Biography

Prof. R. Aswati Nair

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Central University of Kerala (CUK), India


Email: aswati@cukerala.ac.in; aswatinair.an@gmail.com


Qualifications

2006 Ph.D., Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), University of Kerala, India

1998 M.Sc., Biotechnology, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), India

1995 B.Sc., Botany, University of Kerala, India


Publications (Selected)

  1. Shilpa, T., Vaishnavi, A., & Nair, A. R. (2025). Oxidative imbalance induced by dithiocarbamate fungicide, Mancozeb aborts Nrf2 anti-oxidant signaling pathway protection in Vero cell line. Pharmacological Research-Reports, 100041.
  2. Reena, V. N., Bhagyasree, G. S., Shilpa, T., Aswati Nair, R., & Nithyaja, B. (2024). Multifaceted applications of DNA-Capped silver nanoparticles in photonics, photocatalysis, antibacterial activity, cytotoxicity, and bioimaging. Journal of Fluorescence, 1-15.
  3. Reena, V. N., Bhagyasree, G. S., Shilpa, T., Aswati Nair, R., Misha, H., & Nithyaja, B. (2024). Photocatalytic, antibacterial, cytotoxic and bioimaging applications of fluorescent CdS nanoparticles prepared in DNA biotemplate. Journal of Fluorescence, 34(1), 437-448.
  4. Reena, V. N., Bhagyasree, G. S., Shilpa, T., Aswati Nair, R., Misha, H., & Nithyaja, B. (2024). Photocatalytic, antibacterial, cytotoxic and bioimaging applications of fluorescent CdS nanoparticles prepared in DNA biotemplate. Journal of Fluorescence, 34(1), 437-448.
  5. Saranya, G., Jiby, M. V., & Padmesh, P. P. (2023). Expression and characterization of a novel PPO gene from Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. pruriens involved in catecholamine pathway mediated synthesis of L-DOPA. South African Journal of Botany, 158, 232-242.
  6. Harsha, K., Shalima, M. V., & Aswati, R. N. (2023). Influence of phytochemical and soil characteristics on composition of culturable endophyte from Zingiber zerumbet (L) Smith rhizome. Ecological Genetics and Genomics, 26, 100158.
  7. Harshitha, K., Nair, A. R., & Pillai, P. P. (2023). Overview of bioactive metabolite (s) produced by endophytes and future perspectives on epigenetic modification/regulation of cryptic biosynthetic pathways. Phytochemistry Letters, 53, 116-131.
  8. Surendran, K., Ranjisha, K. R., Aswati Nair, R., & Pillai, P. P. (2023). Genomics and metabolomics: a strategy for elucidation of metabolic pathways in medicinal plants. In Phytochemical Genomics: Plant Metabolomics and Medicinal Plant Genomics (pp. 343-360). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
  9. Raj, S., K, H., & Nair, R. A. (2022). Anti-microbial and cytotoxic activity of ZzAMP, a serine protease inhibitor (SPI) with nutraceutical potential from rhizomes of medicinal plant, Zingiber zerumbet. Natural Product Research, 36(24), 6375-6380.
  10. Peter, P., Divakaran, K., Kaniyala, H., & Nair, A. R. (2021). Endophytic Bacillus spp. from Zingiber zerumbet rhizome, rhizosphere and axenic cultures: characterisation and identification of isolates with plant growth promoting activities and antagonism to soft-rot causative Pythium myriotylum. Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, 54(19-20), 2007-2022.
  11. Peter, P., Divakaran, K., Kaniyala, H., & Nair, A. R. (2021). Endophytic Bacillus spp. from Zingiber zerumbet rhizome, rhizosphere and axenic cultures: characterisation and identification of isolates with plant growth promoting activities and antagonism to soft-rot causative Pythium myriotylum. Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, 54(19-20), 2007-2022.
  12. Aswati Nair, R., Ganapathy, G., & Harshitha, K. (2021). Polyphenolic characteristics, antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of Zingiber neesanum (Graham) Ramamoorthy rhizomes and identification of volatile metabolites by GC-MS analysis. Natural Product Research, 35(17), 2947-2951.
  13. Harsha, K., & Nair, R. A. (2020). Volatile metabolites of endophytic Klebsiella aerogenes from Zingiber zerumbet rhizome and its antagonistic effect on soft rot causative Pythium myriotylum. Journal of Spices & Aromatic Crops, 29(2).
  14. Nair, A. R., Divakaran, K., & Pillai, P. (2020). Evidence for methylerythritol pathway (MEP) contributions to zerumbone biosynthesis as revealed by expression analysis of regulatory genes and metabolic inhibitors studies. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 38(3), 370-379.


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