Chhabria, Mange Ram Yadav, Identification of Potential Mpro Inhibitors for the Treatment of COVID-19 by Targeted Covalent Inhibition- An in silico approach, International Journal of Quantitative Structure-Property Relationships; 6(2), 1-20, 2021.
- Malobika Chakravarty, Amisha Vora, Nanotechnology based antiviral therapeutics, Drug delivery and translational Research, 11(3):748-787, 2021 (Impact factor: 5.0).
