The inhibition of molting fluid enzymes of Pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) by an aspartic protease inhibitor: Its effects on insect development

Ajit KUMAR,Mahesh S. KULYE,Mukund V. DESHPANDE,Mala RAO 한국곤충학회 2010 Entomological Research Vol.40 No.2

In this study, the inhibition of molting fluid enzymes from Helicoverpa armigera by an aspartic protease inhibitor, Alkalophilic Thermophilic Bacillus Inhibitor (ATBI) purified from Bacillus sp. is reported. The in vitro experiments showed 80% inhibition (IC50= 48 µM) of hemoglobin hydrolyzing and 95% inhibition (IC50= 35 µM) of chitin hydrolyzing activity from molting fluid by ATBI (IC50 value is the ATBI concentration for 50% inhibition of total enzymatic activity). The treatment of H. armigera larvae with 400 µM ATBI recorded 20% larval mortality, 27.77% deformed pupae and 12.22% deformed adults. The LC50 value (Concentration of ATBI calculated to give 50% mortality) calculated for insect population was found to be 330.06 µM. Similarly, significant variations in mean larval and pupal weight, no. of eggs laid per female and percent hatching of eggs were observed at higher concentrations of ATBI. The results may provide the basis for the selection of non-host inhibitors to develop a H. armigera insecticide formulation.

Andrographolides and traditionally used Andrographis paniculata as potential adaptogens: Implications for therapeutic innovation

Ajit Kumar Thakur,Shyam Sunder Chatterjee,Vikas Kumar 셀메드 세포교정의약학회 2014 셀메드 (CellMed) Vol.4 No.3

Andrographis paniculata (Burm. F.) Wall. Ex Nees (Family: Anthaceae) is a traditionally known Ayurvedic medicinal plant. Several well-controlled clinical trials conducted during recent years have consistently reconfirmed that Andrographis paniculata extracts are effective in suppressing cardinal symptoms of diverse inflammatory and infectious diseases. Despite extensive efforts though, many questions concerning bioactive constituents of such extracts and their modes of actions still remain unanswered. Amongst diverse diterpene lactones isolated to date from such extracts, andrographolide is often considered to be the major, representative, or bioactive secondary metabolite of the plant. Therefore, it has attracted considerable attention of several drug discovery laboratories as a lead molecule potentially useful for identifying structurally and functionally novel drug. Critical analysis of available preclinical and clinical information on Andrographis paniculata extracts and pure andrographolide strongly suggest that they are pharmacologically polyvalent and that they possess adaptogenic properties. Aim of this communication is to summarize and critically analyze such data, and to point out some possibilities for more rationally exploiting their adaptogenic properties for discovering novel therapeutic leads, or for obtaining pharmacologically better standardized phyto-pharmaceuticals.

Adsorption characteristics of lead(II) ions onto the TiO2/polyacrylamide nanocomposite from aqueous solutions

( Ajit Kumar Sharma ),( Byeong-kyu Lee ) 한국폐기물자원순환학회 2023 I-CIPEC Vol.2012 No.0

Anxiolytic-like activity of leaf extract of traditionally used Indian-Mustard (Brassica juncea) in diabetic rats

Ajit Kumar Thakur,Shyam Sunder Chatterjee,Vikas Kumar 셀메드 세포교정의약학회 2013 TANG Vol.3 No.1

Brassica juncea is a polyphenols enriched edible plant, with diverse medicinal uses of different parts of which have been mentioned in the Ayurveda. The effects of 10 daily oral doses (100, 200, and 400 mg/kg/day) of a methanolic Brassica juncea leaf extract in rat models of anxiety using nondiabetic and alloxan-diabetic rats were quantified. In all the three behavioural tests used, i.e. elevated plus maze, open field, and social interaction tests, anxiolytic-like activity of the extract was observed in the diabetic animals only. Quantitatively, the efficacy of the highest tested dose of the extract in these tests was always less than those observed after its lower ones. These observations provide further experimental evidences for the conviction that Brassica vegetables could as well be useful for combating diabetes associated mental health problems.

