Inferring the ancestral sexuality and reproductive condition in sponges (Porifera) - Ana Riesgo; Marta Novo; Prashant P. Sharma; Michaela Peterson; Manuel Maldonado; Gonzalo Giribet (Zoologica Scripta, 2014)
Considerable diversity abounds among sponges with respect to reproductive and developmental biology. Their ancestral sexual mode (gonochorism vs. hermaphroditism) and reproductive condition (oviparity vs. viviparity) however remain unclear, and these traits appear to have undergone correlated evolution in the phylum. To infer ancestral traits and investigate this putative correlation, we used DNA sequence data from two loci (18S ribosomal RNA and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I) to explore the phylogenetic relationships of 62 sponges whose reproductive traits have been previously documented. Although the inferred tree topologies, using the limited data available, favoured paraphyly of sponges, we also investigated ancestral character‐state reconstruction on a phylogeny with constrained sponge monophyly. Both parsimony‐ and likelihood‐based ancestral state reconstructions indicate that viviparity (brooding) was the likely reproductive mode of the ancestral sponge. Hermaphroditism is favoured over gonochorism as the sexual condition of the sponge ancestor under parsimony, but the reconstruction is ambiguous under likelihood, rendering the ancestry of sexuality unresolved in our study. These results are insensitive to the constraint of sponge monophyly when tracing the reproductive characters using parsimony methods. However, the maximum likelihood analysis of the monophyletic hypothetical tree rendered gonochorism as ancestral for the phylum. A test of trait correlation unambiguously favours the concerted evolution of sexuality and reproductive mode in sponges (hermaphroditism/viviparity, gonochorism/oviparity). Although testing ecological hypotheses for the pattern of sponge reproduction is beyond the scope of our analyses, we postulate that certain physiological constrains might be key causes for the correlation of reproductive characters.

Anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory flavones from Actinocarya tibetica Benth. - Baljinder Singh; Tabasum Sidiq; Prashant Joshi; Shreyans K. Jain; Yogesh Lawaniya; Surinder Kichlu; Anamika Khajuria; Ram A. Vishwakarma; Sandip B. Bharate (Natural Product Research, 2013)

Modified Dubois Model for Estimating Soil Moisture with Dual Polarized SAR Data - S. Srinivasa Rao; S. Dinesh kumar; S. N. Das; M. S. S. Nagaraju; M. V. Venugopal; Prashant Rajankar; Pankaj Laghate; M. Sivaprasad Reddy; A. K. Joshi; J. R. Sharma (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2013)

Water level changes of high altitude lakes in Himalaya–Karakoram from ICESat altimetry - PRIYESHU SRIVASTAVA; RAKESH BHAMBRI; PRASHANT KAWISHWAR; D P DOBHAL (Journal of Earth System Science, 2013)

Indoor–outdoor concentrations of particulate matter in nine microenvironments of a mix-use commercial building in megacity Delhi - Radha Goyal; Prashant Kumar (Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2013)

TDDFT Investigation of the Electronic Structures and Photophysical Properties of Fluorescent Extended Styryl Push-Pull Chromophores Containing Carbazole Unit - Vinod D. Gupta; Abhinav B. Tathe; Vikas S. Padalkar; Vikas S. Patil; Kiran R. Phatangare; Prashant G. Umape; Ponnadurai Ramasami; Nagaiyan Sekar (Journal of Fluorescence, 2013)

Data Fusion Techniques for Improving Soil Moisture Deficit Using SMOS Satellite and WRF-NOAH Land Surface Model - Prashant K. Srivastava; Dawei Han; Miguel A. Rico-Ramirez; Deleen Al-Shrafany; Tanvir Islam (Water Resources Management, 2013)

Functional Characterization of a Glucosyltransferase Specific to Flavonoid 7-O-Glucosides from Withania somnifera - R. J. Santosh Kumar; Ruby; Somesh Singh; Prashant D. Sonawane; R. K. Vishwakarma; B. M. Khan (Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2013)

Molecular characterization and differential expression studies of an oxidosqualene cyclase (OSC) gene of Brahmi (Bacopa monniera) - Rishi K. Vishwakarma; Prashant Sonawane; Somesh Singh; Uma Kumari; Ruby; Bashir M. Khan (Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2013)

Enhanced Dual-Effect of Adsorption and Photodegradation of SiO2 Embedded TiO2 Hybrid Catalyst for Improved Decolourization of Methylene Blue - Shilpa K. Sonar; Reshma V. Wagh; Prashant S. Niphadkar; Praphulla N. Joshi; Shilpa S. Deshpande; Shobhana V. Awate (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2013)

Integrated Assessment of Groundwater Influenced by a Confluence River System: Concurrence with Remote Sensing and Geochemical Modelling - Sudhir Kumar Singh; Prashant Kumar Srivastava; Avinash Chandra Pandey; Sandeep Kumar Gautam (Water Resources Management, 2013)

Three-dimensional quantitative structure–activity relationship CoMFA/CoMSIA on pyrrolidine-based tartrate diamides as TACE inhibitors - Prashant R. Murumkar; Mayank Kumar Sharma; Anurag C. Shinde; Kailash G. Bothara (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2013)

Isolation of phytase-producing bacteria from Himalayan soils and their effect on growth and phosphorus uptake of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) - Vinod Kumar; Prashant Singh; Milko A. Jorquera; Punesh Sangwan; Piyush Kumar; A. K. Verma; Sanjeev Agrawal (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2013)

Metabolic regulation and chromosomal localization of carbaryl degradation pathway in Pseudomonas sp. strains C4, C5 and C6 - Randhir Singh; Vikas D. Trivedi; Prashant S. Phale (Archives of Microbiology, 2013)

