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 Suman Chandra, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist

 

 

 

Office: 110-Coy Waller, National Center for Natural Products Research, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677,

Phone: 662-915-6954, Fax: 662-915-5587, E-Mail: suman@olemiss.edu

 

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Education

M.Phil. and Ph.D.: High Altitude Plant Physiology Research Center, University of Garhwal, INDIA.

BS and MS: University of Garhwal, INDIA.

 

Professional Career

High Altitude Plant Physiology Research Center, University of Garhwal and Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, INDIA. 1992 till 2000.

National Center for Natural Product Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, USA. 2001 till date.

 

Research Interests

Conservation, Propagation and Enhancement of Medicinal and Aromatic Crops; Effect of Climatic Changes on the Physiology and Secondary Metabolites of Medicinally Important Plants.

 

Selected Current and Past Research Projects

NIDA Marijuana Project, http://www.drugabuse.gov/nidahome.html

Medicinal Plant Genomics Project, http://medicinalplantgenomics.msu.edu, [Publication].

Tower Garden Juice + Project, https://www.towergarden.com/, [Publication].

 

Member of International Societies

American Society for Plant Biologists (ASPB)

American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP)

International Society for Horticultural Sciences (ISHS)

 

Selected Publications on Cannabis sativa

Mahmoud A. ElSohly, Mohamed M. Radwan,  Waseem Gul, Suman Chandra and Ahmed Galal (2014) Phytochemistry of Cannabis sativa in ‘Progress in the chemistry of organic natural products’, Eds. A.D. Kinghorn, H. Falk and J. Kobayashi (In press).

Hemant Lata, Suman Chandra, Ikhlas A. Khan and Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2014) Micropropagation of Cannabis sativa in “Biotechnology of Cannabis sativa, 2nd Edition” by Sam R. Zwenger, Extreme publication Inc., New York,  pp 82.

Suman Chandra, Hemant Lata, Ikhlas A. Khan and Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2013) The Role of Biotechnology in Cannabis sativa Propagation for the Production of Phytocannabinoids; Suman Chandra, Hemant Lata and Ajit Varma Eds. Biotechnology for Medicinal Plants - Micropropagation and Improvement, Springer-Verlag  Berlin Heidelberg, pp: 123-148. [Abstract].

Mahmoud ElSohly, Suman Chandra and Hemant Lata (2013) Botanical Identification of Cannabis sativa  in “Cannabis inflorescence and leaf - Standers of Identity, Analysis and Quality Control”, Editors and technical advisors - Roy Upton, Lyle Craker, Mahmoud ElSohly, Aviva Romm and Ethan Russo, American Herbal Pharmacopeia Monograph, Chapter 1, pp 2-9.

Suman Chandra, Hemant Lata and Mahmoud ElSohly (2013) Macroscopic Identification of Cannabis sativa in “Cannabis inflorescence and leaf - Standers of Identity, Analysis and Quality Control”, Editors and technical advisors - Roy Upton, Lyle Craker, Mahmoud ElSohly, Aviva Romm and Ethan Russo, American Herbal Pharmacopeia Monograph, Chapter 2, pp 9-13.

Suman Chandra, Hemant Lata, Mahmoud ElSohly and Elizabeth Williamson (2013) Microscopic Identification of Cannabis sativa in “Cannabis inflorescence and leaf - Standers of Identity, Analysis and Quality Control”, Editors and technical advisors - Roy Upton, Lyle Craker, Mahmoud ElSohly, Aviva Romm and Ethan Russo, American Herbal Pharmacopeia Monograph, Chapter 3, pp 13- 18.

Suman Chandra, Hemant Lata and Roy Upton (2013) Commercial Sources and Handling of Cannabis sativa in “Cannabis inflorescence and leaf - Standers of Identity, Analysis and Quality Control”, Editors and technical advisors - Roy Upton, Lyle Craker, Mahmoud ElSohly, Aviva Romm and Ethan Russo, American Herbal Pharmacopeia Monograph, Chapter 4, pp 18- 32.

Ajay P Nayak, Brett J. Green, Gordon L. Sussman, Noam Berlin, Hemant Lata, Suman Chandra, Mahmoud A. ElSohly, Justin Hettick and Donald H Beezhold (2013) Characterization of Cannabis sativa allergens, Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology, 11: 32-37.[Abstract].