Symbiotic relationship revealed by Transcriptomics and Metagenomics in Lammelibrachia satsuma

Ajit Kumar PATRA,Yoshihiro FUJIWARA,Sang-Jin KIM 한국생물공학회 2014 한국생물공학회 학술대회 Vol.2014 No.4

Therapeutic potential of traditionally used medicinal plant Andrographis paniculata (Burm. F.) against diabesity: An experimental study in rats

Ajit Kumar Thakur,Shyam Sunder Chatterjee,Vikas Kumar 셀메드 세포교정의약학회 2014 TANG Vol.4 No.1

Metabolic effects of ten daily doses of standardized extract of Andrographis paniculata leaves (AP) rich in andrographolide were evaluated in a rat model of type-2 diabetes and in diet induced obese rats. AP was administered per-orally as suspension in 0.3% carboxymethylcellulose at doses of 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg/day for 10 consecutive days. Blood glucose, insulin and lipid profile of rats were measured by using enzyme kits. In addition, effects of such treatments on anti-oxidant enzymes activity and histopathological changes in various organs of diabetic rats were assessed. AP treatments reversed body weight losses and increased plasma insulin level in diabetic rats. The anti-oxidant enzymes activity became normal and histopathological changes observed in pancreas, liver, kidney and spleen of diabetic animals were less severe in extract treated groups. On the other hand, hyperinsulinemia and increased body weight gains observed in high fat or fructose fed rats were less severe in the extract treated groups. These observations revealed therapeutic potentials of the extract for treatments of diabesity associated metabolic disorders, and suggest that the effects of the extract on insulin homeostasis depend on the metabolic status of animals. Activation of cytoprotective mechanisms could be involved in its mode of action.

Phylogenetic Relationship between Symbionts of Tubeworm Lamellibrachia satsuma and the Sediment Microbial Community in Kagoshima Bay

Ajit Kumar Patra,조현희,권용민,권개경,Takako Sato,Chiaki Kato,강성균,김상진 한국해양과학기술원 2016 Ocean science journal Vol.51 No.3

Vestimentiferan tubeworms acquire their symbionts through horizontal transmission from the surrounding environment. In the present study, we constructed a 16S rRNA gene clone library to investigate the phylogenetic relationship between diverse microbes in the sediment and symbiotic bacteria in the trophosome of the tubeworm, Lamellibrachia satsuma, from Kagoshima Bay, Japan. Two symbiotic bacterial phylotypes belonging to the classes γ- and ε-Proteobacteria were found from this tubeworm trophosome. They were very closely related to the symbionts of several other marine invertebrates. The most predominant bacteria in the sediment were ε-Proteobacteria. A broad diversity of bacteria belonged to nonproteobacterial phyla such as Planctomycetes, Acidobacteria, and Chloroflexi was observed. The presence of sulfur oxidizers (i.e., ε-Proteobacteria and γ-Proteobacteria) and sulfur reducers (i.e., δ-Proteobacteria) may play a significant role in the sulfur cycle in these habitats and provide multiple sources of nutrition to the cold-seep communities. Closely related clones of ε-Proteobacteria symbiont in the species level and of γ-Proteobacteria symbiont in the genus level were found in the surrounding sediment. The similarity of symbiont clones of L. satsuma with other symbionts and free-living bacteria suggests the possibility of opportunistic symbiosis in ε-Proteobacteria and the co-evolution of γ-Proteobacteria having occurred after symbiosis with the tubeworms.

Phylogenetic Relationship between Symbionts of Tubeworm Lamellibrachia satsuma and the Sediment Microbial Community in Kagoshima Bay

Patra, Ajit Kumar,Cho, Hyun Hee,Kwon, Yong Min,Kwon, Kae Kyoung,Sato, Takako,Kato, Chiaki,Kang, Sung Gyun,Kim, Sang-Jin Korean Ocean Research & Development Institute and 2016 OCEAN SCIENCE JOURNAL Vol.51 No.3

