Dr. Bitasta Mandal, Ph.D.

• PhD (Pharmaceutical Sciences), Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
• Pharm in Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
• Pharm, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Institute of Pharmacy, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (formerly West Bengal University of Technology), West Bengal

• Medicinal herbs including their standardization and quality control
• Phytochemical analysis of plant extracts of medicinal importance
• Bioactivity guided fractionation of herbal extracts
• Antiurolithic studies

• Second prize for poster presentation on the topic “Antiurolithic efficacy of extract based fractions of Aerva lanata (Linn.) Juss. ex Schult.” at the international seminar on “Herbal Pharmacovigilance: Current Scenario and Future Strategies” organized by I.T.S College of Pharmacy, Ghaziabad on 31 August, 2018.
• Best poster presentation in Pharmacognosy on the topic “Physicochemical Analysis and Comparative In Vitro antioxidant activity of the aerial parts and roots of Aerva lanata (Linn.) Juss. Ex Schult.” at the 5^th Annual International Conference and Exhibition of Society of Pharmaceutical Education and Research held at Chandigarh College of Pharmacy, Chandigarh from 4-5 March, 2016.

• Lecturer, Department of Pharmacy, Institute of Biomedical Education & Research, Mangalayatan University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, 2011-2014.

• Number of research papers published in International refereed journals: 2
• Number of research papers published in International peer-reviewed Scopus Proceedings: Nil
• Number of invited Book-Chapters: 2

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Selected Publication (s):

1. Bitasta Mandal, Swati Madan (2011). Comparative standardization and physicochemical evaluation of the leaves of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni from different geographical sources. Pharmacognosy Journal, 3(25), 21-26. https://doi.org/10.5530/pj.2011.25.4
2. Bitasta Mandal, Swati Madan (2013). Preliminary phytochemical screening and evaluation of free radical scavenging activity of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni from different geographical sources. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 2(1), 14-19.
3. Bitasta Mandal, Swati Madan, Sumeet Gullaiya (2014). Comparative HPTLC fingerprinting and antioxidant activity of the leaves of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni from different geographical sources. International Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical Research, 6(2), 204-209.
4. Bitasta Mandal, Swati Madan (2016). Aerva lanata: A blessing of mother nature. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 5(1), 92-101.
5. Bitasta Mandal, Swati Madan, Sayeed Ahmad (2017). Investigation of in vitro inhibition of calcium oxalate nucleation by extract-based fractions of aerial parts and roots of Aerva lanata (Linn.) Juss. ex Schult. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 79(6), 957-964. https://doi.org/10.4172/pharmaceutical-sciences.1000313
6. Bitasta Mandal, Swati Madan, Sayeed Ahmad, Sultan Zahiruddin (2018). Suppression of the mechanisms of stone formation by a flavonoid-enriched ethyl acetate fraction of aerial and underground parts of Aerva lanata (Linn.) Juss. ex Schult. Pharmacognosy Magazine, 14(59), 630-637. https://doi.org/4103/pm.pm_140_18
7. Swati Madan, Satyendra Kumar Rajput, Neerupma Dhiman, Bitasta Mandal, Rohit Bhardwaj, Sanskar Gupta (2020). Exploration of antioxidant potential of various medicinal plants beneficial for cancer therapeutics and phytochemical characterization, standardization thereof. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 12(2), 660-670.
   https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.12.02.0090
8. Bitasta Mandal, Swati Madan, Sayeed Ahmad, Arun K. Sharma, Mohd Hafizur Rehman Ansari (2021). Antiurolithic efficacy of a phenolic rich ethyl acetate fraction of the aerial parts of Aerva lanata (Linn) Juss. ex Schult. in ethylene glycol induced urolithic rats. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 73(4), 560-572. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpp/rgaa071
9. Bitasta Mandal, Swati Madan. Urogenital Disorder: Animal Screening Models for Urolithiasis. In: SK Rajput, AK Sharma, eds. Animal Screening, Basics of Drug Discovery, Vol. 1. 1^st New Delhi: Paging Publishers; 2018. p. 215-25 (ISBN- 978-81-93630-91-4).
10. AK Sharma, Bitasta Mandal, Swati Madan, SK Rajput. Challenges and Opportunities in Standardization of Homeopathic Drugs and Dilutions. In: Saikat Sen, Raja Chakraborty, eds. Herbal Medicine in India: Indigenous Knowledge, Practice, Innovation and its Value, Singapore: Springer Publishers; 2019. p. 591-598 (Print ISBN- 978-981-13-7247-6, Online ISBN- 978-981-13-7248-3).

1. “Antiurolithic efficacy of extract based fractions of Hygrophila spinosa Anderson”, INR 60000, funded by Adamas University, Kolkata (University Seed Fund), 2021-2022 (as Principal Investigator).
2. “Development of nature-inspired hydrogel based formulation for cutaneous wound healing”, INR 30000, funded by Adamas University, Kolkata (University Seed Fund), 2021-2022 (as Co-Principal Investigator).

• Member: Indian Pharmacy Graduates’ Association (Life Membership No. LM-5542).
• Member: Society of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Life Membership No. SPER/LM/WB/017).