Faculty Details - Dr. Pradeepa, K.

Dr. Pradeepa, K. M.

Assistant Professor

Department - Biotechnology

  • Area Of Specialization:

    Pharmacology and Plant Biotechnology

  • Contact:

    Phone: 9008049458
    Email: pradie.k@gmail.com

Projects

Sl No Title Name of Faculty Funding Agency Grants Periods Status
1 Study of effect of arecaidine from Arecanut on hepatocellular carcinoma Dr. Pradeepa KKuvempu University (Start-Up Grant) 02 Lakhs 01 year (01/01/2021 to 31/12/2021) Completed

Publication

Sl No Title Authors Publisher Year
1 Effectiveness of Trichoderma viride and Phanerochaete chrysosporium NCIM 1197 Pre-treatment for Second Generation Ethanol Production from Areca Nut (Areca catechu L.) Husk by Separate Hydrolysis and Fermentation (SHF) Process Naveen Kumar K.J., Thippeswamy B and Pradeepa K. Research Journal of Biotechnology, Vol.16 (3), 95-104, ISSN-0973-6263 2021
2 Antibacterial potential of Caesalpinia bonducella extracts and their isolated phytoconstituents: In vitro and in silico analysis Kumar, S.R.S., Shastri, S.L., Venkatesh, R., Pradeepa, K., Krishna, V. Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology, 7(3), pp. 41–46, ISSN-2455-7005 2019
3 . In vitro antioxidant and in vivo prophylactic effects of heptyl 3-(2-formylphenyl) propanoate isolated from Delonix elata against hepatoxicity in CCl4 intoxicated rats K. Pradeepa, V. Krishna, Venkatesh and S.R. Santosh Kumar Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources, 8(1),47-53, ISSN: 0976-0504 2017
4 Wound healing activity of Delonix elata stem bark extract and its isolated constituent quercetin-3-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-6) glucopyranoside in rats K. Pradeepa, V. Krishna, Venkatesh, S.R. Santosh Kumar and K.B. Rebijith. Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis, 389–395, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpha.2016.05.001. ISSN-2095-17796 2016
5 Identification of Biomarkers for Resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Infection and in Silico Studies in Musa paradisiaca Cultivar Puttabale through Proteomic Approach Venkatesh Ramu , Krishna Venkatarangaiah , Pradeepa Krishnappa, Santosh Kumar Shimoga Rajanna, Nagaraja Deeplanaik, Anup Chandra Pal and Kukkundoor Ramachandra Kini Proteomes, 4, 9; doi:10.3390/proteomes4010009. ISSN-2227-7382 2016
6 Antioxidant and prophylactic effects of Delonixelata L., stem bark extracts and flavonoid isolate quercetin against Carbon tetrachloride induced hepatotoxicity in rats Pradeepa K, Krishna V, Venkatesh, Santosh Kumar SR and Rajesh KP BioMed Research International, Article ID 507851, 14 pages, Hindawi Publishing Corporation. ISSN-2314-6141 2014
7 Antibacterial activity of leaf extract of Delonixelata and molecular docking studies of Luteolin Pradeepa K, Krishna V, Harish B G, Venkatesh, Santosh Kumar S R and Girish Kumar K Journal of Biochemical Technology. 3(5):S198-203. 2013
8 Antinociceptive property of leaves extract of Litseaglutinosa Pradeepa K, Krishna V, Venkatesh, Santosh Kumar SR and Girish Kumar K Asian J Pharm Clin Res, 6(1): 182-184 2013
9 Antinociceptive activity of Delonixelata leaves extract Pradeepa K, Krishna V, Venkatesh, Girish Kumar K, Santosh Kumar SR, Joy H Hoskeri and Gnanesh AU Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, S229-S231. 2012
10 Antibacterial screening of the stem bark and leaves extracts of Litseaglutinosa(Lour.)C.B. Rob – an ethnomedicinally important tree of the Western Ghats Pradeepa K, Krishna V, Venkatesh, Girish Kumar K, Thirumalesh BV, Naveen Kumar KJ. Pharmacognosy Journal, 3(21):72-76 2011
11 Wound healing promoting activity of stem bark extract of Semecarpusanacardium using rats. Lingaraju GM, Krishna V, Joy Hoskeri H, Pradeepa K, Venkatesha and Suresh Babu P Natural Product Research, DOI:10.1080/14786419.2012.656108 1: 1–4. 2011
12 Analgesic activity of Cryptostegiagrandiflora (Roxb.) R.br. leaves methanol extract using mice Santosh Kondajji Hanumanthappa, Manjunatha Hanumanthappa, Krishna Venkatarangaiah, Pradeepa Krishnappa, Rajesh KashiPrakasha Gupta Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease, S494-S498. 2012
13 Direct and indierect method of plant regeneration from root explants of Caesalpiniabonduc(L.) Roxb.-A threatened medicinal plant of Western Ghats S R Santosh Kumar, V Krishna, Venkatesh, K Pradeepa, K Girish Kumar and A U Gnanesh Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 50: 910-917. 2012
14 Biochemical markers assisted screening of Fusarium wilt resistant Musa paradisiaca cv. Puttabalemicropropagated clones. Venkatesh, V Krishna, K Girishkumar, K Pradeepa, S R Santoshkumar, R Shashikumar Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 51(07): 531-542 2013
15 High frequency regeneration of plantlets from immature male floral explants of Musa paradisica cv. Puttabale - AB genome Girish Kumar K., Krishna V., Venkatesh and Pradeep K. Plant Tissue Cult. & Biotech. 21(2): 199‐205. 2011
16 Electrochemical determination of glucose and H2 O2 using Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) complexes of novel 2-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-ylamino)-N-(5-chloro- 2-hydroxyphenyl)acetamide: Synthesis, structural characterisation, antimicrobial, anticancer activity and docking studies N. Ranjitha, G. Krishnamurthy, M.N. Manjunatha , H. S. Bhojya Naik , Malathesh Pari , Vasantakumarnaik N K , J. Lakshmikantha , K. Pradeepa Journal of Molecular Structure, 1274 (2023) 134483, Elsevier 2023
17 Biogenic Collagen-Nano ZnO Composite Membrane as Potential Wound Dressing Material: Structural Characterization, Antibacterial Studies and In Vivo Wound Healing Studies M. N. Chandraprabha · R. Hari Krishna · K. Samrat · K. Pradeepa· Neelashree C. Patil· M. Sasikumar Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-022-02351-8, Springer 2022
18 Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using the seed extract of Ensete superbum and their antibacterial activity assessment Arunodaya H S, Pradeepa K and Naveen Kumar K J Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources Vol. 13(2), June 2022, pp. 206-212, NISPR 2022
19 Anti-inflammatory activity of quercetin-3-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-6) glucopyranoside isolated from Delonix elata against Freund’s complete adjuvant induced inflammation in rats Pradeepa K, Krishna V and Naveen Kumar K J Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources Vol. 13(2), June 2022, pp. 156-162, NISPR 2022
20 BOOK CHAPTER: Alkali-Based Pretreatment Methods to Enhance Enzymatic Saccharification for Lignocellulosic Biomass Conversion for Bioethanol Production; Title of the Book: Recent advances in Microbial, Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Pradeepa K and Naveen Kumar KJ INSC Publishing House (IPH) Pushpagiri Complex, Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka, ISBN: 978-81-940490-6-7. 2020

