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UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA
Department of Botany
FACULTY ACADEMIC PROFILE/CV
Full name of the faculty member : Dr. Krishnendu Acharya
Designation : Professor
Specialisation : Mycology and Plant Pathology
Contact information:
Office : Department of Botany
University of Calcutta
35, Ballygunge Circular Road
Kolkata–700 019, W.B.
Home: Vill+PO- Sarada
PS- Contai
Dist- Midnapur (E)
Phone: +91–8013167310
E–mail: [email protected]
Academic qualifications:
College/ university from which the
degree was obtained
Abbreviation of the degree
University of Calcutta M.Sc. in Botany
Jadavpur University M.Tech in Biotechnology
Jadavpur University Ph.D.
Positions held/ holding: Lecturer (1999-2004): Darjeeling Govt. College; Lecturer
(2004-2006): University of Calcutta; Reader (2006-2009): University of Calcutta;
Associate Professor (2009-2012): University of Calcutta; Professor (2012- till date),
University of Calcutta.
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Research interests:
Inventorisation of Macrofungal wealth
Exploration of Sanative and Nourishing Efficacy of Mushroom
Boosting of innate immunity in plants via nitric oxide signaling
Myco-nanotechnology
Research guidance :
Number of researchers awarded M.Phil/ Ph.D degrees : 7
Number of researchers pursuing M.Phil/ Ph.D : 8
Projects:
Completed projects: 8
Current projects : 2
Select list of publications:
a) Journals:
1. Somanjana Khatua, Krishnendu Acharya Influence of extraction parameters on physico-
chemical characters and antioxidant activity of water soluble polysaccharides from
Macrocybe gigantea. Journal of Food Science and Technology (In press).
2. Payel Mitra, Narayan Chandra Mandal and Krishnendu Acharya. Mycochemicals and
antioxidant activity of polyphenol rich fraction of Termitomyces microcarpus.
International Food Research Journal (In press).
3. Swarnendu Chandra, Arun K. Dutta, Krishnendu Acharya, In silico characterization,
homology modeling of chitinase enzyme from Camellia sinensis with an insight into
evolutionary analyses of different plant chitinases. Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences (In press).
4. Suvadip Mallick, Aritri Dutta, Ankur Chaudhuri, Debasri Mukherjee, Somaditya Dey,
Subhadra Halder, Joydip Ghosh, Debarati Mukherjee, Sirin Sultana, Gunjan Biswas, Tapan
Lai, Pradyumna Patra, Indranil Sarkar, Sibani Chakraborty, Bhaskar Saha, Krishnendu
Acharya, and Chiranjib Pal. Successful therapy of murine visceral leishmaniasis with
astrakurkurone, a triterpene isolated from mushroom Astraeus hygrometricus, involves the
induction of protective cell mediated immunity and TLR9. Antimicrobial Agents and
Chemotherapy. 60(5): 2696 – 2708, 2016.
5. Ananya Chatterjee, Krishnendu Acharya, Include Mushroom in Daily Diet – A Strategy
for Better Hepatic Health. Food Reviews International. 32(1): 68–97, 2016.
6. Kanad Das, M.E. Hembrom, Arun Kumar Dutta,, Arvind Parihar, Soumitra Paloi,
Krishnendu Acharya. Ramaria subalpina (Gomphaceae): A new edible fungus from
India, Phytotaxa, 246 (2): 137–144, 2016.
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7. Payel Mitra, Narayan Chandra Mandal and Krishnendu Acharya. Antioxidant activity and
phytochemical constituents of polyphenolic extract of Termitomyces heimii. Journal für
Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit, 11: 25–31, 2016.
8. Soumitra Paloi, Arun Kumar Dutta, Prakash Pradhan, Anirban Roy and Krishnendu
Acharya. Russula buyckii, a new species of Russula subgen. Incrustatula from Eastern
Himalaya, India. Phytotaxa. 252 (2): 123–130 2016.
9. Prakash Pradhan, Arun K. Dutta, Soumitra Paloi, Anirban Roy, Krishnendu Acharya,
Contribution to the knowledge of macrofungi in Eastern Himalayan Hotspot: Diversity and
Ecological distribution, EurAsian Journal of BioSciences, 10: 1-12, 2016.
10. Krishnendu Acharya, Sandipta Ghosh, Somanjana Khatua, Payel Mitra. Pharmacognostic
standardization and antioxidant capacity of the edible mushroom Laetiporus sulphureus.
Journal für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit. 11:33–42, 2016.
11. Swarnendu Chandra, Nilanjan Chakraborty, Adhiraj Dasgupta, Joy Sarkar, Koustubh
Panda, Krishnendu Acharya. Chitosan nanoparticles: A positive modulator of innate
immune responses in plants. Scientific Reports, 5:15195 | DOI: 10.1038/srep15195.
12. Debanjana Biswal, Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik, Syamal Chakrabarti, Payel Mitra,
Krishnendu Acharya, Sudhanshu Sekhar Mandal, Saktiprosad Ghosh, Michael G. B.
Drew, Tapan Kumar Mondal and Sujan Biswas, Supramolecular framework of binuclear
dioxomolybdenum(VI) complexes with ONS donor ligands using 4,4′-azopyridine as pillar:
Crystal Structure, DFT calculations and Biological Study. New Journal of Chemistry, 39:
8681-8694, 2015.
13. Prasenjit Maity, Ipsita K. Sen, Praloy K. Maji, Soumitra Paloi, K. Sanjana P. Devi,
Krishnendu Acharya, Tapas K. Maiti, Syed S. Islam. Structural, immunological, and
antioxidant studies of β-glucan from edible mushroom Entoloma lividoalbum.
