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Bharathi P, Harish S, Shimomura M, Mohan MK, Archana J, Navaneethan M. Ultrasensitive and reversible NO 2 gas sensor based on SnS 2/TiO 2 heterostructures for room temperature applications. Chemosphere 2024; 346:140486. [PMID: 37875216 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Revised: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023]
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Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is one of the toxic gases produced by chemical industries, power plants, and vehicles. In this work, we demonstrate an inexpensive sensing platform for NO2 detection at room temperature (RT-32 °C) based on a charge transfer mechanism. Three-dimensional hierarchical SnS2 and SnS2/mesoporous TiO2 nanocomposites were synthesized via the solvothermal method. SnS2/20 wt% mesoporous TiO2 nanocomposites sample showed 245.4% enhanced response compared to pristine SnS2. The fabricated device exhibits excellent selectivity among all other interfering gases with one-month stability. The rapid response and enhanced response achieved were obtained for the minimum concentration of 2 ppm NO2. The formation of heterojunction between SnS2 and mesoporous TiO2 has a synergetic effect, providing more active sites and porous structures for the detection of NO2 gas molecules.
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- P Bharathi
- Functional Materials and Energy Devices Laboratory, Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, 603203, India; Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Naka-Ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 432-8011, Japan; Nanotechnology Research Center (NRC), Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, 603203, India
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- Functional Materials and Energy Devices Laboratory, Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, 603203, India; Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Naka-Ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 432-8011, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Naka-Ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 432-8011, Japan.
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- Functional Materials and Energy Devices Laboratory, Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, 603203, India
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- Functional Materials and Energy Devices Laboratory, Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, 603203, India
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- Functional Materials and Energy Devices Laboratory, Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, 603203, India; Nanotechnology Research Center (NRC), Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, 603203, India.
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Praveena H, Pavan KC, Rajani A, Bharathi P. Automatic recognition of lung tumor using convolutional neural networks. CM 2023. [DOI: 10.18137/cardiometry.2023.26.302308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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The unchecked proliferation of abnormal cells in the lung is known as lung cancer, and it is one of the major causes of death globally. The most accurate way for finding malignant lung nodules is a thorax Computed Tomography (CT) scan. A spherical lesion called a lung nodule can either be malignant or not. Lung cancer appears as rounded, white shadow nodules on the CT scan. The candidate ROIs are calculated using existing method and some blood vessels are removed using rule-based methods based on the candidate ROIs' shape features. Next, the candidate ROIs' remaining grey and texture features are calculated, and are given to the classifier to categorize the candidates. The rule-based technique has no omissions, according to experimental results, however the misclassification probability is too high. Therefore, in the proposed method, by computing the texture features from the Grey Level Co-occurrence Matrix (GLCM) in the wavelet domain, the nodules were identified and CT images were categorized using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) into two groups: those with and those without malignant lung nodules. In this work, two classifiers Support Vector Machine (SVM) and CNN are used for the recognized lung cancer image to determine the severity of the condition. Comparisons between SVM and CNN classifiers are done with regard to quality parameters including accuracy and sensitivity.