Revenant clades in historical biogeography: the geology of New Zealand predisposes endemic clades to root age shifts - Prashant P. Sharma; Ward C. Wheeler (Journal of Biogeography, 2013)
Aim Our aim was to elucidate the effect of mass extinctions on inferred crown ages of terrestrial clades endemic to ancient islands. We thereby assessed the potential for mass extinction events, such as the Zealandian marine incursion episode in the Oligocene, to skew the interpretation of the evolutionary history of clades of various sizes. Location Simulation study focusing on New Zealand. Methods Clades of various sizes were simulated under a birth–death model with variable parameters for diversification, invoking a prolonged extinction event, using the R package TreeSim . We measured the scaled root shift J between actual (i.e. first cladogenetic event) and inferred (i.e. most recent common ancestor of extant taxa) clade divergence times in simulated phylogenies incurred by extinction processes. Results A pulse of extinction followed by a prolonged period of low cladogenetic potential – modelled after the geological history of Zealandia in the Oligocene – produced large root shifts in clades of all sizes. Small clades with high net diversification rates were especially prone to belying pre‐Oligocene history. In simulations invoking mass extinctions wherein a pre‐extinction root was retained, phylogenies of extant taxa were characterized by anti‐sigmoidal log lineage‐through‐time plots that mimicked an upturn in diversification rate after the extinction period. Main conclusions Non‐selective mass extinctions can engender large discrepancies in actual and inferred root ages, particularly in small, old clades. The evolutionary histories of lineages that survive mass extinctions are difficult to distinguish from scenarios of rapid radiation. This outcome challenges previous interpretations of post‐Oligocene crown ages for clades endemic to New Zealand as sufficient evidence for rejecting a pre‐Oligocene evolutionary history. As a corollary, our results suggest that the extant size of a particular clade is the foremost indicator of its potential for historical biogeographical inference. We therefore review the hypothesis of the total submersion of Zealandia, highlighting empirical cases of lineages with demonstrable pre‐Oligocene history that refute the hypothesis of total submersion.

Synthesis and investigation of anti-inflammatory activity of novel nitric oxide donating hybrid drugs - Shailesh L. Chandak; Amol S. Bansode; Prashant R. Murumkar; Monika G. Shinde; Kailash G. Bothara (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2013)

Pharmacophore modeling and 3D QSAR analysis of isothiazolidinedione derivatives as PTP1B inhibitors - Girdhar Singh Deora; Prashant Joshi; Vandana Rathore; K. Lalith Kumar; Renu Ohlyan; Ajit Kandale (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2013)

Synthesis of some novel 1,2,4-triazole and 1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives of biological interest - Bhimagouda S. Patil; G. Krishnamurthy; M. R. Lokesh; N. D. Shashikumar; H. S. Bhojya Naik; Prashant R. Latthe; Manjunath Ghate (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2013)

3D-QSAR pharmacophore modeling and in silico screening of phospholipase A2α inhibitors - Shailesh V. Jain; Manjunath Ghate; Kamlendra S. Bhadoriya; Sanjaykumar B. Bari; Gopal Sugandhi; Prashant Mandwal (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2013)

Pharmacokinetics of colistin in critically ill patients with multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli infection - Niteen D. Karnik; Kannan Sridharan; Sonali P. Jadhav; Prashant P. Kadam; Raghu K. Naidu; Rahul D. Namjoshi; Vishal Gupta; Mangesh S. Gore; Pallavi V. Surase; Preeti R. Mehta; Jaideep A. Gogtay; Urmila M. Thatte; et al. (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2013)

Machine Learning Techniques for Downscaling SMOS Satellite Soil Moisture Using MODIS Land Surface Temperature for Hydrological Application - Prashant K. Srivastava; Dawei Han; Miguel Rico Ramirez; Tanvir Islam (Water Resources Management, 2013)

Molecular phylogeny, population genetics, and evolution of heterocystous cyanobacteria using nifH gene sequences - Prashant Singh; Satya Shila Singh; Josef Elster; Arun Kumar Mishra (Protoplasma, 2013)

Molecular Cloning, Biochemical Characterization, and Differential Expression of an Acetyl-CoA C-Acetyltransferase Gene (AACT) of Brahmi (Bacopa monniera) - Rishi K. Vishwakarma; Ruby; Somesh Singh; Prashant D. Sonawane; Sameer Srivastava; Uma Kumari; R. J. Santosh Kumar; Bashir M. Khan (Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2013)

Transdermal delivery of cyclodextrin-solubilized curcumin - Raksha Ghanghoria; Prashant Kesharwani; Hrushikesh Bharat Agashe; N. K. Jain (Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 2013)

A universal fixation method based on quaternary ammonium salts (RNAlater) for omics-technologies: Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a case study - Rudy G. E. van Eijsden; Catherine Stassen; Luk Daenen; Sebastiaan E. Van Mulders; Prashant M. Bapat; Verena Siewers; Katty V. Y. Goossens; Jens Nielsen; Freddy R. Delvaux; Paul Van Hummelen; Bart Devreese; Ronnie G. Willaert (Biotechnology Letters, 2013)

Flood Hazards Mitigation Analysis Using Remote Sensing and GIS: Correspondence with Town Planning Scheme - Dhruvesh P. Patel; Prashant K. Srivastava (Water Resources Management, 2013)

Coumarinyl pyrazole derivatives of INH: promising antimycobacterial agents - Prashant Aragade; Mahesh Palkar; Pradeepkumar Ronad; Darbhamulla Satyanarayana (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2013)

Fuzzy logic based melting layer recognition from 3 GHz dual polarization radar: appraisal with NWP model and radio sounding observations - Tanvir Islam; Miguel A. Rico-Ramirez; Dawei Han; Michaela Bray; Prashant K. Srivastava (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2013)

An improved Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of recalcitrant indica rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars - Manju Shri; Arti Rai; Pankaj Kumar Verma; Prashant Misra; Sonali Dubey; Smita Kumar; Sikha Verma; Neelam Gautam; Rudra Deo Tripathi; Prabodh Kumar Trivedi; Debasis Chakrabarty (Protoplasma, 2013)

