Dr. Sayyada Khatoon
Principal ScientistNational Botanical Research Institute, India
Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India
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Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India
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Dr. Sayyada Khatoon is currently working as Principal Scientist at Pharmacognosy & Ethnopharmacology Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, India. She received her PhD degree in Botany and her specialization is in Pharmacognosy & Chemotaxonomy from AMU, Aligarh, India. She have more than 25 years experience in the field of medicinal plant research and worked on quality evaluation of herbal drugs/products; standardized more than 250 herbal drugs/ products; also engaged for the development of Pharmacopoeial standards and monographs of herbal drugs. She published (2) books, (60) Research papers (Total I.F. 42.52), Monographs in Books/Pharmacopoeias (138), Chapters in Books/Proceedings (08), Popular Articles in various National & International Journals (20). She also attended several national and international seminars/ conferences etc. and more than 60 abstracts have been published in the souvenirs. She organized training programs on quality evaluation of herbal drugs/products; conducted awareness programs among the rural masses and educating them about the importance of medicinal plants and indigenous knowledge for their health care needs; Guided 3 Ph.D. students, 1 MD (Ayurveda) and several M.Pharm. students for their thesis work. Developed some novel herbal formulations and filed the patents from which 19 patents have been awarded from India & Abroad. She is life member of UPAS, SEB, ISEB, ISP, Kaul Science Foundation and International Society for Herbal Medicine. She is also involved in different projects related to her field which are in process now-a-days.