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Bandyopadhyay M, Singh MJ, Pandya K, Bhuyan M, Tyagi H, Bharathi P, Shah S, Chakraborty AK. Overview of diagnostics on a small-scale RF source for fusion (ROBIN) and the one planned for the diagnostic beam for ITER. Rev Sci Instrum 2022; 93:023504. [PMID: 35232154 DOI: 10.1063/5.0076009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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India is responsible for the supply of diagnostic neutral beam systems for ITER to diagnose its helium ash during the deuterium-tritium plasma phase using the charge exchange recombination spectroscopy technique. Considering the many first of its kind in terms of technologies and beam development aspects, ITER Indian domestic agency has adopted a strategy of developing the technology and beam experimentation in parallel. On the beam development front three test beds, namely, the ROBIN (Rf Operated Beam source in India for Negative ion research), the TWIN (TWo rf driver-based Indigenously built Negative ion source), and the INTF (INdian Test Facility) are presently in their various phases of operation, optimization, and setting up at IPR, respectively. Experiments related to plasma production, beam production, and acceleration up to 30 keV in volume and surface mode have been performed on ROBIN. The maximum negative hydrogen ion current density to a tune of 27 mA/cm2 is obtained in the surface mode with Cs injection. Optimal source performance requires optimal surface conditions, minimum impurities, careful characterization of the plasma, cesium feed and its redistribution, and optimal wall temperatures of the surfaces of the plasma box and the plasma grid. A combination of probe, optical, vacuum, laser based, electrical, and calorimetric diagnostic measurements enables such a control. At ROBIN, the above diagnostics are being used regularly. The operational and diagnostic experiences on ROBIN shall provide the desired experience and database for operations of TWIN and INTF in the coming years. A large number of conventional and advanced diagnostic techniques are used for plasma and beam characterization. These diagnostics are suitable not only to detect and understand the plasma but also for studies related to impurity evolution. The temporal evolution of impurities significantly impacts the plasma and beam properties. The studies help in establishing correlations between physical parameters and operational parameters to optimize the source performance ensuring adequate safety and investment protection. This paper will present a brief overview of various diagnostics implemented, lessons learned, and the results obtained from ROBIN. In addition, an outline of the diagnostics planned for INTF based on the experience and understandings developed during the present experiments on ROBIN and TWIN and considering the requirements of large systems shall be discussed.
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- M Bandyopadhyay
- ITER India, Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, 382428 Gandhinagar, India
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- ITER India, Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, 382428 Gandhinagar, India
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, 382428 Gandhinagar, India
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- ITER India, Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, 382428 Gandhinagar, India
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- ITER India, Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, 382428 Gandhinagar, India
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, 382428 Gandhinagar, India
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- ITER India, Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, 382428 Gandhinagar, India
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- ITER India, Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, 382428 Gandhinagar, India
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Ragunathan L, Nazer M, Bharathi P, Deepika I. COVID 19 second wave – What has changed since the first wave. CHRISMED J Health Res 2022. [DOI: 10.4103/cjhr.cjhr_21_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2023] Open
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Harish S, Bharathi P, Prasad P, Ramesh R, Ponnusamy S, Shimomura M, Archana J, Navaneethan M. Interface enriched highly interlaced layered MoS 2/NiS 2 nanocomposites for the photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B dye. RSC Adv 2021; 11:19283-19293. [PMID: 35478632 PMCID: PMC9033572 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra01941d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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In the past few decades, air and water pollution by organic dyes has become a serious concern due to their high toxicity. Removal of these organic dyes from polluted water bodies is a serious environmental concern and the development of new advanced photocatalytic materials for decomposing organic dyes can be a good solution. In this work, layered molybdenum disulfide/nickel disulfide (MoS2/NiS2) nanocomposites with various NiS2 content was synthesized by a one-step hydrothermal method using citric acid as a reducing agent. The X-ray diffraction pattern shows the hexagonal and cubical crystal structure of MoS2 and NiS2, respectively. Morphological analysis confirms the formation of MoS2/NiS2 nanosheets. The elemental composition of the samples was carried out by XPS, which shows a significant interaction between NiS2 and MoS2. The photocatalytic performance of MoS2/NiS2 nanocomposites was studied by the degradation of rhodamine B (RhB). Ni-4 sample shows higher photocatalytic activity with a maximum degradation of 90.61% under visible light irradiation for 32 min. The photocatalytic performance of MoS2/NiS2 nanocomposites was studied by the degradation of rhodamine B (RhB). Ni-4 sample shows higher photocatalytic activity with a maximum degradation of 90.61% under visible light irradiation for 32 min.![]()