Carbohydrate Polymers. 123: 350–358, 2015.
14. Somanjana Khatua, Arun K. Dutta, Krishnendu Acharya, Antioxidant and free radical
scavenging capacity of phenolic extract from Russula senecis: an unexplored wild
mushroom for your healthy lunch basket. PeerJ. 3:e810.
15. Suvadip Mallick, Somaditya Dey, Supratim Mandal, Aritri Dutta, Debarati Mukherjee,
Gunjan Biswas, Soumya Chatterjee, Sanjaya Mallick, Tapan Lai, Krishnendu Acharya,
Chiranjib Pal. Astrakurkurone, a novel triterpene isolated from Indian mushroom Astraeus
hygrometricus, induces mitochondrial dysfunction and reactive oxygen species dependent
death in Leishmania donovani. Future Microbiology. 10(5): 763–789, 2015.
16. P.W. Crous, M.J. Wingfield, J. Guarro, M. Hernández-Restrepo, D.A. Sutton, Krishnendu
Acharya, et al. Fungal Planet Description Sheets: 320–370, Persoonia - Molecular
Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. 34: 167– 266, 201.
17. Debanjana Biswal, Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik, Syamal Chakrabarti, Nirmalya Chakraborty,
Krishnendu Acharya, Sudhanshu Sekhar Mandal, Saktiprosad Ghosh, Michael G. B.
Drew, Tapan Kumar Mondal and Sujan Biswas, Lewis base controlled supramolecular
architectures via non-covalent interactions of dioxomolybdenum(VI) complexes with an
ONS donor ligand: DFT calculations and biological study. New Journal of Chemistry, 39:
2778-2794, 2015.
18. Tamalika Das, Sabina yeasmin, Somanjana Khatua, Krishnendu Acharya and Abhijit
Bandyopadhyay. Influence of a blend of guar gum and poly (vinyl alcohol) on long term
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stability, antibacterial and antioxidant efficacies of silver nanoparticles. RSC Advances. 5:
54059–54069, 2015.
19. Nilanjan Chakraborty, Swarnendu Chandra, and Krishnendu Acharya, Sublethal heavy
metal stress stimulates innate immunity in tomato. The Scientific World Journal, Volume
2015 (2015), Article ID 208649.
20. Bibhash C Panda, Soumitra Mondal, K Sanjana P Devi, Tapas K Maiti, Somanjana Khatua,
Krishnendu Acharya, Syed S Islam. Pectic polysaccharide from the green fruits of
Momordica charantia (Karela): structural characterization and study of immunoenhancing
and antioxidant properties. Carbohydrate Research, 401: 24 – 31, 2015.
21. Payel Mitra, Narayan Chandra Mandal, Krishnendu Acharya. Biocomponents and
bioprospects of ethanolic extract of Termitomyces heimii. Asian Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, 8(3): 331-334, 2015.
22. Somanjana Khatua, Payel Mitra, Swarnendu Chandra and Krishnendu Acharya. In Vitro
Protective Ability of Ramaria aurea Against Free Radical and Identification of Main
Phenolic Acids by HPLC, Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants, 21(4), 380-391,
2015.
23. Krishnendu Acharya, Soumitra Paloi, Arun Kumar Dutta, Ishika Bera. Entoloma
shandongense (Agaricales, Entolomataceae): An addition to Indian mycoflora. Check List
11(4): 1683, 2015.
24. Adhiraj Dasgupta, Soumitra Paloi, Krishnendu Acharya. Mycochemical analysis and
Antioxidant efficacy of a wild edible mushroom from the Eastern Himalayas. Research
Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences, 6(4): 943-948, 2015.
25. Arun K. Dutta, Soumitra Paloi, Prakash Pradhan, Krishnendu Acharya, A new species of
Russula (Russulaceae) from India based on morphological and molecular (ITS sequence)
data. Turkish Journal of Botany, 39: 850-856, 2015.
26. Krishnendu Acharya, Somanjana Khatua, Salman Sahid. Pharmacognostic standardization
of Macrocybe crassa: an imminent medicinal mushroom. Research Journal of Pharmacy
and Technology. 8(7): 860-866, 2015.
27. Nilanjan Chakraborty, Swarnendu Chandra and Krishnendu Acharya, Boosting of innate
immunity in chilli. Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. 8(7): 885-892, 2015.
28. Surajit Samanta, Ashis K Nandi, Ipsita K Sen, Prasenjit Maity, Manabendra Pattanayak, K
Sanjana P Devi, Somanjana Khatua, Tapas K Maiti, Krishnendu Acharya, Syed S Islam.
Studies on antioxidative and immunostimulating fucogalactan of the edible mushroom
Macrolepiota dolichaula. Carbohydrate Research, 413: 22-29, 2015.
29. Manabendra Pattanayak, Surajit Samanta, Prasenjit Maity, Ashis K Nandi, Dilip K Manna,
Payel Mitra, Krishnendu Acharya, Syed S Islam. Heteroglycan of an edible mushroom
Termitomyces clypeatus: Structure elucidation and antioxidant properties. Carbohydrate
Research, 413: 30-36, 2015.
30. Arun K. Dutta, Andrew W. Wilson, Antonin Vladimír, Krishnendu Acharya, Taxonomic
and phylogenetic study on Gymnopus from Eastern India. I. Mycological Progress, 14:79,
2015.
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31. Adhiraj Dasgupta, Manjula Rai, Krishnendu Acharya. Phytochemical analysis and in
vitro antioxidant activity of a wild edible mushroom Entoloma lividoalbum. Asian Journal
of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, 8(5): 178-181, 2015.
