CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE
(CDRI)
MANDATE
- Development
of new drugs and diagnostics
- Development
of contraceptive agents and devices
- Basic biomedical
studies to understand disease processes
- Systematic evaluation
of medicinal properties of natural products
- Development
of technology for drugs, intermediates and fermentation products
- Dissemination
of information in the field of drug research, development and production
- Consultancy
and development of technical manpower
MAIN
FACILITIES
- Sophisticated
instrumentation facilities for characterization and structure elucidation
of chemicals and electron microscopic studies
- Computer aided
design of bioactive molecules
- Biological screening
in about 150 test systems; regulatory pharmacology, pharma cokinetics and
toxicity studies; and clinical trials of candidate drugs
- National Information
Centre for Drugs and Pharmaceticals and Specialised Information Sub-centres
- National Laboratory
Animal Centre for maintainance and supply of standard laboratory animals
and cell cultures
- Facilities for
fermentation studies
- National Parasite
Bank
SIGNIFICANT
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Development
of 7 new drugs/products:
Centchroman, non-steroidal oral contraceptive
for females; Memory plus, herbal extract for memory improvement;
a/b
Arteether, blood schizontocidal antimalarial; Isaptent, cervical
dilator for medical termination of pregnancy; Gugulipid, hypolipidemic;
Centbucridine, local anaesthetic; and Leishmatest for early
diagnosis of leishmanasis
- Development
of standardized fraction of active plants as drugs (Gugulipid , Picroliv,
and Memory Plus)
- Technology for
Biocide as mosquito larvicide(Bacillus sphaericus and B. thuringiensis
spore toxin formulation), and Biopesticide for agricultural pests(B.
thuringiensis spore toxin formulation)
DIRECTOR
Dr. C. M. Guptha,
Ph.D., FNA, FASc., FNASc.
CONTACT
ADDRESS
Chattar Manzil
Palace, Lucknow 226 001
Cable : CENDRUG,
LUCKNOW
Tel. : +91
522 214219/223286
PABX : +91 522 212411 to 18
Fax. : +91
522 223405/223938
E-mail: root@cscdri.ren.nic.in
Copyright
(c) CDRI, Lucknow, 1997.
Created
and Hosted by NIO, Goa.
Last
Updated on January 6, 1998.
