Research Interest & Current Activities

• Micropropagation of endangered and economically important plants having medicinal and aromatic value.

• In vitro conservation of medicinal plants by reduced growth under tissue culture    condition and by storage of encapsulated plant parts (artificial or synthetic seeds).

• Root culture (transformed and non-transformed) of medicinal plant roots.

• Qualitative evaluation of the in vitro-raised plants and plant roots at genetic and physiological level.

• Application of DNA fingerprinting techniques in genetic fidelity studies of micropropagated / conserved (in vitro) plants.

• Establishment of In vitro repository and DNA bank for high priority medicinal plants.

• Computerised documentation on Indian Medicinal Plants in collaboration with S.A.I.F, Bose Institute (formerly known as R.S.I.C) and development of a software ( PlantCon) focusing conservation status of some highly prioritized medicinal plants of India.

        A standalone downloadable version is available. For using the software please contact me.

Important Publications:

1.      Gangopadhyay, M., Dewanjee, S. and Bhattacharya, S. (2011) Enhanced plumbagin production in elicited Plumbago indica hairy root cultures. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 111, 706-710

2.      Gangopadhyay M, Chakraborty D, Bhattacharyya S, Bhattacharya S. (2010) Regeneration of transformed plants from hairy roots of Plumbago indica. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult. 102, 109-114.

3.      Gangopadhyay M, Chakraborty D, Bhattacharyya S, Bhattacharya S. (2010) Regeneration of transformed plants from hairy roots of Plumbago indica. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult. 102, 109-114.

4.      Ray, A and Bhattacharya, S (2010) Storage and conversion of Eclipta alba synseeds and RAPD analysis of the converted plantlets. Biol. Plat. 54, 547-550.

5.      Gangopadhyay, M., Sircar, D., Mitra, A. and Bhattacharya, S. (2008) Hairy root culture of Plumbago indica as a potential source for harvesting plumbagin. Biologia Plant. 52 (3), 533-537.

6.      Bhattacharyya, R., Bhattacharya, S., and Chaudhuri, S. (2006) Conservation and documentation of the medicinal plant resources of India: Biodiversity andConservation 15, 2705-2717.

7.      Bhattacharyya, R. and Bhattacharya, S., Wenzel Mathers, M. and Buckwold, V. E. (2004)  Development of a potent in vitro source of Phyllanthus amarus roots with pronounced activity against surface antigen of hepatitis B virus :  In vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology ? Plant, 40, 504 ?508.

8.      Bhattacharyya, R. and Bhattacharya, S. (2003) Establishment of Phyllanthus amarus root clone with significant activity against bovine viral diarrhoea virus ? a surrogate model of hepatitis C virus :  Current Science 84, 529 ? 533.

To see the list of full publications, click here. 

Contact information

Email Id              : sabita@bosemain.boseinst.ac.in

 Fax                    : (+91)(-33) 2350-6790

Telephone No.   : (033) 23031132