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Quick identification of piperidine alkaloid from roots of Grewia nervosa and their glucosidase inhibitory activity

Meena, S.N.; Majik, M.S.; Ghadi, S.C.; Tilve, S.G. (Chemistry & Biodiversity. 14(12); 2017; ArticleID_e1700400.)

Grewia nervosa is herbal plant used as traditional medicine for different purposes. Bioassay-guided chemical fractionation of G. nervosa roots resulted in an identification of two known and one new compound, named ...

A report on novel mosquito pathogenic Bacillus Spp. isolated from a beach in Goa, India

Almeida, J.; Mohanty, A.; Dharini, N.; Hoti, S.L.; Kerkar, S.; Kumar, Ashwani (International Journal of Mosquito Research. 7(2); 2020; 21-29.)

Nine Bacilli were isolated from 3 spatially diverse zones viz., tidal, intertidal and seashore at Miramar beach in Goa, India. The isolates were assessed for mosquito larvicidal activity against 3rd instar larvae of Anopheles ...

Report on the identification of alkaloids from Sargassum tenerrimum

Chitari, S.; Dias, P.E.; Barros, U. (Seaweed Research and Utilisation. 40(2); 2018; 1-6.)

Sargassum tenerrimum was collected from the shores of Vainguinim in Goa. Preliminary phytochemical investigations of this seaweed revealed the presence of alkaloids which was further confirmed by their chromatographic ...

Role of carbohydrate active enzymes (CAZymes) in production of marine bioactive oligosaccharides and their pharmacological applications (Chapter 16)

Imran, Md.; Ghadi, S.C. (Enzymatic Technologies for Marine Polysaccharides, Ed. by: Trincone, A., CRC Press; 2019; 357-368.)

Complex polysaccharides such as agar, alginate, carrageenan, cellulose, xylan, and chitin are abundantly represented in the marine ecosystem. Degradation of these complex polysaccharides into oligosaccharides is achieved ...

Salt tolerant bacterial inoculants as promoters of rice growth and microbial activity in coastal saline soil

Bartakke-Bhambure, A.; Mahajan, G.R.; Kerkar, S. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences. 88(4); 2018; 1531-1538.)

Salinity stress is one of the major abiotic stresses to rice crop production in coastal saline soils. The aim of the present investigation was to study effect of salt tolerant microbes and organic matter supplementation ...

Screening for agarolytic bacteria and development of a novel method for in situ detection of agarase

Ghadi, S.C.; Muraleedharan, U.D.; Jawaid, S. (Journal of Marine Biotechnology. 5(4); 1997; 194-200.)

A preliminary screening for agar-degrading bacteria from the coastal waters of India yielded two isolates, 10A and LK2, with promising agarolytic activity. Both isolates showed extensive pit formation as well as clearance ...

Seasonal assessment of heavy metal pollution in tropical mangrove sediments

Attri, K.; Kerkar, S. (Journal of Ecobiotechnology. 3(8); 2011; 8-15.)

Mangrove swamps along the Mandovi estuary, Goa are exposed to an influx of metal effluents from the ferromanganese mining activities. The present study was carried out to assess the seasonal concentrations of metals in the ...

Sequence analysis, in silico modeling and docking studies of Caffeoyl CoA-O-methyltransferase of Populus trichopora

Phogat, N.; Vindal, V.; VikashKumar; Krishna, K.I.; NirmalPrasad, K. (Journal of Molecular Modeling. 16(9); 2010; 1461-1471.)

Caffeoyl coenzyme A-O-methyltransferases (CCoAOMTs) which are characterized under class I plant OMTs, methylates CoA thioesters, with an in vitro kinetic preference for caffeoyl CoA. CCoAOMTs exhibit association with lignin ...

Significance of marine salt pans as imminent source of bioactive secondary metabolites

Kamat, T.; Kerkar, S. (Proc. Int. Conf. Environment, Health and Industrial Biotechnology (BioSangam). Dept. of Biotechnology, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, India. 2013; 165-168.)

The marine environment is an interesting source for research and development. The potential of the domain in the discovery of new microorganisms capable of producing novel and useful bioactive secondary metabolites remains ...

Solid base catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction of macroalgae: Effects of process parameter on product yield and characterization

Biswas, B.; AvnishKumar; Fernandes, A.C.; Saini, K.; Negi, S.; Muraleedharan, U.D.; Bhaskar, T. (Bioresource Technology. 307; 2020; ArticleID_123232.)

The hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of Sargassum tenerrimum (ST) macroalgae was carried out for 15 min, over various solid base catalysts (CaO supported on CeO sub(2), Al sub(2)O sub(3), and ZrO sub(2)) at different reaction ...

Spatio-Temporal Monitoring and Ecological Significance of Retrievable Pelagic Heterotrophic Bacteria in Kongsfjorden, an Arctic Fjord

Sinha, R.K.; Krishnan, K.P.; Kerkar, S.; DivyaDavid, T. (Indian Journal of Microbiology. 57(1); 2017; 116-120.)

Kongsfjorden is a glacial fjord in the Arctic that is influenced by both Atlantic and Arctic water masses. In the present report retrievable heterotrophic bacteria isolated from two distinct zones (outer and inner fjord) ...

Stimulation of sulfate-reducing activity at salt-saturation in the salterns of Ribandar, Goa, India

Kerkar, S.; LokaBharathi, P.A. (Geomicrobiology Journal. 24(2); 2007; 101-110.)

In order to address the question if sulfate-reducing activity (SRA) ever becomes arrested at salt saturation, it was measured at 0-2, 2-5 and 5-10 cm depth in sediment cores from the saltpans of Ribandar (Goa) using ...

Structural and docking studies of Leucaena leucocephala Cinnamoyl CoA reductase

Prasad, N.K.; Vindal, V.; VikashKumar; Kabra, A.; Phogat, N.; ManojKumar (Journal of Molecular Modeling. 17(3); 2011; 533-541.)

Lignin, a major constituent of plant call wall, is a phenolic heteropolymer.It plays a major role in the development of plants and their defense mechanism against pathogens. Therefore Lignin biosynthesis is one of the ...

Studies on Grewia nervosa for Bioprospecting

Meena, S.N.

Studies on pathogens of public health significance in mangrove ecosystems

Poharkar, K.V.

Studies on the Biodegradation of the Heterocyclic Component of Crude Oil in the Marine Environment

Coelho, Joanita

Studies on the Degradation of Dibenzothiophene (DBT) by a Marine Microorganism and its Role in the Mineralization of Crude Oil Components

Rodrigues, Janneth

A study of an antibacterial compound from salt pans of Goa

Kamat, Tonima

Studying Artemisinin Resistance in Selected Malaria Endemic Sites of India

Gupta, R.