Teaching/Research Experience:   

Prof. Rajinder K. Gupta completed his higher education including first PhD degree from Delhi University in Organic Chemistry of Natural Products. He earned his second PhD in Microbiology /Biotechnology from University of Idaho , USA . He was awarded Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship to work at the Technical University, Berlin, Germany, where he worked on Phytochemicals and Natural Products. He worked on bioactive agents from marine organisms at the University of Oklahoma , USA , and on actinomycetes physiology and on their biocatalytic /biotransformation ability of various substrates of natural origin at University of Idaho , USA . He has over 120 research publications to his credit and has more than three decades of experience in academia, and industry (pharmaceutical, agrochemical, polymer and commercial test house). He is a member of several national & international professional /academic bodies. He has provided consultancy to Delhi Government to set up an ultramodern food quality testing facility in Delhi . His current areas of research include identification of bioactive agent from actinomycetes & plants, biotransformations, food biotechnology, functional foods and nutraceuticals.

Patent

Pratibha Nand, Sushma Drabu and Rajinder K. Gupta. A novel herbal composition for the treatment of acne & method of preparation thereof, Indian Patent # 4912/DEL/2012 DT. 9/3/2012.

121. Kavita Tiwari, D.J. Upadhyay and Rajinder K. Gupta. Isolation of actinomycetes from Indian hot deserts and evaluation of their bioactive potential . World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2012 (communicated).

120. Kavita Tiwari, Rajinder K. Gupta. Diversity and Isolation of Rare actinomycetes: an Overview. Critical Reviews in Microbiology, 2012 (under review).

19. Pratibha Nand, Sushma Drabu and Rajinder K. Gupta. In vivo assessment of poly herbal Topical formulation for the treatment of acne using gamma scientigraphy , AAPS PharmSciTech. (under review).

118. Pratibha Nand, Sushma Drabu and Rajinder K. Gupta. A novel herbal composition for the treatment of acne & method of preparation thereof, Indian Patent # 4912/DEL/2012 DT. 9/3/2012.

117.Anand Nagpure and Rajinder K. Gupta, Purification and characterization of an extracellular 56.5 kDa chitinase from antagonistic Streptomyces violaceusniger . Journal of Basic Microbiology, 2012 (in press).

116.Anand Nagpure, Bharti and Rajinder K. Gupta, Chitinases: In agriculture, Forestry and human healthcare. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology , 2012 (under revision).

115.Pratibha Nand, Sushma Drabu and Rajinder K. Gupta. Insignificant anti-acne activity of Azadirachta indica leaves and bark, Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results . 2012 (in press).

114.Pratibha Nand, Sushma Drabu and Rajinder K. Gupta. Phytochemical and Antimicrobial Screening of Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Acne, Indian Journal of Natural Product and Resources , 3(1), 28-32, 2012,.

113.Pratibha Nand, Sushma Drabu and Rajinder K. Gupta. Screening for antioxidant and antibacterial potential of common medicinal plants in the treatment of acne. International Journal of Drug Development & Research , 4(1), 65-75, 2012.

112.Pratibha Nand, Sushma Drabu and Rajinder K. Gupta. . Antimicrobial Investigation of Linum usitatissimum for the Treatment of Acne. Natural Product Communications . 6 (11) :1701-1704, 2011.

111. Kavita Tiwari, Rajinder K. Gupta, “ Rare Actinomycetes: Potential Storehouse for Novel Antibiotics”. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology 1-25, 2012(DOI 10.3109/388551.2011.562482 ) .

110. Sonia Mann, Deepika Gupta, Velol Gupta and Rajinder K. Gupta. Evaluation of Nutritional, Phytochemical and Antioxidant potential of Trapa bispinosa Roxb. Fruits. International journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences , 4:1, 432-436, 2012.

109.Pratibha Nand, Sushma Drabu and Rajinder K. Gupta. In vitro antibacterial and antioxidant potential of medicinal plants used in the treatment of acne. International journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences . 4:1, 185-190, 2012.

108. Renu Singh, Rachna verma, G. Sumana, Avanish Kumar Srivastava , Seema Sood, Rajinder. K. Gupta and B. D. Malhotra, Nanostructured platform for the detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and differential pulse voltammetry, Bioelectrochemistry , 86, 30-37, 2012 .

107. Renu Singh, Zimple Matharu, Avanish Kumar Srivastava, Seema Sood, Rajinder Kumar Gupta and Bansi Dhar Malhotra Polyaniline/Fe 3 O 4 platform based Label-free Impedimetric Genosensor for Sexually Transmitted Disease detection, Microchimica Acta , 177, 201-210, 2012.

