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Pankaj Kumar Sharma

Associate Professor, Department of BIological Sciences, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Plant Biotechnology
Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India.

Publications

  • Tripti Joshi , Sonakshi Puri , PR Deepa , Pankaj Kumar Sharma*, (2024) Bioactivity-guided Purification and Characterization of Antioxidant, Anti-gout and Anti-diabetic Polyphenols from Panchkuta: A Traditional Food Combination of (Semi) arid regions, Food Chemistry Advances, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.focha.2024.100839
  • Puri, Sonakshi; Kirad, Shivani; Muzaffar-Ur-Rehman, Mohammed; Mandal, Sumit Kumar;  Sharma, Pankaj Kumar;  Sankaranarayanan, Murugesan and  Deepa, P. R. (2024) Lipogenic stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD1) targeted virtual screening for chemical inhibitors: molecular docking / dynamics simulation and in vitro assessment of anti-NAFLD efficacy. RSC Advances, 14, 31797-31808, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4RA06037G

  • Joshi T, Sehgal H, Puri S, Karnika, Mahapatra T, Joshi M, Deepa PR and Sharma PK* (2024) ML-based technologies in sustainable agro-food production and beyond: Tapping the (semi) arid landscape for bioactives-based product development. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2024.101350 (Special Issue: AI technology in food and agriculture)

