Dr. Showket Ahmad Ganai
Name: Dr. Showket Ahmad Ganai
Qualification: M.Phil, Ph.D
Designation : Sr. Assistant Professor
Department : Clinical Biochemistry
Institute Name / College Address : University of Kashmir Srinagar, Hazratbal 190006
Experience: 9 Years
About Dr. Showket Ahmad Ganai
Dr. Showket Ahmad Ganai, Medicinal herbs serve as crucial source of therapeutic agents since ancient times and they act as a treasure house of medicinally important molecules/drugs with potential to cure diseases ranging from communicable to non-communicable diseases. My area of research is focused on various horizons of plant biochemistry and its application in human health. I have a keen interest in free radical biology, oxidative stress, inflammation, diabetes, cancer biology, therapeutic targets, and medicinal plant based research. My research team work hard for elucidating/verifying various pharmacological properties of traditionally claimed medicinal herbs notably their antioxidant, antiinflammatory, antidiabetic, anti-hyperlipdemic, anti-microbial and anti-cancer potential under well designed experimental set-ups. We employ various in- vitro experiments, in-vivo/animal models and cell lines. Current research highlights the role of enzyme like protein kinases in regulating hyperlipidemia. We try to explore plant compounds that could modulate such kinases and ameliorate diseases associated with hyperlipidemia. We also evaluate the role of various inflammatory markers in the pathology of inflammation and related disorders. My research group also explores various epigenetic mechanisms involved in chromatin dynamics and remodeling, implicated in various human pathologies. In near future our focus will be to validate the effect of various medicinally active herbal compounds on diseased animal models of diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, atherosclerosis, inflammation, cancer and various other human ailments so as to find novel therapeutics against them.