32. Arun Kumar Dutta, Kanad Das and Krishnendu Acharya. A new species of Marasmius
sect. Globulares from Indian Himalaya with tall basidiomata. Mycosphere, 6 (5): 560–567,
2015.
33. Acharya K, Mukherjee S, Mitra P, Pharmacognostic standardisation of Lentinula edodes: a
widely explored medicinal mushroom. International Journal of Pharmacognosy and
Phytochemical Research. 7(4): 866-872, 2015.
34. Soumitra Paloi, Arun K. Dutta, Krishnendu Acharya, A new species of Russula
(Russulales) from Eastern Himalaya, India. Phytotaxa, 234(3):255–262, 2015.
35. Arun Kumar Dutta, Prakash Pradhan, Anirban Roy and Krishnendu Acharya. Crinipellis
cupreostipes (Marasmiaceae, Agaricales, Basidiomycota): A new
distributional record from India. Check List, 11(6): 1819, 2015.
36. P.W. Crous, M.J. Wingfield, R.K. Schumacher, B.A. Summerell, A. Giraldo, J. Gené, J.
Guarro, D.N. Wanasinghe, K.D. Hyde, E. Camporesi, E.B. Gareth Jones, K.M.
Thambugala, E.F. Malysheva, V.F. Malysheva, Krishnendu Acharya, et al, Fungal Planet
Description Sheets: 281–319, Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi.
33: 212 – 289, 2014.
37. Swarnendu Chandra, Nilanjan Chakraborty, Amrita Chakraborty, Ripen Rai, Biswajit Bera
and Krishnendu Acharya, Abiotic elicitor mediated improvement of innate immunity
in Camellia sinensis, Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 33:849–859, 2014.
38. Md Masud R Mollick, Biplab Bhowmik, Dibyendu Mondal, Dipanwita Maity, Dipak Rana,
Sandeep K Dash, Sourav Chattopadhyay, Somenath Roy, Joy Sarkar, Krishnendu
Acharya, Mukut Chakraborty, and Dipankar Chattopadhyay, Anticancer (in vitro) and
antimicrobial effect of gold nanoparticles synthesized using Abelmoschus esculentus (L.)
pulp extract via green route. RSC Advances. 4(71): 37838-37848, 2014.
39. Prasenjit Maitya, Ashis K. Nandi a, Ipsita K. Sena, Manabendra Pattanayaka, Sourav
Chattopadhyay, Sandeep Kumar Dash, Somenath Roy, Krishnendu Acharya, Syed S Islam,
Heteroglycan of an edible mushroom Entoloma lividoalbum:Structural characterization and
study of its protective role for human lymphocytes. Carbohydrate Polymers, 114: 157–
165, 2014.
40. Nandi, Ashis, Samanta, Surajit, Maity, Saikat, Sen, Ipsita, Khatua, Somanjana, Devi, K.
Sanjana, Acharya, Krishnendu, Maiti, Tapas and Islam, Syed; Structural investigation of
an antioxidant and immunostimulant β-glucan isolated from edible mushroom Russula
albonigra (Krombh.) Fr. Carbohydrate Polymers, 99: 774– 782, 2014.
41. Prasenjit Maity, Surajit Samanta, Ashis K. Nandi, Ipsita K. Sen, Soumitra Paloi,
Krishnendu Acharya, Syed S. Islam Structure elucidation and antioxidant properties of a
soluble β-D-glucan from mushroom Entoloma lividoalbum. International Journal of
Biological Macromolecules. 63: 140–149, 2014.
42. Kalipada Bankura, Dipanwita Maity, Md Masud R Mollick, Dibyendu Mondal, Biplab
Bhowmik, Indranil Roy, Tarapada Midya, Joy Sarkar, Dipak Rana, Krishendu
Acharya, Dipankar Chattopadhyay, Study of antibacterial activity of Ag-Au alloy
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nanoparticles and chemical sensor property of Au nanoparticles synthesized and stabilized
by dextran. Carbohydrate Polymers, 107 (1): 151 – 157, 2014.
43. Pradip Kumar Kar, Sanatan Murmu, Saswati Saha, Veena Tandon and Krishnendu
Acharya, Anthelmintic efficacy of gold nanoparticles derived from phytopathogenic
fungus. Nigrospora oryzae. PLoS ONE 9(1): e84693. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0084693,
2014.
44. Joy Sarkar, Monosij Ghosh, Anita Mukherjee, Dipankar Chattopadhyay and Krishnendu
Acharya, Biosynthesis and safety evaluation of ZnO nanoparticles. Bioprocess and
Biosystems Engineering 37:165–171, 2014.
45. Suvadip Mallick; Aritri Dutta; Somaditya Dey; Joydip Ghosh; Debarati Mukherjee;
Salma S Sultana; Supratim Mandal; Soumitra Paloi; Somanjana Khatua; Krishnendu
Acharya; Chiranjib Pal. Selective inhibition of Leishmania donovani by active extracts of
wild mushrooms used by the tribal population of India: An in vitro exploration for new
leads against parasitic protozoans, Experimental Parasitology 138 : 9–17, 2014.
46. Md. Masud Rahaman Mollick, Biplab Bhowmick, Dipanwita Maity, Dibyendu Mondal,
Indranil Roy, Joy Sarkar, Dipak Rana, Krishnendu Acharya, Sanatan Chattopadhyay,
Dipankar Chattopadhyay, Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles-based nanofluids and
investigation of their antimicrobial activities, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 16:541–551,
2014.
