Dr. Sharon Caroline Furtado

National Conference Papers

• ‘Effect of subliming carriers on dissolution characteristics of famotidine orodispersible tablets’, 59th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), Varanasi, 2007.
• ‘Sustained ophthalmic delivery of ofloxacin from an ion activated in situ gelling system’, 59th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), Varanasi, 2007.
• ‘Controlled release of ketoprofen from floating hollow microspheres’, 59th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), Varanasi, 2007.
• ‘Strengthening TRIPS agreement – Need of the hour’, Exploring the Research Platform for Pharmaceutical Product and Process Development, Anna University, Tiruchirappalli, March 2008.
• ‘Chitosan based mucoadhesive bilayered patches of metoprolol tartrate’, 60th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), New Delhi, 2008.
• ‘Isapgol mucilage as a potential suspending agent of natural source’, 61st Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), Ahmedabad, 2009.
• ‘Comparative studies of disintegrant properties of a new isolated natural disintegrant’, 61st Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), Ahmedabad, 2009.
• ‘Starch urea borate polymer: Studies on drug release retarding characteristics’, 61st Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), Ahmedabad, 2009.
• ‘Formulation and evaluation of sustained release suspension of Ambroxol’, 63rd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), Bangalore, 2011.
• ‘Development of lyophilized alginate wafers as antimicrobial wound dressing’, 64th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), Chennai, 2012.
• ‘Development of Gentamycin sulphate thermo reversible in situ gels for ocular drug delivery’, 64th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), Chennai, 2012.
• ‘Ionically crosslinked chitosan-alginate matrices as potential wound dressing matrices’, 65th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), Delhi, 2013.
• ‘Preparation and evaluation of dual crosslinked chitosan alginate beads’, 65th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), Delhi, 2013.
• ‘Formulation and evaluation of pluronic lecithin organogel for topical antifungal therapy’, 66th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), Hyderabad, 2015.
• ‘Preparation and evaluation of modified chitin for improved antimicrobial property’, 66th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), Hyderabad, 2015.
• ‘Formulation and evaluation of fast dissolving oral strips of domperidone’, 67th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), Mysuru, 2015.
• ‘Microwave assisted cross-linking of chitosan: Preparation and characterization’, 67th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC), Mysuru, 2015.
• ‘Nano-Chitin incorporated alginate films as a potential wound dressing material’, World Congress on Drug Discovery and Development, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2016.
• ‘Formulation of taste masked mouth dissolving compacts of promethazine hydrochloride’, 1st Pharmaceutical Sciences Congress: Connecting Pharmaceutical Sciences and Knowledge Advancement, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore, 2016.
• ‘Nano chitin incorporated alginate films as a potential wound dressing material’, World Congress on Drug Discovery and Development, 2016.
• ‘Development of porous nano chitin incorporated chitosan composites for potential wound healing application’, Xenobiotic Research in India: Second Annual Meeting, Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (SSX), India, 2017.
• ‘In silico docking and in vivo wound healing activity of chitin incorporated dressing’, Xenobiotic Research in India: Second Annual Meeting, Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (SSX), India, 2018.
• ‘Development of epigallocatechin gallate loaded nanosponges for the management of oral leukoplakia’, Xenobiotic Research in India: Second Annual Meeting, Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (SSX), India, 2019.
• ‘Development of epigallocatechin gallate nanogels for the management of oral cancerous lesions’, Conference on Drug Discovery Technology, 2019.
• ‘Fucoidan incorporated gastro retentive oil entrapped beads for the management of peptic ulcer’, Xenobiotic Research in India: Second Annual Meeting, Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (SSX), India, 2021.
• ‘Lyophilized biocomposite chitin-alginate matrices for wound healing application’, International Conference on Biopolymers – APA Bioforum, 14–16 July 2022.
• ‘Development of herbal toothpaste for management of dental complication in diabetic population’, 4.E Pharmanecia International Research Conference, 7–8 March 2025.
• ‘Exploring the antifungal potential of Sansevieria aethiopica leaf extract for the management of oral candidiasis’, 4.E Pharmanecia International Research Conference, 7–8 March 2025.

