Harinarayanan CM (Scientist)
Pharmacognosy Division
Centre for Medicinal Plants Research
Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal
Ph: 0483 2806204
e-mail: harinarayanan@aryavaidyasala.com; cmhari86@gmail.com
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Mobile :9846057683
Academic profile
M.Sc. (Botany), PGDCA
Research Experience / Expertise
15 years of Experience in the area of Drug Standardization. Well versed with collection of plant materials from natural and Secondary Sources, sectioning and various histochemical staining procedures for the anatomical standardization, digitization of anatomical characters, monograph preparation, comparison of genuine and adulterant/ substitute plant materials used in Ayurveda and particle size determination of finished products. Worked in various research projects funded by TATA Trusts, Mumbai, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi and Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India, New Delhi. Expertise in handling equipments such as Scanning Electron Microscope (Tabletop), Polarization Microscope, Fluorescent Microscope, Automatic plant Microtome, Compound and Stereo Microscopes. Guided 20 post-graduate students from various Universities for their dissertation work.
Awards/Honours/ Recognition
Second Prize for Oral Presentation at International Conference on Sustainability: Life on Earth 2021 (ICS-LOE 2021) held on 17 -18 December 2021 Organised by Dept. of Botany and Zoology, School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Punjab and Institute of Forrest Productivity, Ranchi, Jharkhand.
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
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Harinarayanan C.M., Haritha V., Geetha S. Pillai , Indira Balachandran. (2023). A review on botanical, phytochemical, nutritional and pharmacological properties of major millets in India. ARYAVAIDYAN, 36(3): 41 - 49
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Navami A, Vivek P and Harinarayanan CM. (2023). Pharmacognostic and HPTLC comparison of Kerala market samples of Bharangi (Cheruthek) with genuine source plant Rotheca serrata (L.) steane & MABB. Int J Pharm Sci & Res ; 14(12): 5676-86. https://doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.14(12).5676-86
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Athira AA, Madhu KP and Harinarayanan CM: (2023). Quality analysis of market samples of Orila collected from different markets of Kerala using pharmacognostic tools. Int J Pharm Sci & Res; 14(12): 5944-64. https://doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.14(12).5676-86
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Narayanan, B., Prabhukumar K. M., Kumar V. V. N., Harinarayanan, C. M., Chinnappan, S., & Umesh, B. T. (2023). Taxonomic delineation of two closely allied Rubus L.(Rosaceae) species with notes on the typification of the name R. fairholmianus. Phytotaxa, 622(5), 271-280. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.622.5.1
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Harinarayanan, C. M., Kumar, D., Geetha, S. P., & Kumar, A. (2022). The phytochemical composition and therapeutic efficacy of an Ayurvedic drug combination Panchatikta: A review. Medicinal Plants-International Journal of Phytomedicines and Related Industries, 14(3), 355-373. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0975-6892.2022.00041.7
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Palengara, V., Harinarayanan, C. M., & Nair, P. P. (2021). Quality Analysis of Manjishta (Rubia cordifolia L.) with respect to pharmacognostical and high-performance thin-layer chromatography profile of the genuine sample: A cross-sectional market sample study. Pharmacognosy Magazine, 17(5), 45.
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Kumar, V. V. N., Prabhukumar, K. M., Jagadeesan, R., Harinarayanan, C. M., Nair, M. C., Janarthanam, M. K., & Balachandran, I. (2018). Utricularia sunilii (Lentibulariaceae), a striking new species from southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India. Phytotaxa, 371(2), 140-144.
Book Chapter
- Kumar, N.M., Unnikrishnan, V., Harinarayanan, C.M., Balachandran, I. (2022). Chandana (Santalum album L.) in Ayurveda. In: Arunkumar, A.N., Joshi, G., Warrier, R.R., Karaba, N.N. (eds) Indian Sandalwood. Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6565-3_28