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- S Harish
- Functional Materials and Energy Devices Laboratory, Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology Kattankulathur 603 203 India
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- Functional Materials and Energy Devices Laboratory, Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology Kattankulathur 603 203 India
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- Functional Materials and Energy Devices Laboratory, Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology Kattankulathur 603 203 India
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- Department of Physics, Periyar University Salem 636011 India
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- Functional Materials and Energy Devices Laboratory, Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology Kattankulathur 603 203 India
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University 3-5-1 Johoku, Naka-Ku Hamamatsu Shizuoka 432-8011 Japan
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- Functional Materials and Energy Devices Laboratory, Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology Kattankulathur 603 203 India
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- Functional Materials and Energy Devices Laboratory, Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology Kattankulathur 603 203 India .,Nanotechnology Research Center (NRC), Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology Chennai 603203 Tamil Nadu India
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Leiman D, Minkowitz H, Levitt R, Solanki D, Horn D, Janfaza D, Sarno D, Albores-Ibarra N, Bai X, Takeshita K, Zhao T, Lu CW, Bharathi P, Ahern J, Klincewicz S, Nedeljkovic S. Preliminary results from a phase 1b double-blind study to assess the safety, tolerability and efficacy of intra-articular administration of resiniferatoxin or placebo for the treatment of moderate to severe pain due to osteoarthritis of the knee. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2020.02.228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Prasad S, Francis Saleshier M, Krishnan S, Bharathi P. Synthesis, Spectroscopic Studies, Antibacterial Activity, and Colorimetric Evaluation of the Time-Killing Assay for Newly Synthesized Chalcones Using Resazurin. Pharm Chem J 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11094-018-1852-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Raghavan DV, Shanmugiah A, Bharathi P, Jeyaprakash R. P300 and neuropsychological measurements in patients with schizophrenia and their healthy biological siblings. Indian J Psychiatry 2016; 58:454-458. [PMID: 28197005 PMCID: PMC5270273 DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.196709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients with schizophrenia and their first-degree relatives' exhibit abnormalities in neuropsychological and electrophysiological measures especially P300. The aim was to study the P300 and neuropsychological measures together in patients with schizophrenia, their unaffected siblings, and normal controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty patients diagnosed as schizophrenia, their unaffected biological siblings, and normal controls were included in the study. Inpatient group, the severity of symptoms was assessed by Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale. All subjects were administered P300 event-related potential, which was measured using oddball paradigm and specific neuropsychological tests from NIMHANS neuropsychiatry battery. RESULTS Both patients with schizophrenia and their unaffected biological siblings showed lower P300 amplitude and longer P300 latency when compared with the normal controls. The three groups showed statistically significant differences in digit symbol substitution test, digit vigilance test, Trail making test B and Stroop test (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION Patients with schizophrenia and their unaffected biological siblings show deficits in both cognitive function tests and P300 event-related potential. Our results suggest a continuum in the electrophysiological and neuropsychological measures among the three groups.
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- D Vijaya Raghavan
- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Sharma SK, Bharathi P, Prahlad V, Patel PJ, Choksi B, Jana MR, Bansal LK, Qureshi K, Sumod CB, Vadher V, Thakkar D, Gupta LN, Rambabu S, Parmar S, Contractor N, Sahu AK, Pandya B, Sridhar B, Pandya S, Baruah UK. Characteristics of the positive ion source at reduced gas feed. Rev Sci Instrum 2014; 85:113504. [PMID: 25430113 DOI: 10.1063/1.4901596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The neutral beam injector of steady state superconducting tokamak (SST1-NBI) at IPR is designed for injecting upto 1.7 MW of neutral beam (Hº, 30-55 keV) power to the tokamak plasma for heating and current drive. Operations of the positive ion source (PINI or Plug-In-Neutral-Injector) of SST1-NBI were carried out on the NBI test stand. The PINI was operated at reduced gas feed rate of 2-3 Torr l/s, without using the high speed cryo pumps. Experiments were conducted to achieve a stable beam extraction by optimizing operational parameters namely, the arc current (120-300 A), acceleration voltage (16-40 kV), and a suitable control sequence. The beam divergence, power density profiles, and species fractions (H(+):H2(+):H3(+)) were measured by using the diagnostics such as thermal calorimetry, infrared thermography, and Doppler shift spectroscopy. The maximum extracted beam current was about 18 A. A further increase of beam current was found to be limited by the amount of gas feed rate to the ion source.
