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Ravi K. Puri Ph.D.
Ravi K. Puri is a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences and specialized in the
chemistry of natural products. He is a Post Doctorate (1980-82) from the
school of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Oxf...view moreRavi K. Puri is a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences and specialized in the
chemistry of natural products. He is a Post Doctorate (1980-82) from the
school of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, Oxford, where he got the
opportunity of carrying out research on the microbial transformation of antimalarial
drug primaquine under the guidance of eminent Professor James D. McChesney. Dr.
Puri isolated and characterized novel metabolites of primaquine. He has also isolated
novel glycoalkaloids from Solanum platanifolium during his Ph.D., and characterized
them by X-ray diffraction, 2D, and 13C-NMR techniques and gave one of the novel
glycoalkaoids his name as Ravifoline.
Dr. Puri has a broad range of experience and excelled in the fields of pharmacy,
biochemistry, and environmental sciences. He has also taught and conducted research at
various universities in the USA and abroad including University of Mississippi, Oregon
State University, University of Florida, and University of Missouri. In 1999, Dr. Puri
retired as the Group Leader, at the Environmental Trace Substances Research Center,
University of Missouri. Dr. Puri has published nearly a hundred research papers and
scientific reviews in journals of international repute, including chapters in reference
books published by CRC and Lewis Publishers. He is on the review panel of several
prestigious scientific journals in the USA and abroad. His 30 years of experience in
the field of natural products will benefit the readers interested in the field of natural
aphrodisiacs.
Raman Puri is a MD (1996) from the School of Medicine, University of
Missouri, Columbia. After his residency in Internal Medicine from his alma
mater, he started his own practice. Dr. Puri has been successfully practicing
internal medicine and critical care in Columbia, MO, for the past ten years. He is
affiliated with the reputed Boone Hospital Center and also serves on its faculty. Dr.
Raman is on the advisory panel of some renowned pharmaceutical companies such
as Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc, Bayer Pharmaceutical Corporation, and Schering
Plough Pharmaceuticals. He delivers invited lectures for these firms on selected topics
pertaining to their products. He has also published very captivating research papers
in the field of natural products in the celebrated journals of international standing.
His experience and knowledge in the practice of internal medicine will certainly
facilitate the consumers of natural aphrodisiacs particularly in the aspect of herb-drug
interaction.view less