47. Adhiraj Dasgupta, Debal Ray, Ananya Chatterjee, Anirban Roy, Krishnendu Acharya.
Antioxidative Effect of Polyphenol-Rich Extract of Russula albonigra. Research Journal
of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences, 5(1): 510 – 520, 2014.
48. Soumitra Paloi and Krishnendu Acharya, Evaluation of antioxidant activity and chemical
composition of ethanolic extract from Amanita vaginata (Bull) Lam: An in vitro study.
Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, 7(2), 88 – 92, 2014.
49. Adhiraj Dasgupta, Debal Ray, Ananya Chatterjee, Anirban Roy and Krishnendu Acharya.
In vitro antioxidative behaviour of ethanolic extract of Russula albonigra. Journal of
chemical and Pharmaceutical research, 6(3):1366-1372, 2014.
50. Zareen Sultana, Moytrey Chatterjee, Shraddha Chakraborty, Pritha Dey, Ishita Paul,
Biswabandhu Bankura, Krishnendu Acharya and Madhusudan Das. Augmentation of the
metformin activity using Pleurotus florida polysaccharide to control hyperglycemia in
mice model: A preliminary study. International Journal of PharmTech Research, 6(1):
147-153, 2014.
51. Adhiraj Dasgupta, Ang Rinzing Sherpa and Krishnendu Acharya. Phytochemical screening
and antioxidant capacity of Polyphenol-rich fraction of Pleurotus flabellatus. Journal of
chemical and Pharmaceutical research, 6(5):1059-1065, 2014.
52. S. Chatterjee, G. Biswas, S. Chandra, Goutam Kumar Saha. and Krishnendu Acharya,
Chemopreventive effect of Tricholoma giganteum against benzo[a]pyrene-induced
forestomach cancer in Swiss albino mice. International Journal of Pharmaceutical
Sciences Review and Research 26(2): 189-196, 2014.
53. Krishnendu Acharya, Prakash Pradhan, Nima Lamu Sherpa and Arun Kumar Dutta.
Favolaschia-a new fungal genus record for Eastern India. The Indian Forester. 140 (6) :
639-640, 2014.
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54. Surjit Sen, Chandan K. Maiti, Gunjan Biswas and Krishnendu Acharya, Biological
management of leaf blight disease of an endangered medicinal plant, Research Journal of
Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences. 5(4): 662 – 669, 2014.
55. Soumya Chatterjee, Tapan Kumar Lai, Swarnendu Chandra and Krishnendu Acharya,
Gigantenol, a new ergosteryl triterpene from the basidiocarps of Macrocybe gigantea
(Massee) Pegler & Lodge. Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and
Chemical Sciences. 5(4): 1383 – 1387, 2014.
56. Swarnendu Chandra, Sirshendu Chatterjee, Sandip K.Bandyopadhyay and Krishnendu
Acharya, In Silico Molecular Modeling and Structural Analysis of Peroxidase Enzymes
from five different plants species. Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and
Chemical Sciences. 5(4): 1416 – 1427, 2014.
57. Swarnendu Chandra, Nilanjan Chakraborty, Bisyajit Bera and Krishnendu Acharya,
Induction of defense response against blister blight by calcium chloride in tea, Archives of
Phytopathol and Plant Protection, 47(19): 2400-2409, 2014.
58. Payel Mitra, Jit Sarkar, Narayan Chandra Mandal and Krishnendu Acharya,
Phytochemical analysis and evaluation of antioxidant efficacy of etanolic extract of
Termitomyces medius, International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and
Research. 27(2): 261-266, 2014.
59. Arun Kumar Dutta, Swarnendu Chandra, Prakash Pradhan and Krishnendu Acharya, A
new species of Marasmius sect. sicci from India. Mycotaxon 128:117–125, 2014.
60. Arun Kumar Dutta and Krishnendu Acharya. Traditional and ethno-medicinal knowledge
of Mushrooms in West Bengal, India, Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical
Research, 7(4), 36-41 2014.
61. Tapan Kumar Lai and Krishnendu Acharya, Soumya Chatterjee, Nima Lamu Sherpa and
Anindita ghosh, Antipseudomonal ergosteryl triterpenes from the paste of Spondias pinnata
Kruz. bark, cultured with curd-brew. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Review and Research 28(1): 143-146, 2014.
62. Payel Mitra, Narayan Chandra Mandal and Krishnendu Acharya, Phytochemical
characteristics and free radical scavenging activity of ethanolic extract of Termitomyces
microcarpus R. Heim. Der Pharmacia Lettre, 6 (5):92-98, 2014.
63. Somanjana Khatua, Krishnendu Acharya, Mycochemicals and medicinal prospects of
phenol rich fraction from Macrocybe crassum, Der Pharmacia Lettre, 6 (5):330-338,
2014.
64. Krishnendu Acharya and Joy Sarkar, Bryo-synthesis of gold nanoparticles. International
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research. 29(1): 82 -86, 2014.
65. Somanjana Khatua, Krishnendu Acharya, Antioxidant and antimicrobial potentiality of
quantitatively analysed ethanol extract from Macrocybe crassa, International Journal of
Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research. 29(2), 53-60, 2014.
66. Namrata S. Gupta, Maitreyi Banerjee, Krishnendu Acharya. Influence of hormones and
explants towards in vitro callusing and shoot organogenesis in a commercially important
medicinal plant. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research
29(2), 132-137, 2014.
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67. Ananya Chatterjee, Somanjana Khatua, Sirshendu Chatterjee, Soumitra Paloi, Shatavisa
Mukherjee, Atashi Mukherjee, Krishnendu Acharya, Sandip K.Bandyopadhyay,
Polysaccharide-rich fraction of Termitomyces eurhizus accelerate healing of indomethacin
induced gastric ulcer in mice. Glycoconjugate 30:759–768, 2013.