Molecular modeling and synthesis of ZINC02765569 derivatives as protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B inhibitors: lead optimization study - Prashant Joshi; Girdhar Singh Deora; Vandana Rathore; Arun K. Rawat; A. K. Srivastava; Deepti Jain (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2013)

Microbial Community Structure at Different Fermentation Stages of Kutajarista, a Herbal Formulation - Himanshu Kumar; Prashant Kumar Pandey; V. V. Doiphode; Sanjay Vir; K. K. Bhutani; M. S. Patole; Y. S. Shouche (Indian Journal of Microbiology, 2013)

Hybrid phenylthiazole and 1,3,5-triazine target cytosolic leucyl-tRNA synthetase for antifungal action as revealed by molecular docking studies - Udaya Pratap Singh; Hans Raj Bhat; Prashant Gahtori; Ramendra K Singh (In Silico Pharmacology, 2013)
Background Leucyl-tRNA synthetase (LeuRS) is one of the essential enzymes belonging to the family of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs), which executes the translation of genetic code by catalyzing the specific attachment of amino acids to their cognate tRNAs. This process is very crucial for survival of micro-organism and thus the inhibition of LeuRS offered a novel and lucrative target for developing new antimicrobials. Findings Docking studies using hybrid phenylthiazole-1,3,5-triazine derivatives revealed that these molecules acted as probable inhibitors of candida albicans cytosolic leucyl-tRNA synthetase Conclusion The conjugates of phenylthiazole and 1,3,5-triazine can act as lead molecules towards the development of potential leucyl-tRNA synthetase inhibitors on the basis of molecular docking runs, which contribute to the possible mechanism of antifungal activity of these analogues.

Association of vitamin D binding protein polymorphism with long-term kidney allograft survival in Hispanic kidney transplant recipients - Don Vu; Prashant Sakharkar; Eglis Tellez-Corrales; Tariq Shah; Ian Hutchinson; David I. Min (Molecular Biology Reports, 2013)

A mild and efficient one-pot synthesis of $$\upbeta $$ -amino carbonyl compounds via Mannich reaction under ambient temperature condition - Santosh V. Goswami; Prashant B. Thorat; Avinash V. Chakrawar; Sudhakar R. Bhusare (Molecular Diversity, 2013)

Genetic and molecular analyses of resistance to a variant of Puccinia striiformis in barley - Prashant G. Golegaonkar; Colin R. Wellings; Davinder Singh; Robert F. Park (Journal of Applied Genetics, 2013)

Development of Intermediate Microfabric in Kaolin Clay and Its Consolidation Behaviour - Ajanta Sachan; Gyan Vikash; Amit Prashant (Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2013)

Characterization of a new begomovirus and a beta satellite associated with the leaf curl disease of French bean in northern India - Naimuddin Kamaal; Mohammad Akram; Aditya Pratap; Prashant Yadav (Virus Genes, 2013)

Error Correction Modelling of Wind Speed Through Hydro-Meteorological Parameters and Mesoscale Model: A Hybrid Approach - Asnor Muizan Ishak; Renji Remesan; Prashant K. Srivastava; Tanvir Islam; Dawei Han (Water Resources Management, 2013)

Identification of ZINC02765569: a potent inhibitor of PTP1B by vHTS - Prashant Joshi; Girdhar Singh Deora; Vandana Rathore; Omprakash Tanwar; Arun K. Rawat; A. K. Srivastava; Deepti Jain (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2013)

Molecular identification of enteroviruses associated with aseptic meningitis in children from India - Arvind Kumar; Deepti Shukla; Rashmi Kumar; Mohammad Z. Idris; Prashant Jauhari; Shalini Srivastava; Tapan N. Dhole (Archives of Virology, 2013)

Assessment of Genetic Diversity in Sugarcane Germplasm Using ISSR and SSR Markers - Rachayya M. Devarumath; Sachin B. Kalwade; Prashant G. Kawar; Kapil V. Sushir (Sugar Tech, 2012)

Comparative analysis of fecal microflora of healthy full-term Indian infants born with different methods of delivery (vaginal vs cesarean): Acinetobacter sp. prevalence in vaginally born infants - Prashant Kumar Pandey; Pankaj Verma; Himanshu Kumar; Ashish Bavdekar; Milind S Patole; Yogesh S Shouche (Journal of Biosciences, 2012)

Genome-wide analysis of lectin receptor-like kinase family from Arabidopsis and rice - Neha Vaid; Prashant Kumar Pandey; Narendra Tuteja (Plant Molecular Biology, 2012)

Integrated framework for monitoring groundwater pollution using a geographical information system and multivariate analysis - Prashant K. Srivastava; Dawei Han; Manika Gupta; Saumitra Mukherjee (Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2012)

Environmental and centrifugal factors influencing the visco-elastic properties of oral biofilms in vitro - Brandon W. Peterson; Henk J. Busscher; Prashant K. Sharma; Henny C. van der Mei (Biofouling, 2012)

Development of AtMYB12-expressing transgenic tobacco callus culture for production of rutin with biopesticidal potential - Ashutosh Pandey; Prashant Misra; K. Chandrashekar; Prabodh Kumar Trivedi (Plant Cell Reports, 2012)

Emergence of antibiotic-resistant extremophiles (AREs) - Prashant Gabani; Dhan Prakash; Om V. Singh (Extremophiles, 2012)

A clubbed quinazolinone and 4-thiazolidinone as potential antimicrobial agents - N. C. Desai; Amit M. Dodiya; Prashant N. Shihora (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2012)

Genomic associations for drought tolerance on the short arm of wheat chromosome 4B - Suhas Kadam; Kalpana Singh; Sanyukta Shukla; Sonia Goel; Prashant Vikram; Vasantrao Pawar; Kishor Gaikwad; Renu Khanna-Chopra; Nagendra Singh (Functional & Integrative Genomics, 2012)

