Dr. K Sundara Saravanan

• Network pharmacology
• Pharmacognostical studies
• Phytochemical evaluation including isolation
• Natural product-based drug discovery

• Co-authored a chapter ‘Innovative target mining stratagems to navigate drug repurposing endeavours’ in ‘New Approach for Drug Repurposing’ by Academic Press, Elsevier Science and Technology Group
• Co-authored a chapter ‘Exploring cutting-edge strategies for drug repurposing in female cancers – An insight into the tools of the trade’ in ‘Clinical Application of Repurposed Drugs’ by Academic Press, Elsevier Science and Technology Group
• “Phytoconstituents as Lead Compounds for Anti-Dengue Drug Discovery” in “Antiviral Drug Discovery and Development” by “Springer Singapore””, DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-0267-2
• Co-authored a chapter “Trailblazing Contemporary Frameworks for Drug Repurposing: A Saga on Drugs’ Expedition to Disinter the Veiled Destiny”. In: Rajput, V.S., Runthala, A. (eds) Drugs and a Methodological Compendium . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7952-1_9

• Mentored students for “RUAS Innovation Challenge 2019” and won third prize
• Qualified GATE 2001with 93.06 percentile

International Conference Papers

• Poster presentation on “Sansevieria roxburghiana (Agavaceae) and Bauhinia vahlii (Caesalpiniaceae) offers protection against experimentally induced convulsions” at “Conference on Drug Design and Discovery Technologies” (CDDT 2019) held during 21 and 22nd November 2019 at RUAS, Bangalore, India
• Poster presentation on “Antidiabetic activity of Bauhinia vahlii Wt. and Arn. (Caesalpiniaceae), root – a botanical source for the Ayurveda drug Murva” at 3rd International Conference, Innopharm3 held in Goa, India during 22-23rd October 2018
• Poster presentation on “Hepatoprotective activity of ethanol and aqueous extract of Maeruao blongifolia (Forsk.) A. Rich. (Capparaceae) root - a botanical source for Ayurveda drug, Murva” at 8th Asian Association of Schools of Pharmacy (AASP) Conference held at JSS University, Mysuru during 27-29 October 2017
• Oral presentation on “Exploration of hepatoprotective activity of Bauhinia vahliiWt. &Arn. root – a botanical source for Ayurveda drug, Murva” at 7th World Ayurveda Congress &Arogya Expo, Kolkata, December 1- 4, 2016.

International Journal Papers

• B R, Prem Kumar; Krishnamurthy, Shwetha; Nair, Gouri; and Kamatchi, Sundara Saravanan (2026) "Microwave-assisted extraction optimization and bioactivity assessment of flavonoid-rich extract from Lantana camara L. leaves in zebrafish epilepsy model," The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences: Vol. 50: Iss. 2, Article 2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.56808/3027-7922.3182
• Manal D, Sahana, Saidarshan RP, Sandhya M, Soham B, Suman C, Mohamed Shabi M, Nair G, Karthik Kumar B, Sundara Saravanan K. Anticonvulsant Potential and Network Pharmacology Analysis of Pimenta dioica (L.) Merr. Chem Biodivers. 2026 May;23(5):e02906. doi: 10.1002/cbdv.202502906. PMID: 42165191.
• Kamatchi Sundara Saravanan, Sharon Caroline Furtado, Niveditha N, Harshita Gond, Shubha Shree M, Abdulbasith Bin Basheer PV, Afreen Makbul Shaikh. Isolation of Cucurbita maxima Duchesne. Fruit Mucilage and its Application as a Pharmaceutical Excipient. Technische Sicherheit, 25(6), 2025, Page No: 484-493. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15711820
• Chandrappa, S. P., Jays, J., Kamatchi Sundara Saravanan. (2025). Pharmacognosy of Sechium Edule: A review. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17310532
• Krishna EH, Saravanan KS, Jays J. Ziziphus rugosa Leaves: Pharmacognostical Characters and Anti-Inflammatory Properties against Carrageenan-Induced Paw Edema. Borneo J Pharm. 2024;7(1):89-103. doi:10.33084/bjop.v7i1.6411
• Satish KS, Saravanan KS, Augustine D, Saraswathy GR, V SS, Khan SS, H VC, Chakraborty S, Dsouza PL, N KH, Halawani IF, Alzahrani FM, Alzahrani KJ and Patil S (2024) Leveraging technology-driven strategies to untangle omics big data: circumventing roadblocks in clinical facets of oral cancer. Front. Oncol.
• Vastrad SJ, Ritesh G, V SS, Saraswathy GR, Augustine D, Alzahrani KJ, Alzahrani FM, Halawani IF, Ashi H, Alshahrani M, Hassan RN, Baeshen HA, Saravanan KS, Satish KS, Vutukuru P and Patil S (2023) Panoramic view of key cross-talks underpinning the oral squamous cell carcinoma stemness - unearthing the future opportunities. Front. Oncol. 13:1247399.
• Saravanan KS, Gowri R, Ramesh KK, Shetty S, Maity S. Potential Use of Helicteres isora L. in Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review of Scientific Literature. Pharmacognosy Communications. 2023;13(4):163-8.
• Manoj Kumar S, Mohammad Azamthulla, Kamatchi Sundara Saravanan. (2021) ‘Pharmacognostical evaluation and anti-convulsant property of Annona reticulata Linn. (Annonaceae) root’, Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021, 7, 173.
• Nithyashree RS, Shouvik Kumar D, Tanmoy Gosh, Ranjitha M, Uma, SasiPriya SVS, Sundara Saravanan K, Mohammad Azamthulla. (2020) ‘Floating Microballoon – A novel formulation for gastrointestinal diseases’, J Pharm Sci& Res, 12(1), 74-78.
• Sundara Saravanan K, Madhavan V and Yoganarasimhan SN. (2015) ‘Pharmacognostical studies on the roots of Bauhinia vahlii Wt. &Arn. – A botanical source for the Ayurveda drug Murva’, Spatula DD, 5(2), 103-111.
• Sundara Saravanan K, Madhavan V and Yoganarasimhan SN. (2015) ‘Pharmacognostical studies on the rhizome of Sansevieria roxburghianaSchult. &Schult. f. – a botanical source for Murva - an Ayurveda drug’, Spatula DD, 5(3), 161-169.
• Madhavan, Varadharajan; Munisamy, Usha; Yoganarasimhan, Sunkam; Gurudeva, Magadi; Rajamanickam, Deveswaran; Saravanan, Sundara; Mythreyi, Rajendran. (2012) ‘Pharmacognostical studies on the roots of Maeruaoblongifolia (Forsk.) A. Rich. (Capparaceae)’, Asian Journal of Traditional Medicine, 7(1), 29-38.
• Saraswathy GR, Maheswari E, Sundara Saravanan K and Raju A. (2008) Anti-tussive activity of Oldenlandia umbellata on cough reflex induced by sulfur dioxide in mice’, Pharmacologyonline, 3, 257-262.
• K Sundara Saravanan, G R Saraswathy, K Periyanayagam, M Ismail, Kalyan S Betanabhatla and JaganAthimoolam. (2008) ‘In vitro antifilarial activity of Caesalpinia bonduc(L.) Roxb. against microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti and macrofilariae of Setaria digitata’. Pharmacologyonline, 2, 550-559.
• Sundara Saravanan K, Periyanayagam, Kalyan S Betanabhatla, JaganAthimoolam and Saraswathy G R. (2008) ‘Anthelmintic activity of various extracts of leaf and fixed oil from the seeds of Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb’, Pharmacologyonline, 1, 82-89.
• Jayashankar L, SyamaSundar B, Vijayaraghavan R, Kalyan S Betanabhatla, Christina AJM, JaganAthimoolam and Sundara Saravanan K. (2008) ‘Evaluation of photodynamic activity of metalloporphyrins on human neuroblastoma cell line’, Pharmacologyonline, 1, 66-77.

