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Mrs. Jayachithra

Senior Lecturer

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Educational Qualification
  • Master of Pharmacy-Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 2004, RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCE, KARNATAKA 
  • Bachelor of Pharmacy, 2001-THE TAMIL NADU Dr. M.G.R. MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, Tamil Nadu
Experience
  • Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Pharm. Chemistry, RAK College of Pharmaceutical Chemistry RAK Medical & Health Sciences University, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE ( September 2022 till date)
  • Lecturer, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, RAK College of Pharmaceutical Chemistry RAK Medical & Health Sciences University, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE (September 2011 – August-2022)
  • Instructor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, RAK College of Pharmaceutical Chemistry RAK Medical & Health Sciences University, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE (August 2009-August 2011)
  • Lecturer, Dept. of Pharm. Chemistry, Crescent College of Pharmacy, Kannur, Kerala, India (April 2004- August 2006)
Courses Taught
  • General Chemistry for Pharmacy
  • Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry
  • Pharmaceutical Analysis-1
  • Pharmaceutical Calculation
  • Pharmaceutical Microbiology
  • Innovations and Entrepreneurship in Pharmacy
  • Medicinal Chemistry-1
  • Medidcinal Chemistry-2
Publications
Research articles 
  • Jayachithra Ramakrishna Pillai, Adil Farooq Wali,* , Godfred Antony Menezes, Muneeb U. Rehman, Tanveer A. Wani , Azher Arafah, Seema Zargar and Tahir Maqbool Mir, Chemical Composition Analysis, Cytotoxic, Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Physalis angulata L.: A Comparative Study of Leaves and Fruits, Molecules 2022, 27, 1480. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27051480
  • Jayachithra Ramakrishna Pillai, Adil Farooq Wali,  Amad Mohammed Al-Azzawi, Rukhsana Akhter, Hamed A. El-Serehy, Imra Akbar, Phytochemical analysis and antimicrobial activity of Enicostemma littorale, Journal of King Saud University – Science 32 (2020) 3279–3285.
  • Adil Farooq Wali, Yusra Al Dhaheri, Jayachithra Ramakrishna Pillai, Ahlam Mushtaq, Padma G. M. Rao , Syed Arman Rabbani, Aimen Firdous, Mohamed Soliman Elshikh and Dunia A. Al Farraj, LC-MS Phytochemical Screening, In Vitro Antioxidant, Antimicrobial and Anticancer Activity of Microalgae Nannochloropsis oculata Extract, Separations 2020, 7, 54; doi:10.3390/separations7040054
  • Adil Farooq Wali , Jayachithra Ramakrishna Pillai  , Yusra Al Dhaheri , Muneeb U. Rehman , Ambreen Shoaib , Omar Sarheed , Salma Jabnoun , Maryam Razmpoor , Saiema Rasool, Bilal Ahmad Paray  and Parvaiz Ahmad , Crocus sativus L. Extract Containing Polyphenols Modulates Oxidative Stress and Inflammatory Response against Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs-Induced Liver Injury, Plants 2020, 9, 167; doi:10.3390/plants9020167
  • Jayachithra R, Adil Farooq Wali, Fatima Elsadig Mohamed Bakhit, Aisha Omer Elawad and Aya Abdin, In vitro antioxidant activity and quantitative elemental analysis of Adansonia digitata L. fruit using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy, Annals of Phytomedicine 8(2): 127-133, 2019