Chemotaxonomy of heterocystous cyanobacteria using FAME profiling as species markers - Ekta Shukla; Satya Shila Singh; Prashant Singh; Arun Kumar Mishra (Protoplasma, 2012)

Fine mapping of QTLs for rice grain yield under drought reveals sub-QTLs conferring a response to variable drought severities - Shalabh Dixit; B. P. Mallikarjuna Swamy; Prashant Vikram; H. U. Ahmed; M. T. Sta Cruz; Modesto Amante; Dinesh Atri; Hei Leung; Arvind Kumar (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2012)

Water Harvesting Structure Positioning by Using Geo-Visualization Concept and Prioritization of Mini-Watersheds Through Morphometric Analysis in the Lower Tapi Basin - Dhruvesh P Patel; Mrugen B Dholakia; N. Naresh; Prashant K. Srivastava (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2012)

Molecular typing of fecal eukaryotic microbiota of human infants and their respective mothers - Prashant K Pandey; Jay Siddharth; Pankaj Verma; Ashish Bavdekar; Milind S Patole; Yogesh S Shouche (Journal of Biosciences, 2012)

Erratum to: Agro-economic evaluation of water resource project—a modeling approach - Prashant Thawale; Tarunkanti Ghosh; Sanjeev Kumar Singh; Atul Kulkarni (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2012)

Characterization of novel small RNAs from tea (Camellia sinensis L.) - Prashant Mohanpuria; Sudesh Kumar Yadav (Molecular Biology Reports, 2012)

Agro-economic Evaluation of Water Resource Project – A Modeling Approach - Prashant Thawale; Tarunkanti Ghosh; Sanjiv Singh; Atul Kulkarni (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2012)

Isolation of cinnamoyl CoA reductase and cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase gene promoters from Leucaena leucocephala, a leguminous tree species, and characterization of tissue-specific activity in transgenic tobacco - S. Prashant; M. Sri Lakshmi Sunita; V. L. Sirisha; V. Vijaya Bhaskar; A. Maruthi Rao; M. Lakshmi Narasu; P. B. Kavi Kishor (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2012)

In vivo analysis of translation initiation sites in Plasmodium falciparum - Balakota Reddy Patakottu; Prashant Kumar Singh; Pawan Malhotra; V. S. Chauhan; Swati Patankar (Molecular Biology Reports, 2012)

2-D QSAR studies of steroidal natural products oleanic acid and their semisynthetic derivatives as potent protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B inhibitors - Prashant Joshi; Omprakash Tanwar; Sujit Rambhade; Mukesh Bhaisare; Deepti Jain (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2012)

Above Ground Forest Phytomass Assessment in Southern Gujarat - Prashant Patil; Sarnam Singh; V. K. Dadhwal (Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2012)

Mapping spatial distribution of pollutants in groundwater of a tropical area of India using remote sensing and GIS - Prashant K. Srivastava; Manika Gupta; Saumitra Mukherjee (Applied Geomatics, 2012)

Sipunculan phylogeny based on six genes, with a new classification and the descriptions of two new families - Gisele Y. Kawauchi; Prashant P. Sharma; Gonzalo Giribet (Zoologica Scripta, 2012)
Kawauchi, G. Y., Sharma, P. P. & Giribet, G. (2012). Sipunculan phylogeny based on six genes, with a new classification and the descriptions of two new families. — Zoologica Scripta , 41 , 186–210. The internal phylogeny of Sipuncula has proven elusive, with the monophyly of multiple traditional groups in question. Repeated attempts to infer sipunculan relationships have attained discordant results, possibly owing to fragmentary molecular sequence data sets. We reassessed the phylogeny of Sipuncula using a six‐gene data set and with larger target amplicons of certain loci. We additionally dated the molecular phylogeny employing recently discovered fossil taxa to constrain node ages. Our multilocus data set recovers six major clades of Sipuncula across multiple analytical treatments. Some groups considered suspect in previous studies are vindicated (e.g. Aspidosiphonidae), but most traditional sipunculan families were recovered as para‐ or polyphyletic groups, especially Sipunculidae, whose members appear in three distinct clades. To redress the dissonance between the current classification and the phylogeny of Sipuncula, we provide a new classification of the group, wherein (i) we erect two new families, Siphonosomatidae fam. nov. and Antillesomatidae fam. nov.; (ii) Phascolionidae and Themistidae are synonymized with Golfingiidae, new synonymies (iii) Phascolopsis is transferred to Golfingiidae, new familial assignment ; and (iv) Lithacrosiphon is synonymized with Aspidosiphon , new synonymy . We observe that the origins of all families recognized are ancient, dating at least to the Mesozoic.

Molecular identification of arsenic-resistant estuarine bacteria and characterization of their ars genotype - M. Sri Lakshmi Sunita; S. Prashant; P. V. Bramha Chari; S. Nageswara Rao; Padma Balaravi; P. B. Kavi Kishor (Ecotoxicology, 2012)

Down-regulation of Leucaena leucocephala cinnamoyl CoA reductase (LlCCR) gene induces significant changes in phenotype, soluble phenolic pools and lignin in transgenic tobacco - S. Prashant; M. Srilakshmi Sunita; S. Pramod; Ranadheer K. Gupta; S. Anil Kumar; S. Rao Karumanchi; S. K. Rawal; P. B. Kavi Kishor (Plant Cell Reports, 2011)

Synthesis and antibacterial evaluation of series of novel tri-substituted-s-triazine derivatives - Udaya Pratap Singh; Ramendra Kumar Singh; Hans Raj Bhat; Yadav Pankajkumar Subhashchandra; Vikas Kumar; Mukesh Kumar Kumawat; Prashant Gahtori (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2011)