Papers

Sl No Title Year
1 Poster presentation on the topic “Establishment of cell suspension culture of leaf calli of Delonixelata Linn.” National conference on “Biotechnology and Society-2012” held in Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, Karnataka, India; April 19-20, 2012 2012
2 Poster presentation on ‘Inhibition of cell cycle progression on Hep G2 cells by arecaidine’, National seminar on Recent perspectives in Biotechnology Research organized by Department of Biotechnology, Kuvempu University, Shnakaraghatta-577451 held on 31st March, 2022 2022
3 Poster presentation on ‘Cytotoxic potency of arecaidine on hepatocellular carcinoma cells’, National conference on ‘Recent trends and advances in biomedical sciences- an integrated approach’ organized by CRL-KSHEMA & NUCSER, Nitte (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangaluru – 575018 during 25-27 Nov. 2021. 2021
4 Poster presentation titled “Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using the seed extract of Ensete superbum and their antibacterial activity assessment”, International conference on Advanced materials science and applications (Online) organized by the Department of Physics and IQAC of Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India during 3-4 September, 2020. 2020
5 Poster presentation titled “Antinociceptive activity of Quercetin-3-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-6) glucopyranoside isolated from Delonix elata”, 107th Indian Science Congress held in University of Agricutureal Sciences, Bangalore from January 03 to 07, 2020. 2020
6 Poster presentation on Enhanced Quercetin-3-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-6) glucopyranoside Production in Delonix elata: A Biotechnological Approach, National conference on ‘Frontier Research in diversity and taxonomy of medicinal plants’ Organized by Kuvempu University, Shimoga, during 4-5 November, 2016. 2016
7 Poster presentation on Col 1 α(I) gene expression analysis in promoting wound healing activity of quercetin-3-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-6) glucopyranoside isolated from Delonix elata L.”,International conference on “Bioactive chemicals for reproduction and human health”, and “33rd annual meeting of the society for reproductive biology and comparative endocrinology” held in Davangere Uninversity, Davangere; February 26-28, 2015 2015
8 Poster presentation on the topic “Antibacterial activity and molecular docking studies of leaf extract of Delonix elata”.National conference on “Resent advances in health, agriculture & environmental biotechnology” held in M. S. Ramaiah institute of technology, Bangalore, India; April 11-13, 2012 2012
9 Poster presentation on the topic “In-vitro regeneration from stem callus of Litsea glutinosa”. National conference on “Dissecting the complexities of plant biotechnology in the post-genomic era” held in Tumkur University, Tumkur, Karnataka, India; September 21, 2011 2011
10 Poster presentation on the topic “Screening of antibacterial activities of the leaf and stem bark extracts of Litsea glutinosa C. B. Rob.”International conference on “World congress on biotechnology” held in Hyderabad international convention centre, Hyderabad, India; March 21-23, 2011 2011
11 Poster presentation on the topic ‘Evaluation of Antibacterial activity of methanol extract of stem bark of Semecarpusanacardium Linn’, National conference on Emerging trends in medicinal plants research held on 8 and 9thOctorber, 2009, Organized by Dept. of Botany, Maharani’s Science College for Women, Bangalore-01 2009

