Amala Soumyanath

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
63 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Amala Soumyanath is a scholar working on Complementary and alternative medicine, Pharmacology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Amala Soumyanath has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine, 29 papers in Pharmacology and 22 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Amala Soumyanath's work include Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection (45 papers), Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (27 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (20 papers). Amala Soumyanath is often cited by papers focused on Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection (45 papers), Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (27 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (20 papers). Amala Soumyanath collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Amala Soumyanath's co-authors include Peter J. Houghton, Joseph F. Quinn, Nora E. Gray, Claudia S. Maier, Kirsten M. Wright, Jan F. Stevens, Armando Alcázar Magaña, Maya Caruso, Jonathan A. Zweig and Naofumi Kamimura and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Plant Journal.

In The Last Decade

Amala Soumyanath

59 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

α-Amylase inhibitory activity of some Malaysian plants used to treat diabetes; with particular reference to Phyllanthus amarus

2006 646 citations Amala Soumyanath et al. profile →
Caffeoylquinic acids: chemistry, biosynthesis, occurrence, analytical challenges, and bioactivity

2021 174 citations Armando Alcázar Magaña, Amala Soumyanath et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Amala Soumyanath United States	24	1.2k	575	538	527	511	63	2.5k
Melanie‐Jayne R. Howes United Kingdom	24	925 0.8×	821 1.4×	251 0.5×	678 1.3×	852 1.7×	51	2.8k
Jintanaporn Wattanathorn Thailand	27	980 0.8×	525 0.9×	203 0.4×	510 1.0×	463 0.9×	109	2.6k
Milind Parle India	29	1.2k 1.0×	672 1.2×	265 0.5×	709 1.3×	531 1.0×	129	2.8k
Thamilarasan Manivasagam India	37	893 0.8×	437 0.8×	197 0.4×	566 1.1×	882 1.7×	93	3.5k
Dinesh Dhingra India	31	946 0.8×	426 0.7×	236 0.4×	437 0.8×	534 1.0×	81	2.5k
Hayate Javed India	35	824 0.7×	619 1.1×	167 0.3×	564 1.1×	974 1.9×	51	3.6k
Sushruta Koppula South Korea	29	549 0.5×	395 0.7×	207 0.4×	465 0.9×	1.1k 2.1×	122	3.0k
Mohammed M. Safhi Saudi Arabia	28	595 0.5×	397 0.7×	157 0.3×	365 0.7×	696 1.4×	62	2.6k
Wen‐Huang Peng Taiwan	33	620 0.5×	573 1.0×	224 0.4×	768 1.5×	1.1k 2.1×	81	3.2k
Kornkanok Ingkaninan Thailand	36	1.2k 1.0×	1.6k 2.8×	376 0.7×	994 1.9×	1.2k 2.4×	185	4.6k

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Pondugula, Satyanarayana R., Luke Marney, Liping Yang, et al.. (2025). Ashwagandha ( Withania somnifera ) Plant Extracts Affect the Cytochrome P450 System and Cytotoxicity of Primary Human Hepatocytes. Journal of Dietary Supplements. 22(4). 613–639.

Brandes, Mikah S., Christopher Harris, Barbara H. Brumbach, et al.. (2025). Oral Asiatic Acid Improves Cognitive Function and Modulates Antioxidant and Mitochondrial Pathways in Female 5xFAD Mice. Nutrients. 17(4). 729–729. 2 indexed citations

Gray, Nora E., Jonathan A. Zweig, Natascha Techen, et al.. (2024). Centella asiatica and its caffeoylquinic acid and triterpene constituents increase dendritic arborization of mouse primary hippocampal neurons and improve age-related locomotion deficits in Drosophila. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 1374905–1374905. 2 indexed citations

Marney, Luke, Jae‐Woo Choi, Armando Alcázar Magaña, et al.. (2024). Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry quantification of phytochemicals in Withania somnifera using data-dependent acquisition, multiple-reaction-monitoring, and parallel-reaction-monitoring with an inclusion list. Frontiers in Chemistry. 12. 1373535–1373535. 8 indexed citations

