ASHOK BEHERA

@dituniversity.edu.in

Asst Prof/Faculty of Pharmacy
DIT University

ASHOK BEHERA

EDUCATION

Examination /Degree Board/Council/
University/Other
Examining Body Duration of the Course & Year of Completion Division/ Class with % of Marks/
Ph.D.
(Pharmacy) Jadavpur
University (CSIR-IICB) registration:
13/06/2011 awarded on 27/06/2014 submitted 18/06/2013
NA
M.S
(Pharm) National Institute of Pharmaceutical
Education and
Research
(NIPER)-Kolkata 2yr, June 2009 CGPA-
9.46/10
(89.60%)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

chemistry to chemical biology. Specifically, my research focuses on the following areas:
 Peptidomimetics and Peptide conjugates as therapeutics and drug delivery
 Receptor specific targeted drug delivery
 Computer aided drug design
 Organic synthesis and purification: Solid phase peptide synth
27

Scopus Publications

517

Scholar Citations

10

Scholar h-index

11

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Integrative strategies and future perspectives to mitigate chemical toxicity in human and aquatic systems
    A Chaudhary, G Tyagi, KR Singh, A Behera
    Discover Environment 4 (1), 165 , 2026
    2026
  • Changing Coastal Landscapes: The Role of Climate Change in Biodiversity Loss and Desertification
    AK Behera, R Chandra
    Navigating Climate Change: Impacts on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Resilience … , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Design and evaluation of casein nanoparticles for co-delivery of curcumin and fluorouracil acetic acid in cancer therapy
    A Chaudhary, A Behera, J Sahoo
    Medical Oncology 42 (8), 335 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • A Systematic Review for Conducting a Meta-analysis: Synthesis from Multiple Studies in the Coastal Ecosystem of Odisha
    AK Behera, R Chandra
    Mahanadi River: The Environmental Challenges and Way Forward, 17-39 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Pharmacological Potential of Sulindac and Its Active Metabolite: A Comprehensive Review
    SM Gupta, A Behera, S Singh
    Current Drug Therapy 19 (7), 765-779 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • Characteristics of the COPD Patients for the Implementation of the Smartphone Application for the COPD: An Implementation Study
    A Verma, A Behera, M Islam, MK Sinha, A Jayaraj, AK Singh, PK Verma
    National Journal of Community Medicine 15 (08), 685-690 , 2024
    2024
  • Isolation, characterization and therapeutic potential of a novel furanoid diterpene lactone from Hedychium spicatum rhizomes: Insights into antioxidant, anxiolytic, and …
    AP Singh, RK Sharma, A Behera, JB Kandpal, H Chitme, P Pant
    Phytomedicine Plus 4 (3), 100597 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • A systematic study on herbal cream for various clinical and therapeutic application: current status and future prospects
    A Behera, NK Sethiya, S Shilpi
    Journal of Herbal Medicine 45, 100880 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 6
  • In-vitro , in-vivo and in-silico anti-inflammatory evaluation of hedychenone and its semisynthetic derivative
    AP Singh, RK Sharma, A Behera, JB Kandpal, H Chitme
    Journal of Biologically Active Products from Nature 14 (2), 199-229 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Clinical Trial on and Regulatory Considerations for Herbal Medicines for Lifestyle Diseases
    S Bhargava, AK Dhara, M Singhal, NK Sethiya, Bhavna, S Shilpi, ...
    Role of Herbal Medicines: Management of Lifestyle Diseases, 573-595 , 2024
    2024
  • Artificial intelligence-based protein structure prediction and systems biology-guided smart drug screening
    A Chandra, N Goyal, A Behera, J Samanta, T Sharma
    Biochemical and Molecular Pharmacology in Drug Discovery, 323-352 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • Nanotherapeutics for diabetic nephropathy using metal nanocomposites
    J Samanta, A Behera, A Chaudhary
    Metal Nanocomposites in Nanotherapeutics for Oxidative Stress-Induced … , 2023
    2023
  • Concentration‐and Solvent‐Induced Chiral Tuning by Manipulating Non‐Proteinogenic Amino Acids in Glycoconjugate Supra‐Scaffolds: Interaction with Protein, and Streptomycin Delivery
    A Ghosh, J Mandal, SK Dubey, S Padma, NN Ghosh, A Behera, SA Hafiz, ...
    Chemistry–A European Journal 29 (70), e202302529 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 5
  • Computational Investigation of the Interaction of Novel Indene Methylene Analogues with Acetylcholinesterase from Both Dynamic and Thermodynamic Perspectives
    SM Gupta, NK Jain, R Yadav, M Erol, I Celik, M Gupta, A Behera
    Letters in Drug Design & Discovery 20 (12), 1911-1921 , 2023
    2023
  • Mapping of digital health interventions for the self-management of COPD: A systematic review
    A Verma, A Behera, R Kumar, N Gudi, A Joshi, KMM Islam
    Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health 24, 101427 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 15
  • Mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-an updated review
    T Alqahtani, SL Deore, AA Kide, BA Shende, R Sharma, RD Chakole, ...
    Mitochondrion 71, 83-92 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 276
  • Development, Implementation, And Evaluation of An Informatics Platform for Home Based Self-Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Study Protocol
    A Verma, A Behera, KMM Islam, A Joshi
    National Journal of Community Medicine 14 (07), 446-451 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 3
  • A Comprehensive Review on Pharmacologically Active Phyto-Constituents from Hedychium species
    AP Singh, H Chitme, RK Sharma, JB Kandpal, A Behera, ...
    Molecules 28 (7), 3278 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 17
  • Development of substituted benzylidene derivatives as novel dual cholinesterase inhibitors for Alzheimer's treatment
    SM Gupta, A Behera, NK Jain, A Tripathi, D Rishipathak, S Singh, ...
    RSC advances 13 (38), 26344-26356 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 10
  • Indene-derived hydrazides targeting acetylcholinesterase enzyme in Alzheimer’s: design, synthesis, and biological evaluation
    SM Gupta, A Behera, NK Jain, D Kumar, A Tripathi, SM Tripathi, S Mujwar, ...
    Pharmaceutics 15 (1), 94 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 26

