Dr. K. Chandrakumar, Ph.D.,

Assistant Professor

Ph:

(O) 91 422 6611276

Mobile: + 91 9894172613

Email: kaychandrubio@yahoo.co.in

Field of specialisation

• Plant Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• Liquid Biofuels

Research Interest

• Bioactive compounds from Biomass
• Lipid Biochemistry

Academic Background

• B.Sc. (Biochemistry)
• M.Sc. (Biochemistry)
• Ph.D. (Biochemistry)
• PGDCA
• PGDBI

Courses Taught

• BIC 101 Fundamentals of Biochemistry (2+1)
• BIC 252 Biochemistry of Food Processing and Preservation (2+1)
• BIC 510 Plant Biochemistry (2+1)
• BIC 509 Food and Nutritional Biochemistry (2+1)

Recent Paper Publications

• Nithya. N., Chandrakumar. K., Ganesan. V. and Senthilkumar. S., (2012) Efficacy of Momordica charantia in attenuating Hepatic abnormalities in cyclophosphamide intoxicated rats. Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology 7(1) 38-45.
• Subramanian Senthilkumar, Narayanasamy Nithya, Venkatesan Ganesan and Kalichamy Chandrakumar, (2012) In vivo Antioxidant Potential of Momordica charantia Against Cyclophosphamide induced hepatic Damage in Rats. International Journal of Biological Chemistry 6 (3): 89-96.
• B. Karpagavalli, S. Amutha, T. Padmini, R. Palanisamy and K. Chandrakumar, (2014) Effect of Processing on Retention of Antioxidant Components in Value Added Amla Products. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 7(5), 672–677.

Member in Professional Bodies

• Life Member – Association for the Promotion of DNA Fingerprinting and Other DNA Technologies.
• Life Member – Society for Science and Environment.
• Life Member – Dr. M. Aruchami Research Foundation.

Other Information

• ICAR - All India Coordinated Research Project –Renewable Energy Sources –Liquid Biofuel Technology