Dr. Saima Amin
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Dr. Saima Amin

Associate Professor
Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, India

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India

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Biography

Dr. Saima Amin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. She completed her Ph.D on Transdermal Drug Delivery. Dr. Amin has more than twelve years of teaching to undergraduates, post graduates and doctoral students. Dr. Amin has nearly forty international publications to her credit and has presented various papers at national and international forum. She has authored five book chapters for under graduate courses in Pharmacy. Currently she is involved in drug delivery through nano-carriers and has successfully completed research projects sanctioned by University Grants Commission and Department of Science and Technology, Delhi. Dr. Saima is an active member of federating bodies such as Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA), Association for Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) and Indian Pharmaceutical Graduate Association (IPGA). She is the editorial member of Journal of Drug Delivery and Therapeutics. Dr. Amin has been conferred with Young Scientist Award by Department of Science and Technology (DST), India.

Area of Interest:

Biomedical Sciences
100%
Nanotechnology
62%
Drug Delivery
90%
Pharmaceutics
75%
Pharmacy
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
10
Articles
80
Abstracts
1

Selected Publications

  1. Rizwanullah, M., J. Ahmad and S. Amin, 2015. Nanostructured lipid carriers: A novel platform for chemotherapeutics. Current Drug Delivery, Vol. 12. .
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  2. Hassan, N., J. Ahamad, S. Amin, M. Mujeeb and S.R. Mir, 2015. Rapid preparative isolation of erythrocentaurin from Enicostemma littorale by medium-pressure liquid chromatography, its estimation by high-pressure thin-layer chromatography, and its α-amylase inhibitory activity. J. Sep. Sci., 38: 592-598.
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  3. Akhter, S., S. Amin, J. Ahmad, S. Khan and M. Anwar et al., 2015. Nanotechnology to Combat Multidrug Resistance in Cancer. In: Resistance to Targeted ABC Transporters in Cancer. Efferth, T. (Ed.). Springer International Publishing, Switzerland., ISBN: 978-3-319-09800-5, pp: 245-272..
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  4. Ahamad, J., S. Amin and S.R. Mir, 2015. Simultaneous quantification of gymnemic acid as gymnemagenin and charantin as β-sitosterol using validated HPTLC densitometric method. J. Chromatogr. Sci., 53: 1203-1209.
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  5. Ahamad, J., N. Hassan, S. Amin and S. Mir, 2015. Development and validation of a high-performance thin-layer chromatographic-densitometric method for the quantification of swertiamarin in traditional bitters and formulations. J. Planar Chromatogr. Mod. TLC, 28: 61-66.
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  6. Yadav, P.S., E. Yadav, A. Verma and S. Amin, 2014. Development, characterization, and pharmacodynamic evaluation of hydrochlorothiazide loaded self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery systems. Sci. World J., Vol. 2014. 10.1155/2014/274823.
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  7. Yadav, P., E. Yadav, A. Verma and S. Amin, 2014. In vitro characterization and pharmacodynamic evaluation of furosemide loaded self nano emulsifying drug delivery systems (SNEDDS). J. Pharm. Invest., 44: 443-453.
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  8. Amin, S., M. Singhal, C. Dhal, A. Kukrety and A. Chauhan et al., 2014. Development and validation of RP-HPLC method for the determination of candesartan cilexetil in bulk drug and tablet dosage form. Indian Drugs, 51: 14-20.
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  9. Akhter, S., F. Ramazani, M.Z. Ahmad, J. Ahmad and I. Ahmad et al., 2014. Theranostic metallic nanomedicine in oncology: New insights and concerns. Front. Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery, 3: 262-291.
  10. Ahmad, N., S. Amin, Y.R. Neupane and K. Kohli, 2014. Anal fissure nanocarrier of lercanidipine for enhanced transdermal delivery: Formulation optimization, ex vivo and in vivo assessment. Expert Opin. Drug Delivery, 11: 467-478.
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  11. Ahmad, M.Z., J. Ahmad, S. Amin, M. Rahman and M. Anwar et al., 2014. Role of nanomedicines in delivery of anti-acetylcholinesterase compounds to the brain in alzheimer's disease. CNS Neurol. Disorders-Drug Targets, 13: 1315-1324.
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  12. Ahmad, J., S.R. Mir, K. Kohli, K. Chuttani, A.K. Mishra, A.K. Panda and S. Amin, 2014. Solid-nanoemulsion preconcentrate for oral delivery of paclitaxel: Formulation design, biodistribution and γ scintigraphy imaging. BioMed Res. Int., Vol. 2014. 10.1155/2014/984756.
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  13. Ahmad, J., S.R. Mir, K. Kohli and S. Amin, 2014. Quality by design approach for self nanoemulsifying system of paclitaxel. Sci. Adv. Mater., 6: 1778-1791.
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  14. Ahmad, J., S.R. Mir, K. Kohli and S. Amin, 2014. Effect of oil and co-surfactant on the formation of Solutol HS 15 based colloidal drug carrier by Box-Behnken statistical design. Colloids Surf. A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects, 453: 68-77.