68. Prakash Pradhan, Arun Kumar Dutta, Anirban Roy, Saikat Kumar Basu and Krishnendu
Acharya, Macrofungal diversity and habitat specificity: A case study. Biodiversity, 14 (3):
147–161, 2013.
69. Subarna Saha, Somanjana Khatua, Soumitra Paloi, Krishnendu Acharya, Antioxidant and
nitric oxide synthase activation properties of water soluble polysaccharides from Pleurotus
florida. International Journal of Green Pharmacy, 7:182-188. 2013.
70. Joy Sarkar, Suman Kalyan Roy, Aparna Laskar, Dipankar Chattopadhyay and Krishnendu
Acharya, Bioreduction of chloroaurate ions to gold nanoparticles by culture filtrate of
Pleurotus sapidus, Materials Letter, 92: 313–316, 2013.
71. Soumya Chatterjee, Gunjan Biswas, Swarnendu Chandra, Goutam Kumar Saha. and
Krishnendu Acharya, Apoptogenic effects of Tricholoma giganteum on Ehrlich’s ascites
carcinoma cell. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 36:101–107, 2013.
72. Surajit Samanta, Kousik Maity, Ashis K. Nandi, Ipsita K. Sen, K. Sanjana P. Devi,
Shreemoyee Mukherjee, Tapas K. Maiti, Krishnendu Acharya, Syed S. Islam, A glucan
from an ectomycorrhizal edible mushroom Tricholoma crassum (Berk.) Sacc.: isolation,
characterization and biological studies. Carbohydrate Research, 367: 33–40, 2013.
73. Sukesh Patra, Pradip Patra, Kankan K. Maity, Soumitra Mandal, Sanjay K. Bhunia,
Biswajit Dey, K.Sanjana P. Devi, Somanjana Khatua, Krishnendu Acharya, Tapas K.
Maiti, Syed S. Islam, A heteroglycan from the mycelia of Pleurotus ostreatus: structure
determination and study of antioxidant properties. Carbohydrate Research, 368: 16–21,
2013.
74. Nilanjan Chakraborty, Debarupa Banerjee, Moumita Ghosh, Prakash Pradhan, Namrata
Shanu Gupta, Krishnendu Acharya and Maitreyi Banerjee, Influence of plant growth
regulators on callus mediated regeneration and secondary metabolites synthesis in Withania
somnifera (L.) Dunal, Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 19: 117-125, 2013.
75. Krishnendu Acharya and Manjula Rai. Proximate composition, free radical scavenging
and NOS activation properties of a wild edible mushroom. International Journal of
Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences. 5: 67 – 72, 2013.
76. Gunjan Biswas, Sagartirtha Sarkar and Krishnendu Acharya, Hypoglycemic activity of
ethanolic extract of Astraeus hygrometricus (Pers.) Morg. in alloxan-induced diabetic mice.
International Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences. 5: 391 – 394, 2013.
77. Ashis K. Nandi, Surajit Samanta, Ipsita K. Sen, K. Sanjana P. Devi, Tapas K. Maiti,
Krishnendu Acharya, Syed S. Islam. Structural elucidation of an immunoenhancing
heteroglycan isolated from Russula albonigra (Krombh.) Fr., Carbohydrate Polymers, 94:
918– 926, 2013.
78. Namrata Shanu Gupta, Maitreyi Banerjee, Saikat K. Basu and Krishnendu Acharya,
Alternaria alternata toxin induced resistance and its signal interaction in Rauvolfia
serpentina callus. Plant Omics, 6(3):157-164, 2013.
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79. Payel Mitra, Somanjana Khatua, Krishnendu Acharya, Free Radical Scavenging and NOS
Activation Properties of Water Soluble Crude Polysaccharide from Pleurotus ostreatus.
Asian Journal of pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, 6(3): 67 – 70, 2013.
80. Adhiraj Dasgupta, Manjula Rai and Krishnendu Acharya, Chemical composition and
antioxidant activity of a wild edible mushroom Pleurotus flabellatus. International
Journal of PharmTech Research 5(4): 1655-1663, 2013.
81. Somanjana Khatua, Snigdha Paul, Ananya Chatterjee, Debal Ray, Anirban Roy,
Krishnendu Acharya. Evaluation of antioxidative activity of ethanolic extract from
Russula delica: an in vitro study, Journal of chemical and Pharmaceutical research,
5(9):100-107, 2013.
82. Somanjana Khatua, Tulika Roy, Krishnendu Acharya, Antioxidant and free radical
scavenging capacity of phenolic extract from Russula laurocerasi, Asian Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, 6(4): 156 – 160, 2013.
83. Soumitra Paloi and Krishnendu Acharya, Antioxidant activities and bioactive compounds
of polyphenol rich extract from Amanita vaginata (Bull.) Lam. International Journal of
PharmTech Research 5(4): 1645-1654, 2013.
84. Arun Kumar Dutta, Prakash Pradhan and Krishnendu Acharya. Macrofungi associated
with Mangrove Ecosystem in the Indian Part of Sundarbans: Diversity and Ecology.
Biodiversity, 14(4): 196-206, 2013.
85. Somanjana Khatua, Snigdha Paul, Ananya Chatterjee, Debal Ray, Anirban Roy,
Krishnendu Acharya. Fraction of Russula delica shows in vitro antioxidant property
influenced by polyphenols. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review
and Research. 23(2), 368-373, 2013.