Hemant Lata, Suman Chandra, Zlatko Mehmedic, Ikhlas A. Khan and Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2012) In vitro germplasm conservation of high Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol yielding elite clones of Cannabis sativa L. under slow growth conditions. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 34:743-750. [Abstract].

Suman Chandra, Hemant Lata, Ikhlas A. Khan and Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2011) Temperature response of photosynthesis in different drug and fiber varieties of Cannabis sativa L. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants; 17(3): 297-303. [Abstract].

Suman Chandra, Hemant Lata, Ikhlas A. Khan and Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2011)   Photosynthetic response of Cannabis sativa L., an important medicinal plant, to elevated levels of CO2; Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants; 17(3): 291-295. [Abstract].

Hemant Lata, Suman Chandra, Natascha Techen, Ikhlas A. Khan and Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2011) Molecular analysis of genetic fidelity in Cannabis sativa L. plants grown from synthetic seeds following in vitro storage conditions. Biotechnology Letters, 33: 2503-2508. [Abstract].

Desmond Slade, Zlatko Mehmedic, Suman Chandra and Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2011) Is Cannabis becoming more potent? In Marijuana and Madness, 2nd Edition (Eds. - David J Castle, Robin M Murray, Deepak Cyril D’Souza), Cambridge University Press, Chapter 4, pp 35-54. [Content]

Suman Chandra, Hemant Lata, Zlatko Mehmedic, Ikhlas A. Khan and Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2010) Assessment of cannabinoids content in micropropagated plants of Cannabis sativa L. and their comparison with conventionally propagated plants and mother plant during developmental stages of growth, Planta Medica, 76: 743-750. [Abstract] [Planta Medica Cover Page].

Hemant Lata, Suman Chandra, Natascha Techen, Ikhlas A. Khan and Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2010) Assessment of genetic stability of micropropagated Cannabis sativa plants by ISSR markers, Planta Medica, 76: 97-100. [Abstract].

Hemant Lata, Suman Chandra, Ikhlas Khan, Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2010) High frequency plant regeneration from leaf derived callus of high Δ9- tetrahydrocannabinol yielding Cannabis sativa L. Planta Medica, 76: 1629–1633. [Abstract].

Zlatko Mehmedic, Suman Chandra, Desmond Slade, Heather Denham, Susan Foster, Amit S. Patel, Samir A. Ross, Ikhlas A. Khan, and Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2010) Potency trends of Δ9-THC and other cannabinoids in confiscated Cannabis preparations from 1993-2008. Journal of Forensic Science. 55: 1209-1217. [Abstract].

Suman Chandra, Hemant Lata, Ikhlas A. Khan and Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2010) Propagation of elite Cannabis sativa for the production of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) using biotechnological tools in Medicinal Plant Biotechnology, Ed. Rajesh Arora, CABI-UK, Chapter 7, 98-114.

Natascha Techen, Suman Chandra, Hemant Lata, Mahmoud A. ElSohly, Ikhlas A. Khan (2010) Genetic identification of female Cannabis sativa L. plants at early developmental stage, Planta Medica, 16: 1938-1939. [Abstract].

Hemant Lata, Suman Chandra, Ikhlas Khan, Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2009) Thidiazuron induced high frequency direct shoot organogenesis of Cannabis sativa L., In vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology-Plant, 45: 12-19. [Abstract].

Hemant Lata, Suman Chandra, Ikhlas Khan, Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2009) Propagation through Alginate Encapsulation of Axillary Buds of Cannabis sativa L.–An Important Medicinal Plant, Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 15: 79-86. [Abstract].

Maria Mendoza, DeEtta Mills, Hemant Lata, Suman Chandra, Mahmoud A. ElSohly and Jose Almirall (2009) Genetic Individualization of Cannabis sativa by an STR Multiplex, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 393: 719–726. [Abstract].

Suman Chandra, Hemant Lata, Ikhlas A. Khan and Mahmoud A. Elsohly (2008) Photosynthetic Response of Cannabis sativa L. to Variations in photosynthetic photon flux densities, temperature and CO2 conditions, Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 14: 299-306. [Abstract].

Ross, S. A.; Elshohly, M.A.; Sultana, G.N.N.; Hossain, C.F., Mehmedic, Z. and Chandra Suman (2005). Flavonoids and Cannabinoids from the pollen of C. sativa. Fhytochemical Analysis, 16: 45-48. [PDF].

 

Selected Publications [Other].

 

 

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Last Updated: July 02, 2014

 

National Center for Natural Product Research

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