N. Pandurangan
Faculty Associate
School of Biotechnology
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre
India
Biography
N. Pandurangan, is working as Senior Research Fellow (CSIR-SRF) at the Amrita School of Biotechnology, Amritapuri from 2009 August. He obtained M.Sc., degree (Chemistry) from Periyar University in 2006. His earlier experience, in industry for three years dealing with synthesis of specialty chemicals. After joining this school, he worked on extraction of medicinal plants and isolated the products. He was awarded CSIR-SRF fellowship in 2013 after starting his research. He is also working on synthesis of organic compounds. He is well-versed with the modern techniques of isolation and characterization of natural and synthetic products. He is also studying the bioactivies includes computational chemistry of various natural and synthetic flavonoids. Presently he is developing a diversity oriented synthesis for various biological studies.
Research Interest
Biotechnology
Publications
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Ka Amrutha, Nanjan, P., Shaji, S. Ka, Sunilkumar, Da, Subhalakshmi, Ka, Rajakrishna, Lb, and Dr. Asoke Banerji, “Discovery of lesser known flavones as inhibitors of NF-κB signaling in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells-A SAR studyâ€, Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, vol. 24, no. 19, pp. 4735-4742, 2014.
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P. Nanjan, Dr. Jyotsna Nambiar, Dr. Bipin G. Nair, and Dr. Asoke Banerji, “Synthesis and Discovery of (I-3,II-3)-Biacacetin as a Novel Non-zinc Binding Inhibitor of MMP-2 and MMP-9â€, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, vol. 23, pp. 3781 - 3787, 2015.
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A. Madhavan, Nanjan, P., K. Shetty, S., and Shanmugham, S., “A rapid and selective method for the quantification of naringenin in order to monitor naringinase activityâ€, International Journal of ChemTech Research, vol. 9, pp. 333-338, 2016.