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- S K Sharma
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, India
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, India
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, India
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, India
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, India
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, India
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, India
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, India
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, India
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, India
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, India
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, India
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, India
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, India
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, India
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, India
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, India
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, India
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, India
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- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, India
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Justin Raj C, Bharathi P, Varma KBR. Simple coating technique for 2-dimensional zinc oxide nanostructure. Cryst Res Technol 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/crat.201200020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A total of 225 male broiler chicks (Cobb strain) of day-old age were procured for the study. The chicks were randomly divided into 15 groups consisting of 15 chicks in each group. Group 1 was maintained as basal diet control and group 2 on chlorpyrifos (CPS) at 100 ppm in feed throughout 6 wk as iron toxic control without any treatment. Groups 3-15 were maintained on CPS at 100 ppm in feed for the 4 wk (28 days) of study and thereafter administered with different herbs and their combinations for remaining 2 wk. The blood samples were drawn from wing vein on 28th day and 42nd day from the birds in each group for the estimation of lipid and protein profiles. The birds were sacrificed at the end of 6th week and liver tissues were collected for histological examination. The concentrations of total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, triglycerides, total protein, albumin and globulins and the A/G ratio were increased significantly (P<;0.05) in toxic groups (2–15), while high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol was significantly (P<;0.05) decreased at the end of 4th week. However, following supplementation of herbs and herbal combinations, the values of lipid and protein profile in groups 3–15 revived toward normal at the end of 6th week. Histopathology of liver in CPS toxic control (group 2) revealed areas of degeneration, while groups 3–15 that were treated with herbs and their combinations exhibited these changes in a milder form, indicating regenerative alterations. The study revealed that chorpyrifos-induced changes in lipid and protein profile were improved by supplementation of certain herbs.
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- P Bharathi
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Veterinary Science, Hyderabad - 30, India
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Hegde ML, Bharathi P, Suram A, Venugopal C, Jagannathan R, Poddar P, Srinivas P, Sambamurti K, Rao KJ, Scancar J, Messori L, Zecca L, Zatta P. Challenges associated with metal chelation therapy in Alzheimer's disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2009; 17:457-68. [PMID: 19363258 DOI: 10.3233/jad-2009-1068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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A close association between brain metal dishomeostasis and the onset and/or progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been clearly established in a number of studies, although the underlying biochemical mechanisms remain obscure. This observation renders chelation therapy an attractive pharmacological option for the treatment of this disease. However, a number of requirements must be fulfilled in order to adapt chelation therapy to AD so that the term "metal targeted strategies" seems now more appropriate. Indeed, brain metal redistribution rather than brain metal scavenging and removal is the major goal of this type of intervention. The most recent developments in metal targeted strategies for AD will be discussed using, as useful examples, clioquinol, curcumin, and epigallocatechin, and the future perspectives will also be outlined.
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- Muralidhar L Hegde
- Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, India
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Bharathi P, Nagabhushan P, Rao KSJ. Mathematical approach to understand the kinetics of alpha-synuclein aggregation: relevance to Parkinson's disease. Comput Biol Med 2008; 38:1084-93. [PMID: 18823621 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2008.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2007] [Revised: 08/07/2008] [Accepted: 08/09/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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alpha-Synuclein aggregation is a hallmark pathological feature in Parkinson's disease (PD). The conversion of alpha-synuclein from soluble monomer to insoluble aggregates through the toxic oligomeric intermediates underlie the neurodegeneration associated with PD. Redox active metal ions such as iron (Fe) and copper (Cu) are known to enhance alpha-synuclein fibrillogenesis. In the present study, we have implemented mathematical approach to monitor the kinetics of aggregation of alpha-synuclein nucleation and elongation constants based on fluorescence studies. In this pretext, we have implemented mathematical simulations like self and absolute analysis. The mathematical model discussed in this paper is the first of its kind and might prove useful for predicting the drug intervention time to prevent alpha-synuclein aggregation and has future clinical application.