Choi, Jaewoo, Liping Yang, Mikah S. Brandes, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of reversible cytochrome P450 inhibition by Withania somnifera leaf and root extracts. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 53(2). 100024–100024. 2 indexed citations

Magaña, Armando Alcázar, Kevin Brown, Yuan Jiang, et al.. (2024). Integrating High-Resolution Mass Spectral Data, Bioassays and Computational Models to Annotate Bioactives in Botanical Extracts: Case Study Analysis of C. asiatica Extract Associates Dicaffeoylquinic Acids with Protection against Amyloid-β Toxicity. Molecules. 29(4). 838–838. 1 indexed citations

Brandes, Mikah S., Donald G. Matthews, Maya Caruso, et al.. (2023). Investigating the effects of centella asiatica on neuroinflammation in beta‐amyloid overexpressing mice. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(S7). 2 indexed citations

Yang, Liping, Jaewoo Choi, Luke Marney, et al.. (2023). Chlorogenic Acids, Acting via Calcineurin, Are the Main Compounds in Centella asiatica Extracts That Mediate Resilience to Chronic Stress in Drosophila melanogaster. Nutrients. 15(18). 4016–4016. 5 indexed citations

Ho, Emily, Victoria Drake, Alexander J. Michels, et al.. (2023). Perspective: Council for Responsible Nutrition Science in Session. Optimizing Health with Nutrition—Opportunities, Gaps, and the Future. Advances in Nutrition. 14(5). 948–958. 7 indexed citations

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Moore, Cindy, et al.. (2023). Recovery of motor function is associated with rescue of glutamate biomarkers in the striatum and motor cortex following treatment with Mucuna pruriens in a murine model of Parkinsons disease. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 126. 103883–103883. 2 indexed citations

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García‐Jaramillo, Manuel, Donald G. Matthews, Maya Caruso, et al.. (2021). Centella asiatica Alters Metabolic Pathways Associated With Alzheimer’s Disease in the 5xFAD Mouse Model of ß-Amyloid Accumulation. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 12. 788312–788312. 18 indexed citations

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Soumyanath, Amala, et al.. (2018). Analysis of Levodopa Content in Commercial Mucuna pruriens Products Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Fluorescence Detection. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 24(2). 182–186. 17 indexed citations

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Gray, Nora E., Jonathan A. Zweig, Maya Caruso, et al.. (2018). Centella asiatica increases hippocampal synaptic density and improves memory and executive function in aged mice. Brain and Behavior. 8(7). e01024–e01024. 50 indexed citations

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Gray, Nora E., Jonathan A. Zweig, Donald G. Matthews, et al.. (2017). Centella asiatica Attenuates Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Oxidative Stress in Aβ‐Exposed Hippocampal Neurons. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2017(1). 7023091–7023091. 43 indexed citations

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Soumyanath, Amala, et al.. (2016). Centella asiatica improves synaptic plasticity and activates antioxidant and mitochondrial pathways in hippocampal neurons from an Alzheimer's disease mouse model. Planta Medica. 81(S 01). S1–S381. 1 indexed citations

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Spinelli, Kateri J., Valerie R. Osterberg, Charles K. Meshul, Amala Soumyanath, & Vivek K. Unni. (2015). Curcumin Treatment Improves Motor Behavior in α-Synuclein Transgenic Mice. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0128510–e0128510. 41 indexed citations

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Gray, Nora E., Harini Sampath, Jonathan A. Zweig, Joseph F. Quinn, & Amala Soumyanath. (2015). Centella asiatica Attenuates Amyloid-β-Induced Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Dysfunction. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 45(3). 933–946. 66 indexed citations

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Faas, Laura, Radhakrishnan Venkatasamy, Robert C. Hider, Antony R. Young, & Amala Soumyanath. (2008). In vivo evaluation of piperine and synthetic analogues as potential treatments for vitiligo using a sparsely pigmented mouse model. British Journal of Dermatology. 158(5). 941–950. 41 indexed citations

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Soumyanath, Amala. (2005). Traditional medicines for modern times: antidiabetic plants. CRC Press eBooks. 80 indexed citations

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Soumyanath, Amala, et al.. (2005). In Vitro Models for Assessing Antidiabetic Activity. 99–116. 15 indexed citations

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