106.Deepika Gupta, Sonia Mann, Isha Jain and Rajinder K. Gupta. Phytochemical, Nutritional and Antioxidant Activity evaluation of fruits of Ziziphus nummularia Burm F. International journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences . 2:4, 629-638, 2011.

105.Deepika Gupta, Sonia Mann, Avijit Sood and Rajinder K. Gupta. Phytochemical, Nutritional and Antioxidant Activity evaluation of seeds of Jackfruit ( Artocarpous heterolphyllus Lam.). International journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences . 2:4, 336-345, 2011.

104.Sonia Mann, Deepika Gupta, and Rajinder K. Gupta, Phytochemical screening and evaluation of nutritional and antioxidant potential of Indian Buckwheat grains, Indian J. of Traditional Knowlege,11,40-44, 2012.

103.Gouri Satpathy, Yogesh Kumar Tyagi & Rajinder Kumar Gupta, Validation of LC-MS/MS electrospray ionization method for estimation of oxytocin in fruits and vegetables; surveillance of residues of oxytocin in watermelon, bottle-gourd, pumpkin, cucumber and brinjal” , Electronic Journal of Environment, Agricultural & Food Chemistry , 127, 1300-1308, 2011.

102. Gouri Satpathy, Yogesh Kumar Tyagi & Rajinder Kumar Gupta, "Removal of organophosphorus (OP) pesticide residues from vegetables using various washing solutions and boiling", Journal of Agricultural Science, 4(2), 69-78, 2011.

101. Gouri Satpathy, Yogesh Kumar Tyagi & Rajinder Kumar Gupta, "A quick method for surveillance
of 59 pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables using rapid three-dimensional gas chromatography (GC/MSD/µ-ECD/FPD) and LC/MS-MS" , European Journal of Chemistry , 2(4), 524-534,2011.

100. Gouri Satpathy, Yogesh Kumar Tyagi & Rajinder Kumar Gupta, Preliminary evaluation of nutraceutical & therapeutic potential of raw Spondias pinnata K., an exotic fruit, Food Research International , 44, 2076-2087, 2011.

99. Gouri Satpathy, Yogesh Kumar Tyagi & Rajinder Kumar Gupta, A novel optimized and validated method for analysis of multi residues of pesticides in fruits and vegetables using Microwave-reaction system (MRS)- Dispersive solid phase extraction(d-SPE)-Retention time locked(RTL)-Gas chromatography–Mass spectrometry with Deconvolution reporting software (DRS), Food Chemistry, 127, 1300-1308, 2011.

98. Deepika Gupta, R. Bhardwaj and Rajinder K. Gupta, In Vitro evaluation of antioxidant activity of extracts from the leaves of Abies pindrow Royle, and antimicrobial activity, African Journal of Tradit. Complentary Med. , 8(4), 391-397, 2011.

97. Deepika Gupta, Bruce Bleakley and Rajinder K. Gupta, Phytochemical analysis & antioxidant activity of herbal plant Doronicum hookeri Hook f. (Asteraceae), J. of Medicinal Plants Research , 5(13), 2736- 2742, 2011.

96. Renu Singh , G. Sumana, Rachna Verma, Seema Sood, K. N. Sood, Rajinder. K. Gupta and B. D. Malhotra, Fabrication of Neisseria gonorrhoeae biosensor based on Chitosan-MWCNT Platform,  Thin Solid Films : 519, 1135–1140, 2010 .

95. Renu Singh , Rachna Verma, Ajeet kaushik, G. Sumana, Seema Sood, Rajinder. K. Gupta, and B. D. Malhotra, Chitosan-Iron Oxide Nano-composite Platform for Mismatch-Discriminating DNA Hybridization for detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae causing Sexually Transmitted Disease, Biosensors and Bioelectronics , 26, 2967-2974, 2011.

94. Renu Singh , G. Sumana, Rachna Verma, Seema Sood, M. K. Pandey , Rajinder. K. Gupta and B. D. Malhotra, Self Assembled Monolayer Based DNA Sensor for detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae causing Sexually Transmitted Disease,. J of Biotechnology , 150, 357-365, 2010 .

93. Bharti, Anand A. L. Nagpure and Rajinder K. Gupta, Biotransformation of Curcumin to Vanillin, Indian J. of Chemistry (Sec-B), 50B, August, 1119-1122, 2011.

92. Rahul K. Negi, Gouri Satpathy, Yogesh K. Tyagi and Rajinder K. Gupta, Biosorption of Heavy metals by utilizing the Onion and Garlic wastes, International journal of Environment & Waste Management, 2012 (in press).

