Rahul Biswas, Mahabub Alam, Animesh Sarkar, Md Ismail Haque et al.
Even though nanotechnology is extensively applied in agriculture, biochemistry, medicine and many other sectors, it is a developing field that conforms to new and more complex applications in food systems as compared to other technologies. It offers a viable strategy for integrating cutting-edge tec...
Madhumita Chakraborty, Soumyajit Sarkar, Abhijit Mukherjee, Mohammad Shamsudduha et al.
For the last few decades, toxic levels of arsenic (As) in groundwater from the aquifers of the Ganges River delta, India and Bangladesh, have been known to cause serious public health concerns. Innumerable studies have advocated the control of geomorphologic, geologic, hydrogeologic, biogeochemical,...
Saydul Md Safwa, Tanvir Ahmed, Sudipta Talukder, Animesh Sarkar et al.
Food processing and preservation methods play a vital role in extending shelf life and ensuring the quality of food for human consumption. Traditional thermal methods, which involve high temperatures and pressures, have been widely employed to enhance storage life and safety. However, these methods ...
Animesh Sarkar, Shahina Rahman, Mukta Roy, Mahabub Alam et al.
Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) is popular winter vegetables cultivated all over Bangladesh and contains essential nutrients. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of pre-blanching on the preservation of cabbage by drying. In this research work, cabbage was blanched at 80°C, 90°C, and 100°C temperat...
Rahul Biswas, Animesh Sarkar, Mahabub Alam, Mukta Roy et al.
The demand for sustainable and eco-friendly extraction methods for bioactive compounds from natural sources has increased significantly in recent years. In this study, we investigated the effectiveness of the microwave pretreated ultrasound-assisted extraction (MPUAE) process for the extraction of T...
Animesh Sarkar, Takashi Asaeda, Qingyue Wang, Md Harun Rashid
Animesh Sarkar, Tofazzal Islam, Gokul Chandra Biswas, M. S. Alam et al.
The objectives of the research were to isolate phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB) from the rhizoplane of rice (Oryza sativa L.) cv. BRRIdhan 29 cultivated in acidic soils of Tangail in Bangladesh and evaluate their performances in phosphate solubilization in both in vitro and in vivo conditions. ...
Mukta Roy, Md. Atikul Islam Bulbul, Mohammad Afzal Hossain, Jahid Hasan Shourove et al.
Animesh Sarkar, Takashi Asaeda, Qingyue Wang, Md Harun Rashid
Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on the growth, nutrient absorption, and inoculation effectiveness of AMF on pioneer plants Pharagmites japonica (C4) and Polygonum cuspidatum (C3) were evaluated by performing a pot experiment in a greenhouse at Saitama University, Japan. AMF spores were...
Animesh Sarkar, Md Washim Hossain, Mahabub Alam, Rahul Biswas et al.
The postharvest loss of onions during storage is extremely significant, and it has become a global challenge. In this study, the impact of drying conditions (temperature and time) on the physicochemical, antioxidant, and functional properties of red and yellow onion powder was evaluated. Fresh onion...
Animesh Sarkar, Takashi Asaeda, Qingyue Wang, Yasuko Kaneko et al.
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi have the ability to promote growth of the associated plants by enhancing water and nutrient uptake. In the present study, we aimed to explore the performance of Miscanthus sacchariflorus under different soil zinc (Zn) levels in association with inoculated AM fungi. ...
Israt Jahan, Jannat Shopan, Md Masudur Rahman, Animesh Sarkar et al.
Soil acidity is one of the major soil-degradation events throughout the world, and the long-term application of nitrogenous fertilizers is thought to be a main cause of soil acidity. In the present experiment, we collected soil and tea (Camellia sinensis L.) leaf samples from five representative tea...
Animesh Sarkar, Tushar Ahmed, Mahabub Alam, Somirita Rahman et al.
This research was conducted to assess the drying kinetics and product quality during osmotic dehydration and air drying of coconut cuts. The coconuts were osmotically pretreated by different concentration of sugar solution (40 °Brix, 50 °Brix, and 60 °Brix) and temperature of osmotic solution (35°C,...
Sayan Mukherjee, Soumen Sarkar, Animesh Pramanik
Abstract A general and environmentally benign one‐pot method has been developed for the library synthesis of biologically important chromeno[ 4, 3‐b ]pyrrol‐4( 1H )‐one derivatives. A three‐component domino condensation of 4‐aminocoumrins, arylglyoxal monohydrates and various nucleophilic substrates...
Mohammad Afzal Hossain, Sudipta Talukder, Aftab Uz Zaman, Animesh Sarkar et al.
The present study aimed to analyze and establish an effective combination of ultrasound and immersion pretreatment processes for drying Taikor (Garcinia pendunculata Roxb.) fruits. Taikor slices were first immersed in 10 % sucrose, fructose, and glucose solution. Then, the immersed slices were treat...