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  15. Ahmad, J., S. Amin and S.R. Mir, 2014. Development and validation of HPLC-UV method for estimation of swertiamarin in Enicostemma littorale. J. Pharm. Biosci., 2: 9-16.
  16. Ahamad, J., S. Amin and S.R. Mir, 2014. Optimization of ultrasonic-assisted extraction of gymnemic acid from Gymnema sylvestre leaves using response surface methodology. Anal. Chem. Lett., 4: 104-112.
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  17. Ahamad, J., S. Amin and S.R. Mir, 2014. Development and validation of HPTLC densitometric method for estimation of charantin in Momordica charantia fruits and herbal formulation. J. Pharmacogn. Phytochem., 2: 172-176.
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  18. Hussain, G., K. Kohli, A. Umar and S. Amin, 2013. Nanovesicular delivery of repaglinide through skin. Sci. Adv. Mater., 5: 810-821.
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  19. Amin, S., A. Sarfenejad, J. Ahmad, K. Kohli and S.R. Mir, 2013. Nanovesicular transfersomes for enhanced systemic delivery of telmisartan. Adv. Sci. Eng. Med., 5: 299-308.
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  20. Ahmad, J., S. Amin, K. Kohli and S.R. Mir, 2013. Construction of pseudoternary phase diagram and its evaluation: Development of self-dispersible oral formulation. Int. J. Drug Dev. Res., 5: 84-90.
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  21. Ahmad, J., K. Kohli, S.R. Mir and S. Amin, 2013. Lipid based nanocarriers for oral delivery of cancer chemotherapeutics: An insight in the intestinal lymphatic transport. Drug Delivery Lett., 3: 38-46.
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  22. Ahmad, J., K. Kohli, S.R. Mir and S. Amin, 2013. Development and validation of RP-HPLC method for analysis of novel self-emulsifying paclitaxel formulation. Res. Rev. J. Pharm. Anal., 2: 17-27.
  23. Parmar, N., S. Amin, N. Singla and K. Kohli, 2012. The solution, solid state stability and kinetic investigation in degradation studies of lercanidipine: Study of excipients compatibility of lercanidipine. Pharm. Dev. Technol., 17: 730-740.
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  24. Parmar, N., N. Singla, S. Amin and K. Kohli, 2012. Development and validation of stability indicating RP-HPLC method for analysis of lercanidipine in bulk drug and microemulsion formulation. J. Liquid Chromatogr. Related Technol., 36: 143-154.
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  25. Chaudhary, H., K. Kohli, S. Amin, S. Arora, V. Kumar, S. Rathee and P. Rathee, 2012. Development and validation of RP-HPLC method for simultaneous estimation of diclofenac diethylamine and curcumin in transdermal gels. J. Liquid Chromatogr. Related Technol., 35: 174-187.
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  26. Amin, S., S.R. Mir, K. Kohli and A. Ali, 2012. Novel polymeric matrix films for transdermal delivery of metoclopramide. Int. J. Front. Pharmaceuit. Res., 2: 48-60.
  27. Ali, B., S. Amin, J. Ahmad, A. Ali, M. Ali and S.R. Mir, 2012. Bioavailability enhancement studies of amoxicillin with Nigella. Indian J. Med. Res., 135: 555-559.
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  28. Ahmad, J., K. Kohli, S.R. Mir and S. Amin, 2012. Self-emulsifying nano carriers for improved oral bioavailability of lipophilic drugs. Rev. Adv. Sci. Eng., 1: 134-147.
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  29. Parmar, N., N. Singla, S. Amin and K. Kohli, 2011. Study of cosurfactant effect on nanoemulsifying area and development of lercanidipine loaded (SNEDDS) self nanoemulsifying drug delivery system. Colloids Surf. B Biointerfaces, 86: 327-338.
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  30. Chaudhary, H., K. Kohli, S. Amin, P. Rathee and V. Kumar, 2011. Optimization and formulation design of gels of diclofenac and curcumin for transdermal drug delivery by box-behnken statistical design. J. Pharm. Sci., 100: 580-593.
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  31. Ahmad, J., K. Kohli, S.R. Mir and S. Amin, 2011. Formulation of self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery system for telmisartan with improved dissolution and oral bioavailability. J. Dispersion Sci. Technol., 32: 958-968.
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  32. Kumar, P., A. Semalty, S.R. Mir, M. Ali and S. Amin, 2010. Hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic activity of Pongamia pinnata (Linn.) pierre in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Int. J. Pharmacol., 6: 738-743.
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  33. Amin, S., S.R. Mir, K. Kohli, B. Ali, M. Ali, 2010. A study of chemical composition of black cumin oil and its effect on penetration enhancement from transdermal formulations. Nat. Prod. Res., 24: 1151-1157.
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  34. Amin, S., S. Rajabnezhad and K. Kohli, 2009. Hydrogels as potential drug delivery systems. Scient. Res. Essays, 4: 1175-1183.
  35. Amin, S., S. R. Mir, K. Kohli and R.K. Khar, 2008. Mechanism of in-vitro percutaneous absorption enhancement of carvedilol by penetration enhancers. Pharm. Dev. Tech., 13: 533-539.
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  36. Kohli, K. and S. Amin, 2006. Convention on Herbal Bio-Diversity: Quantitative Aspects of Research. In: Herbal Drugs: A twenty First century Perspective. Sharma, R.K. and R. Arora, (Ed.). Jaypee Brothers, New Delhi, India., pp: 45-49.