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Dr. Gayathri G.
Assistant Professor
M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Phytochemistry, Pharmacognosy, Phytopharmacology
Academic Qualifications
Ph.D BOTANY
2015
UNIVERSITY OF KERALA
M.Phil. BOTANY
2008
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, TRIVANDRUM UNIVERSITY OF KERALA
M.Sc. BOTANY
2006
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, TRIVANDRUM UNIVERSITY OF KERALA
B.Sc. BOTANY
2004
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, TRIVANDRUM UNIVERSITY OF KERALA
PREDEGREE
2001
GOVT. WOMENS COLLEGE TRIVANDRUM UNIVERSITY OF KERALA
Professional Experience
position | institute | from | to |
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Assistant Professor | SREEKRISHNA COLLEGE GURUVAYUR | 28.10.2019 | TILL DATE |
Assistant Professor (on contract), in Botany for M.Sc Biodiversity Conservation | Dept. of Botany, University of Kerala, Kariavattom Campus, Thiruvananthapuram | 28.08.2019 | 25.10.2019 |
Assistant Professor (on contract) in Botany | Dept. of Botany, University College, Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram | 19.10.2016 | 31.03.2017 |
Assistant Professor (on contract) in Botany | Dept. of Botany, Government Arts and Science College, Kariavattom Thiruvananthapuram | 08.08.2016 | 18.10.2016 |
Assistant Professor (on contract) in Botany | Dept. of Botany, Nehru Arts and Science College, Kanhangad, Kasaragod | 26.06.2013 | 05.09.2013 |
Honors/Awards/Achievements
Best Oral Paper (First Prize) in the UGC Sponsored Two Day National Conference on “New Horizons in Biological Science Research” organized by Department of Botany, held at Avinashalingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore on 4th and 5th January, 2023
Prof. V.R. Dyanansagar Cash Prize for Best Research Paper, awarded by the Society of Cytologists and Geneticists, India, during XIII All India Conference on Cytology and Genetics, 2016.
Dr. A. Sasidharan Memorial Endowment for securing the highest mark in final year B.Sc (90 %) during 2003-2004.
Membership in Professional/Academic Bodies
INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS ASSOCIATION
International Conferences attended
Pharmacognostic Standardization of Antiinflammatory Medicinal Plants- Premna serratifolia L. and Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.)R.Br. in the Two Day International Conference on Recent Trends in Biological Sciences (ICRTBS) 2022 organised by VTM NSS College, Dhanuvachapuram on 30.03.2022 and 31.03.2022.
In vitro anticancer activity of methanol extract of Azima tetracantha Lam. in International Seminar on New frontiers in Cytogenetics and XII conference of the Society of Cytologists and Geneticists, held at Department of Botany, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram during 15th to 17th December, 2016.
“Ethnobotany and Phytochemical Profiling of Azima tetracantha Lam. (Salvadoraceae)”, in International Conference on Current Trends in Medicinal Plants Research, held at Dept. of Botany, University of Pune, Pune, from 10th to 12th January, 2012
“Free Radical Scavenging and DNA Protection Mediated by Crude Extract of Azima tetracantha( Lam.)”, in International Symposium on Genomics of Crops, Medicinal Plants & Microbes, held at Dept. of Botany, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram from 29th to 31st May, 2011
“Ethnobotanical studies and evaluation of chemical and nutritional composition in the leaves of Azima tetracantha Lam. (Salvadoraceae)”, in the International Conference on Folk and Herbal Medicine, held at Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur City, Rajasthan, from 25th to 27th November, 2010
“Preliminary Pharmacognostic studies of Cardiospermum halicacabum (Linn.)” in BIOSPECTRUM-07, an International Symposium on Advances in Food Biotechnology and Nutrition organized by the School of Biosciences, Mar Athanasios College for Advanced Studies, Tiruvalla, Kottayam, on 30th Nov and 1st Dec, 2007
Training Programs Attended
“Bioprsopecting of Small Molecules using Bioinformatics Tools”- 10 days online training program conducted from 8th to 17th July, 2020.
Four week Induction/ Orientation Program for Faculties conducted by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College University of Delhi, under the aegis of Ministry Of Education, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission On Teachers and Teaching, from March 15th to April 14th 2021
Online Two-Week Interdisciplinary Refresher Course/ Faculty Development Program on “Advanced Research Methodology 2.0” from June 17th to July 1st, 2021.
“Identification and Characterisation of Phytochemicals and their possible targets of action”- 14-day hands-on training at the Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University from 1st to 14th December 2022.
“Molecular Docking”- 9 Day Online workshop conducted from 6th to 16th May 2024, organized by SIAS Research Centre
Publications in Books/Peer-Reviewed journals
Gayathri G and Babu V., 2008, Preliminary Pharmacognostic Studies of Cardiospermum halicacabum Linn., Ind.J.Bot.Res.,4: 233-44 ISSN 0973-2233
Gayathri G and Babu V., 2009, Pharmacognostic Analysis of Azima tetracantha Lam., Phytomorphology 59 (1&2), 47-50. ISSN 0031-9449
Gayathri G, Bindu R Nair and Babu V., 2011, In vitro Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Studies on Leaves of Azima tetracantha Lam. (Salvadoraceae), International Journal of Current Research, 3(12), 87-90. ISSN: 0975-833X
Gayathri G, Bindu R Nair and Babu V., 2012, Analysis of Proximate and Nutritional Composition in the Leaves of Azima tetracantha Lam., Journal of Pharmacy Research 2012,5(3),1568-1570. ISSN: 0974-6943
Gayathri G, Bindu R Nair and Babu V., 2012, GC-MS Analysis of Azima tetracantha Lam., Journal of Pharmacy Research,5(7), 3746-3747 ISSN: 0974-6943
Gayathri G, Babu V, Bindu R Nair, 2012, “Studies on Bee Sting Bush, Pharmacognostic Analysis and Investigations on Antioxidant Properties of Azima tetracantha Lam.”, Lambert Academic Publishers, Germany. ISBN: 978-3-8473-7319-3
Gayathri G, Bindu R Nair and Babu V., 2014, Scavenging of free radicals and total phenols of methanol extract of Azima tetracantha Lam., Int. J Pharma Sci., 6(9), 347-351 ISSN: 0975-1491
Gayathri G, Bindu R Nair and Babu V., 2015, Anti-Proliferative and Cytotoxic effects of Azima tetracantha Lam. on cervical cancer cell line (HeLa) and human peripheral lymphocyte (HPL), Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 4(4) 161-164 E- ISSN 2278-4136.
Gayathri G, Bindu R Nair and Babu V., 2016, Isolation and Characterization of a Triterpenoid from the leaves of Azima tetracantha Lam., International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research (IJPSR) 7(5): 2090-2096 E- ISSN: 0975-8232
Gayathri G., 2017, “Oushadhasasyangal” in Special Edition of Souhridam, a monthly publication of Collegiate Education Department Elder’s Forum, page 149-153.
Gayathri G. and Aswathy K., 2023, “Documentation of Ethnobotanical Diversity of Medicinal Plants Used by the Paniya Tribes of Wayanad District, Kerala.” in Biodiversity Challenges and Threats: Current Scenario, pp 53-58, ISBN 978-81-958369-2-3