National Journal Papers

• Basavaraj, B.V., Deveswaran, R., Bharath, S., Abraham, S., Furtado, S. and Madhavan, V., 2007. Pervaporation–An industrial perspective. International Journal of Chemical Sciences, 5(1), pp.1–8.
• Deveswaran, R., Bharath, S., Basavaraj, B.V., Abraham, S., Furtado, S. and Madhavan, V., 2009. Concepts and techniques of pharmaceutical powder mixing process: A current update. Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology, 2(2), pp.245–249.
• Basavaraj, B.V., Furtado, S., Bharath, S., Deveswaran, R., Abraham, S. and Madhavan, V., 2009. Dendrimers: a potential polymer of 21st century. Journal of Pharmacy Research, 2(5), pp.970–974.
• Deveswaran, R., Furtado, S., Bharath, S., Abraham, S., Basavaraj, B.V. and Madhavan, V., 2010. Evaluation of disintegrant properties of Plantago ovata mucilage in comparison with other superdisintegrants. Archives of Pharmaceutical Science & Research, 2(1), pp.230–235.
• Abraham, S., Deveswaran, R., Bharath, S. and Furtado, S., 2015. Development and validation of a HPTLC method for the estimation of lornoxicam in bulk drug and in tablet dosage form. Pharmaceutical Methods, 6(2), pp.109–114.
• Shwetha, K., Bharath, S. and Furtado, S., 2016. Design and evaluation of chlorhexidine loaded periochip. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 5(3), pp.999–1007.
• Ghosh, A.K., Furtado, S.C. and Abraham, S., 2018. Taste masked oro dispersible compacts of an antiemetic drug. Journal of Dental & Orofacial Research, 14(2).
• Furtado, S.C., Bharath, S. and Abraham, S., 2019. Development and characterization of alginate-nanochitin composites for wound healing application. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 7(4), pp.24–30.