The Corydalis nana complex (Fumariaceae sect. Latiflorae) in Western Himalaya - Prashant K. Pusalkar (Kew Bulletin, 2011)

Assimilation of INSAT data in the simulation of the recent tropical Cyclone Aila - S. K. Deb; Prashant Kumar; P. K. Pal; P. C. Joshi (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2011)

Ribosomal DNA Sequence Based Characterization of Trichoderma Isolates Antagonistic to Colletotrichum falcatum Causing Red Rot Disease of Sugarcane - Sangeeta Srivastava; Vijai Singh; Prashant S. Gupta (Sugar Tech, 2011)

Synthesis and evaluation of in vitro antitubercular activity and antimicrobial activity of some novel 4H-chromeno[2,3-d]pyrimidine via 2-amino-4-phenyl-4H-chromene-3-carbonitriles - Nimesh R. Kamdar; Dhaval D. Haveliwala; Prashant T. Mistry; Saurabh K. Patel (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2011)

Producing low-caffeine tea through post-transcriptional silencing of caffeine synthase mRNA - Prashant Mohanpuria; Vinay Kumar; Paramvir Singh Ahuja; Sudesh Kumar Yadav (Plant Molecular Biology, 2011)

Influence of esomeprazole on hypoglycemic activity of oral antidiabetic agents in rats and rabbits - Prashant D. Phadatare; V. M. Chandrashekhar (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 2011)

Groundwater quality and water quality index at Bhandara District - Prashant N. Rajankar; Dilip H. Tambekar; Satish R. Wate (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2011)

Purification and characterization of benzyl alcohol- and benzaldehyde- dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas putida CSV86 - Rahul Shrivastava; Aditya Basu; Prashant S. Phale (Archives of Microbiology, 2011)

Fluorimetric Study on the Interaction between Norfloxacin and Proflavine Hemisulphate - Vishalkumar R. More; Prashant V. Anbhule; Sang H. Lee; Shivajirao R. Patil; Govind B. Kolekar (Journal of Fluorescence, 2011)

Arylbenzo[h][1, 6]naphthyridine Derivatives: Synthesis and Photophysical Properties - Raghunath B. Toche; Ravindra A. Janrao; Sandeep M. Bagul; Shivaraj P. Patil; Balasaheb P. Pagar; Prashant S. Nikam (Journal of Fluorescence, 2011)

Physio-biochemical analysis and transcript profiling of Saccharum officinarum L. submitted to salt stress - Madhuri Chandrakant Pagariya; M. Harikrishnan; Pranali Arun Kulkarni; Rachayya Mallikarjun Devarumath; Prashant Govindrao Kawar (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2011)

Identification of Water Deficit Stress Upregulated Genes in Sugarcane - Gajjeraman Prabu; Prashant Govindrao Kawar; Madhuri Chandrakant Pagariya; Doddananjappa Theertha Prasad (Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2011)

Role of an environmental studies course on the formation of environmental worldviews: a case study of a core curriculum requirement using the NEP Scale - Bethany L. Woodworth; Michelle M. Steen-Adams; Prashant Mittal (Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2011)

1-Naphthol 2-hydroxylase from Pseudomonas sp. strain C6: purification, characterization and chemical modification studies - Shivjee Sah; Prashant S. Phale (Biodegradation, 2011)

Critical influence of the pattern of Tropical Ocean warming on remote climate trends - Sang-Ik Shin; Prashant D. Sardeshmukh (Climate Dynamics, 2011)

Impact of additional surface observation network on short range weather forecast during summer monsoon 2008 over Indian subcontinent - PRASHANT KUMAR; RANDHIR SINGH; P C JOSHI; P K PAL (Journal of Earth System Science, 2011)

Verification of cloud cover forecast with INSAT observation over western India - Shivani Shah; B. M. Rao; Prashant Kumar; P. K. Pal (Journal of Earth System Science, 2010)

Assessment of Contamination of Soil due to Heavy Metals around Coal Fired Thermal Power Plants at Singrauli Region of India - Prashant Agrawal; Anugya Mittal; Rajiv Prakash; Manoj Kumar; T. B. Singh; S. K. Tripathi (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2010)

Characterization of isoflavone synthase gene from Psoralea corylifolia: a medicinal plant - Prashant Misra; Ashutosh Pandey; Shri Krishna Tewari; Pravendra Nath; Prabodh Kumar Trivedi (Plant Cell Reports, 2010)

Identification and Isolation of SCGS Phytoplasma-specific Fragments by Riboprofiling and Development of Specific Diagnostic Tool - Prashant G. Kawar; Madhuri C. Pagariya; Ghanshyam B. Dixit; Doddananiappa Theertha Prasad (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2010)

Characterization of frankial strains isolated from Hippophae salicifolia D. Don, based on physiological, SDS–PAGE of whole cell proteins and RAPD PCR analyses - Satya Shila Singh; Anju Singh; Amrita Srivastava; Prashant Singh; Anumeha Singh; Arun Kumar Mishra (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2010)

Correlation analysis of small wind–solar–biomass hybrid energy system installed at RGTU Bhopal, MP (India) - Prashant Baredar; V. K. Sethi; Mukesh Pandey (Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 2010)

Probiotic lactic acid bacterium from kanjika as a potential source of vitamin B12: evidence from LC-MS, immunological and microbiological techniques - Arenahalli Ningegowda Madhu; Prashant Giribhattanavar; Mandayam Singara Narayan; Siddalingaiya Gurudutt Prapulla (Biotechnology Letters, 2010)

A CsGS is regulated at transcriptional level during developmental stages and nitrogen utilization in Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze - Nisha K. Rana; Prashant Mohanpuria; Vinay Kumar; Sudesh Kumar Yadav (Molecular Biology Reports, 2010)

Pandemic swine influenza virus (H1N1): A threatening evolution - Madhu Khanna; Binod Kumar; Neha Gupta; Prashant Kumar; Ankit Gupta; V. K. Vijayan; Harpreet Kaur (Indian Journal of Microbiology, 2009)