National Journal Papers

• Ranjitha M, Uma, NithyaShree RS, Shouvik Kumar D, Sasipriya SVS, Tanmoy Ghosh, Kamatchi Sundara Savaranan, Mohammad Azamthulla. (2021) ‘Maerua oblongifolia (Forsk.) A. Rich. Extract loaded floating microballoons: Advance therapy to treat and manage gastric ulcer’, International Journal of Pharmaceutcial Research, 13(1), 3549-3554.
• Salony Sharma, SavilFayas, Vandana N, Nancy L, Vineetha V, Sundara Saravanan K, AshokaBabu V.L, Gowri R, Madhavan V. (2019) ‘Physico-Chemical and Chromatographic Studies on Various Powdered Market Samples of Pepper, Piper nigrum L. (Piperaceae)’, JDOR, 15(2), 64-69.
• Kamatchi Sundara Saravanan, VaradharajanMadhavan. (2019) ‘Antidiabetic activity of Bauhinia vahlii Wt. and Arn. (Caesalpiniaceae), root – a botanical source for the Ayurveda drug Murva’, Asian J Pharm Clin Res, 12(4), 359-362.
• Kamatchi Sundara Saravanan and Varadharajan Madhavan. (2016) Anticonvulsant activity of ethanol and aqueous extract of Maerua oblongifolia (Forsk.) A. Rich. root in albino mice in albino mice’, IJPR, 8(1), 46-49.
• Sundara Saravanan K and Madhavan V. (2015) ‘Hepatoprotective activity of ethanol and aqueous extract of SansevieriaroxburghianaSchult. &Schult. f. (Agavaceae) rhizome on carbon tetrachloride induced hepatotoxicity in rats’, IJPR, 7(3), 56-61.
• Kalyan S Betanabhatla, Christina AJM, Syama Sundar B, Selvakumar S and Sundara Saravanan K. (2009) ‘Antilithiatic activity of Hibiscus sabadariffa Linn. on ethylene glycol induced lithiasis in rats’, Natural Product Radiance, 8(1), 43-47.
• K Periyanayagam, K Sundara Saravanan and M Ismail. (2007) ‘Dechitinising property of Caesalpinia bonduc(Linn.) Roxb. Against Culex quinquefasciatus’, Natural Product Radiance, 6 (July-August), 290-292.
• Saravanan KS, Periyanayagam K and Ismail M. (2007) ‘Mosquito larvicidal properties of various extract of leaves and fixed oil from the seeds of Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb’, J Commun Dis, 39(3), 153-157.

• Life member of Tamil Nadu Pharmacy Council (6185A1)
• Life member of Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (KA/LM-1041)

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