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Babu L. Tekwani is affiliated with the Southern Research Institute in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Infectious Diseases as critical subfields of study.

Their work covers several core topics, including:

  • Neonatal Health and Biochemistry
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
  • Drug Solubility and Delivery Systems
  • Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Synthesis and biological activity

Tekwani's recent papers encompass a range of biomedical and pharmaceutical research areas. Notable publications include:

  • "Histone Deacetylases Inhibitors in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neuroprotection and Neuronal Differentiation," 2020, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • "Druggable targets of SARS-CoV-2 and treatment opportunities for COVID-19," 2020, Bioorganic Chemistry
  • "Primaquine Loaded Solid Lipid Nanoparticles (SLN), Nanostructured Lipid Carriers (NLC), and Nanoemulsion (NE): Effect of Lipid Matrix and Surfactant on Drug Entrapment, in vitro Release, and ex vivo Hemolysis," 2021, AAPS PharmSciTech
  • "Natural Products Inhibitors of Monoamine Oxidases-Potential New Drug Leads for Neuroprotection, Neurological Disorders, and Neuroblastoma," 2022, Molecules
  • "Screening Marine Natural Products for New Drug Leads against Trypanosomatids and Malaria," 2020, Marine Drugs

Frequent collaborators in Tekwani's research include:

  • Narayan D. Chaurasiya
  • Larry Walker
  • Shabana I. Khan
  • N. P. Dhammika Nanayakkara
  • Yan-Hong Wang

Tekwani's work has been published recurrently in the following venues:

  • Molecules
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • AAPS PharmSciTech
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Journal of Chromatography B

Best Publications

  • Content, Composition, and Bioactivity of the Essential Oils of Three Basil Genotypes as a Function of Harvesting

    Valtcho D. Zheljazkov;Charles L. Cantrell;Babu Tekwani;Shabana I. Khan

  • Artemisinin, an endoperoxide antimalarial, disrupts the hemoglobin catabolism and heme detoxification systems in malarial parasite.

    Amit V. Pandey;Babu L. Tekwani;Ram L. Singh;Virander S. Chauhan

  • Banisteriopsis caapi, a unique combination of MAO inhibitory and antioxidative constituents for the activities relevant to neurodegenerative disorders and Parkinson's disease.

    Volodymyr Samoylenko;Md. Mostafizur Rahman;Babu L. Tekwani;Lalit M. Tripathi

  • New Manzamine Alkaloids with Activity against Infectious and Tropical Parasitic Diseases from an Indonesian Sponge

    Karumanchi V. Rao;Bernardo D. Santarsiero;Andrew D. Mesecar;Raymond F Schinazi

  • Histone Deacetylases Inhibitors in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neuroprotection and Neuronal Differentiation.

    Surabhi Shukla;Babu L Tekwani

  • Three New Manzamine Alkaloids from a Common Indonesian Sponge and Their Activity against Infectious and Tropical Parasitic Diseases

    Karumanchi V. Rao;Noer Kasanah;Subagus Wahyuono;Babu L. Tekwani

  • Novel 4-aminoquinoline-pyrimidine based hybrids with improved in vitro and in vivo antimalarial activity.

    Sunny Manohar;U. Chinna Rajesh;Shabana I. Khan;Babu L. Tekwani

  • Manzamine B and E and ircinal A related alkaloids from an Indonesian Acanthostrongylophora sponge and their activity against infectious, tropical parasitic, and Alzheimer's diseases.

    Karumanchi V. Rao;Marwa S. Donia;Jiangnan Peng;Esther Garcia-Palomero

  • 8-Aminoquinolines: future role as antiprotozoal drugs.

    Babu L Tekwani;Larry A Walker

  • Targeting the Hemozoin Synthesis Pathway for New Antimalarial Drug Discovery: Technologies for In Vitro β-Hematin Formation Assay

    Babu L. Tekwani;Larry A. Walker

  • Antimicrobial and Antileishmanial Activities of Hypocrellins A and B

    Guoyi Ma;Shabana I. Khan;Melissa R. Jacob;Babu L. Tekwani

  • Antiprotozoal and antimicrobial activities of O-alkylated and formylated acylphloroglucinols.

    Sandip B. Bharate;Shabana I. Khan;Nafees A.M. Yunus;Siddheshwar K. Chauthe

  • Identification of Novel Parasitic Cysteine Protease Inhibitors Using Virtual Screening. 1. The ChemBridge Database

    Prashant V. Desai;Akshay Patny;Yogesh Sabnis;Babu Tekwani

  • A Parasite Rescue and Transformation Assay for Antileishmanial Screening Against Intracellular Leishmania donovani Amastigotes in THP1 Human Acute Monocytic Leukemia Cell Line

    Surendra K. Jain;Rajnish Sahu;Larry A. Walker;Babu L. Tekwani

  • Structure-activity relationships of the antimalarial agent artemisinin. 8. design, synthesis, and CoMFA studies toward the development of artemisinin-based drugs against leishmaniasis and malaria.

    Mitchell A Avery;Kannoth M Muraleedharan;Prashant V Desai;Achintya K Bandyopadhyaya

  • Synthesis, antimalarial, antileishmanial, and antimicrobial activities of some 8-quinolinamine analogues

    Meenakshi Jain;Shabana I. Khan;Babu L. Tekwani;Melissa R. Jacob

  • Understanding the mechanisms for metabolism-linked hemolytic toxicity of primaquine against glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient human erythrocytes: Evaluation of eryptotic pathway

    Shobana Ganesan;Narayan D. Chaurasiya;Rajnish Sahu;Larry A. Walker

  • Discovery of 3,3′-diindolylmethanes as potent antileishmanial agents

    Sandip B. Bharate;Jaideep B. Bharate;Shabana I. Khan;Babu L. Tekwani

  • Identification of Novel Parasitic Cysteine Protease Inhibitors by Use of Virtual Screening. 2. The Available Chemical Directory

    Prashant V. Desai;Akshay Patny;Jiri Gut;Philip J. Rosenthal

  • Processing of Mammalian and PlantS-Adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase Proenzymes

    Haishan Xiong;Bruce A. Stanley;Babu L. Tekwani;Anthony E. Pegg

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry A. Walker
Larry A. Walker University of Mississippi
Shabana I. Khan
Shabana I. Khan University of Mississippi
Ikhlas A. Khan
Ikhlas A. Khan University of Mississippi
Mitchell A. Avery
Mitchell A. Avery University of Mississippi
Stephen O. Duke
Stephen O. Duke University of Mississippi
Samir A. Ross
Samir A. Ross University of Mississippi
Mahmoud A. ElSohly
Mahmoud A. ElSohly University of Mississippi
Sandip B. Bharate
Sandip B. Bharate Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Mark T. Hamann
Mark T. Hamann Medical University of South Carolina
Charles L. Cantrell
Charles L. Cantrell United States Department of Agriculture

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