Conference

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1 Participated in the Faculty Development Programme on “Pedagogy” under TEQIP (Phase-II) from 18th to 20th July, 2016, organized at MSRIT, Bengaluru-560054.
2 Participated in the Faculty Development Programme on “Computational Tools for OMICS Data Analysis” under TEQIP (Phase-II) during 11-15 July, 2016, organized by Department of Biotechnology & Department of Computer Applications held at MSRIT, Bengaluru-560054.
3 Participated in the Faculty Development Programme on “Technical Workshop on Applications of Biotechnology in Natural Products Development” under TEQIP (Phase-II) during 28th June – 2nd July, 2016, jointly organized by Department of Biotechnology, MSRIT & The Himalaya Drug Company, Bangalore at MSRIT, Bengaluru-560054.
4 Participated in the Faculty Development Program on “Downstream Processing of Biologics and Nutraceuticals” under TEQIP (Phase-II) held during 4th to 8th January, 2016, organized at Department of Biotechnology, MSRIT, Bengaluru-560054.
5 Participated in the National Workshop on ‘Usage of Instruments for Nanotechnology Applications’ organized by Dept. of Nanoscience and Technology, Kuvempu University, Shimoga on 25th April 2011.
6 Participated in the short term training programme on ‘Structural and Medical Bioinformatics’ held during 23rd February to 5th March 2010, organized by Department of Bioinformatics, Karunya University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
7 Participated in the National workshop on ‘Molecular Interaction and Dynamics by Fluorescence Microscopy’ held on 25th January 2009 at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad.
8 Participated in regional workshop on Biological Sciences jointly organized by Vision Group on Science and Technology, Govt. of Karnataka and Kuvempu University, held at the Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaraghatta, Shivamogga, on November 17, 2018.
9 Participated in 05 days e-Workshop on “Emerging Applications of Nanotechnology” from 10th to 14th August, 2020 jointly organized by Department of Biotechnology and Department of Chemistry, Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru-560054, India.
10 Participated in International webinar on “Natural Products Development” on 31st May, 2020 organized by Department of Food Technology, Davangere University, Davangere, Karnataka, India.
11 Participated in Ten days National workshop and hand on training on ‘Plant microbial interactions for the production of therapeutic compounds’ during October 17 to 26, 2019 held in Department of Biotechnology, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta-577451
12 Participated in International webinar on “Emerging trends in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics 2020” on 3rd – 5th September, 2020 organized by the Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, AP, India.
13 Participated in the national conference on Health care biotechnology on 20-21 April 2007 held at JN TATA Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
14 Participated in the national symposium on Biotechnology-current trends and future scenario held on 10th to 11th March, 2008, organized by the Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, Shimoga, India.
15 Participated in the National symposium on Cellular and molecular biophysics held during 22nd to 24th January 2009 at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad.
16 Participated in the National symposium on “Next Generation Sequencing and Microarray Data Analysis” under TEQIP (Phase-II) on 19th January 2016, organized by Department of Biotechnology & Department of Computer Applications held at MSRIT, Bengaluru-560054.
17 Participated in the national seminar on ‘Progress Biomedical Research and its Impact on Human Health’organized by the Department of PG Studies and Research in Biochemistry, Kuvempu University,Shimoga, Karnataka on 2nd and 3rd April, 2012.
18 Participated in Two day National level workshop on ‘Developing MOOC through SWAYAM’ organized by Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaraghatta-577451 on 8th and 9th January 2019.

Other Activities

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1 Participation in Refresher course in Biological sciences, 01-09-2023 to 14-09-2023, at UGC-HRDC, Pondicherry University, Puducherry
2 Life time member (Membership no. L39331) of Indian Science Congress
3 Life time member (Membership no. 688) of Indian Biophysical Society
4 Coordinator for P.G Biotechnology, Dept. of Biotechnology, Sahyadri Science College, Shimoga. (April, 2018- January, 2020)
5 Participation in Induction course, 01-05-2019 to 25-05-2019, at IISER, PUNE, India
6 Participation in Refresher course in Life science, 14-12-2020 to 28-12-2020, at UGC-HRDC, Bangalore University, Bengaluru