Molecular mapping of leaf rust resistance gene Rph14 in Hordeum vulgare - Prashant G. Golegaonkar; Haydar Karaoglu; Robert F. Park (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2009)

Prolyl-4-hydroxylase (AtP4H1) mediates and mimics low oxygen response in Arabidopsis thaliana - Mehar Hasan Asif; Prabodh Kumar Trivedi; Prashant Misra; Pravendra Nath (Functional & Integrative Genomics, 2009)

Curative effect of Cynodon dactylon against STZ induced hepatic injury in diabetic rats - Santosh Kumar Singh; Prashant Kumar Rai; Shikha Mehta; Rakesh Kumar Singh; Geeta Watal (Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2009)

Design, synthesis, and docking studies of novel telmisartan–glitazone hybrid analogs for the treatment of metabolic syndrome - Amar G. Chittiboyina; Cassia S. Mizuno; Prashant V. Desai; Akshay Patny; Theodore W. Kurtz; Harrihar A. Pershadsingh; Robert C. Speth; Vardan Karamyan; Mitchell A. Avery (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2009)

Development of Budesonide Microparticles Using Spray-Drying Technology for Pulmonary Administration: Design, Characterization, In Vitro Evaluation, and In Vivo Efficacy Study - Sonali R. Naikwade; Amrita N. Bajaj; Prashant Gurav; Madhumanjiri M. Gatne; Pritam Singh Soni (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2009)

Design, synthesis, antifungal activity, and ADME prediction of functional analogues of terbinafine - Prashant S. Kharkar; Meenakshi N. Deodhar; Vithal M. Kulkarni (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2009)

Regeneration of static-load-degenerated articular cartilage extracellular matrix by vitamin C supplementation - Garima Sharma; R. K. Saxena; Prashant Mishra (Cell and Tissue Research, 2009)

Cartap and carbofuran induced alterations in serum lipid profile of Wistar rats - Devendra K. Rai; Prashant Kumar Rai; Aradhna Gupta; Geeta Watal; Bechan Sharma (Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2009)

Street Versus Rooftop Level Concentrations of Fine Particles in a Cambridge Street Canyon - Prashant Kumar; Paul S. Fennell; Allan N. Hayhurst; Rex E. Britter (Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2009)

Evaluation of seedling and adult plant resistance to Puccinia hordei in barley - Prashant G. Golegaonkar; Davinder Singh; Robert F. Park (Euphytica, 2009)

Oceanic influences on recent continental warming - Gilbert P. Compo; Prashant D. Sardeshmukh (Climate Dynamics, 2009)

Antidiabetic effect of Withania coagulans in experimental rats - Dolly Jaiswal; Prashant Kumar Rai; Geeta Watal (Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2009)

Sex determination in 6 bovid species by duplex PCR - Prashant; Digpal S. Gour; Prem P. Dubey; Anubhav Jain; Subhash C. Gupta; Balwinder K. Joshi; Dinesh Kumar (Journal of Applied Genetics, 2008)

Effects of Dietary Iron Levels on Growth Performance, Hematological Status, Liver Mineral Concentration, Fecal Microflora, and Diarrhea Incidence in Weanling Pigs - Seung Hyung Lee; Prashant Shinde; Jaeyong Choi; Munsu Park; Seho Ohh; Ill Kyong Kwon; Son Il Pak; Byung Jo Chae (Biological Trace Element Research, 2008)

Effect of water extract of Trichosanthes dioica fruits in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats - Prashant Kumar Rai; Dolly Jaiswal; Devendra K. Rai; Bechan Sharma; Geeta Watal (Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2008)

Regeneration of static-load-degenerated articular cartilage extracellular matrix by vitamin C supplementation - Garima Sharma; R. K. Saxena; Prashant Mishra (Cell and Tissue Research, 2008)

Functional and safety aspects of enterococci in dairy foods - Arun Bhardwaj; R. K. Malik; Prashant Chauhan (Indian Journal of Microbiology, 2008)

Active fault traces along Bhuj Fault and Katrol Hill Fault, and trenching survey at Wandhay, Kachchh, Gujarat, India - Michio Morino; Javed N. Malik; Prashant Mishra; Chandrashekhar Bhuiyan; Fumio Kaneko (Journal of Earth System Science, 2008)

Study of glycemic profile of Cajanus cajan leaves in experimental rats - Dolly Jaiswal; Prashant Kumar Rai; Amit Kumar; Geeta Watal (Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2008)

Inter simple sequence repeat profile as a genetic marker system in sugarcane - Sangeeta Srivastava; Prashant S. Gupta (Sugar Tech, 2008)

Bacterial degradation of phthalate isomers and their esters - C. Vamsee-Krishna; Prashant S. Phale (Indian Journal of Microbiology, 2008)

Relationships of Heavy Metals in Natural Lake Waters with Physico-chemical Characteristics of Waters and Different Chemical Fractions of Metals in Sediments - Ajay P. Singh; Prakash C. Srivastava; Prashant Srivastava (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2008)

Conjugative transfer of preferential utilization of aromatic compounds from Pseudomonas putida CSV86 - Aditya Basu; Prashant S. Phale (Biodegradation, 2008)

Isolation and Characterization of Dibenzofuran-Degrading Serratia marcescens from Alkalophilic Bacterial Consortium of the Chemostat - Prashant Kumar Jaiswal; Indu Shekhar Thakur (Current Microbiology, 2007)

Centromere size and position in Candida albicans are evolutionarily conserved independent of DNA sequence heterogeneity - Prashant K. Mishra; Mary Baum; John Carbon (Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2007)

Assessment of glycemic potential ofMusa paradisiaca stem juice - Santosh Kumar Singh; Achyut Narayan Kesari; Prashant Kumar Rai; Geeta Watal (Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2007)