International Journal Papers

• Furtado, S., Deveswaran, R., Bharath, S., Basavaraj, B., Abraham, S. and Madhavan, V., 2008. Development and characterization of orodispersible tablets of famotidine containing a subliming agent. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 7(4), p.1185. doi:10.4314/tjpr.v7i4.14705.
• Basavaraj, B.V., Deveswaran, R., Bharath, S., Abraham, S., Furtado, S. and Madhavan, V., 2008. Hollow microspheres of diclofenac sodium–A gastroretentive controlled delivery system. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 21(4), pp.451–454.
• Abraham, S., Furtado, S., Bharath, S., Basavaraj, B.V., Deveswaran, R. and Madhavan, V., 2009. Sustained ophthalmic delivery of ofloxacin from an ion-activated in situ gelling system. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 22(2), pp.175–179.
• Deveswaran, R., Abraham, S., Bharath, S., Basavaraj, B.V., Furtado, S. and Madhavan, V., 2009. Design and characterization of diclofenac sodium tablets containing tamarind seed polysaccharide as release retardant. International Journal of PharmTech Research, 1(2), pp.191–195.
• Deveswaran, R., Bharath, S., Furtado, S., Basavaraj, B.V., Abraham, S. and Madhavan, V., 2009. Studies on the disintegrant properties of mucilage and seed powder of Plantago ovata. International Journal of ChemTech Research, 1(3), pp.621–626.
• Furtado, S., Bharath, S., Basavaraj, B.V., Abraham, S., Deveswaran, R. and Madhavan, V., 2010. Development of chitosan-based bioadhesive bilayered patches of metoprolol tartrate. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research, 4(3), pp.198–202.
• Deveswaran, R., Bharath, S., Furtado, S., Abraham, S., Basavaraj, B.V. and Madhavan, V., 2010. Isolation and evaluation of tamarind seed polysaccharide as a natural suspending agent. International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biological Archives, 1(4), pp.360–363.
• Abraham, S., Basavaraj, B.V., Bharath, S., Deveswaran, R., Furtado, S. and Madhavan, V., 2010. Formulation and optimization of sublingual tablets of rabeprazole sodium. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research, 5(2), pp.50–54.
• Deveswaran, R., Furtado, S., Bharath, S., Abraham, S., Basavaraj, B.V. and Madhavan, V., 2010. Isapgol mucilage as a potential natural suspending agent. International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy, 1(2), pp.543–548.
• Abraham, S., Bharath, S., Furtado, S., Deveswaran, R. and Basavaraj, B.V., 2011. Development of and advances in insulin delivery. South African Pharmaceutical Journal, 78(6), pp.32–37.
• Abraham, S., Deveswaran, R., Furtado, S., Bharath, S. and Madhavan, V., 2014. Application of hydrotropic solubilization in spectrophotometric estimation of lornoxicam from tablets. International Scholarly Research Notices, pp.1–4.
• Ologunagba, M., Azubuike, C., Olanrewaju, S., Jain, S., Thanki, K., Suresh, S. and Furtado, S., 2017. Extraction and characterization of the gum exudate of Anacardium occidentale for its potential as an excipient in drug delivery systems. Tropical Journal of Natural Product Research, 1, pp.76–83.
• Tabassum, A., Furtado, S.C. and Bharath, S., 2018. Development of antimicrobial colloidal silver incorporated lyophilized biopolymer wafers for wound care. Wound Medicine, 21, pp.1–7.
• Abraham, S., Deveswaran, R., Anbu, J., Furtado, S. and Bharath, S., 2018. Pharmacokinetic studies of a chronotherapeutic delivery system of lornoxicam by LC-MS/MS method. International Journal of Applied Pharmaceutics, 10(6), pp.88–93.
• Furtado, S.C., Srinivasan, B. and Jays, J., 2019. In silico prediction and in vivo wound healing indicators of nano chitin incorporated lyophilized alginate matrices. In: Conference on Drug Design and Discovery Technologies, Vol. 355, p.202. Royal Society of Chemistry.
• Deepa, R., Lakshmi, M.S., Parasuraman, P. and Furtado, S.C., 2019. Design, molecular docking, synthesis and anti-fungal activity of novel benzimidazole derivatives. In: Conference on Drug Design and Discovery Technologies, pp.108–111.
• Vemuri, S., Abraham, S., Azamthulla, M., Furtado, S. and Bharath, S., 2020. Development of in situ gels of nano calcium oxide for healing of burns. Wound Medicine, 28, p.100177.
• Furtado, S.C., Bharath, S. and Abraham, S., 2020. Wound healing concepts: Contemporary practices and future perspectives. International Journal of Applied Pharmaceutics, 12(5).
• Abraham, S., Harsha, G.G., Desai, K., Furtado, S. and Bharath, S., 2020. Nano calcium oxide incorporated hydrocolloid dressings for wound care. Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation, pp.1–2.
• Furtado, S.C., Srinivasan, B., Anbu, J. and Abraham, S., 2023. Lyophilized biocomposite chitin-alginate matrices for wound healing application. Materials Today: Proceedings. doi:10.1016/j.matpr.2023.03.803.
• Sushma, M., Ashoka Babu, V.L., Furtado, S.C., Aishwarya, R. and Jyothi Lakshmi, N., 2023. Design of mouth dissolving polyherbal films for dental caries. International Journal of Drug Delivery Technology, 13(3), pp.386–389.
• Chaitra Shree, T.J., Abraham, S., Furtado, S., Ramesh, D., Desai, K. and Srinivasan, B., 2023. Nano-calcium incorporated piscean collagen scaffolds: Potential wound dressing material. Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 9(1). doi:10.1186/s43094-023-00566-1.
• Surekha, M., Sharon, C., Abraham, S. and Shwetha, K., 2023. Nanoformulated epigallocatechin gallate for its potential management of oral squamous cell carcinoma. In: Murahari, M., Nalluri, B.N. and Chakravarthi, G., eds. Current Trends in Drug Discovery, Development and Delivery (CTD4-2022). Vol. 358. Royal Society of Chemistry, pp.376–386.
• Rana, A., Abraham, S., Furtado, S., Megha, K. and Anbu, J., 2023. In vivo skin irritation potential of a topical gel loaded with tea tree oil nanosponges. In: Murahari, M., Nalluri, B.N. and Chakravarthi, G., eds. Current Trends in Drug Discovery, Development and Delivery (CTD4-2022). Vol. 358. Royal Society of Chemistry, pp.387–399.
• Krishnappa, M., Abraham, S., Furtado, S.C., Krishnamurthy, S., Rifaya, A., Asiri, Y.I., Chidambaram, K. and Pavadai, P., 2024. An integrated computational and experimental approach to formulate tamanu oil bigels as anti-scarring agent. Pharmaceuticals (Basel), 17(1), p.102. doi:10.3390/ph17010102.