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- P Bharathi
- Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore 570020, India
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Ahn TS, Thompson AL, Bharathi P, Müller A, Bardeen CJ. Light-Harvesting in Carbonyl-Terminated Phenylacetylene Dendrimers: The Role of Delocalized Excited States and the Scaling of Light-Harvesting Efficiency with Dendrimer Size. J Phys Chem B 2006; 110:19810-9. [PMID: 17020366 DOI: 10.1021/jp056831e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The photophysics of a family of conjugated phenylacetylene (PA) light-harvesting dendrimers are studied using steady-state and time-resolved optical spectroscopy. The dendrimers consist of a substituted PA core surrounded by meta-branched PA arms. The total number of PA moieties ranges from 3 (first generation) to 63 (fifth generation). By using an alcohol/ketone substituent at the dendrimer core, we avoid through-space Forster transfer from the peripheral PA donors to the core acceptor (in this case, the carbonyl group), which simplifies the analysis of these molecules relative to the perylene-terminated molecules studied previously. The delocalized excited states previously identified in smaller dendrons are seen in these larger dendrimers as well, and their influence on the intersite electronic energy transfer (EET) is analyzed in terms of a point-dipole Forster model. We find that these new delocalized states can both enhance EET (by decreasing the spatial separation between donor and acceptor) and degrade it (by lowering the emission cross section and shifting the energy, resulting in poorer spectral overlap between donor and acceptor). The combination of these two effects leads to a calculated intersite transfer time of 6 ps, in reasonable agreement with the 5-17 ps range obtained from experiment. In addition to characterizing the electronic states and intersite energy transfer times, we also examine how the overall light-harvesting efficiency scales with dendrimer size. After taking the size dependence of other nonradiative processes, such as excimer formation, into account, the overall dendrimer quenching rate k(Q) is found to decrease exponentially with dendrimer size over the first four generations. This exponential decrease is predicted by simple theoretical considerations and by kinetic models, but the dependence on generation is steeper than expected based on those models, probably due to increased disorder in the larger dendrimers. We discuss the implications of these results for dendrimeric light-harvesting structures based on PA and other chemical motifs.
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- Tai Sang Ahn
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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Bharathi P, . DP, . SC. Antimitotic Effect of Colchicine from Six Different Species of Gloriosa in Onion Roots (Allium cepa). J of Medical Sciences 2006. [DOI: 10.3923/jms.2006.420.425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Bharathi P, Patel U, Kawaguchi T, Pesak DJ, Moore JS. Improvements in the Synthesis of Phenylacetylene Monodendrons Including a Solid-Phase Convergent Method. Macromolecules 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/ma00121a037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Periasamy M, Jayakumar KN, Bharathi P. Novel synthesis of cyclobutanone derivatives via dimetalation of iminium ions with the TiCl4-trialkylamine reagent system. Chem Commun (Camb) 2001:1728-9. [PMID: 12240286 DOI: 10.1039/b103112k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Iminium salts are generated in situ, react with TiCl4-trialkylamines, and diaryl ketones to produce 3,3-diaryl-cyclobutanones in moderate to good yields.
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- M Periasamy
- School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Central University, P. O. Hyderabad-500 046, India.
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Bharathi P, Zhao H, Thayumanavan S. Toward globular macromolecules with functionalized interiors: design and synthesis of dendrons with an interesting twist. Org Lett 2001; 3:1961-4. [PMID: 11405755 DOI: 10.1021/ol016064b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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[see reaction]. Design and synthesis of a novel class of monodendrons, in which the functional units can potentially be directed toward the concave interiors of dendrimers, are described. The key feature of the design is the placement of the amphiphilic and the AB2 functional groups in orthogonal planes.
