S Raja

Professor, GSP, VSP

rsundara@gitam.edu | | | |

Prof. S. Raja has been working on phytomedicine-enthused drug innovation that is important to the improvement of therapeutic leads and the synthesis of novel substituted heterocyclic derivatives with biological screening. He has provided inventive assistance both in education and research in the areas of phytochemistry, synthetic chemistry, and pharmacological screening. Holds a Ph.D. from Jadavpur University, Kolkata and M.Pharm from The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai.

Research Publications
  • Raja Sundararajan, Nazeer Ahamed Haja, Kumar Venkatesan, Kakali Mukherjee, Bishnu Pada Saha, Arun Bandyopadhyay and Pulok Kumar Mukherjee. Cytisus scoparius link- A natural antioxidant. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2006; 6:8
  • S. Raja, KFH. Nazeer Ahamed, V. Kumar, Kakali Mukherjee, A. Bandyopadhyay and Pulok K. Mukherjee. Antioxidant effect of Cytisus scoparius against carbon tetrachloride treated liver injury in rats. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2007; 109, 1(3), 41-47
  • Chinnasamy Rajaram Prakash and Sundararajan Raja. Design, synthesis and antiepileptic properties of novel 1-(substituted benzylidene)-3-(1-morpholino/piperidino methyl)-2,3-dioxoindolin-5-yl) urea derivatives. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.2011, 46 (12), 6057-6065.
  • Rama Kumar Kandula, Suresh B. Vepuri, H.C. Devarajegowda, S. Raja. Crystallization of R-(+)-atenolol hydrochloride from racemic ionic liquid - A selective double decomposition green reaction. Journal of Molecular Structure. (2018), 1169: 39-45.
  • Pridhvi Krishna Gaddey, Raja Sundararajan. Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometric method for quantifcation of margetuximab in rat plasma and application to a pharmacokinetic study. AAPS Pharm SciTech (2024) 25(33), 1-33
Authored Books
  • Simultaneous estimation of combined dosage form: A review. Theivendren Panneerselvam and S. Raja
  • Medicinal Values of Plants, Volume 2, Chapter 15: Appraisal of lignin functionalization for fabrication and application in sustainable chemistry
Expertise
  • Isolation and characterization of flavonoids and polyphenolic compounds
  • Synthesis and structural characterization of synthetic heterocyclic compounds
  • Conducting in-vitro and in-vivo antioxidant studies based on major organs.
S Raja