Suman Chandra, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Office: 110-Coy Waller, National Center for Natural Products Research,
Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Phone: 662-915-6954, Fax:
662-915-5587, E-Mail:
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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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