1.Gautam Kumar*, Rahul Kumar, Tanish and Shashi Bala Singh: Novel (+)-usnic acid derivatives, computational studies and biological evaluation as neuroprotective agents, Future Medicinal Chemistry, (Just accepted) 2026 https://doi.org/10.1080/17568919.2026.2675872

2. Priya Mondal, Asha Kiran Tudu, Nishtha Tiwari, Tanish, Rahul Kumar, Priyanka Rani, Supriya Sharma, Kapil Vashisht, Kailash C Pandey & Gautam Kumar*: Synthesis, computational, and biological evaluation of novel indolophenyl carboxamides as potential antimalarial agents, Future Medicinal Chemistry, 18 Oct 2025: Page 1-18, DOI: 10.1080/17568919.2025.2575755.

3. Bylapudi Lalitha Kumari, Rahul Kumar, Kakade Aditi Sakharam, Rutuja Damare, Shashi Bala Singh, Gautam Kumar*: Semi‐Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Phyllanthin Derivatives as Potential Neuroprotective Agents, Archiv der Pharmazie, 2025; 358:e70115, Page 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1002/ardp.70115

4. Gautam Kumar, Abdul Akhir, Aswin T. Srivatsav, Deepanshi Saxena, Rahul Maitra, Deepak Datta Gaonkar, Shobhna Kapoor, Sidharth Chopra, Rishikesh Narayan. Indotropane Pseudo- Natural product is a novel class of potent and selective antibacterial agent against methicillin- and vancomycin- resistant S. aureus. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 296 (2025) 117805. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2025.117805

5. Gautam Kumar, Prema Kumari Agarwala, Aswin T. Srivatsav, Ashok Ravula, G. Ashmitha, Sreenath Balakrishnan, Shobhna Kapoor, and Rishikesh Narayan. Identification andBenchmarking of Myokinasib-II as a Selective and Potent Chemical Probe for ExploringMLCK1 Inhibition. ACS Chem. Biol. 2024, 19, 2165-2174. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.4c00336.

6. Vikash Pandey, Patil A. Adhikrao, Gudle M. Motiram, Nisha Yadav, Utkarsh Jagtap, Gautam Kumar*, Atish Paul*. Biaryl carboxamide- based peptidomimetics analogs as potential pancreatic lipase inhibitors for treating obesity. Arch. Pharm. 2024;357:e2300503. Page 1-21.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ardp.202300503.

7. Nishtha Chandal, Rushikesh Tambat, Ritu Kalia, Gautam Kumar, Nisha Mahey, SanjayJachak, Hemraj Nandanwar. Efflux pump inhibitory potential of indole derivatives as anarsenal against norA overexpressing Staphylococcus aureus. Microbiology spectrum. 2023, 11, https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.04876-22.

8. Gautam Kumar, Ambati Goutami Godavari, Rushikesh Tambat, Siva Kumar, Hemraj Nandanwar, M. Elizabeth Sobhia, and Sanjay M. Jachak. Synthesis, biological evaluation and computational studies of acrylohydrazide derivatives as potential Staphylococcus aureus NorA efflux pump inhibitors. Bioorg. Chem. 2020, 104, 104225, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.104225.

9. Gautam Kumar, Vagolu Siva Krishna, Dharmarajan Sriram, and Sanjay M. Jachak. Pyrazole–coumarin and pyrazole– quinoline chalcones as potential antitubercular agents. Arch. Pharm. 2020, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1002/ardp.202000077

10. Gautam Kumar, Vagolu Siva Krishna, Dharmarajan Sriram, and Sanjay M. Jachak, Synthesis of carbohydrazides and carboxamides analogues as anti- tubercular agents. Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2018, 156, 871-884. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.07.047

11. Gautam Kumar, Asawari Sathe, Vagolu Siva Krishna, Dharmarajan Sriram, and Sanjay M. Jachak, Synthesis and biological evaluation of dihydroquinoline carboxamide derivatives as anti- tubercular agents. Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2018, 157, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.07.046

12. Gautam Kumar, Omprakash Tanwar, Jitendra Kumar, Mymoona Akther, Supriya Sharma, C.R. Pillai, Md. Mumtaz Alam, and M.S. Zama. Pyrazole-pyrazoline as promising novel antimalarial agents: A mechanistic study. Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2018, 149, 139-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.01.082.

13. Omprakash Tanwar, Gridhar Singh Deora, Lalima Tanwar, Gautam Kumar, Sridhara Janardhan, Md. Mumtaz Alam, Md. Shaquiquzzaman, and Mymoona Akther. Novel hydrazine derivatives as selective DPP-IV inhibitors: findings from virtual screening and validation through molecular dynamics simulations. J Mol Model. (2014) 20:2118.

