Dr. Shahzad Ahmad Pandith
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Dr. Shahzad Ahmad Pandith

Research Scientist
Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Botany from CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicines, Jammu, India

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Biography

Mr. Shahzad Ahmad Pandith is currently working as Doctoral Scholar at CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, India. He obtained his M.Sc. (Hons.) in Botany from Kashmir University, India. His main area of interest related to Plant and Soil Sciences, Molecular Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Pathway Engineering, Plant Tissue Culture, Molecular Biology, Photochemistry, and DNA Bar-coding. His area of expertise includes Secondary Metabolism, DNA Bar-coding, TLC, Plant Tissue Culture, Expression Analysis, Pathway Engineering, Chemo Profiling, Gene Cloning, and HPLC. He has 6 publications in journals as author/co-author.

Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences
100%
Plant Tissue Culture
62%
Plant Biology
90%
Stress Biology
75%
Plant Omics
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
3
Chapters
0
Articles
15
Abstracts
0

Selected Publications

  1. Pandith, S.A., N. Dhar, S. Bhosale, V.T. Barvkar, S. Razdan, M.A. Shah and S.K. Lattoo, 2022. Molecular characterization and differential expression of an aromatic heptaketide producing type III plant polyketide synthase from Himalayan rhubarb. Plant Biotechnol. Rep., Vol. 16. 10.1007/s11816-022-00741-5.
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  2. Khan, M.I., A. Shahzad, I.B. Ganie and S.A. Pandith, 2021. Organogenesis, direct somatic embryogenesis, and shoot proliferation of rheum spiciforme royle: an endemic and vulnerable medicinal herb from Indian trans himalayas. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol. Plant, Vol. 2021. 10.1007/s11627-021-10211-2.
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  3. Pandith, S.A., S. Ramazan, M.I. Khan, Z.A. Reshi and M.A. Shah, 2019. Chalcone synthases (Chss): the symbolic type III polyketide synthases. Planta, Vol. 251. 10.1007/s00425-019-03307-y.
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  4. Khan, M.I., S.A. Pandith, S. Ramazan, M.A. Shah, A.H. Malik and Z.A. Reshi, 2019. Rheum moorcroftianum (polygonaceae) in kashmir himalaya. Phytotaxa, 405: 269-275.
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  5. Pandith, S.A., R.A. Dar, S.K. Lattoo, M.A. Shah and Z.A. Reshi, 2018. Rheum australe, an endangered high-value medicinal herb of north western himalayas: a review of its botany, ethnomedical uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology. Phytochem. Rev., 17: 573-609.
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  6. Asgher, M., T.S. Per, S. Verma, S.A. Pandith, A. Masood and N.A. Khan, 2018. Ethylene supplementation increases PSII efficiency and alleviates chromium-inhibited photosynthesis through increased nitrogen and sulfur assimilation in mustard. J. Plant Growth Regul., 37: 1300-1317.
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  7. Wani, T.A., S.A. Pandith, A.P. Gupta, S. Chandra, N. Sharma and S.K. Lattoo, 2017. Molecular and functional characterization of two isoforms of chalcone synthase and their expression analysis in relation to flavonoid constituents in Grewia asiatica L. PloS One, Vol. 12. 10.1371/journal.pone.0179155.
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  8. Rather, G.A., A. Sharma, S.A. Pandith, V. Kaul, U. Nandi, P. Misra and S.K. Lattoo, 2017. De novo transcriptome analyses reveals putative pathway genes involved in biosynthesis and regulation of camptothecin in Nothapodytes nimmoniana (graham) Mabb. Plant Mol. Biol., 96: 197-215.
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  9. Razdan, S., W.W. Bhat, N. Dhar, S. Rana and S.A. Pandith et al., 2016. Molecular characterization of dwf1 from withania somnifera (l.) dunal: its implications in withanolide biosynthesis in response to exogenous elicitations. J. plant Biochem. Biotechnol., 10.1007/s13562-016-0359-5.
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  10. Pandith, S.A., N. Dhar, S. Rana, W.W. Bhat and M. Kushwaha et al., 2016. Functional promiscuity of two divergent paralogs of Type III plant polyketide synthases. Plant Physiol., 171: 2599-2619.
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  11. Wani, T.A., S.A. Pandith, S. Rana, W.W. Bhat and N. Dhar et al., 2014. Promiscuous breeding behaviour in relation to reproductive success in Grewia asiatica L. (Malvaceae). Flora-Morphol. Distribut. Funct. Ecol. Plants, 211: 62-71.
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  12. Rana, S., W.W. Bhat, N. Dhar, S.A. Pandith, S. Razdan, R. Vishwakarma and S.K. Lattoo, 2014. Molecular characterization of two A-type P450s, WsCYP98A and WsCYP76A from Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal: Expression analysis and withanolide accumulation in response to exogenous elicitations. BMC Biotechnol., Vol. 14. 10.1186/s12896-014-0089-5.
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  13. Pandith, S.A., A. Hussain, W.W. Bhat, N. Dhar and A.K. Qazi et al., 2014. Evaluation of anthraquinones from Himalayan rhubarb (Rheum emodi Wall. ex Meissn.) as antiproliferative agents. South Afr. J. Bot., 95: 1-8.
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  14. Bhat, W.W., S. Rana, N. Dhar, S. Razdan and S.A. Pandith et al., 2014. An inducible NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase from Picrorhiza kurrooa-an imperative redox partner of cytochrome P450 enzymes. Funct. Integr. Genomics, 14: 381-399.
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  15. Farooq, U., S.A. Pandith, M.I.S. Saggoo and S.K. Lattoo, 2013. Altitudinal variability in anthraquinone constituents from novel cytotypes of Rumex nepalensis Spreng-a high value medicinal herb of North Western Himalayas. Ind. Crops Prod., 50: 112-117.
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  16. Dhar, N., S. Rana, W.W. Bhat, S. Razdan and S.A. Pandith et al., 2013. Dynamics of withanolide biosynthesis in relation to temporal expression pattern of metabolic genes in Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal: A comparative study in two morpho-chemovariants. Mol. Biol. Rep., 40: 7007-7016.
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