86. Gunjan Biswas, Soumya Chatterjee and Krishnendu Acharya, Chemopreventive activity
of the ethanolic extract of Astraeus hygrometricus (Pers.) Morg. On Ehrlich’s Ascites
Carcinoma Cell. Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures, 7: 185 -191, 2012.
87. Ashis K. Nandi, Ipsita K. Sen, Surajit Samanta, Kousik Maity, K.Sanjana P. Devi,
Shreemoyee Mukherjee, Tapas K. Maiti, Krishnendu Acharya, Syed S. Islam Glucan
from hot aqueous extract of an ectomycorrhizal edible mushroom, Russula albonigra
(Krombh.) Fr.: structural characterization and study of immunoenhancing properties.
Carbohydrate Research , 363: 43-50, 2012.
88. Kalipada Bankura, Dipanwita Maity, Masud R Mollick, Dibyendu Mondal, Biplab
Bhowmick, Mrinal K Bain, A. Chakraborty, Joy Sarkar, Krishnendu Acharya, and
Dipankar Chattopadhyay, Synthesis, Characterization and Antimicrobial Activity of
Dextran Stabilized Silver Nanoparticles in Aqueous Medium. Carbohydrate Polymers . 89:
1159 – 1165, 2012.
89. Surjit Sen, Gunjan Biswas, Saikat Kumar Basu and Krishnendu Acharya, Management of
leaf spot disease of Stevia rebaudiana with an antagonistic bacteria, Australian Journal of
Crop Science, 6: 350 - 356. 2012.
90. Joy Sarkar, Sandipan Ray, Dipankar Chattopadhyay, Aparna Laskar and Krishnendu
Acharya, Mycogenesis of gold nanoparticles using a phytopathogen Alternaria alternata,
Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 35: 637 – 643, 2012.
91. Pradip Patra, Sunil K. Bhanja, Ipsita K.Sen, Ashis K. Nandi, Surajit Samanta, Debsankar
Das, K. Sanjana P. Devi, Tapas K. Maiti, Krishnendu Acharya, Syed S. Islam. Structural
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and immunological studies of hetero polysaccharide isolated from the alkaline extract of
Tricholoma crassum (Berk.) Sacc. Carbohydrate Research, 362: 1–7, 2012
92. Joy Sarkar, Saswati Saha, Parnasree Dey and Krishnendu Acharya, Production of
Selenium Nanorods by Phytopathogen, Alternaria altenata, Advanced Science Letters,
10: 111 – 114, 2012.
93. Tapan K. Lai, Gunjan Biswas, Soumya Chatterjee, Aritri Dutta, Chiranjib Pal, Julie
Banerji, Nattamai Bhuvanesh, Joseph H. Reibenspies and Krishnendu Acharya,
Leishmanicidal and anticandidal activity of constituents of Indian edible mushroom
Astraeus hygrometricus. Chemistry & Biodiversity, 9: 1517 – 1524, 2012.
94. Dipanwita Maity, Md. Masud Rahaman Mollick, Dibyendu Mondal, Biplab Bhowmick,
Mrinal Kanti Bain, Kalipada Bankura, Joy Sarkar, Krishnendu Acharya,
Dipankar
Chattopadhyay, Synthesis of methylcellulose-silver nanocomposite and investigation of
mechanical and antimicrobial properties. Carbohydrate Polymers, 90 (4): 1818– 1825,
2012.
95. Prakash Pradhan, Arun Kumar Dutta, Anirban Roy and Krishnendu Acharya, Inventory
and spatial ecology of macrofungi in the Shorea robusta forest ecosystem of Lateritic
region of WB. Biodiversity, 13(2):88 – 99, 2012.
96. Joy Sarkar, Dipankar Chattopadhyay, Srimanta Patra, Siddhartha Singh Deo, Sonali Sinha,
Monosij Ghosh, Anita Mukherjee and Krishnendu Acharya, Alternaria alternata
mediated synthesis of protein capped silver nanoparticles and their genotoxic activity
Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures, 6: 563 – 573, 2011.
97. Surja N. Acharya, Krishnendu Acharya, Santanu Paul and Saikat K. Basu, Variation in
the antioxidant and anti-leukemic properties among different Western Canada grown
fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) genotypes. Canadian Journal of Plant
Science, 91: 99-105, 2011.
98. Gunjan Biswas, Sagartirtha Sarkar and Krishnendu Acharya, Hepatoprotective activity of
the ethanolic extract of Astraeus hygrometricus (Pers.) Morg. Digest Journal of
Nanomaterials and Biostructures, 6: 637 – 641, 2011.
99. Soumya Chatterjee, Gunjan Biswas and Krishnendu Acharya Antineoplastic effect of
mushrooms: a review. Australian Journal of Crop, 5: 904 – 911, 2011.
100. Joy Sarkar, Saswati Saha, Parnasree Dey and Krishnendu Acharya, Mycosynthesis of
Sellinium nanoparticles. Micro and Nano Letters, 6: 599 – 602, 2011.
101. Dipanwita Maity, Mrinal Kanti Bain, Biplab Bhowmick, Joy Sarkar, Saswati Saha,
Krishnendu Acharya, Mukut Chakraborty, Dipankar Chattopadhyay, In Situ Synthesis,
Characterization and Antimicrobial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles using Water Soluble
Polymer, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 122: 2189–2196, 2011.
102. Krishnendu Acharya, Arun Kumar Dutta and Prakash Pradhan, Bipolaris sorokiana
(Sacc.) Shoem.: The most destructive wheat fungal pathogen in the warmer areas,
Australian Journal of Crop Science, 5(9):1064-1071, 2011.
