Papers by Anup Bhattacherjee
Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research
Background: Peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] fruits are good source of phenolic compounds, vita... more Background: Peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] fruits are good source of phenolic compounds, vitamins and organic acids. Low chill peach cultivars require low chilling hour for bud burst and growth. Methods: Seven phenolic compounds, four vitamins and six organic acids were profiled in eight low chill peach cultivars at edible ripe stage using HPLC-PDA and evaluated using multivariate analysis. Result: Gallic acid, chlorogenic acid and catechin were the most predominant phenolic components, ascorbic acid and niacin were the major vitamins and citric acid and malic acid were the prevalent organic acids in all peach cultivars. Though not a single low chill peach cultivar possessed all the nutraceuticals in good amount, Sharbati Surkha and Sharbati contained maximum amounts of total of identified phenolic components (1472.20 and 1306.89 µg/g, respectively), whilst Sharbati, Sharbati Surkha and Pant Peach-1 had maximum amounts of total of identified vitamins (368.22, 341.48 and 335.13 µ...
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Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge
Fruits of two bael selections (CISH B-1 and CISH B-2) were harvested at 320, 335 and 345 days aft... more Fruits of two bael selections (CISH B-1 and CISH B-2) were harvested at 320, 335 and 345 days after fruit set and ripened under ambient conditions to observe the changes in nutritional value in fruits during maturity and ripening. Each successive harvesting period had higher TSS, polyphenols and total pectin contents vis-à-vis lower tannic acid and marmelosin contents in both the selections. Psoralen content though did not change at all in CISH B-1 with each harvesting period but decreased significantly in CISH B-2. In ripened fruits of selections B-1 and B-2, TSS, polyphenols, tannic acid and total pectin showed an increasing trend with the prolongation of picking stages, while a decreasing pattern was observed in case of marmelosin and psoralen. Upon characterization of total pectin, water extracted fraction revealed an increasing pattern and alkali extracted fraction a decreasing pattern in both the unripe and ripe fruits of selections B-1 and B-2 with the prolongation of harvesting time. Ripened fruits of selections B-1 and B-2, when collected after 335 days of fruit setting, possessed highest amounts of polyphenols (1.50 and 1.61 g/100 g in B-1 and B-2, respectively), tannic acid (1.96 g/100 g in B-1 and 2.02 g/100 g in B-2), total pectin (8.03 and 7.82 g/100 g pulp in B-1 and B-2, respectively) and marmelosin (427 and 300 μg/g in B-1 and B-2, respectively) along with best organoleptic score (7.4 for B-1 and 7.1 for B-2). Therefore, bael fruit harvested at 335 days after fruit set have better nutritional and sensory qualities and more useful for processing as well as phyto-pharmaceutical industries.
Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture, 2022
Bacterial degradation of chlorpyrifos and carbosulfan in sterile soil under laboratory condition ... more Bacterial degradation of chlorpyrifos and carbosulfan in sterile soil under laboratory condition has been investigated at different concentrations (100, 200 and 300 µg g-1 of soil for chlorpyrifos and 100 and 400 µg g-1 of soil for carbosulfan). HPLC data of chlorpyrifos after 60 days of sampling revealed that the insecticide has degraded to 98.48, 98.22 and 95.19 per cent from its initial concentrations of 100, 200 and 300 µg g-1 in sterile soil. Whereas, the degradation percentages were 29.58, 37.16 and 28.40 after 60 days from the control samples without microbial consortium. Similarly, 100 per cent degradation for carbosulfan in sterile soil by microbial consortium was achieved at 30 days after treatment for 100 µg g-1 and at 60 days for 400 µg g-1 compared to control. Faster degradation by bacterial consortium was recorded for both the insecticides which followed pseudo first order rate kinetics. The study confirmed that microbial consortium could effectively be utilized for faster bioremediation of these insecticides in sterile soil under laboratory conditions. This consortium can also be used for effective biodegradation of two insecticides in mango orchard soil under field conditions.
Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture, 2022
Investigation on degradation of imidacloprid at 5 and 10 mg L-1 concentrations by microbial conso... more Investigation on degradation of imidacloprid at 5 and 10 mg L-1 concentrations by microbial consortium in sterile and non-sterile soil was undertaken under in vitro conditions. HPLC analysis of imidacloprid residues done at 10 days interval for a period of 50 days showed that the rate of degradation of imidacloprid by microbial consortium was 52.63 and 51.85 per cent in the non-sterile and 72.69 and 73.21 per cent in the sterile soil at 5 and 10 mg L-1 doses, respectively. Imidacloprid degraded significantly faster in both treated sterile and non-sterile soil compared to control soil. The rate of degradation followed first-order and pseudo first-order kinetics in non-sterile and sterile soil, respectively. The study concluded that microbial consortium could effectively be used for degrading imidacloprid in sterile and non-sterile soil under in vitro conditions.
Doctor's Agricultural and Horticultural Development Society, 2019
Imidacloprid, a neonicotinoid insecticide, is widely used in mango ecosystem to control mango hop... more Imidacloprid, a neonicotinoid insecticide, is widely used in mango ecosystem to control mango hopper at pre-bloom stage. Persistence of imidacloprid in soil is well reported. While spraying any insecticide to a tree, some portion does come in contact with rhizosphere soil. Hence after spraying at 0.005 per cent to mango (cv. Dashehari) trees, its residue was analyzed in rhizosphere soil by HPLC. Soil samples were extracted with acetonitrile by vortexing followed by ultrasonic solvent extraction without any cleanup. Imidacloprid dissipated from its initial deposit of 0.760 mg g-1 at zero day to 0.044 mg g-1 after 60 days of spraying in mango orchard soil (Sandy loam). After 60 days of application, 94.21 per cent of imidacloprid degradation was recorded in soil. The dissipation rate followed pseudo first-order kinetics in soil with calculated half-life (DT 50) value of 17.5 days. Imidacloprid has been found a persistent insecticide in mango orchard soil.
Pesticide Research Journal, 2021
Guava: botany, production and uses, 2021
This chapter focuses on the composition of guavas, pharmacological value, and processing into val... more This chapter focuses on the composition of guavas, pharmacological value, and processing into value-added products like juice, nectar, ready-to-serve beverages, jam, jelly and preserve, toffee/candy, and dehydrated products among others.
Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2011
The research was carried to study quality and yield of goat cheese by varying pasteurisation cond... more The research was carried to study quality and yield of goat cheese by varying pasteurisation conditions; 63°C for 30min (Sample A), 80°C for 10min (Sample B) and 90°C for 60sec (Sample C). Titrable acidity, pH, moisture, fat, protein and ash, total plate count, Coliform count of goat milk, cheese samples A, B, and C were measured. There were fat recoveries of 67.23%, 67.72%, and 70.15% while protein recoveries of 71.15%, 66.88, and 69.32 respectively in the samples A, B, and C. The samples A, B, and C had moisture content of 59.72%, 63.15%, and 64.3%. The samples were subjected to sensory evaluation in term of color, ! avor, texture, taste and overall acceptability on a 9-point hedonic rating scale. The data obtained were analysed statistically (p<0.05). Sample C was ranked the best.
Biomedical Chromatography, 1998
A rapid reversed phase HPLC method was developed for the separation of tribenuron-methyl and its ... more A rapid reversed phase HPLC method was developed for the separation of tribenuron-methyl and its three major metabolites (methyl-2-aminosulphonyl benzoate, 4-methoxy-6-methyl-2-methylamino-1,3,5-triazine and saccharin) using RP-18 column and methanol-water (60:40, v/v) as mobile phase. The limit of detection of all the four compounds was 0.01 ppm.
Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture, 2022
Imidacloprid degrading microbes were isolated from contaminated mango orchard soil. Degradation o... more Imidacloprid degrading microbes were isolated from contaminated mango orchard soil. Degradation of imidacloprid at 5 and 10 mg L–1 concentrations by microbial consortium in sterile and non-sterile soil was investigated under in vitro conditions. Sampling was done at 10 days interval for a period of 50 days and imidacloprid residues were analyzed by HPLC. In non-sterile soil, the rate of degradation of imidacloprid by microbial consortium was 52.63 and 51.85 per cent at lower and higher doses, respectively, after 50 days. However, the rate of degradation in sterile soil after 50 days was 72.69 and 73.21 per cent for 5 and 10 mg L–1 doses, respectively, which was much higher compared to non-sterile soil. Imidacloprid degraded significantly faster in both treated sterile and non-sterile soil compared to control soil. The rate of degradation followed first-order and pseudo first-order kinetics in non-sterile and sterile soil, respectively. The present study concluded that microbial consortium could be used effectively for degrading imidacloprid in sterile and non-sterile soil under in vitro conditions.
International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 2020
During the last two decades neonicotinoid insecticides have become the most widely used, popular ... more During the last two decades neonicotinoid insecticides have become the most widely used, popular and fastest growing class of insecticides in modern agriculture including horticulture. They are broad spectrum systemic insecticides used to control many sucking and some chewing pests viz. aphids, thrips, jassids, mites, whiteflies, leaf miners, leaf hoppers, vine weevil, etc. With a global market share of >25% and spread in 120 countries, neonicotinoids are proved to be the most important new class of synthetic insecticides. The name neonicotinoids are derived from nicotine and they are relatively new to market compared to other already established organochlorines, organophosphates, carbamates and synthetic pyrethroids insecticides. They act by binding International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 7 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com
International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences
Scientia Horticulturae, 2005
Persistence of paclobutrazol and its subsequent impact on the yield of different commercial culti... more Persistence of paclobutrazol and its subsequent impact on the yield of different commercial cultivars of mango, viz. Chausa, Dashehari and Langra have been studied. Results based on 2-year averages indicate that trees treated with 6 g a.i./tree of paclobutrazol recorded maximum yield in Chausa and Langra, whereas only 4 g a.i./tree was most effective in Dashehari. The application of paclobutrazol, at half the above doses, was effective in inducing flowering as well as fruiting in the third year, but only in cv. Dashehari; still substantially higher yields (47.30 kg/tree) were recorded over control (26.20 kg/tree), but not so in cvs. Chausa and Langra. The trees which were not given paclobutrazol treatment in the third year showed residual effect only in cv. Dashehari, while cvs. Chausa and Langra did not show any residual response. The paclobutrazol residue in the soil collected during the third year from the root zone of trees was in the range of 0.4898-1.0005 mg/g by gas-liquid chromatography.
Thiamethoxam and dimethoate are two insecticides used to control hopper and inflorescence midge i... more Thiamethoxam and dimethoate are two insecticides used to control hopper and inflorescence midge in mango. Thiamethoxam (0.008 and 0.016%) and dimethoate (0.06 and 0.12%) were sprayed on Dashehari mango trees during pre-mature stage of fruit (first week of May) to study their dissipation kinetics and risk assessment in mango fruit. Thiamethoxam dissipated in fruit from 1.93 and 3.71 mg kg–1 after 2 h of spraying to 0.08 and 0.13 mg kg–1 after 20 days of spraying at single and double doses, respectively. Its residue did not persist beyond 20 days in fruit. Dimethoate dissipated in fruit from 2.81 and 5.34 mg kg–1 after 2 h of application to 0.12 and 0.19 mg kg–1 after 10 days of application at single and double doses, respectively. No residue was detected in fruit beyond 10 days after its application. Both ready to harvest mature mango fruit and pulp (after 40 days of spraying) were free from any residues of these insecticides at both the concentration levels. The rate of dissipation of these insecticides followed first-order kinetics in fruit with residual half-lives of 4.0 to 4.5 days for thiamethoxam and 2 days for dimethoate. Based on their MRL values of 0.5 and 2.0 mg kg–1 in mango, pre harvest intervals of 7 and 11 days, and 6 and 7 days were suggested for thiamethoxam and dimethoate, respectively, after spraying at single and double doses. The theoretical maximum residue contribution (TMRC) values for both the insecticides, calculated for residues corresponding to each sampling date, were found to be below the maximum permissible intake (MPI) values on mango fruit (except for dimethoate double dose up to 3 days), hence both thiamethoxam and dimethoate could be considered non-hazardous to consumers at above doses and time intervals.
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