Pushpa Khanna
Daughter of Joti Prasad Khanna and Vidya Wati, Prof. Dr.Pushpa Khanna was born on 3 December 1928. She graduated from the University of Rajasthan with Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees, and earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Oregon, Eugene. she did post doctoral studies in medical plant tissue culture at the University of Nebraska in1966
A lecturer with the government of Rajasthan until 1961, she then began working with the University of Rajasthan , where she rose the position of professor in 1983 From 1981 to 1987, she was also the principal of University College After retiring in1988 , she began developing the Hypoglycemic Polypeptide-p-from Momordica Charantia, which was patented in1974 as an injectable showing insulin-like-action In 1992, the Polypeptide-p was made sublingual and patented again with the changed process. Now, it has been screened against 5000 patents suffering from diabetes with no side effect whatsoever This development was carried out with very meager facilities without any financial aid Animal screening done by a company in California has confirmed the result. Now the technology is ready to be transferred to any herbal national or multinational company
In addition, Prof .Dr.Khanna holds a patent for an anti-fertility drug for males made from the plant source. She is the author of numerous publication, Including : “{Bull.Torrey Botan Cl,.1964}”Effect Of phenylalanine and tyrosine on growth and alkaloid production in Datura metal.tissue culture “(withT.N.Nag.Ind.j.pharma.1972);”Diosgenin.gitogine and titgogenin from Trigonella foemum-graecum L.tissue culture(withT.N.Nag,Ind.j.pharma1972)”Diosgenin gitogenin and titogenin foenum-graecum L.tissue cultures”(with S.C.JainLloydia1973)”Effect of various auxins on growth and production of tropane alkaloids in vivo tissue cuture 0of datura metal L,(with .Khanna,Ind.j.pharma 1976);Steroidal constituents of costus specious (Koen)Sm.callus cultures (withA.K Rathore,plantMed1979)”incorporation of cholesterol in suspension culture of Solanum nigram.L.”(withC.Bhargva and A.K. Rathore .Egpt.j.pharma.sci1980):sapogenins from in vitro tissue of yucca aloefolia” (withP.Purohit,Proc.intl.cong Held in Calcutta,1982)”and”An infertility agent from in vivo tissue culture of Pisum sativum L.”(With P.Kumar,Proc.of 6th intel Assoc.Pl.Tissue Cell Cuture,1986).
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