91. Deepika Gupta, Bruce Bleakley and Rajinder K. Gupta, Bioprotective properties of D ragon's blood resin; In Vitro evaluation of antioxidant activity and antimicrobial activity, BMC Complementary & Alternative Medicine, 11-13, 2011.

90. Pratibha Nand, Sushma Drabu, and Rajinder K. Gupta, Implications of E-commerce in Health Care System, International Journal of Community Pharmacy , 2(3), 11-12, 2009.

89. Pratibha Nand, Sushma Drabu, and Rajinder K. Gupta, “Ethno pharmacological Approach in Skincare”, J. of Ethno pharmacology, 2012. (under revision).

88. Renu Singh, Bansi Malhotra, Gajajala Sumana, Seema Sood , Rajinder K. Gupta, Polyaniline/carbon nanotubes platform for sexually transmitted disease detection. Journal of Molecular Recognition 23, 472- 479, 2010.

87. Renu Singh, Bansi Malhotra, Gajajala Sumana, Seema Sood , Rajinder K. Gupta, STD Sensor Based on Nucleic Acid Functionalized Nanostructured Polyaniline. Biosensors and Bioelectronics , 24, 2232- 2238, 2009.

86. Deepika Gupta, Bruce Bleakley and Rajinder K. Gupta, Cost-effective screening for antibacterial & antifungal activity. Natural Product Radiance, 8(5), 494-497, 2009.

85. Pratibha Nand, and Rajinder K. Gupta, Teaching Special Learner - A Challenge. New Frontiers in Education Int. Journal of Education), 41 (3), 231-237, 2008.

84. Y.K. Tyagi, H.G. Raj, and R. K. Gupta, Synthesis of novel triazoles and their antifungal activity evaluation, Indian J. of Physiology & Applied Sciences , 61(1), 8-15, 2008.

83. Y.K. Tyagi, Shvetambari, H.G. Raj, and Rajinder K. Gupta, In vitro antioxidant evaluation of 4- methylcoumarin derivatives, Asian Journal of Chemistry, 22, 3622-3628, 2010.

82. Y.K. Tyagi, Shvetambari, H.G. Raj, and Rajinder K. Gupta, Synthesis of novel 4-methylcoumarin derivatives & comparative specificities of substituted derivatives for acetoxy drug: protein transacetylase, Scientia Pharmaceutica ( Vienna ), 76, 395-414, 2008.

81. Shalini, Dolly Wattal Dhar and Rajinder K. Gupta. Morphological and physiochemical characterization of Calothrix strains, Microbiology (Springer), 80, 411-419, 2011

80. Shalini, Dolly Wattal Dhar and Rajinder K. Gupta. Morphological and molecular characterization of Calothrix strains. Acta Botanica, Hugarica , 52(1-2), 195-216, 2009.

79. Deepika Gupta, Bruce Bleakley and Rajinder K. Gupta, Dragon's Blood: Botany, chemistry and therapeutic uses . Journal of Ethnopharmacology , 115(3), 361-380, 2008 .

78. M. Husain, S. A. Ansari, P. K. Mohapatra, Rajinder. K Gupta, A. K. Prasad, V. S. Parmar and V. K. Manchanda. Extraction Chromatography of Lanthanides Using N , N , N ', N '-Tetraoctyl Diglycolamide (TODGA) as the Stationary Phase, Desalination, 229, 294-301, 2008.

77. Shalini, Rajinder K. Gupta and Dolly Wattal Dhar. Phylogenetic Analysis of Cynobacterial stains of genus- Calothrix by single & multiplex Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA-PCR. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology , 24, 927-935, 2008.

76. Shalini, Rajinder K. Gupta, Sunil Pabbi and Dolly Wattal Dhar. Protocol Optimization of RAPD in Cynobacteria. Indian Journal of Biotechnology , 6 (4), 549-552, 2007.

75. Debu Bhattacharya, Anand Nagpure & Rajinder K. Gupta Bacterial Chitinases: Properties & Potential, Crit. Rev. Biotechnology , 27, 21-28, 2007.

74. Shalini, Rajinder K. Gupta and Dolly Wattal Dhar. Physiology and phylogenetic analysis of cyanobacteria. Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment Vol.5 (1): 369-374. 2007 .

73. Arora K, Summana G, Saxena V, Gupta Rajinder.K, Gupta S.K, Yakhmi J.V, Subash chand, Malhotra, B.D. Improved Performance of ployaniline-Uricase Biosensor, Analytica Chimica Acta 594, 17-23, 2007.

