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Name Dr. Anirban Basu
Designation Assistant Professor
Department Name CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
Office Phone No +91 3222 298-376 / Centrex Extn. 376
Email ID anirbanbasu@mail.vidyasagar.ac.in
Mobile No 9836464625
Personal Website
Address Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology Vidyasagar University Midnapore 721102 West Bengal
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Educational Qualification              
Degree NameInstituteYear of passing/awarded
Post-Doctoral ExperienceJadavpur University2018
Post-Doctoral Research AssociateCSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology2016
Ph.D.CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (Degree awarded by Jadavpur University)2013
Title of the Ph. D. Thesis “Synthesis of substituted derivatives of plant alkaloid berberine and studies on their DNA and RNA binding aspects”.
Career Profile / Teaching Experience        
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology at Vidyasagar University from 8th August, 2018.
Guest Lecturer at Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College (affiliated to University of Calcutta) in the Department of Chemistry for the academic session 2017-2018.
Specialization/Research Area
Field of SpecializationResearch Area/ Areas of Interest
Organic Chemistry & Biophysical Chemistry
Synthesis of analogs of medicinally important alkaloids with better therapeutic potential.
Interaction of Drugs with DNA and RNA: Molecular basis of the antitumor and anticancer action of alkaloids through biophysical studies.
Binding of a number of medicinally important natural products and small molecules to polymorphic nucleic acid structures like duplex, triplex and quadruplexes.
Micro RNA-mRNA interaction.
DNA and RNA polymorphism.
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Course/ Subject Taught 
Organometallic Chemistry
Photochemistry
Heterocyclic Chemistry
Alkaloids
Biologically Active Molecules
Publications in Journal / Book / Book Chapter / Magazines / Newspaper
International Publication
TitlePublished inPublished onPublished byRole 
Inhibition of the formation of lysozyme fibrillar assemblies by the isoquinoline alkaloid coralyne.New J. Chem.Jan, 2022RSCFirst Author,Corresponding Author Impact Factor: 3.59100
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Interaction of proflavine with the RNA polynucleotide polyriboadenylic acid-polyribouridylic acid: Photophysical and calorimetric studies.J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 38, 1590-1597.2020Taylor & Francis  Impact Factor:
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Interaction of the putative anticanceralkaloid chelerythrine with nucleic acids:biophysical perspectivesBiophys. Rev. 12, 1369-1386.2020Springer  Impact Factor:
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A calorimetric characterization of the interaction of quinacrine with poly(I).poly(C) and its comparison to proflavineJ. Chem. Thermodyn. 131, 592-598.2019ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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Antiamyloid activity of functionalized cerium oxide nanoparticle on lysozyme fibrillation: Spectroscopic and microscopic investigationMaterialia, 6, 100285.2019Elsevier  Impact Factor:
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Effect of crown ether, 15-crown-5, on lysozyme amyloid fibrillation.J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn., 37 (Supplement), 7.2019Taylor & Francis  Impact Factor:
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Thermodynamic investigation of Hoechst 33258-poly(A).poly(U) binding through calorimetric studies.J. Chem. Thermodyn. 126, 91-96.2018ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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Nucleic acids binding strategies of small molecules: Lessons from alkaloids.Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1862, 1995-2016.2018ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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Thermodynamic analysis of the complexation of quinacrine with tRNAPhe.J. Chem. Thermodyn. 120, 27-32.2018ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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Influence of the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide on amyloid fibrillogenesis in lysozyme: Evidence from photophysical and imaging studies.Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 107, 2643-2649.2018ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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Interaction and inhibitory influence of the azo dye carmoisine on lysozyme amyloid fibrillogenesis.Mol. BioSyst. 13, 1552-1564.2017RSC  Impact Factor:
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Binding and inhibitory effect of dyes amaranth and tartrazine on amyloid fibrillation in lysozyme.J. Phys. Chem. B 121, 1222–1239.2017ACS  Impact Factor:
