Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 2: Dr Vikas Sharma, son of Harbans Lal Sharma and Pushplata Sharma, a resident of Channi Himmat was presented the coveted Young Scientist Award-2018 on account of his overall achievements and accomplishment and research excellence in the field of natural products and area of anticancer studies.
The award contains a Certificate of Excellence along with a memento.
The award was presented to Dr Sharma at Scientist Award Ceremony-2018 held recently at Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Lucknow, Uttar Pardesh which was attended by more than 200 delegates from different states of India.
Working as Assistant Professor in the Division of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Sciences, SKUAST-Jammu, Dr Sharma has evaluated many local medicinal plants from Jammu region for their anticarcinogenic properties and recently isolated two active ingredients from the rhizome part of “Curcuma longa” popularly known as “Turmeric or Haldi”, that possess significant in vitro cytotoxic effect against colon, lung and prostate cancer cells.
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