Assist. Prof. Dr. Manisha Bansal | Medicinal Research | Best Researcher Award
Punjabi University Patiala | India
Assist. Prof. Dr. Manisha Bansal serves as Assistant Professor (Stage III) in the Department of Chemistry, Punjabi University, Patiala, India. She holds a Ph.D. in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry with a thesis on antihypertensive agents and has over 17 years of teaching and 15 years of research experience. Her expertise lies in synthetic organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, and photochemistry, with extensive work in drug design, molecular modeling, and bioactive compound synthesis. Assist. Prof. Dr. Manisha Bansal has published 20 research papers, accumulating 92 citations and an h-index of 6, with publications in reputed journals like Molecular Diversity, Bioorganic Chemistry, and Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. She has guided multiple M.Phil. and Ph.D. scholars, presented at numerous national and international conferences, and contributed as a reviewer for leading journals. Her current research explores multi-targeted drug design against inflammatory, microbial, and cancer pathways.
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Featured Publications
1. Jain, R., & Bansal, M. (1995). A fascile synthesis and central nervous system activities of fluorine containing spiro-[3H-indole-3, 4′(4H)-pyran]-2 (1H)-ones. Pharmazie, 50(3), 224–225. (Cited by 18)
2. Kaur, G., Kaur, M., Sharad, L., & Bansal, M. (2020). Theoretical molecular predictions and antimicrobial activities of newly synthesized molecular hybrids of norfloxacin and ciprofloxacin. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 57(1), 225–237. (Cited by 13)
3. Bansal, M., & Kaur, R. (2015). Electromeric effect of substitution at 6th position in 2-(Furan-2-yl)-3-hydroxy-4H-chromen-4-one (FHC) on the absorption and emission spectra. Journal of Chemical Sciences, 127(3), 405–412. (Cited by 13)
4. Kaur, M., Rehman, H. M., Kaur, G., Kaur, A., & Bansal, M. (2023). Switching of newly synthesized linker-based derivatives of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs toward anti-inflammatory and anticancer activity. Bioorganic Chemistry, 133, 106406. (Cited by 12)
5. Kaur, G., Kaur, M., & Bansal, M. (2021). New insights of structural activity relationship of curcumin and correlating their efficacy in anticancer studies with some other similar molecules. American Journal of Cancer Research, 11(8), 3755–3769. (Cited by 9)