14. Gautam Kumar*, Kritika Engle: Natural cyclic depsipeptides and their analogs as potential antimicrobial candidates: mechanistic insight☆ Bioorganic Chemistry 181 (2026) 110343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2026.110343

15. Geni Gako, Ramesh Joga Annapurna Padaraju, Sravani Yerram, Sandeep Kumar, Gautam Kumar*: Naturally occurring coumarins as promising antimicrobial agents: latest progress: Phytotherapy Research, 2026; 40:4404–4443. https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.70365

16. Gautam Kumar*, Murali Monohar Pandey: Exploring diverse chemotypes of natural polyenes as promising antimicrobial candidates: Latest progress and limitations: European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 314 (2026) 118930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2026.118930

17. Gautam Kumar and Siddharth Chopra: Diverse chemotypes of polyketides as promising antimicrobial agents: latest progress. RSC Adv., 2025, 15, 32080–32107. DOI: 10.1039/d5ra03414k

18. Gautam Kumar: Naturally occurring organosulfur for treating metabolic disorders and infectious diseases. Med Chem Res 34, 45–85 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00044-024-03326-9

19. Gautam Kumar, Priya Mondal, Amit Kadam, Isha Dhamija, Ravindra Pal Singh, Deepak Nathiya and Sandeep Kumar: Combating Multi-drug Resistant Mycobacterium Species by Efflux Pump Inhibitors: Contemporary Trends. BIOI 2025, Vol 6, 11. doi: 10.15212/bioi-
2025-0034.

20. Naturally occurring coumarins as promising antimicrobial agents: latest progress: Phytotherapy Research, 2026; 0:1–40. https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.70365

21. Kritika Engle, Gautam Kumar*: Tackling multi-drug resistant fungi by efflux pump inhibitors. Biochemical Pharmacology 2024, 226, 116400.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcp.2024.116400.

22. S.S. Kirthiga Devi, Sidhartha Singh, Ramesh Joga, Sharvari Y. Patil, Vakalapudi Meghana Devi, Sabnis Chetan Dushantrao, Falguni Dwivedi, Gautam Kumar, Deepak Kumar Jindal, Charan Singh, Isha Dhamija, Parul Grover, Sandeep Kumar. Enhancing cancer immunotherapy: Exploring strategies to target the PD-1/ PD-L1 axis and analyzing the associated patent, regulatory, and clinical trial landscape: European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics 200 (2024) 114323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2024.114323

23. Gautam Kumar: Natural peptides and their synthetic congeners acting against Acinetobacter baumannii through the membrane and cell wall: latest progress. RSC Med. Chem., 2025,16, 561-604DOI: 10.1039/d4md00745j

24. Gautam Kumar and Kakde Aditi Sakharam: Tackling Influenza A virus by M2 ion channel blockers: Latest progress and limitations. Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2024, Vol 267

25. Rutuja Damare, Kritika Engle, Gautam Kumar*: Targeting epidermal growth factor receptor and its downstream signaling pathways by natural products:
A mechanistic insight: Phytotherapy Research. 2024;38:2406–2447.

26. Patil Amruta Adhikrao, Mayuri Gudle Motiram, and Gautam Kumar: Tackling Nontuberculous Mycobacteria By Repurposable Drugs And Potential Leads From Natural Products. Curr Top Med Chem. 2024;24(15):1291-1326. DOI: 10.2174/0115680266276938240108060247

27. Annapurna Padaraju, Falguni Dwivedi, Gautam Kumar: Microemulsions, nanoemulsions and emulgels as carriers for antifungal antibiotics. Ther. Deliv. 2023. DOI:10.4155/tde-2023-0076.

28. Gautam Kumar and Patil Amruta Adhikrao: Targeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis iron- scavenging tools: a recent update on siderophores inhibitors. RSC Med. Chem., 2023, 14, 1885. DOI: 10.1039/d3md00201b

29. Gautam Kumar and Kritika Engle: Natural products acting against S. aureus through membrane and cell wall disruption. Nat. Prod. Rep., 2023, 40, 1608-1646 DOI:10.1039/d2np00084a

30. Gautam Kumar and Amrutha C: Natural products and their analogues acting against Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A recent update. Drug Dev Res. 2023;1–26.

31. Gautam Kumar and Shobhna Kapoor: Targeting mycobacterial membranes and membrane proteins: Progress and limitations. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2023,81, 117212.

32. Gautam Kumar and Asha Kiran Tudu: Tackling multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by natural products and their analogues acting as NorA efflux pump inhibitors. Bioorg. Med.Chem. 2023, 80, 117187.

33. Kritika Engle, Gautam Kumar*: Cancer multidrug-resistance reversal by ABCB1 inhibition: A recent update: European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 239 (2022) 114542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114542

34. Gautam Kumar, Rishikesh Narayan and Shobhna Kapoor: Chemical tools for illumination of tuberculosis biology, virulence mechanisms and diagnosis. J. Med. Chem. 2020, 63, 24, 15308-15332.