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-an updated review
    T Alqahtani, SL Deore, AA Kide, BA Shende, R Sharma, RD Chakole, ...
    Mitochondrion 71, 83-92 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 276
  • Copper-Catalyzed Electrophilic Ortho C(sp2)–H Amination of Aryl Amines: Dramatic Reactivity of Bicyclic System
    HMBRCABR Jan
    Org. Lett. 21 (12), 4651-4656 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 43
  • Indene-derived hydrazides targeting acetylcholinesterase enzyme in Alzheimer’s: design, synthesis, and biological evaluation
    SM Gupta, A Behera, NK Jain, D Kumar, A Tripathi, SM Tripathi, S Mujwar, ...
    Pharmaceutics 15 (1), 94 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 26
  • Synthesis, radiolabeling, and preclinical evaluation of a new octreotide analog for somatostatin receptor‐positive tumor scintigraphy
    K De, A Bhowmik, A Behera, I Banerjee, MK Ghosh, M Misra
    Journal of Peptide Science 18 (12), 720-730 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 25
  • A Comprehensive Review on Pharmacologically Active Phyto-Constituents from Hedychium species
    AP Singh, H Chitme, RK Sharma, JB Kandpal, A Behera, ...
    Molecules 28 (7), 3278 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 17
  • Synthesis, characterization, conformational analysis of a cyclic conjugated octreotate peptide and biological evaluation of 99m Tc-HYNIC-His 3 -Octreotate as novel …
    A Behera, I Banerjee, K De, RN Munda, S Chattopadhayay, A Samanta, ...
    Amino Acids 44 (3), 933-946 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 16
  • Mapping of digital health interventions for the self-management of COPD: A systematic review
    A Verma, A Behera, R Kumar, N Gudi, A Joshi, KMM Islam
    Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health 24, 101427 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 15
  • Sintered flyash lightweight aggregate-Its properties and performance in structural concrete
    PN Ojha, B Singh, AK Behera
    Indian Concr J 95 (6), 20-30 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 15
  • Synthesis, radiolabelling and biodistribution of HYNIC-Tyr 3 octreotide: a somatostatin receptor positive tumour imaging agent
    A Behera, K De, S Chandra, S Chattopadhyay, M Misra
    Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 290 (1), 123-129 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 15
  • Development of substituted benzylidene derivatives as novel dual cholinesterase inhibitors for Alzheimer's treatment
    SM Gupta, A Behera, NK Jain, A Tripathi, D Rishipathak, S Singh, ...
    RSC advances 13 (38), 26344-26356 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 10
  • A Modified Synthetic Approach to Optically Pure Benzoxazepines from Amino Acid Precursors Using Intramolecular Buchwald-Hartwig CO Bond-Formation Reaction
    D Bhattacharya, A Behera, SK Hota, P Chattopadhyay
    Synthesis 2011 (04), 585-592 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 10
  • Smart Advancements for Targeting Solid Tumors via Protein and Peptide Drug Delivery (PPD)
    SMG Siddharth Singh, Priyanka Sanwal, Samir Bhargava, Ashok Behera, Shuchi ...
    Curr Drug Deliv 35490321 (10.2174/1567201819666220427132734), 10.2174 … , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 9
  • Synthesis, characterization, biodistribution and scintigraphy of 99m Tc-paclitaxel: a potential tracer of paclitaxel
    I Banerjee, A Behera, K De, S Chattopadhyay, SS Sachdev, B Sarkar, ...
    Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 304 (2), 633-643 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 9
  • A systematic study on herbal cream for various clinical and therapeutic application: current status and future prospects
    A Behera, NK Sethiya, S Shilpi
    Journal of Herbal Medicine 45, 100880 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 6
  • Concentration‐and Solvent‐Induced Chiral Tuning by Manipulating Non‐Proteinogenic Amino Acids in Glycoconjugate Supra‐Scaffolds: Interaction with Protein, and Streptomycin Delivery
    A Ghosh, J Mandal, SK Dubey, S Padma, NN Ghosh, A Behera, SA Hafiz, ...
    Chemistry–A European Journal 29 (70), e202302529 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 5
  • Pharmacological Potential of Sulindac and Its Active Metabolite: A Comprehensive Review
    SM Gupta, A Behera, S Singh
    Current Drug Therapy 19 (7), 765-779 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • Artificial intelligence-based protein structure prediction and systems biology-guided smart drug screening
    A Chandra, N Goyal, A Behera, J Samanta, T Sharma
    Biochemical and Molecular Pharmacology in Drug Discovery, 323-352 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • Development, Implementation, And Evaluation of An Informatics Platform for Home Based Self-Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Study Protocol
    A Verma, A Behera, KMM Islam, A Joshi
    National Journal of Community Medicine 14 (07), 446-451 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 3
  • Radiolabeled novel peptide for imaging somatostatin-receptor expressing tumor: synthesis and radiobiological evaluation
    K De, A Behera, I Banerjee, B Sarkar, S Ganguly, M Misra
    Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 301 (3), 847-861 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 3
  • Metabolic stability and biological evaluation of 99m Tc-HYNIC-Tyr 3 -Octreotide as somatostatin receptor positive tumor imaging agent
    A Behera, K De, S Chattopadhayay, M Misra
    Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 304 (2), 595-602 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 2