72. Shalini, B.V.Singh, D.W.Dhar and Rajinder.K.Gupta. Molecular Approaches to Cyanobacteria. In: R.K.Gupta and Vidhya Dhar Pandey (eds.), Advances in applied Phycology . Daya Publishing Home, New Delhi , pp.213-228.

71. M. Husain, V. Kumar, R. Kumar, N.A. Shakil, A.K. Prasad, Rajinder K. Gupta, S.V. Malhotra, A.C. Watterson and V.S. Parmar, Novel Enantioselective Reactions on (±) Aryl Alkyl ketones by Native and Modified PPL, Biocatalysis & Biotransformation , May-June, 28(3), 172-184, 2010.

70. Nelanshu Shekar, D. Bhattacharya, D.Kumar & Rajinder K. Gupta, Biocontrol of wood-rotting fungi using Streptomyces violaceusniger XL-2, Canadian J. of Microbiology , 52(9), 809-808, 2006.

69. Vishal Govil & Rajinder K. Gupta, Biotechnology in Germany : Opportunities for India , The Journal of Indian Management Strategy, 11(2), April-Jun. 2006.

68. Shalini, B.V.Singh and R.K.Gupta. (2006) Biotechnological potentials of cyanobacteria. In: R.K.Gupta and Vidhya Dhar Pandey (eds.), Glimpses of cyanobacteria. Daya Publishing Home, New Delhi , pp.299-313.

67. P. Appukkuttan, M. Husain, R. K. Gupta, V. S. Parmar and E. V. D. Eycken, Fully Chemoselective One- Pot Cross-Stille Reaction of Benzylic halides with 2(1 H ) Pyrazinon, Synlett, , 10, 1491-1496, 2006.

66. Debu Bhattacharya & Rajinder K. Gupta, Nanotechnology and Potential of Microorganisms, Critical Reviews in Biotechnology , 25, 199-204, 2005.

65. Umesh Gupta and RK.Gupta. Transfer of Technology to Biotech. Industry in India , The Journal of Indian Management Strategy ) July-September, 4-11, 2005.

64. Megha Goyal, Umesh Gupta and RK.Gupta. Bioenrepreneurship in India , The Journal of Indian Management Strategy , 10(2), April-June 11-15, 2005.

63. Rachit Gupta and RK.Gupta. Prioritization of Biotechnology in India , The Journal of Indian Management Strategy , 10 (1), 4-8, 2005.

62. Dishant Kumar and RK.Gupta. Actinomycetes as Biocontrol Agents, Indian Journal of Biotechnology 5, 20-25, 2006.

61. M. Husain, B.K. Singh, Rajinder K. Gupta, V.K. Manchanda, C.E. Olsen, A.K. Parsad & V.S. Parmar, Novel Lipase-catalyzed enantioselective amidation of aliphatic acids, Tetrahedron Letters , 40, 4511-4514, 2005.

60. Y.K. Tyagi, H.G. Raj, Pankaj Kumar and R. K. Gupta, Synthesis of novel 4-Methyl coumarins & evaluation of their antioxidant activity, European J. of Medicinal Chemistry , 40, 413-420, 2005.

59. G. Singh, Y.K. Tyagi, A. Kumar, M.Tyagi, Rajinder K. Gupta, Interaction of Nucleic acid with metal ion: Effect of temperature on condensed complexes, Int. J. of Bioscience Reporter , 2 (2), 600-607, 2004.

58. A.Kumar, M. Husain, V.S. Parmar and few more names and RK.Gupta. Synthesis of Novel Hetrocyclic Compounds: Route to Pyrazolyl-1, 2,3-Triazoles & their Biological activity Profile. Indian Journal of Chemistry , 42B, 1950-1957, 2003.

57. RK.Gupta, L.A. Deobald D. J. Roberts and DL Crawford Biotransformations of coal and coal substructure model compounds by bacteria under aerobic and anaerobic conditions in Proceedings: 1990 First International Symposium on the Biological Processing of Coal , EPRI GS-6970, September, 4/29 - 4/43, 1990.

56. RK.Gupta, D.A. Kundra, A. Pometto and DL Crawford. Properties of a modified lignin polymer during Lignocellulose degradation by Streptomyces as an antimicrobial agent and as an immunoadjuvant, Biotechnology for fuels and chemicals , 4S DOE, 12, 1986.

55. DL Crawford, and RK.Gupta. Microbial depolymerization of coal, in Microbial Transformation of Low Rank Coals , Crawford, D. L., ed. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, chap. 4, 171-211, 1992.

54. RK.Gupta and DL Crawford. Characterization of extracellular bacterial enzymes, which depolymerize a soluble lignite coal polymer, Fuel, 70, 577-580 (1991).