103. Saswati Saha, Dipankar Chattopadhyay and Krishnendu Acharya, Preparation of silver
nanoparticles by bio-reduction using Nigrospora oryzae culture filtrate and its
antimicrobial activity. Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures, 6: 1526-1535,
2011.
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104. Jaita Pal, Sourav Ganguly, Khandakar Saifa Tahsin and Krishnendu Acharya, In vitro
free radical scavenging activity of Pleurotus squarrosulus (Mont.) Singer: an edible wild
mushroom, Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 48: 1210-1218, 2010.
105. Saswati Saha, Joy Sarkar, Dipankar Chattopadhyay, S. Patra, A. Chakraborty and
Production of silver nanoparticles by a phytopathogenic fungus Bipolaris nodulosa and its
antimicrobial activity. Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures, 5: 887-895,
2010.
106. Surjit Sen, Manjula Rai, Rupa Acharya, S. Dasgupta, A. Saha, Krishnendu Acharya,
Biological control of pathogens causing the Cymbidium Pseudobulb rot complex using
fluorescent Pseudomonas strain BRL-1. Journal of Plant Pathology, 91 (3): 751-755,
2009.
107. Chandan Kumar Maiti, Surjit Sen, Rupa Acharya and Krishnendu Acharya, First report of
Alternaria alternata causing leaf spot on Stevia rebaudiana, Plant Pathology, 56 (4): 723,
2007
108. Chandan Kumar Maiti, Surjit Sen, Amal K. Paul and Krishnendu Acharya, First report of
Alternaria dianthicola causing leaf blight on Withania somnifera, Plant Disease, 91 (4):
467, 2007.
109. Chandan Kumar Maiti, Surjit Sen, Amal K. Paul and Krishnendu Acharya, First report of
leaf blight of Medicago sativa caused by Alternaria longipes in India. Journal of Plant
Pathology, 89 (3): S69-S76, 2007.
110. Chandan Kumar Maiti, Surjit Sen, Amal K. Paul and Krishnendu Acharya, First report of
leaf blight disease of Gloriosa superba (L) mediated by Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissler
in India. Journal of General Plant Pathology, 73 (5):377–378, 2007.
111. Surjit Sen, Rupa Acharya, Anirudhya Saha and Krishnendu Acharya, A new report of
Cymbidium spp. pseudobulb rot orchestrated by Erwinia carotovora, Fusarium oxysporum
and Mucor hiemalis f. hiemalis. Plant disease, 90 (11): 1460, 2006.
112. Rupa Acharya, M. Mukhia, Surjit Sen, and Krishnendu Acharya, Nitric oxide: A common
antipathogenic factor of plants. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 43 (1): 100 –
103, 2005.
113. Krishnendu Acharya, P. Yonzone, Manjula Rai and Rupa Acharya, Antioxidant and nitric
oxide synthase activation properties of Ganoderma applanatum. Indian Journal of
Experimental Biology, 43 (10): 926 – 929, 2005.
114. Krishnendu Acharya, Krishnendu Samui, Manjula Rai, Bani Brata Dutta and Rupa
Acharya, Antioxidant and nitric oxide synthase activation properties of Auricularia
auricula. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 42 (5): 538 – 540, 2004.
115. Asru K. Sinha, Krishnendu Acharya, Sujoy Bhattacharya, Sharmistha C. Patra, Manti
Guha, Udayan Ray, Syamali Basu Ray, Gausal A. Khan, Kusal Chakraborty, Joydeep
Biswas and Sahana Mazumder, Neutralization of “antineoplastin” of insulin activated nitric
oxide synthase antibody and its effects in cancers. Journal of Cancer Research and
Clinical Oncology, 128 (12): 659 – 668, 2002.
116. Nighat N. Kahn, Krishnendu Acharya, Sujoy Bhattacharya, Rupa Acharya, Sahana
Mazumder, Willum A. Bauman, Asru K. Sinha, Nitric oxide: the “second messenger” of
insulin. IUBMB Life, 49 (5): 441 – 450, 2000.
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117. Asru K. Sinha, Sujoy Bhattacharya, Krishnendu Acharya, Sahana Mazumder, Stimulation
of nitric oxide synthesis and protective role of insulin in acute thrombosis in vivo. Life
Sciences, 65 (25): 2687 – 96, 1999.
b) Books/ book chapters :
1. “Competitive Botany”, by Krishnendu Acharya and Saikat Basu; Publisher: New
Age International (P) Limited, New Delhi
2. “Banglar Bhojyo Chatu” (Edible Mushrooms of West Bengal) by Krishnendu
Acharya; Publisher: West Bengal Biodiversity Board, West Bengal
3. Krishnendu Acharya, Medicinal properties of mushroom, In: Advances in
Medicinal Plant Research, Eds By: Acharya S. N., Thomas J. E., Published by
Research Signpost, Kerala, India, pp. 215 – 236, 2007.
4. Surjit Sen and Krishnendu Acharya, Mechanisms of Biological Control of Plant
Diseases, In: Environment Education: Global Issues and Policies, Eds. S. K. Basu
and S. D. Banik, A.P.H. Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, 1: 178-199, 2009
5. Krishnendu Acharya, Joy Sarkar and Sidhartha Singh Deo, Mycosynthesis of
Nanoparticles. In: Advances in Biotechnology, Ed By: Bhowmik P. K., Basu S.
K., Goyal A., Published by Bentham eBooks, pp. 204-215, 2009
6. Surjya N. Acharya, Saikat Basu, Krishnendu Acharya, Santanu Paul, Datta Banik,
S. and Prasad, R. Fenugreek: A spice, forage and nutraceutical crop. In: De. A. K.
(edited) Spices: The elixir of life. Originals, Delhi, India. Chapter 7. pp. 129-150,
2011.