Publications

1. Indene-derived hydrazides targeting Acetylcholinesterase enzyme in Alzheimer: Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation. IF6.5 (Q1) Pharmaceutics 2023, 15(1), 94; . Ashok Behera
2. A comprehensive review on Pharmacologically active Phyto-constituents
from Hedychium species Manuscript ID: molecules-2255689, Journal: Molecules Authors: Alok Pratap Singh, Havagiray Chitme, Rajeev Kumar Sharma *, JB
Kandpal, Ashok Behera, Basel A. Abdel-Wahab, Masood Medleri Khateeb, Mohammed
Shafiuddin Habeeb, Mohammed Abdelmalek Orabi, Marwa Mohamed Bakir
Received: 16 February 2023.
3. Computational ADME analysis and Antioxidant potential of 5-methoxy-2-methyl-1H-indol-3-yl)-N'- (substituted benzylidene) acetohydrazide derivatives for . Journal of International academy of Physical Sciences (J. Int. Acad. Phys. Sci.) Vol. 26 No. 4(2022) , 2022. ISSN 0974 -9373. Dec15,2022. (index journal) Shraddha Manish Gupta, Neetesh K Jain, Ashok Behera. .
4. A mini review on Bioequivalence & the Bioavailability study on anticancer drugs, Article ID: BEBA-MRW-23-194, Bioequivalence & Bioavailability International Journal, February 27, 2023.

5. Digital health interventions for the self-management of COPD: Protocol for a Systematic Literature Review: Digital health interventions for the self-management of COPD" to Online Journal of Public Health Informatics[OJPH

RESEARCH OUTPUTS (PATENTS, SOFTWARE, PUBLICATIONS, PRODUCTS)

1. BERBERIN LOADED HYBRID NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITION FOR
TREATMENT OF NEURODEGENERATION” Rhythm Khatri; Dr. Habban Akhter; Dr. Ashok Behera, Dit University, filling date 27/6/2022, application no. 202211036866, published date 8/7/2022.
2. “5-Fluorouracil-1-acetic acid (5-fua) loaded chitosan nanoparticle composition and method for preparation thereof” Ram Prabesh Patel, Jagganath Sahoo, Dr. Ashok Behera, Dit University, filling date 30/6/2022, application no. 202211037593, published date 15/7/2022.
3. “Indomethacin derivatives as multitargeting agent for alzheimer's disease management and process for” Shraddha M Gupta, Dr. Neetesh K Jain, Dr. Ashok Behera, Dr. Devendra Kumar, Dr. Dinesh Rishipathak filling date 30/6/2022, application no. 202211065309, published date 25/11/2022.
4. Develop, implement, and evaluate an informatics platform for home based self- management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Ashwani Verma, Dr. Ashok Behera, Dr. KM Monirul Islam Feb2023, submitted to cell DITU.