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A biophysical investigation on the binding of proflavine with human hemoglobin: Insights from spectroscopy, thermodynamics and AFM studies.J. Photochem. Photobiol. B 165, 42-50.2016ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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Binding of the putative anticancer agent chelerythrine to double stranded poly(A): Calorimetry and spectral characterization studies.J. Chem. Thermodyn. 103, 228-233.2016ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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Multispectroscopic and calorimetric studies on the binding of the food colorant tartrazine with human hemoglobin.J. Hazard. Mater. 318, 468-476.2016ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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Spectroscopic and microcalorimetric studies on the molecular binding of food colorant acid red 27 with deoxyribonucleic acid.J. Mol. Recognit. 29, 363-369.2016John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  Impact Factor:
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Coralyne induced self-structure in polyadenylic acid: Thermodynamics of the structural reorganization.J. Chem. Thermodyn. 101, 221-226.2016ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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Thermodynamics of the induction of self-structure in polyadenylic acid by proflavine.J. Chem. Thermodyn. 100, 100-105.2016ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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Calorimetric investigation on the interaction of proflavine with human telomeric G-quadruplex DNA.J. Chem. Thermodyn. 98, 208-213.2016ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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A microcalorimetric study on the binding of proflavine with tRNAphe.J. Chem. Thermodyn. 97, 173-178.2016ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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Studies on the interaction of the food colorant tartrazine with double stranded deoxyribonucleic acid.J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 35, 935-942.2016Taylor & Francis  Impact Factor:
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The use of calorimetry in the biophysical characterization of small molecule alkaloids binding to RNA structures.Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1860, 930-944.2016ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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Thermodynamic characterization of proflavine-DNA binding through microcalorimetric studies.J. Chem. Thermodyn. 87, 1-7.2015ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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Binding of carmoisine, a food colorant, with hemoglobin: Spectroscopic and calorimetric studies.Food Res. Int. 72, 54-61.2015ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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Interaction of toxic azo dyes with heme protein: Biophysical insights into the binding aspect of the food additive amaranth with human hemoglobin.J. Hazard. Mater. 289, 204-209.2015ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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Thermodynamics of the interaction of the food additive tartrazine with serum albumins: A microcalorimetric investigation.Food Chem. 175, 137-142.2015ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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Interaction of human hemoglobin with food colorants: a multifaceted biophysical study.J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 33 (Supplement 1), 131-132.2015Taylor & Francis  Impact Factor:
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Targeting proteins with toxic azo dyes: A microcalorimetric characterization of the interaction of the food colorant amaranth with serum proteins.J. Agric. Food Chem. 62, 7955-7962.2014ACS  Impact Factor:
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Interaction of the dietary pigment curcumin with hemoglobin: Energetics of the complexation.Food Funct. 5, 1949-1955.2014RSC  Impact Factor:
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Binding of novel 9-O-N-aryl/arylalkyl amino carbonyl methyl berberine analogs to poly(U)-poly(A)•poly(U) triplex and comparison to the duplex poly(A)-poly(U).Mol. Biol. Rep. 41, 5473-5483.2014Springer  Impact Factor:
