Dr. Amit Kumar Tyagi

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA

Email: amittyagiiitd@gmail.com

Qualifications

2007 Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, India

2003 M.Sc., CCS University, India

Publications (selected)

1. Tyagi A K, Nirala B K, Malik A, Singh K (2008) “The effect of negative air ion exposure on Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas fluorescens”, Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A, 43, 694-699.
2. Tyagi A K, Malik A (2010) “In situ SEM, TEM and AFM studies of the antimicrobial activity of lemon grass oil in liquid and vapour phase against Candida albicans.” Micron, 41 (7), 797-805.
3. Tyagi A K, Malik A (2010) “Antimicrobial action of essential oil vapours and Negative air ions against Pseudomonas fluorescens.” International Journal of Food Microbiology, 143, 205-210.
4. Tyagi A K, Malik A (2010) “Liquid and vapour-phase antifungal activities of selected essential oils against Candida albicans: Microscopic observations and chemical characterization of Cymbopogon citratus.” BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 10(1), 65.
5. Tyagi A K, Malik A (2011) “Antimicrobial potential and chemical composition of Eucalyptus oil in liquid and vapour phase against food spoilage microorganisms.” Food Chemistry, 126, 228-235.
6. Tyagi A K, Malik A (2011) “Antimicrobial potential and chemical composition of Mentha piperita oil in liquid and vapour phase against food spoiling microorganisms”. Food Control, 22 (11), 1707-1714.
7. Tyagi A K, Malik A (2012) “Bactericidal action of lemon grass oil vapours and negative air ions”. Innovative Food Science and emerging Technology, 13, 169-177.
8. Tyagi A K, Malik A, Gottardi D, Guerzoni M E (2012). “Essential oil vapour and Negative air ions: A novel tool for food preservation” Trends in Food Science & Technology, 26, 99-113.
9. Parfene G, Horincar V, Tyagi A K, Malik A, Bahrim G (2013). “Production of medium chain saturated fatty acids with enhanced antimicrobial activity from crude coconut fat by solid state cultivation of Yarrowialipolytica”. Food Chemistry, 136, 1345–1349.
10. Tyagi A K, Malik A (2012). “Morphostructural damage in E. coli cells due to the lemon grass oil and its vapour: SEM, TEM & AFM investigations”. Evidence-Based Complimentary and alternative medicine, Article ID 692625.
11. Malik A, Tyagi A K (2012) “Novel Antimicrobial Tool for Food Preservation: Volatile Phytochemicals and Air Ions”. Journal of Biotechnology and Biomaterials, 2(6), 64.
12. Tyagi A K, Gottardi D, Malik A, Guerzoni M E (2013).“Anti-yeast activity of mentha oil and vapours through in vitro and in vivo (real fruit juices) assays”. Food Chemistry, 137, 108–114.
13. Tyagi A K, Bukvicki D, Gottardi D, Jankovic S, Guerzoni M E, Marin P D (2013). Antimicrobial potential and chemical characterisation of europen folk medicinal plant; Porellaarboris. Evidence-Based Complimentary and alternative medicine, Article ID 382927.
14. Tyagi A K, Gottardi D, Malik A, Guerzoni M E (2014). “Chemical composition, in vitro anti-yeast activity and fruit juice preservation potential of lemon grass oil”. LWT Food Science and Technology, In Press.
15. Horincar V, Parfene G, Tyagi A K, Gottardi D,  Dinica R, Guerzoni M E, Bahrim G (2014). “Extraction and characterization of volatile compounds and fatty acids from red and green macro-algae from the Romanian Black Sea in order to obtain valuable bio-additives and bio-preservatives”. Journal of Applied Phycology, 26:551–559.
16. Bukvicki D, Tyagi A K, Gottardi D, Veljic M, Jankovic S, Guerzoni M E, Marin P D (2013). Liverwort Scapaniaaspera; Assessment of chemical composition and in vitro antimicrobial potential. Natural Product communications, 8, 1-5.
17. Bukvicki D, Gottardi D, Tyagi A K, Veljic M, Marin P D, Jankovic S, Vujisic L, Guerzoni M E, Vannini L (2014). Scapanianemorea liverwort extracts: Investigation on volatile compounds, in vitro antimicrobial activity and control of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in fruit juice. LWT Food Science and Technology, 55 (2), 452-458.
18. Han A L, Kumar S, Fok J Y, Tyagi A K, Mehta K (2014) Tissue transglutaminase expression promotes castration-resistant phenotype and transcriptional repression of androgen receptor. European Journal of Cancer 50, 1685–1696.
19. Prasad S, Tyagi, A K, Aggarwal BB (2014) Recent Developments in Delivery, Bioavailability, Absorption and Metabolism of Curcumin: the Golden Pigment from Golden Spice. Cancer Research Treatment, 46 (1) 2-18.
20. Anthwal, A., Thakur, B.K., Rawat, D.S., Rawat, M.S.M., Tyagi, A. K., Aggarwal, BB. Synthesis, characterization and in vitro anticancer activity of C-5 curcumin analogues with potential to inhibit TNF-α-induced NF-κB activation. Biomed Research Internal, Article ID 524161.
21. Tyagi A K, Gottardi D, Tabanelli G, Montanari C, Malik A, Guerzoni M E (2014). Eucalyptus essential oil as a natural food preservative: In vivo and in vitro anti-yeast potential. Biomed Research Internal, Article ID 969143.
22. Anthwal A, Rawat D S, Rawat M S M, Tyagi A K, Aggarwal BB (2014). Synthesis, virtual screening and in vitro cytotoxicity of C-5 curcumin based dithiocarbamtes. Royal society of Chemistry, 4, 28756.
23. Prasad, S., Gupta, S.C., Tyagi, A.K., Aggarwal, B.B. Curcumin, a component of golden spice: From bedside to bench and back. Biotechnology advances 32 (6), 1053–1064.
24. Gupta, S.C., Tyagi, A.K., Deshmukh, P., Prasad, S., Hinojosa, M., Aggarwal, B.B. Down regulation of TNF and Other Pro-Inflammatory Biomarkers by Polyphenols. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 559, 91–99.