• To elucidate biosynthetic pathways of secondary metabolites that has a potentially beneficial biological effect, and genetic manipulation of plant natural products.
• Plant disease resistance: mechanisms and signal networks
• Pathway engineering in transgenic plants to improve traits for
• Disease resistance
• Human health and nutrition

List of important Publications:

1. Planta Medica, 2008, 74: 503-508.
2. Plant Cell Tiss. Org Cult., 2009, 96: 117–126.
3. Jr. Agricultural Food Chem., 2007, 55 (26): 10962-10967.
4. Food Chem., 2007, 100 (4): 1377-1384.
5. In Vitro – Plant, Cellular and Dev. Biol., 2009, 45:57-64.
6. In Vitro – Plant, Cellular and Dev. Biol., 2008, 44:518–524.
7. Plant Cell Reports, 1995, 15: 217-223.
8. Plant Cell Reports, 1994, 13: 519-522.
9. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1990, 72,195-200.
10. Ind. J Exp. Biology, 1990, 28:522-525.
11. Acta Horticulturae, 1985, 188s, 51-55.

NCBI DNA/ESTs Sequence Submission:

1. Banerjee, A., Ghanta, S., Bhattacharyya, D., Chattopadhyay, S. 2008, Partial coding sequence of PLR of Sinopodophyllum hexandrum. Acc. # EU649692.
2. Banerjee, A., Chattopadhyay, S. 2008, Partial coding sequence of PLR of Phyllanthus amarus. Acc. # EU660220.
3. Banerjee, A., Ghanta, S., Bhattacharyya, D., Chattopadhyay, S. 2008, Partial coding sequence of PLR of Nicotiana tabacum. Acc. #  GH985140-985149; GH986493-986516; GO344193-344210.
4. Ghanta, S., Bhattacharyya, D., Banerjee, A., Chattopadhyay, S. 2008, Partial coding sequence of PLR of Sinopodophyllum hexandrum. Acc. # GO246437-246456; GO248614-248753; GO 254273-254322.

LIST OF PATENTS FILED / GRANTED: 

Sharmila Chattopadhyay, Avijit Poddar, Akhilesh Kumar, Basudeb Achari, EXTRACTS FROM NYCTANTHES ARBORTRISTIS FOR THE TREATEMENT OF LEISHMANIASIS, International (PCT) filling No. PCT/IB2006/002805, date 09.10.2006.