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- P Bharathi
- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, USA
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Zhu A, Bharathi P, White JO, Drickamer HG, Moore JS. Effect of Pressure on the Emission Efficiencies of a Series of Phenylacetylene Dendrimers. Macromolecules 2001. [DOI: 10.1021/ma001825w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- A. Zhu
- School of Chemical Sciences and The Frederick Seitz, Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, Illinois 61801-3792
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- School of Chemical Sciences and The Frederick Seitz, Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, Illinois 61801-3792
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- School of Chemical Sciences and The Frederick Seitz, Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, Illinois 61801-3792
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- School of Chemical Sciences and The Frederick Seitz, Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, Illinois 61801-3792
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- School of Chemical Sciences and The Frederick Seitz, Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, Illinois 61801-3792
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Zhu A, Bharathi P, Drickamer HG, Moore JS. Effect of pressure on the luminescence of a series of methoxy phenylacetylene dendrimers neat and in dilute solution in solid poly(tert-butyl methacrylate). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/pola.1265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- P. Bharathi
- Departments of Chemistry and Materials Science & Engineering and The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Departments of Chemistry and Materials Science & Engineering and The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Chelladurai Devadoss
- Roger Adams Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Materials Science & Engineering, and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Roger Adams Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Materials Science & Engineering, and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Roger Adams Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Materials Science & Engineering, and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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Zimmerman SC, Wang Y, Bharathi P, Moore JS. Analysis of Amidinium Guest Complexation by Comparison of Two Classes of Dendrimer Hosts Containing a Hydrogen Bonding Unit at the Core. J Am Chem Soc 1998. [DOI: 10.1021/ja970830l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Steven C. Zimmerman
- Department of Chemistry, 600 S. Mathews Ave. University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Chemistry, 600 S. Mathews Ave. University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Chemistry, 600 S. Mathews Ave. University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Chemistry, 600 S. Mathews Ave. University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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Devadoss C, Bharathi P, Moore JS. Anomalous Shift in the Fluorescence Spectra of a High-Generation Dendrimer in Nonpolar Solvents. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1997. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.199716331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- P. Bharathi
- Roger Adams Laboratory, Departments of Chemistry and Materials Science & Engineering The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Roger Adams Laboratory, Departments of Chemistry and Materials Science & Engineering The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign Urbana, Illinois 61801
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Devadoss C, Bharathi P, Moore JS. Energy Transfer in Dendritic Macromolecules: Molecular Size Effects and the Role of an Energy Gradient. J Am Chem Soc 1996. [DOI: 10.1021/ja961418t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 584] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Choudary BM, Bharathi P, Koteswara Rao K, Ravichandra Sarma M, Lakshmi Kantam M. Molecular recognition of geometrical isomers in montmorillonite. Catal Letters 1993. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00767070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Bharathi P, Sembulingam P, Sembulingam K, Srinivasan TN, Namasivayam A. Finger pulse volume in patients with panic attacks. Indian J Psychiatry 1992; 34:380-2. [PMID: 21776150 PMCID: PMC2982979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
Abstract
To study the peripheral blood flow in patients with panic attacks during "Stress" conditions, nine patients with history of panic attacks were subjected to mental stress of arithmetic calculation and room-air voluntary hyperventilation. Finger Pulse Volume (FPV) was significantly altered during the period following mental activity in untreated patients when compared to controls and patients under treatment. There was also an increase in FPV in untreated patients at rest and during recovery after mental stress when compared to the treated patients.
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- P Bharathi
- P. Bharathi, Department of Psysiology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Porur, Madras -600116
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Choudary BM, Bharathi P. Syntheses of interlamellar montmorillonitebipyridinepalladium(II) catalysts: the first examples of chelation in smectite clay. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1987. [DOI: 10.1039/c39870001505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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