Forest Research Institute | India
Radhika Khanna is a scholar in the field of forest-product chemistry and bioactive natural products, whose research spans phytochemistry, biotechnological approaches, and pharmacological evaluations. Her recent work includes UPLC-QTOF-MS metabolomics and chemometric studies on Cupressus torulosa needles, molecular docking explorations of antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antidiabetic compounds, as well as in vitro and in vivo bioactivity assessments. She has also conducted multi-location HPLC analyses of triterpenoids in Terminalia arjuna. Over her career, she has published multiple peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Journal of Mass Spectrometry, Journal of Chemometrics, Analytical Methods, Journal of Chromatographic Science, and Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. According to her Google Scholar profile, she currently has an h-index of 7, with 140 citations across her body of work and 91 citations since 2020, along with an i10-index of 5.
Featured Publications:
Khanna, R., & Varshney, V. K. (2025). Molecular docking-based investigation of antioxidant, antidiabetic, and anti-inflammatory activities of bioactive compounds from Cupressus torulosa needles. ChemistrySelect. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202501052
Khanna, R., Pandey, G., Barthwal, S., Ginwal, H. S., & Varshney, V. K. (2025). Phytochemical profiling, isolation, characterization, and quantification of triterpenoids from Terminalia arjuna: A multi-location study using HPLC and statistical analyses. Journal of Chromatographic Science, 63(6). https://doi.org/10.1093/chromsci/bmaf042
Khanna, R., Bhadoriya, K., Pandey, G., & Varshney, V. K. (2025). Geographical influence on metabolite profiles of Cupressus torulosa: UPLC-QTOF-MS (positive mode) and chemometric insights. Journal of Chemometrics, 39(4), e70031. https://doi.org/10.1002/cem.70031
Khanna, R., Bhadoriya, K., Pandey, G., & Varshney, V. K. (2025). UPLC-QTOF-MS-based metabolomics and chemometrics studies of geographically diverse Cupressus torulosa needles. Analytical Methods, 17(3), 1900–1914. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4AY01654H
Khanna, R., Chitme, H. R., Bhadoriya, K., Tripathi, Y. C., & Varshney, V. K. (2025). In vitro and in vivo assessment of antidiabetic activity of Cupressus torulosa D. Don needles, their LCQTOFMS-assisted metabolite profiling, and implications for diabetes management. Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 60(3), e5117. https://doi.org/10.1002/jms.5117