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Janapati, Yasodha, PhD

Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Analysis
yjanapati@usiu.ac.ke    |     +254 730 116 811

Biography:

Prof. (Dr) Yasodha Krishna Janapati is an Associate Professors and Pharmacy programme leader at the School of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, USIU-Africa. He has 16 years of unblemished service in Teaching, Research, and extension in reputed Universities of India as well as abroad. He is specialized in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and offers courses to undergraduate, graduate and doctoral scholars.

Prof. Yasodha established undergraduate and post-graduate laboratories with modern teaching aids to maximize the learning ability of the students. In addition to the above, he has published more than 30 articles in reputed journals, guided 17 M.Pharm and 2 Ph.D. scholars in their research programmes, life member for various professional organization, editor and reviewer for various journals.

Academic Degrees:

  • 2010: PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jawaharlal Technological University Ananthapur, Ananthapur, A.P. India.
  • 2005: Master of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rajeev Gandhi Proudhyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), Bhopal, M.P. India.
  • 2003: Bachelor of Pharmacy, Jawaharlal Technological University – Hyderabad, TS, India.

Publications:

  • Journal Articles (selected)
    1. Yasodha Krishna Janapati, Junapudi sunil, Sudharshan Reddy Dachani. Overview of Nano-strategies for combatting cancer. “In Handbook of Research on Nano-Strategies for Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance and Cancer. IGI Global eEditorial Discovery, 250-270. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-5049-6.ch012.
    2. Yasodha Krishna Janapati. Junapudi Sunil, Were LL Munyendo. "Pharmacognostic Evaluation of Leaf, Stem and Root of Talinum Cuneifolium Linn" Journal of Global Trends in Pharmaceutical sciences 2020; 11: 8363-8370.
    3. Yasodha Krishna Janapati, Selective optimization of side activities: Another way to discover drugs. TMU Pharma Bulletin, Teerthanker Mahaveer University (TMU) 2020 ; 1 :8-10.
    4. Junapudi Sunil, Yasodha Krishna Janapati and Pallaval Veera Bramha "Hepatoprotective Activity of Talinum portulacifolium forsk, extract against Paracetamol Induced Hepatic Damage in Rats". Jordan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2018; 11:171–179. ISSN: 1995–7157.
    5. Yasodha Krishna Janapati. Optimize Diabetes by Herbal Medicine: A Review. Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences 2015; 3:98.ISSN: 2394-1111.
    6. Yasodha Krishna Janapati, Raghu D, Jayaveera KN, Ravindra Reddy K. Anti-diabetic activity of alcoholic extract of Holostemma adakodienin rats. The internet journal of Endocrinology. 2008; 5:2. ISSN: 1540-2606.
    7. Yasodha Krishna Janapati, Rasheed AS, Jayaveera KN, Ravindra Reddy K, Rupesh k. Anti-diabetic activity of aqueous extract of Talinum cuneifolium Linn in rats. Pharmacologyonline 2008; 2:198-206. ISSN: 1827-8620.
    8. Yasodha Krishna Janapati, Rasheed AS, Jayaveera KN, Ravindra Reddy K, Rupesh k. Hypoglycemic activity of Aqueous extract of Talinum cuneifolium Linn in rats. Journal of Pharmacy and Chemistry 2008; 2:156-160. ISSN: 0973-9874.
    9. Yasodha Krishna Janapati, Rasheed AS, Jayaveera KN, Ravindra Reddy K, Srikar A. Anti-diabetic activity of Alcoholic extract of Talinum cuneifolium in rats. Pharmacologyonline 2008; 2:63-73. ISSN: 1827-8620.
    10. Junapudi Sunil, Yasodha Krishna Janapati and Pallaval Veera Bramha "Hepatoprotective Activity of Talinum portulacifolium forsk, extract against Paracetamol Induced Hepatic Damage in Rats". Jordan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2018; 11:171–179. ISSN: 1995–7157.
    11. Junapudi Sunil, Yasodha Krishna Janapati, PallavalVeeraBramhachari. Bioassay guided isolation and Identification of the antioxidant constituent from Holostemma ada Kodien Shcult. International Journal of Pharmacy and Bio Sciences 2017; 8:1-10. ISSN 0975-6299.
    12. D. Sandhya, M. Kiran Kumar, G.Shiva teja, Y.Mohankumar, Yasodha Krishna, D. Ramesh. A new validated RP-HPLC method for determination of Rosuvastatin calcium in bulk and pharmaceutical dosage form. Scholars Research Library (Der Pharmacia Lettre) 2011; 3:350-356. ISSN: 0975-508X.
    13. Rasheed AS, Venkataraman S, Jayaveera KN, Fazil AM, Yasodha JK, Aleem MA, Mohammed M, Khaja Z. Evaluation of toxicological and antioxidant potential of Nardostachysjatamansi in reversing haloperidol induced catalepsy in rats. International Journal of General Medicine 2010; 127-136. ISSN: 1178-7074.
    Book Chapters
    1. Yasodha Krishna Janapati, Junapudi sunil, Sudharshan Reddy Dachani. Overview of Nano-strategies for combatting cancer. In “Handbook of Research on Nano-Strategies for Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance and Cancer. IGI Global eEditorial Discovery, 250-270. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-5049-6.ch012.
    2. Yasodha Krishna Janapati, Junapudi sunil, Sudharshan Reddy Dachani. Optimization of Diabetes by Herbal Medicine. In technology innovation in pharmaceutical research vol.6, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/tipr/v6/2277E.

    Areas of interest/specialization:

    • Phyto-chemistry,
    • Pharmacological screening,
    • Diabetes,
    • Immunology and Quality control testing

    Courses Teaching:

  • PHM 3402: Instrumental Methods of Analysis
  • PHM 3404: Drug Design and Drug Discovery
  • PHM 3405: Medicinal Chemistry of Pharmacodynamics
  • PHM 4405: Classification, Activities & Assay of Chemotherapeutic Agents
  • PHM 4406: Discovery & Development of Chemotherapeutic Agents
  • PHM 4426: Operations of A Quality Control Laboratory
  • PHM 5407: Pharmaceutical Quality Control
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