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  2. Shamina Azeez

Shamina Azeez

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Designation: 
Principal Scientist
Division/Section: 
Division of Basic Sciences
Specialisation: 
Biochemistry (Plant Sciences)
Qualification: 
PhD
Research Accomplishments: 

(During the Period of 2019-2023) 

  1. Experiments on regular (Totapuri, Amrapali) and alternate bearing (Alphonso, Dashehari) mango varieties revealed that the expression of the floral repressor gene (SVP1) has a profound influence on the alternate bearing nature despite basal expression of the floral inducer genes (CO, Ft, SOC, LFY & AP)
  2. In the biannual bearing mango variety Royal Special, the expression of the repressor gene SVP1 was higher during off-season flowering (Jun-Aug), than during on-season flowering (Dec-Jan)
  3. In all these mango varieties, there was translocation of metabolites from the source to the sink at apical meristem during transition from vegetative to reproductive phase; hormone levels of salicylic acid, methyl jasmonate, GA4 and abscisic acid also played a significant role
  4. The Glycemic Index of germinated millet incorporated mango, pineapple, and pomegranate RTS beverages ranged between 98.64 and 129.16%
  5. Protein bioavailability in Alphonso mango fruit bars fortified with whey protein (1 to 5%) increased linearly with the whey protein content
  6. Methanol and ethanol extracts of jackfruit seed powder inhibited the multiplication of human carcinoma cell line A375 (skin cancer cells) after 72 hours of incubation; ethanolic extract of G3 gumless (white) jackfruit seeds exhibited the maximum inhibition of 82.4%, the methanolic extract of G31 Kerala (yellow type) exhibited inhibition of 74.4%, both at 10 μg/ 100 μl concentration
  7. The content of ergothioneine, a strong antioxidant and antimutagen, in 23 mushroom spp. ranged between 0.04 mg/ g DW in Hericium erinaceus to 4.23 mg/ g DW in Pleurotus cintrinopileatus. In general, the pileus had over twice the ergothioneine content of the stipe
  8. Jackfruit collections - white, yellow and orange pulp colour - were extracted in different solvents; the methanolic and aqueous extracts yielded the highest phenolics and antioxidant activity. White color pulp had the highest flavonoids (0.16 mg CAE/g), yellow had the highest phenols (0.36 mg GAE/g) and antioxidant values (12.93 mg/100 g)
  9. Aptamers were selected against live Salmonella cells, from a highly randomized (1013) N80 oligonucleotide ssDNA library through whole cell-SELEX (Systemic Evolution of Ligands by EXponential enrichment) process. The highly specificity aptamer candidates were identified after cloning and sequencing, modified by 5’ thiolation, conjugated to gold colloid nanoparticles (AuNP) to optimize the aggregation of the AuNP-aptamer-Salmonella target complex, using NaCl. This complex was able to detect Salmonella at a dilution of 106 to 108 cfu/ml dilution

 

Varieties / Technologies Developed: 

 

  1. Arka Avocado Powder (Process Technology) - Innovator
  2. Guar gum based Super-absorbent polymer for purification of water and as fire retardants/ extinguishers (Process Technology) – Innovator
  3. Mushroom based cookies & culinary powders (Process Technology) - Associate
Publications: 

(Best 10/High Impact) 

  1. Sujayasree, O.J., Tiwari R.B., Venugopalan R, Narayana C.K., Bhuvaneswari S. Ranjitha K., Oberoi H.S., Shamina Azeez, Sakthivel T. and Nayaka V.S.K. (2022). Optimization of factors influencing osmotic dehydration of aonla (Phyllanthus emblica L.) segments in salt solution using response surface methodology. Journal of Horticultural Sciences. 17(2). https://jhs.iihr.res.in/index.php/jhs/article/view/1404/641 NAAS Impact Factor: 5.08
  2. Karunakaran, G., Azeez, S., Tripathi,P.C., Sakthivel, T., Arivalagan, M., Prasath, D., Sankar, V. and Kumar, R.S. (2022). Temporal changes of phenolics, flavonoids, carotenoids and mineral constituents in the leaf of a medicinal plant Justicia wynaadensis. Journal of Environmental Biology. 43, 694-701. doi.org/10.22438/jeb/43/5/MRN-3011 NAAS Impact Factor: 5.57
  3. Chethan Kumar, P., Amutha, S., Oberoi, H.S., Kanchana, S., Shamina Azeez and Rupa. T.R. (2022). Germination induced changes in bioactive compounds and nutritional components of millets. Journal of Food Science & Technology. doi.org/10.1007/s13197-022-05485-2 NAAS Impact Factor: 8.7
  4. S. Azeez, Karunakaran, G., Roy, T.K., Jasmin, M.R., Rao, V.K., Bujji Babu, C.S., Tripathi, P.C. and Shivashankara, K.S. (2022). Nutritional quality of underutilized fruits with future potential in India – avocado, karonda, pummelo and rambutan. Fruits. 77(2) | ISSN 0248-1294 print, 1625-967X online. doi.org/10.17660/th2022/008 NAAS Rating: 6.8
  5. Pushpa Chethan Kumar, Harinder Singh Oberoi & Shamina Azeez. 2021. Basella- an Underutilized green leafy vegetable with a potential for functional food development. Food Reviews International, DOI: 10.1080/87559129.2021.1874410 NAAS 12.48 NAAS Rating: 12.48
  6. Vandana, V.V., Bhai, R.S., Ramakrishnan Nair, R. and Shamina, A. 2019. Role of cell wall and cell membrane integrity in imparting defence response against Phytophthora capsici in black pepper (Piper nigrum L.). European Journal of Plant Pathology. 153:1-17