Vestimentiferan tubeworms acquire their symbionts through horizontal transmission from the surrounding environment. In the present study, we constructed a 16S rRNA gene clone library to investigate the phylogenetic relationship between diverse microbes in the sediment and symbiotic bacteria in the trophosome of the tubeworm, Lamellibrachia satsuma, from Kagoshima Bay, Japan. Two symbiotic bacterial phylotypes belonging to the classes <TEX>${\gamma}$</TEX>- and <TEX>${\varepsilon}$</TEX>-Proteobacteria were found from this tubeworm trophosome. They were very closely related to the symbionts of several other marine invertebrates. The most predominant bacteria in the sediment were <TEX>${\varepsilon}$</TEX>-Proteobacteria. A broad diversity of bacteria belonged to non-proteobacterial phyla such as Planctomycetes, Acidobacteria, and Chloroflexi was observed. The presence of sulfur oxidizers (i.e., <TEX>${\varepsilon}$</TEX>-Proteobacteria and <TEX>${\gamma}$</TEX>-Proteobacteria) and sulfur reducers (i.e., <TEX>${\delta}$</TEX>-Proteobacteria) may play a significant role in the sulfur cycle in these habitats and provide multiple sources of nutrition to the cold-seep communities. Closely related clones of <TEX>${\varepsilon}$</TEX>-Proteobacteria symbiont in the species level and of <TEX>${\gamma}$</TEX>-Proteobacteria symbiont in the genus level were found in the surrounding sediment. The similarity of symbiont clones of L. satsuma with other symbionts and free-living bacteria suggests the possibility of opportunistic symbiosis in <TEX>${\varepsilon}$</TEX>-Proteobacteria and the co-evolution of <TEX>${\gamma}$</TEX>-Proteobacteria having occurred after symbiosis with the tubeworms.

Clinical spectrum of elderly-onset inflammatory bowel disease in India

Yogesh Kumar Gupta,Arshdeep Singh,Vikram Narang,Vandana Midha,Ramit Mahajan,Varun Mehta,Dharmatma Singh,Namita Bansal,Madeline Vithya Barnaba Durairaj,Amit Kumar Dutta,Ajit Sood 대한장연구학회 2023 Intestinal Research Vol.21 No.2

Background/Aims: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasingly being recognized in elderly patients. Data on clinical spectrum of elderly-onset IBD patients is lacking from India. Methods: A cross-sectional retrospective analysis of a prospectively maintained database of patients diagnosed with IBD was conducted at 2 centers in India. The clinical spectrum of elderly-onset IBD including demographic profile (age and sex), clinical presentation, disease characteristics (disease behavior and severity, extent of disease), and treatment were recorded and compared with adult-onset IBD. Results: During the study period, 3,922 (3,172 ulcerative colitis [UC] and 750 Crohn’s disease [CD]) patients with IBD were recorded in the database. A total of 186 patients (4.74%; 116 males [62.36%]) had elderly-onset IBD (69.35% UC and 30.64% CD). Diarrhea, blood in stools, nocturnal frequency and pain abdomen were the commonest presentations for UC, whereas pain abdomen, weight loss and diarrhea were the most frequent symptoms in CD. For both elderly onset UC and CD, majority of the patients had moderately severe disease. Left-sided colitis was the commonest disease location in UC. Isolated ileal disease and inflammatory behavior were the most common disease location and behavior, respectively in CD. 5-Aminosalicylates were the commonest prescribed drug for both elderly onset UC and CD. Thiopurines and biologics were used infrequently. Prevalence of colorectal cancer was higher in elderly onset IBD. Conclusions: Elderly onset IBD is not uncommon in India. Both the elderly onset UC and CD were milder, with no significant differences in disease characteristics (disease extent, location and behavior) when compared to adult-onset IBD. Colorectal cancer was more common in elderly onset IBD.

Potential of some traditionally used edible plants for prevention and cure of diabesity associated comorbidities

Vikas Kumar,Ajit Kumar Thakur,Suruchi Verma,Vaishali Yadav,Shyam Sunder Chatterjee 셀메드 세포교정의약학회 2015 셀메드 (CellMed) Vol.5 No.2

Medicinal uses of edible and other plants for prevention and cure of obesity and overweight associated metabolic and mental health problems have since long been known to scholars and practitioners of Ayurvedic and other traditionally known system of medicine. Modernized versions of numerous edible plant derived formulations mentioned in ancient Ayurvedic texts are at present some of the most popular, or best selling, herbal remedies in India and numerous other countries suffering from double burden of diseases caused by malnutrition and obesity. Preclinical and clinical information now available on edible plants and their bioactive constituents justify traditionally known medicinal uses of products derived from them for prevention and cure of obesity associated type-2 diabetes, psychopathologies and other health problems. Such information now available on a few edible Ayurvedic plants and their formulations and suggesting that their stress response regulating effects are involved in their broad spectrums of bioactivity profiles are summarized in this communication. Implications of recent physiological and pharmacological observations made with numerous phytochemicals isolated from edible plants for better understanding of traditionally known medicinal uses of herbal remedies are also pointed out.