7. Manjula Rai, G. Biswas, S. C. Mandal and Krishnendu Acharya. Free radicals and
human disease. In: Herbal Drugs, Edited by: Subhash C. Mandal. New Central
Book Agency (P) Ltd. Kolkata, pp. 479 – 496, 2011
8. Prakash Pradhan and Krishnendu Acharya. Impact of climate change on diversity
and distribution of fungal community. In Climate change Man and Environment.
Edited by Goutam K. Saha. Daya Publising House, New Delhi. Pp 111-120, 2012.
9. Nilanjan Chakraborty, Namrata Shanu Gupta, Saikat K. Basu and Krishnendu
Acharya, Postharvest Damages of Mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco) and Its
Management. In: Biological Controls for Preventing Food Deterioration:
Strategies for Pre-and Postharvest Management. Ed. by Neeta Sharma; John
Wiley & Sons, UK, PP. 27 – 40, 2014
c) Conference/ seminar volumes:
1. Krishnendu Acharya, Mushroom : The treasure house of Medicine, In: Herbs in Health
Care, Ed. By: S. K. Gupta and B. R. Mitra, pp-114-119, 2005.
2. Surjit Sen, Chandan K. Maiti and Krishnendu Acharya. Fungal diseases of some
commercially important medicinal plant. In: Herbs in Health Care, Ed. By: S. K. Gupta
and B. R. Mitra, pp. 196 – 208, 2006.
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d) Other publications :
1. Prakash Pradhan and Krishnendu Acharya. Edible Macrofungi: A Boon for SustainableFuture. 2010. Environmental Information System (ENVIS) Newsletter, Department ofEnvironment, Government of West Bengal. 3(1): 4.
2. Riddhi Dutta, Joy Sarkar and Krishnendu Acharya, An inside into the kinship of fungi.Nature Precedings : hdl:10101/npre.2012.7095.1 : Posted 2 Apr 2012.
3. Prakash Pradhan, Arun K. Dutta, Krishnendu Acharya, A low cost long term preservationof macromycetes for fungarium. Protocol Exchange 03/2015; DOI:10.1038/protex.2015.026
Membership of Learned Societies:1. Life member of “Indian Science Congress Association (I.S.C.A.)”2. Life member of “Society for Biological Chemists-India (S.B.C.I.)”3. Life member of “Indian Mycological Society (I.M.S.)”.4. Life member of “Society for Biocontrol Advancement (S.B.A.)”5. Life member of “Social Environmental and Biological Association (S.E.B.A.)”6. Life member of “Botanical Society of Bengal (B.S.B.)”7. Life member of “Mycological Society of India (MSI)”
Patents :
1. Indian Patent No- 187158. (Patent Application No. 966/Cal/98), by Krishnendu Acharya andRupa Acharya, on- Production and purification of acid phosphatase from Chloridium sp bysubmerged fermentation.
2. Indian Patent Application No. 14 45/Kol/2011, Dt. 11.11.2011, by Nandan Bhattacharya,Anupam Roy, Anjan Misra and Krishnendu Acharya, on – An Instant Soup Powder.
Invited lectures delivered:
1. State level seminar on “Biological and Ecological advancement and their Application in PlantImprovement”, at Bhairab Ganguly College, West Bengal. 29th February, 2016.
2. Late K. S. Rao memorial lecture at Vivekananda College, West Bengal. 5th January, 2016.3. National workshop on “Cultivation of Edible Mushrooms: Techniques and Agri-Business Prospects”
at Department of Botany, Sarsuna College, Wet Bengal. 21-24th December, 2015.4. International conference on “Perspectives in Phyllosphere Biology”. Amity Institute of
Biotechnology, Amity University UP, Noida. 15th -17th February, 20125. Refresher Course in Life Science (thrust area: Newer Concepts in Life Sciences) for College and
University Teachers. Academic Staff College, University of Calcutta. 19th November-8th DecemberFebruary, 2012
6. National conference on “Recent Advances in Materials and Technology (NCRAMT-2011)”. Schoolof Applied Sciences (SAS), Haldia Institute of Technology (HIT), Haldia, West Bengal. 24th-26th,June, 2011
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7. National seminar on “Advances in Food Technology: Role of Nanotechnolgy and BiochemicalEngineering (NBEFT-2011)”. Department of Food Technology, Haldia Institute of Technology,Haldia, West Bengal. 5th-6th May, 2011
8. Seminar and Workshop on “Present Scenario and Future Prospect of Crytogamic Botany”. ProbirChatterjee Research Foundation and Department of Botany, University of Calcutta. 9th-11th
November, 20119. National seminar on “Trends in Microbiology”. Department of Botany, A.B.N. Seal College, Coach
Behar, W.B. & Department of Plant Pathology, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, W.B.20th-21st December, 2009
Awards :
1. Fellow of International College of Nutrition (FICN), Canada.2. Patel Memorial Award by World Congress of Clinical Nutrition, Egypt.3. Honored for Global Achievement in the Field of Phyllosphere Biology in The International
Conference on “Perspective in Phyllosphere Biology”, 2012.
Other notable activities :
1. Acted as a member of the executive council of the Indian Mycological Society; the DepartmentalTechnical Committee, Department of Biotechnology, Government of West Bengal and scientificadvisory committee (Medicinal plant garden and mushrrom project), Ramakrisna MissionAshrama, Narendrapur.
2. Academic Editor of PLoS One3. Associate Editor of the Journal of Environment and Sociobiology.