Ram Nath Chopra, Indian pharmacist
and chemotherapist (Gujranwala,
Punjab 17 August 1882 – Srinagar, Kashmir 13 June 1973) Authored over 300 papers and a
number of books Isolated the active principles of
Indian medicinal plants and worked out their pharmacological action in
experimental animals like Ispaghula, Kurchi, Bael, Chaulmoogra, Babchi, Rauwolfia
and Psoralea Characterized
the pharmacologically active constituents of the root of plant Rauwolfia serpentina (1940s) Developed new lines of treatment
using indigenous drugs against parasitic diseases DEVELOPED Chopra antimony test or urea stibamine test (for leishmaniasis) Chopra aldehyde test for hyperglobulinemia With J.S. Chowhan a biological assay
of digitalis preparations HONORS Honorary Fellow, American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (1938) Honorary Member, German Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (1950) |
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