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30 years research experience in Plant Tissue Culture including Hairy root culture and Secondary metabolite production

Profile Summary

M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., Completed Ph.D. in Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India under CSIR-SRF Fellowship. Current Designation - Dean of Research and Associate Professor of Botany, Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli, India. Major Projects received - UGC: 2 Projects, DST: 1 Project, DBT: 1 Project (Total Indian Rs. 12411942). No of Ph.D. students guided - 10, Google scholar overall citations : 817, Scopus rating h index : 16, i10 index : 24, Journal Publication - 55, Books - 02, Book Chapters - 09, Patent Granted - 1.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Botany
• ☆ Medicinal Plants
• ☆ Agronomy & Crop Science
• ☆ Plant Biotechnology

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing

Research User Research, Feasibility Study, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Product Development Formulation, Prototyping

Work Experience

Dean of Research and Associate Professor of Botany

Jamal Mohamed College

May 2000 - Present

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)

Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India

December 1989 - August 1994

Certifications

• Plant Physiology and Plant Tissue Culture Certification Course

  Swayam Online Course

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VuoGIsskIvtp0KGeMP-SHRX73OQJBFhw/view?usp=sharing

  November 2019 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Appakan Shajahan(2017). Efficient Agrobacterium Rhizogenes Mediated Hairy Root Culture System for Withanolide Production from Withania Somnifera (L.) Dunal . Journal of Applied Biotechnology & Bioengineering. 3. (1). {MedCrave} Group, {LLC}

Chellappan Soundar Raju, Abubakker Aslam, Appakan Shajahan(2016). Germination and storability of calcium-alginate coated somatic embryos of mango ginger (Curcuma amada Roxb.) . Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology. 57. (1). p. 88--96. Springer Nature

Chellappan Soundar Raju, Abubakker Aslam, Appakan Shajahan(2015). High-efficiency direct somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from leaf base explants of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) . Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC). 122. (1). p. 79--87. Springer Nature

Chandrasekaran Thilip, Chellappan Soundar Raju, Kandhan Varutharaju, Abubakker Aslam, Appakan Shajahan(2015). Improved Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated hairy root culture system of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal using sonication and heat treatment . 3 Biotech. 5. (6). p. 949--956. Springer Nature

Thilip, C., Raju, C.S., Varutharaju, K., Aslam, A., Shajahan, A.(2015). Establishment of adventitious root culture from cell suspensions of Withania somnifera (L.) dunal: An in vitro approach for production of withanolides . International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences. 6. (1). p. B1030-B1037.

Chellappan Soundar Raju, Kandhan Varutharaju, Chandrasekaran Thilip, Abubakker Aslam, Appakan Shajahan(2015). Rhizogenesis in Cell Suspension Culture from Mango Ginger: A Source of Isosorbide and n-Hexadecanoic Acid . Advances in Botany. 2015. p. 1--7. Hindawi Limited

Chellappan Soundar Raju, Abubakker Aslam, Krishnan Kathiravan, Perumal Palani, Appakan Shajahan(2014). Direct somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from leaf sheath explants of mango ginger (Curcuma amada Roxb.) . In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant. 50. (6). p. 752--759. Springer Nature

Varutharaju, K., Soundar Raju, C., Thilip, C., Aslam, A., Shajahan, A.(2014). High efficiency direct shoot organogenesis from leaf segments of Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. Ex Schult by using thidiazuron . The Scientific World Journal. 2014.

Chellappan Soundar Raju, Krishnan Kathiravan, Abubakker Aslam, Appakan Shajahan(2012). An efficient regeneration system via somatic embryogenesis in mango ginger (Curcuma amada Roxb.) . Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC). 112. (3). p. 387--393. Springer Nature

Saravanakumar Ananthapadmanaban, Aslam Abubakker, Shajahan Appakan(2011). Histochemical localization of cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase during the developmental stages of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal . African Journal of Biotechnology. 10. (44). p. 8800--8804. Academic Journals

SenthilKumar, M., Vinothkumar, D., Saravana Kumar, A., Aslam, A., Shajahan, A.(2011). The phytochemical constituents of Withania somnifera and Withania obtusifolia by GCMS analysis . International Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical Research. 3. (2). p. 31-34.

Saravanakumar, A., Aslam, A., Shajahan, A.(2011). Histochemical localization of cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase during the developmental stages of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal . African Journal of Biotechnology. 10. (44). p. 8800-8804.

Aslam, A., Rafi, K.M., Kathiravan, K., Shajahan, A.(2010). Class-based stratification matrix for physical leaf traits in phenetic relations of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal accessions . Plant Systematics and Evolution. 288. (1). p. 99-111.

Prabakar, K., Kumar, A., Shajahan, A., Srinivasan, K., Mohanasundari, S., Perumal, G., Natarajan, D., Venketraman, B.R., Jerald, I.J., Syed Bava, M.I.H.(2005). Antibiotic sensitivity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain isolated from various clinical samples . Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences. 7. (3). p. 465-467.

Shajahan, A., Ramesh, S.(2004). Antimicrobial activity of crude ectocarp extract of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) against some selected enteropathogenic bacteria . Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences. 6. (4). p. 647-648.

Shajahan, A., Kathiravan, K., Ganapathi, A.(1995). Induction of embryo-like structures by liquid culture in mulberry (Morus alba L.) . Breeding Science. 45. (4). p. 413-417.

Kathiravan, K., Shajahan, A., Ganapathi, A.(1995). Isolation and characterization of NaCl resistant cell line of mulberry . Biologia Plantarum. 37. (3). p. 449-451.

Kathiravan, K., Shajahan, A., Ganapathi, A.(1995). Regeneration of Plantlets from Hypocotyl Derived Callus of Morus Alba . Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 43. (3). p. 259-262.

Kulothungan, S., Shajahan, A., Kathiravan, K.(1995). Somatic Embryogenesis in Cell Suspension Culture of Cowpea (Vigna Unguiculata (L.) Walp) . Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 43. (4). p. 385-390.

OTHER

Neethipathi Rajabairavi, Chellappan Soundar Raju, Chandrasekaran Karthikeyan, Kandhan Varutharaju, Shanmugam Nethaji, Abdulrahman Syedahamed Haja Hameed, Appakan Shajahan(2017). Biosynthesis of Novel Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) Using Endophytic Bacteria Sphingobacterium thalpophilum . Recent Trends in Materials Science and Applications. p. 245--254. Springer International Publishing

Appakan Shajahan, Chandrasekaran Thilip, Kunnampalli Faizal, Valiyaparambath Musfir Mehaboob, Palusamy Raja, Abubakker Aslam, Krishnan Kathiravan(2017). An Efficient Hairy Root System for Withanolide Production in Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal . Production of Plant Derived Natural Compounds through Hairy Root Culture. p. 133--143. Springer International Publishing

Appakan Shajahan, Chellappan Soundar Raju, Chandrasekaran Thilip, Kandhan Varutharaju, Kunnampalli Faizal, Valiyaparambath Musfir Mehaboob, Abubakker Aslam(2016). Direct and Indirect Somatic Embryogenesis in Mango Ginger (Curcuma amada Roxb.) . Somatic Embryogenesis: Fundamental Aspects and Applications. p. 367--379. Springer International Publishing