 

Awards & Recognitions: 

 

Awards:

  1. ‘Smt. Anne Shikhamany Memorial Award’ for best paper in Journal of Horticultural Sciences for the year 2020, titled ‘Studies on bioavailability of iron from Fe-fortified commercial edible mushroom Hypsizygus ulmarius and standardization of its delivery system for human nutrition’, authored by Pandey M., Gowda N.K.S., Satisha G.C., Azeez S., Chandrashekara C., Zamil M. and Roy T.K.

Peer Recognition:
Teaching:

  1. PhD guide to three students registered with Kannur University, Kannur, Kerala
  2. Recognized as guide to PhD students in Plant Biochemistry of IARI-IIHR
  3. Course Leader – PHM 601-2020, BIOCHEM 503, PHM 601,
  4. Course Member – PP604, VSC622, PP 606, PHT 613, VSC 608 and FLA 605, FLA 621
  5. Member Advisory Committee
  6. Member of 5 IARI-IIHR PhD students
  7. UHS, Bagalkot, PhD student Ms. Pooja Murthy

HRD:

  1. Training at CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore, on ‘Analysis of Fruit & Vegetable Products’, at the Referral Food Laboratory, Food Safety & Analytical Quality Control Laboratory, 11-12 April 2022
  2. National workshop-cum-webinar on Genome Editing – Basics to Applications in Agriculture, Pharma & Health Sectors, held from 27 June to 3 July 2022, organized online by Glostem
    - Hands-On Training Course in Proteomics, from 26th July to 28th September 2022, organized by C-CAMP, Bengaluru 560065
  3. Invited lecture delivered on ‘Control of flowering in the plant kingdom’, in the International Conference on Research and Development in Biosciences, 17-19 January 2019, organized by the Department of Biotechnology & Microbiology, Kannur University, Palayad, Kannur.
  4. Attended National Conference on Agri-Nutrition, on 15.3.2019, organized by the Ministry for Women & Child Development, POSHAN Abhiyan, NNNRC-CPMU, at New Delhi.
  5. Invited lecture delivered on ‘Control of flowering in the plant kingdom’, in the International Conference on Research and Development in Biosciences, 17-19 January 2019, organized by the Department of Biotechnology & Microbiology, Kannur University, Palayad, Kannur.

Institutional Support:

  1. Nodal Officer - Publication Committee, 2020 & 2021
    Nodal Officer – Purchase Advisory, Proprietary Items &Technical Specification Committee, 2023

Resource Generation:

  1. Testing private customer samples as part of FSSAI
  2. Contract research with PS & S Agri-Culture Pvt. Ltd., for ‘Development of guar gum based products and processes’
  3. External Assignments External Expert (Plant Biochemistry) Screening Cum Evaluation Committee/ Selection Committee for the CAS promotion of Teachers at KSNUAHS, Shivamogga, on 7.6.2023
    Expert (Plant Biochemistry) in Assessment Committee for CAS for career promotion of ARS Scientists of ICAR-IISR, Calicut, 21.12.2021
  4. Member of Assessment Committee for CAS at ICAR-CPCRI, Kasaragod, 28.12.2019

Membership of committees

  1. Executive Council Member in Indian Society for Plantation Crops (ISPC)
    Life member:
  1. Society for Promotion of Horticulture
  2. Indian Society for Spices
  3. The Indian Society for Plantation Crops
Permanent Address: 
#8C, Galaxy Apartments, Karat Road, West Nadakkavu, Calicut 673011, Kerala.
Address for Communication: 

No.12B, Sobha Malachite, Jakkur Plantations, Yelahanka, Bengaluru-560064

Email Address: 
shamina.azeez@icar.gov.in
Telephone #: 
9739190022