Prof. Pulok Kumar Mukherjee
FRSC, FAScT, FNAAS, FNASc


Director
Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD)
Dept. of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
Imphal, Manipur/Gangtok,Sikkim/Aizawl, Mijoram/ Shillong, Meghalaya
Takyelpat, Imphal - 795001, Manipur, India
E-mail: director.ibsd@nic.in




Professor (On Lien)
Department of Pharmaceutical Technology
Jadavpur University, Kolkata -700 032, India
E. mail: naturalproductm@gmail.com
    pulok.mukherjee@jadavpuruniversity.in



Consulting Editor
Pharmacological Research, Elsevier

Associate Editor
Phytomedicine Plus, Elsevier

Associate Editor
Frontiers in Pharmacology (Ethnopharmacology)

Associate Editor
JPC – Journal of Planar Chromatography – Modern TLC, Springer

Executive Editor
Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK), CSIR-NISCAIR





















Editorial Board Member:

  1. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Elsevier
  2. Phytomedicine, Elsevier
  3. Synergy, Elsevier
  4. Journal of Integrative Medicine, Elsevier
  5. Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Elsevier Phytochemical Analysis, Wiley

About Me

Professor Pulok K. Mukherjee is working as the Director, Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), an autonomous Institute under Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India consisting of its four centres in North east India Imphal, Manipur; Aizawl, Mizoram; Gangtok, Sikkim and Shilong, Meghalaya. Previously, he worked as the Director of the School of Natural Product Studies, and Head of the Department and Professor (on Lien) at the Dept. of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Prof. Mukherjee has more than 29 years of research and development experience. He also has more than 19 years of experience in managerial/administrative work. His research/academic works highlights on traditional medicine inspired drug discovery from Indian medicinal plants to make them available from ‘Farm to Pharma’. He has made several innovative and outstanding contributions in academic and research in the area of natural product studies, Ethnopharmacology and evidence based validation of herbs used in traditional medicine.

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  • Jadavpur University
    India

    Pulok K Mukherjee,
    PhD, FRSC, FAScT, FNAAS, FNASc
    Professor (On Lien)
    Department of Pharmaceutical Technology
    Jadavpur University
    Kolkata – 700 032, India
    Tele Fax: +91 33 2414 6046
    E-mail: naturalproductm@gmail.com

  • Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD) India

    Pulok K Mukherjee,
    PhD, FRSC, FAScT, FNAAS, FNASc
    Director
    Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development
    Takyelpat, Imphal 795001, India

  • Society for Ethnopharmacology (SFE), India

    Society For Ethnopharmacology (SFE)
    23/3, Saktigarh, Jadavpur, Kolkata: 700032, India



Quality Evaluation and Validation of Herbal Drugs

Author: Prof. Pulok K Mukherjee
ISBN: 9780128133743
Publishers: Elsevier Sc.

Quality Control and Evaluation of Herbal Drugs brings together current thinking and practices for evaluation of natural products and traditional medicines. The use of herbal medicine in therapeutics is on the rise in both developed and developing countries and this book facilitates the necessary development of quality standards for these medicines.This book elucidates on various challenges and opportunities for quality evaluation of herbal drugs with several integrated approaches including metabolomics, chemoprofiling, marker analysis, stability testing, good practices for manufacturing, clinical aspects, Ethnopharmacology and Ethnomedicine inspired drug development. This book will be useful in bio-prospecting of natural products and traditional medicine-inspired drug discovery and development.

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Evaluation of Herbal Medicinal Products,

Editors: Prof. Pulok K Mukherjee and Dr. Peter J Houghton,
ISBN: 9780853697510,
Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press

The intention of this book is to describe and assess different approaches and techniques for evaluating the quality and efficacy of herbal medicines. It brings together articles on current thinking and practice in these areas and highlights up-to-date research which should facilitate improvements in the topics under consideration. It is an indispensable resource for academic and industrial researchers and both undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy students.

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Evidence Based Validation Of Herbal Medicine – Tranlsational Research On Botanicals (2nd Edition)


Editor: Prof. Pulok K Mukherjee
ISBN: 9780323855426
Publishers: Elsevier Sc.

Evidence-Based Validation of Herbal Medicines: Translational Research on Botanicals brings together current thinking and practice in the characterization and validation of natural products. The book describes different approaches and techniques for evaluating the quality, safety and efficacy of herbal medicine, particularly methods to assess their activity and understand compounds responsible and their probable underlying mechanisms of action. This book brings together the views, expertise and experiences of scientific experts in the field of medicinal plant research, hence it will be useful for researcher who want to know more about the natural lead with their validation and also useful to exploit traditional medicines.

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Natural Medicine

Editors: Dr. Dilip Ghosh & Prof. Pulok K Mukherjee
ISBN: 9781138733060
Publishers: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group

Globally, natural medicine has been considered as an important alternative to modern allopathic medicine. Although natural medicines are popular in society, only limited medicinal herbs have been scientifically evaluated for their potential in medicinal treatment. This book connects various aspects of the complex journey from traditional medicine to modern medicine. It provides information on topics including global regulations and regulatory hurdles, diverse nutritional challenges and potential health benefits, novel food innovations especially seed-to-clinical approaches and future trends.

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Evidence-Based Validation of Herbal Medicine

Editor: Prof. Pulok K Mukherjee,
ISBN: 978-0-12-800874-4,
Publisher: Elsevier

This book highlights on several aspects of Evidence based validation of herbal medicine and their quality control. Several aspects of the quality, safety, and efficacy of herbal medicine, particularly methods to assess their activity and underlying mechanisms of action has been described in this volume. The main aim of this book is to improve the level of understanding of various aspects on evaluation of natural products. This will provide a comprehensive validation of herbal medicine so that they can be used with greater confidence because of improved quality and scientifically sound evidence base.

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Traditional Medicine and Globalization

Editor: Prof. Pulok K Mukherjee ,
ISBN: 9788192624303,
Publisher: Maven Publishers

Given the importance on promotion and development of natural products, this book covers various aspects on revitalization of traditional medicines. A wide diversity of chapters has been contributed by eminent personalities throughout the world including Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Former President of India; Shri Shekhar Dutt, Dr. R. Verpoorte, Dr. P. J. Houghton, Dr. Marco Leonti, and others. It is an imperative addition to the libraries of technical and administrative personnel in the industries and Universities as a potential resource to update their knowledge on globalization of traditional medicine.

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