Cytoview: Development of a cell modelling framework - Prashant Khodade; Samta Malhotra; Nirmal Kumar; M. Sriram Iyengar; N. Balakrishnan; Nagasuma Chandra (Journal of Biosciences, 2007)

Taste masking of ondansetron hydrochloride by polymer carrier system and formulation of rapid-disintegrating tablets - Shagufta Khan; Prashant Kataria; Premchand Nakhat; Pramod Yeole (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2007)

Age related changes in lipid peroxidation and antioxidants in elderly people - V. Prashant Akila; H. Harishchandra; Vivian D'souza; Benedicta D'souza (Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2007)

Screening of Enterobacterial Contamination During Gelatin Production and its Effect on Pharmaceutical Grade Gelatin - Anjana Sharma; Prashant Dour; Priti Gupta (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2006)

Sensitivity of global warming to the pattern of tropical ocean warming - Joseph J. Barsugli; Sang-Ik Shin; Prashant D. Sardeshmukh (Climate Dynamics, 2006)

Captive breeding of endangered fish Chitala chitala (Hamilton-Buchanan) for species conservation and sustainable utilization - Uttam Kumar Sarkar; Prashant Kumar Deepak; Raje Singh Negi; Shriprakash Singh; Dhurendra Kapoor (Biodiversity and Conservation, 2006)

General plume dispersion model (GPDM) for point source emission - Seema Awasthi; Mukesh Khare; Prashant Gargava (Environmental Modeling & Assessment, 2006)

Asexual Reproduction and Segmental Regeneration, but not Morphallaxis, are Inhibited by Boric Acid in Lumbriculus variegatus (Annelida: Clitellata: Lumbriculidae) - Veronica G. Martinez; Prashant K. Reddy; Mark J. Zoran (Hydrobiologia, 2006)

Limited effect of patient and disease characteristics on compliance with hospital antimicrobial guidelines - Peter G. M. Mol; Petra Denig; Rijk O. B. Gans; Prashant V. NannanPanday; John E. Degener; Marian Laseur; Flora M. Haaijer-Ruskamp (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2006)

Cloning, Functional Expression and Characterization of an Alkaline Protease from Bacillus licheniformis - Ritu Sareen; Uwe T. Bornscheuer; Prashant Mishra (Biotechnology Letters, 2005)

Evaluation of polymerized rosin for the formulation and development of transdermal drug delivery system: A technical note - Prashant M. Satturwar; Suniket V. Fulzele; Avinash K. Dorle (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2005)

Assessment of genetic purity of micropropagated plants of sugarcane by isozyme and RAPD analysis - Radha Jain; Sangeeta Srivastava; Jyotsna Singh; Prashant S. Gupta (Sugar Tech, 2005)

Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Trisubstituted Thiazoles Targeting Plasmodium Falciparum Cysteine Proteases - P. Mallikarjun Goud; Anjaneyulu Sheri; Prashant V. Desai; E. Blake Watkins; Babu Tekwani; Yogesh Sabnis; Jiri Gut; Philip J. Rosenthal; Mitchell A. Avery (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2005)

Biodegradation and in vivo biocompatibility of rosin: a natural film-forming polymer - Prashant M. Satturwar; Suniket V. Fulzele; Avinash K. Dorle (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2003)

Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of Airflow and Aerosol Deposition in Human Lungs - Natalya Nowak; Prashant P. Kakade; Ananth V. Annapragada (Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2003)

SDS and Native page protein profile for identification and characterization of elite sugarcane genotypes - Sangeeta Srivastava; Prashant Shekhar Gupta (Sugar Tech, 2002)

Study of novel rosin-based biomaterials for pharmaceutical coating - Suniket V Fulzele; Prashant M Satturwar; Avanash K Dorle (AAPS PharmSciTech, 2002)

Ecoregions in Ascendance: Reply to Jepson and Whittaker - Eric Wikramanayake; Eric Dinerstein; Colby Loucks; David Olson; John Morrison; John Lamoreux; Meghan McKnight; Prashant Hedao (Conservation Biology, 2002)

The effect of ENSO on the intraseasonal variance of surface temperatures in winter - Catherine A. Smith; Prashant D. Sardeshmukh (International Journal of Climatology, 2000)

Study of genetic diversity in Indian and exotic sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) germplasm using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers - K. Venkataramana Bhat; Prashant P. Babrekar; Suman Lakhanpaul (Euphytica, 1999)

Product inhibition in simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of cellulose into lactic acid - Prashant V. Iyer; Y.Y. Lee (Biotechnology Letters, 1999)

Contributory presentations/posters - N. Manoj; V. R. Srinivas; A. Surolia; M. Vijayan; K. Suguna; R. Ravishankar; K. Suguna; A. Surolia; M. Vijayan; R. Schwarzenbacher; K. Zeth; Diederichs; et al. (Journal of Biosciences, 1999)

Emission Inventory for an Industrial Area of India - Prashant Gargava*; A. L. Aggarwal (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 1999)

