M.Sc. in Chemistry from University of Calcutta
 

Current research Interest: ​

• Arsenic  toxicity and its remediation by garlic and its bioactive components.
• Isolation and identification of different garlic components involved in amelioration of arsenic toxicity by different techniques like Mass spectroscopy, FTIR, NMR, HPLC .
• Study of mechanistic pathway involved in the modulatory action of garlic against arsenic toxicity.​

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Important Publications:

• ​Arsenic toxicity amelioration: a review. (2009) Chowdhury R, Das B and Chaudhuri K. In Perspectives in Cytology and Genetics 14: 175-184. Proceedings of the XIVth All India Congress of Cytology & Genetics, held in Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, Dec 1-4, 2009.​

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Awards:

​• Best Oral Presentation award at Second National Symposium on Innovative Approaches and Modern Technologies for Crop Productivity, Food Safety and Environmental Sustainability held during 19-20 November 2012  at Thrissur, Kerala, India. Title- “Remediation of arsenic toxicity by aqueous garlic extract”.



• Best Poster Presentation award at 15th All India Congress of Cytology and Genetics 2011 held from 21st Nov 2011 to 23rd Nov. 2011 at Department of Botany, Magadh University, Bodhgaya, Bihar. Title “A mechanistic approach towards modulation of arsenic toxicity with the bioactive garlic component Diallyl disulphide (DADS)”.

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