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Intercalative interaction of the anticancer drug mitoxantrone with double stranded DNA: A calorimetric characterization of the energetics.J. Chem. Thermodyn. 75, 45-51.2014ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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A microcalorimetric study on the interaction of the toxic food additive carmoisine with serum albumins.J. Hazard. Mater. 273, 200-206.2014ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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Interaction of 9-O-N-aryl/arylalkyl amino carbonyl methyl berberine analogs with single stranded ribonucleotides.J. Photochem. Photobiol. B 134, 64-74.2014ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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Elucidating the energetics of the interaction of non-toxic dietary pigment curcumin with human serum albumin: A calorimetric study.J. Chem. Thermodyn. 70, 176-181.2014ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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Minor groove binding of the food colorant carmoisine to DNA: Spectroscopic and calorimetric characterization studies.J. Agric. Food Chem. 62, 317-326.2014ACS  Impact Factor:
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Biophysical studies on curcumin-deoxyribonucleic acid interaction: spectroscopic and calorimetric approach.Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 62, 257-264.2013ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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Photophysical and calorimetric studies on the binding of 9-O-substituted analogs of the plant alkaloid berberine to double stranded poly(A).J. Photochem. Photobiol. B 125, 105-114.2013ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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Binding of the 9-O-N-aryl/arylalkyl amino carbonyl methyl substituted berberine analogs to tRNAphe.PLoS ONE 8, e58279.2013Public Library of Science  Impact Factor:
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DNA binding and cleavage activity of a structurally characterized oxobridged diiron(III) complex.Indian J. Chem. Sec. A 52A, 1576-1583.2013CSIR-NISCAIR  Impact Factor:
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9-O-N-aryl/arylalkyl amino carbonyl methyl substituted berberine analogues induce self-structure in polyadenylic acid.RSC Adv. 2, 7714-7723.2012RSC  Impact Factor:
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Synthesis of novel 9-O-N-aryl/arylalkyl amino carbonyl methyl substituted berberine analogs and evaluation of DNA binding aspects.Bioorg. Med. Chem. 20, 2498-2505.2012ELSEVIER  Impact Factor:
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Binding of 9-(O-ω-amino) alkyl ether analogs of the plant alkaloid berberine to poly(A): insights into self-structure induction.Med. Chem. Commun. 2, 631-637.2011RSC  Impact Factor:
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Enhanced DNA binding of 9-ω-amino alkyl ether analogs from the plant alkaloid berberine.DNA Cell Biol. 30, 123-133.2011Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.  Impact Factor:
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Book Published
Title of the BookPublished byPublished onRoleDetails
Binding of food colorants to functional protein Hemoglobin in Handbook of Food Bioengineering, Edited by A.M. Grumezescu and A.M. Holban, VOLUME 7: Natural and Artificial Flavoring Agents and Food Dyes, pp 133-163.ELSEVIER2017First Author Indexing:
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Project Work

Ongoing Project Works
Project titleWorked asFunding AgencyAmount in Rs.Duration in yearsPeriod
Year to Year		Status
Interaction and inhibitory influence of protoberberine alkaloids on amyloid fibrillation in lysozymePrincipal InvestigatorDept. of Science & Technology and Biotechnology, Govt. of West Bengal9978003 year20192022


Invited Lectures 
TitleOrganized byVenueDate
Inhibitory effect of ionic liquid 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide on amyloid fibrillation in lysozyme26th FAOBMB Conference and ConBio 2017 held at Kobe, JapanKobe, Japan2017
Membership of Learned Society 
DNA SOCIETY OF INDIA
INDIAN PHOTOBIOLOGY SOCIETY
SOCIETY OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTS, INDIA
Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended/Organised

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended

Title of the Seminar/Conference/WorkshopDateRoleHeld at and Organiser
Albany 2019: The 20th Conversation2019Speaker under Young Scientists ProgrammeAlbany, State University of New York, USA
26th FAOBMB Conference and ConBio 20172017Oral PresentationKobe, Japan from 6-9 December, 2017
International Symposium on Chemical Biology and Drug Design2016Paper PresenterMarch 1st-3rd, 2016, Taj Bengal, Kolkata, India.
Albany 2015: The 19th Conversation2015Paper PresenterJune 9th-13th, 2015, Albany, State University of New York, USA.
Asian Conference on Environmental Mutagens2014Paper PresenterDecember 10th-12th, 2014, CSIR-IICB, Kolkata, India.
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Awards
Award NameAwarded ByDate
International Travel SupportSERB2019
FAOBMB Young Scientist Travel Fellowship AwardFAOBMB2017
SERB National Post Doctoral FellowshipSERB2016
International Travel SupportSERB2015
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