An Ecology‐Based Method for Defining Priorities for Large Mammal Conservation: The Tiger as Case Study - Eric D. Wikramanayake; Eric Dinerstein; John G. Robinson; Ullas Karanth; Alan Rabinowitz; David Olson; Thomas Mathew; Prashant Hedao; Melissa Conner; Ginette Hemley; Dorene Bolze (Conservation Biology, 1998)
The disappearance of large vertebrates in the tropical belt may be the next biological insult of the global extinction crisis. Large predators and their prey are at particular risk in Asia, where they are threatened by poaching and habitat loss. To facilitate the best use of limited conservation resources, we created an objective, ecology‐based method for identifying priority areas for conservation that incorporates both habitat representation and landscape‐level features. Using tigers as an example, our method captures the range of ecological habitats where they occur, accounting for ecological, demographic, genetic, and behavioral differences. Our analysis is hierarchical. We divided the tiger range into distinct bioregions and identified tiger habitat types within each. We then delineated tiger conservation units throughout the bioregions and ranked the units based on habitat integrity, poaching pressure, and tiger population trends. To maintain representation of tiger populations and their ecology in the different tiger habitats, we made comparisons only among tiger conservation units from the same tiger habitat types nested within the same bioregion. We identified 159 tiger conservation units in three bioregions—the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, and Southeast Asia. We ranked the units in three categories that reflect the probability of long‐term persistence of tiger populations ( highest in level I units). Twenty‐five tiger conservation units were classified as level I, 21 as level II, and 97 as level III. An additional 16 tiger conservation units for which little information is available were identified for immediate surveys. Levels I , II, and those identified for immediate surveys are the priority areas for immediate funding and for a regional tiger conservation strategy. One feature emerging from the study showed that protected areas cover only small areas of tiger conservation units. If the long‐term prospects for tiger conservation are to improve, poaching must be stopped and protected areas increased in number, linked, and buffered by natural habitats. To enhance landscape integrity, the priority tiger conservation units that straddle international borders should be managed as transboundary reserves, giving tiger conservation a stronger regional structure. Like tigers, populations of other wide‐ranging mammalian carnivores and large herbivores also are declining due to poaching and loss of habitat. The method we present for tigers can be adapted readily to improve conservation strategies for these species as well. Método con Bases Ecológicas para Definir Prioridades para la Conservación de Mamíferos Mayores: El Tigre como Caso de Estudio La desaparición de vertebrados grandes en el cinturón tropical podría ser el siguiente insulto biológico de la crisis de exteinción global. Los depredadores grandes y sus presas se encuentran en un riesgo particular en Asia donde la caza furtiva y la pérdida de hábitats los amenaza. Para facilitar el mejor uso de los limitados recursos de conservación, hemos creado un método objetivo con bases ecológicas que incorpora tanto la representación del hábitat, como las características a nivel de paisaje en la identificación de áreas prioritarias para conservación. Utilizando tigres como ejemplo, nuestro método captura el rango de hábitats ecológicos donde los tigres pueden estar presentes tomando en cuenta diferencias ecológicas, demográficas, genéticas y de conducta. Nuestro análisis es jerárquico. Dividimos el rango de los tigres en bioregiones distintas e identificamos tipos de hábitat para tigres dentro de estas regiones. Posteriormente delineamos unidades de conservación de tigres a lo largo de las bioregiones y organizamos por rangos las unidades en base a la integridad del hábitat, presión por caza furtiva y tendencias de las poblaciones de tigres. Para mantener la representación de las poblaciones de tigres y su ecología en los diferentes hábitats, únicamente hicimos comparaciones entre unidades de conservación de tigres del mismo tipo de hábitat para tigres, anidados dentro de una misma bioregión. Identificamos 159 unidades de conservación de tigres en tres bioregiones—el subcontinente Indú, Indochina y Sur de Asia. Organizamos por rangos las unidades en tres categorías que reflejan la probabilidad de persistencia a largo plazo de poblaciones de tigres (los mayores en unidades de nivel I). Veinticinco unidades de conservación de tigres fueron clasificadas como nivel I, 21 como nivel II y 97 como nivel III. Dieciséis unidades de conservación de tigres adicionales con poca información viable fueron identificadas para muestreo inmediato. Los niveles I y II y aquellos identificados como muestreos inmediatos son áreas prioritarias para financiamiento immediato y para una estrategia de conservación de tigres. Una característica emergente en el estudio muestra que áreas protegidas cubren únicamente áreas pequeñas de unidades de conservación de tigres. Si las perspectivas a largo plazo para la conservación de tigres van a mejorar, la caza ilegal debe ser detenida y las áreas protegidas incrementadas en número, ligadas y amortiguadas por hábitats naturales. Para mejorar la integridad del paisaje, las unidades prioritarias de conservación de tigres que presentan fronteras internacionales deberán ser manejadas como reservas transfronterizas otorgándole a la conservación de tigres una etsructura regional mas fuerte. Así como los tigres, poblaciones de otros carnívoros de amplio rango y herbívoros grandes estan en disminución debido a la caza furtiva y la pérdida del hábitat. El método que presentamos para tigres puede ser adaptado fácilmente para mejorar también las estrategias de conservación de estas especies.

An Ecology-Based Method for Defining Priorities for Large Mammal Conservation: The Tiger as Case Study - Eric D. Wikramanayake; Eric Dinerstein; John G. Robinson; Ullas Karanth; Alan Rabinowitz; David Olson; Thomas Mathew; Prashant Hedao; Melissa Conner; Ginette Hemley; Dorene Bolze (Conservation Biology, 1998)

Production of biosurfactant ?Biosur-Pm? by Pseudomonas maltophila CSV89: characterization and role in hydrocarbon uptake - Prashant S. Phale; Handanahal S. Savithri; N. Appaji Rao; Chelakara S. Vaidyanathan (Archives of Microbiology, 1995)

A pathway for biodegradation of 1-naphthoic acid by Pseudomonas maltophilia CSV89 - Prashant S. Phale; Milind C. Mahajan; Chelakard S. Vaidyanathan (Archives of Microbiology, 1995)

A pathway for biodegradation of 1-naphthoic acid by Pseudomonas maltophilia CSV89 - Prashant S. Phale; M. C. Mahajan; C. S. Vaidyanathan (Archives of Microbiology, 1995)

Evidence for the involvement of multiple pathways in the biodegradation of 1- and 2-methylnaphthalene by Pseudomonas putida CSV86 - Milind C. Mahajan; Prashant S. Phale; Chelakara S. Vaidyanathan (Archives of Microbiology, 1994)

Dimorphism-associated changes in plasma membrane H+-ATPase activity of Candida albicans - Simminder Kaur; Prashant Mishra (Archives of Microbiology, 1991)