  • Chauhan S., Joshi T., Adhikari U, Sinha A., Deepa P.R. and Sharma P.K.* (2024) Desert legumes as sustainable sources of proteins and bioactive peptides: Technological insights into functional food development from underutilized plants. Food and Humanity, 2: 100295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foohum.2024.100295, (Special Issue: Proteins and Humanity: traditional and emerging protein sources for food and feed)
  • Puri S, Mandal SK, Agrawal H, Sharma PK, Deepa PR. (2024) Comparative Bioactivity Assessment of Bixin Pigment and Associated Phytochemicals Extracted from Annatto Seeds using Conventional and Green Solvents. Journal of Food and Drug Analysis. 32(2):168-183. doi: 10.38212/2224-6614.3500.
  • Joshi, T., Agrawal, K., Mangal, M., Deepa, P.R. and Sharma P.K.* (2024) Measurement of antioxidant synergy between phenolic bioactives in traditional food combinations (legume/non-legume/fruit) of (semi) arid regions: insights into the development of sustainable functional foods. Discover Food: 4, 11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44187-024-00082-y
  • Katyal, A., Chowdhury, S., Sharma, P.K. and Kannan, M. (2024) Fink’s Integrated Course Design and Taxonomy: The Impact of Their Use in an Undergraduate Introductory Course on Bioinformatics. Journal of Science Education and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-024-10100-4
  • Joshi, T., Mandal, S.K., Asati, V. Deepa P.R. and Sharma P.K.* (2023) Arid/semi-arid flora as a treasure trove of bioactives and bioenergy: the case for underutilized desert legumes towards environmental sustainability. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Theme: Cleaner Production and Sustainable Processes for Environmental Remediation), 31 (27): 39025-39036. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-29274-2
  • Joshi T, Deepa PR, Joshi M and Sharma PK* (2023) Matters of the desert: A perspective on achieving food and nutrition security through plants of the (semi) arid regionsJournal of Agriculture and Food Research, Vol. 14, 100725 (Editor-invited article). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2023.100725
  • Chatterjee A, Puri S, Sharma PK, Deepa PR and Chowdhury S (2023) Nature-inspired Enzyme Engineering and Sustainable Catalysis: Biochemical Clues from the World of Plants and Extremophiles. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, section Industrial Biotechnology. Vol. 11. Doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1229300
  • Mandal SK, Puri S, Banoth KK, Muzaffar‑Ur‑Rehman M, Sharma PK, Murugesan S and Deepa PR (2023) Targeting lipid-sensing nuclear receptors PPAR (α, γ, β/δ): HTVS and molecular docking/dynamics analysis of pharmacological ligands as potential pan-PPAR agonists. Molecular Diversity. doi: 10.1007/s11030-023-10666-y
  • Joshi T, Sehgal H, Mandal SK, Joshi M, Deepa PR and Sharma PK* (2023) Nutraceutical and flavor profiles in underutilized desert legumes of India: Gene editing strategies towards sustainable food development. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 32, 743–750. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13562-023-00836-2 (Special issueGenome Editing – A precision breeding tool for sustainable food, nutrition and environmental sustainability)
  • Joshi T, Mandal SK, Puri S, Asati V, Deepa PR and Sharma PK* (2023) Investigating the antioxidant activity enhancer effect of Cyamopsis tetragonoloba seed extract on phenolic phytochemicals. Frontiers in Plant Science 14:1131173. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1131173 (Research TopicAdvances in Discoveries of Plant Phytochemicals)
  • Mandal SK, Banoth KK, Sharma PK, Murugesan S and Deepa PR (2022) In silico and in vitro analysis of PPAR – α / γ dual agonists: Comparative evaluation of potential phytochemicals with anti-obesity drug Orlistat. Computers in Biology and Medicine28:105796.
  • Joshi T, Deepa PR and Sharma PK* (2022) Effect of different proportions of phenolics on antioxidant potential: pointers for bioactive synergy/antagonism in foods and nutraceuticals, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences92: 939–946.
  • Asati V, Deepa PR and Sharma PK* (2022) Desert legume Prosopis cineraria as a novel source of antioxidant flavonoids / isoflavonoids: Biochemical characterization of edible pods for potential functional food development, Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, Vol. 29, 101210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrep.2022.101210
  • Asati V, Deepa PR and Sharma PK* (2021) Silent metabolism and not-so-silent biological activity: possible molecular mechanisms of stress response in edible desert legumes, Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 30, 640–645. (Special issueNew Insights into Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Stress Response in Plants)
  • Asati V, Srivastava A, Mukherjee S and Sharma PK (2021) Comparative analysis of antioxidant and antiproliferative activities of crude and purified flavonoid enriched fractions of pods/seeds of two desert legumes Prosopis cineraria and Cyamopsis tetragonolobaHeliyon, Vol 7, Issue 6, e07304.
  • Asati V. and Sharma P.K. (2019) Purification and characterization of an isoflavones conjugate hydrolyzing β-glucosidase (ICHG) from Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (guar), Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, Vol. 20: 100669
  • Asati V. and Sharma P.K.* (2018) Using thin-layer chromatography for the metabolic characterization of an isoflavone glycoside-specific β-glucosidase in Cyamopsis tetragonolobaJournal of Planar Chromatography – Modern TLC, 32(2), 169-172.
  • Asati V. and Sharma P.K.* (2018) Identification of an isoflavone glycoside hydrolyzing β-glucosidase in the seeds of the desert legume Prosopis cinerariaLegume Research, 41(6), 837-841.
  • Sharma P.K.* (2017) Combining diverse pedagogical tools for effective teaching of General Biology to a large class comprising of first year science and engineering undergraduates, Educational Quest, 8(3), 517-524.
  • Sharma P.K., Sangwan N.S., Bose S.K. and Sangwan R.S. (2013) Biochemical characteristics of a novel vegetative tissue geraniol acetyltransferase from a monoterpene oil grass (Palmarosa, Cymbopogon martinii var. Motia) leaf, Plant Science, Vol. 203-204, pages 63-73.
  • Sharma P.K., Sangwan NS, Mishra BN and Sangwan RS (2009) Coherent ontogenic dynamics of geraniol acetyltransferase activity and geranyl acetate concentration in flowers and leaves of aroma grass Cymbopogon martini var. Motia, Plant Growth Regulation, Vol. 57(2), 103-108, 2009.
  • Pant M, Sharma P.K., Radha T, Sangwan RS and Roy U (2008) Nonlinear optimization of enzyme kinetic parameters, Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 8(8), 1322-1327. 
  • Sangwan RS-Sangwan NS, Sharma P.K., Chaurasiya ND, Mishra SK, Tyagi BR and Srivastava AK (2008), Carbonate extraction process for proteomic profiling of rose-scented geranium (Pelargonium sp ), a hyper-acidic plant, Phytochemical Analysis, Vol. 19, 104–115.
  • Sangwan NS, Sharma P.K. and Sangwan RS (2007), Geranyl acetate esterase is commonly present but linalyl acetate esterase occurrence is highly limited in plants, Flavour and Fragrance Journal, Vol. 22(3), 173-177.
  • Sharma P.K., Sangwan NS and Sangwan RS (2005), Trichloroacetic acid-facilitated coenzyme A-SH-stabilization-based end-point spectrophotometric 5,5’- dithiobis-2-nitrobenzoic acid assay for plant terpene alcohol acetyltransferases, Analytical Biochemistry, Vol. 346, 176-178.
  • Agrawal R, Sharma P.K. and Rao GS (2001), Release of iron from ferritin by metabolites of benzene and superoxide radical generating agents. Toxicology, Vol. 168(3), 223-230.