Phytochemistry and Phytopharmacology
Dr. K. B. Rameshkumar
Position: Principal Scientist
Mobile No: 9446376431
Email: kbrtbgri@gmail.com: kbr@jntbgri.res.in
Qualification: Ph. D. (Chemistry), University of Kerala.
Specialization : Phytochemistry (Extraction, purification and structure elucidation of phytochemicals, Hyphenated mass spectrometric analysis, Chemistry of essential oils and fixed oils, Chemotaxonomy, Chemical ecology, Herbal Technology)
Personal Biography
Over 24 years of research experience in the field of Phytochemistry. He had discovered several new molecules, new plant species and published more than 60 research papers. Produced 5 Ph.Ds. Received several awards including the prestigious Young Scientist Award by Kerala Science Congress. Functioned as the Organizing Secretary of International Seminars on Phytochemistry and visited Oman, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. Presently, the General Secretary of Kerala Academy of Sciences. Currently working (also) as the Scientist-in-Charge of Central Instrumentation Facility in JNTBGRI.
Projects & Selected Publications
Projects
- 2018-2022: Sustainable utilization of the seeds of Garcinia species from the Western Ghats. DST, Govt. of India. Scheme for Young Scientists and Technologists- Co-Principal Investigator (Completed).
- 2018-2022: Phytochemical profiling of the aromatic Cyperaceae members of South India. DST, Govt. of India. Core Research Grant (Plant Sciences). Principal Investigator (Completed).
- 2015-2020: Comparative biogeography and phylogeography of selected plants of India. DBT, Govt. of India. Co-Principal Investigator (Completed).
- 2013-2016: Economic and bio-geographic evaluation of the Cinnamomum species in some selected parts of India through morphological, chemical and molecular biology studies. DBT, Govt. of India, NE Twining Project. Principal Investigator (Completed).
- 2012-2015: Biflavonoids from Garcinia species- Chemical, molecular and pharmacological evaluation. KSCSTE, Govt. of Kerala. Principal Investigator (Completed).
Publications
- Priya Rani M., Gokul Raj, K. B. Rameshkumar (2022). Garcinia gummi-gutta seeds: a novel source of edible oils. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 102(8); 3475-3479. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.11671
- Lekshmi N. Menon, S.K. KavyaSatheesh, Sreejith Parameswara Panicker and K.B. Rameshkumar. (2020). Antiproliferative activity of caged xanthones from the leaves of Garcinia wightii T. Anderson. Fitoterapia 143:104592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fitote.2020.104592.
- Murugan Govindakurup Govind, Mathew Dan and Koranappallil Bahuleyan Rameshkumar. (2020). Myristica trobogarii (Myristicaceae), a new species from southern Western Ghats, India. Phytotaxa 437(4); 206-212. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.437.4.2
- R. Ananthakrishnan, Preeti Chandra, Brijesh Kumar, and K. B. Rameshkumar (2018). Quantification of coumarin and related phenolics in cinnamon samples from south India using UHPLC-ESI-QqQLIT-MS/MS method. International Journal of Food Properties, 21:1, 50-57. https://doi.org/10.1080/10942912.2018.1437629
- Renu Pandey, Rohit Mahar, Mohammad Hasanain, Sanjeev K. Shukla, Jayanta Sarkar, K.B. Rameshkumar and Brijesh Kumar (2016). Rapid screening and quantitative determination of bioactive compounds from fruit extracts of Myristica species and their in vitro anti-proliferative activity. Food Chemistry 211, 483-493. https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.05.065
PhD students
Work: Phytochemistry of endemic plants of Western Ghats.
Work: Molecular docking, spectroscopic investigation and DFT studies of selected bioactive phytochemicals from Garcinia species.
Project Fellows
Work: Biosystematic and molecular phylogenetic investigation of the genus Ophiorrhiza L. in Western Ghats of India
Work: CIF instrumentation, GC-MS