53. RK.Gupta and DL Crawford. Oxidation of dibenzothiophene by Cunninghamella elegans , Curr. Microbiol . 21:229-231, 1990.

52. RK.Gupta and DL. Crawford Influence of cultural parameters on the depolymerization of a soluble lignite coal by Pseudomonas cepacia DLC-07 . Resources, Recycling, and Conservation , 5:245-254, 1991.

51. RK.Gupta, D.A. Deobald and DL Crawford. Depolymerization and chemical modification of lignite coal by Pseudomonas cepacia strain DLC-07. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnology. 24/25:899-911, (1990).

50. RK.Gupta, JK.Spiker and DL Crawford. Biotransformation of coal by ligninolytic Streptomyces . Can. J. Microbiol . 34:667-674 (1988).

49. F.Bohlmann, A. Bhimsen, J. Zeische, and RK.Gupta. Germacranolide from Cyathocline lutea . Phytochemistry 23:1181-1183 (1984).

48. F.Bohlmann, and RK.Gupta. New cadinene derivatives from Heterotheca latifolia . Phytochemistry 21:2982-2984 (1982).

47. F.Bohlmann, and RK.Gupta. New furanoheliangolides from Calea villosa . Phytochemistry 21:2593-2595 (1982).

46. F.Bohlmann, and RK.Gupta. New furanoheliangolides and farnesol derivatives from Celea hispida . Phytochemistry 21:2899-2903 (1982).

45. F.Bohlmann, and RK.Gupta. Two new furanoheliangolides from Calea angusta Blake. Phytochemistry 21:2117-2118 (1982).

44. F.Bohlmann, R. Mathur, RK.Gupta and J. Jakupovic. New furanoheliangolides and other compounds from Calea hymenolepsis . Phytochemistry 21:2045-2048 (1982).

43. F.Bohlmann, and RK.Gupta. New eremophilene and germacrene derivative from Senecio glandulosopilosus . Phytochemistry 21:2595-2597 (1982).

42. F.Bohlmann, RK.Gupta and J. Jakupovic. New oplopanone and bisabolone derivative from Rugelianudi caulis . Phytochemistry 21:1765-1768 (1982).

41. F.Bohlmann, and RK.Gupta. New ineupatorolide-like sesquiterpene lactones from Dittrichia viscosa . Phytochemistry 21:1443-1445 (1982).

40. F.Bohlmann, and RK.Gupta. ß-Hydroxy dehydrozaluzanin-C from Andryala pinnatifida . Phytochemistry 21:1799-1800 (1982).

39. F.Bohlmann, J. Zeiesche and RK.Gupta. Two new tricyclic sesquiterpenes from Senecio anteuphorbium and Ursinia nana . Phytochemistry 21:1331-1334 (1982).

38. F.Bohlmann, and RK.Gupta. New guaianolides and furanosesquiterpenes from Ursinia nana . Phytocehmistry 21:1309-1312 (1982).

37. F.Bohlmann, RK.Gupta and J. Jakupovic. A further sesquiterpene lactone esterified with a sesquiterpenic acid. Phytochemistry 21:460-461 (1982).

36. F.Bohlmann, L.Miller and RK.Gupta. New hirsutinolides from Vernonia species. Phytochemistry 20:2233- 2237 (1981).

35. F.Bohlmann, W.Kramp and RK.Gupta. New guaianolides and other constituents from Kaunia species . Phytochemistry 20:2375-2378 (1981)

34. F.Bohlmann, C.Zedro and R.K. Gupta. Further notonipetrone like sesquiterpenes from Senecio kleinia . Phytochemistry 20:2024-2026 (1981).

33. F.Bohlmann, and RK.Gupta. New guaianolides from Centaurea canariensis . Phytochemistry 20:2773-2775 (1981).

32. F.Bohlmann , A.Alder, Schuster, and RK.Gupta. New diterpenes from Mikania species. Phytochemistry 20:1899-1902 (1981).

31. RK.Gupta, A.Rustaiyan, M.Dabri and F.Bohlmann. Alpha-Bisabolol-6-desoxy-ß-altropyranoside from Carthamus trukistaniku . Phytochemistry 20:1429-1430 (1981).

30. F.Bohlmann, RK.Gupta and J. Jakupovic. Eudesmanolides and heliangolides from Calea rotundifolia . Phytochemistry 20:1635-1637 (1981).

29. F.Bohlmann, RK.Gupta. Prostaglandin like fatty acid derivative from Chromenolaena morii . Phytochemistry 20:1417-1418 (1981).

28. F.Bohlmann, RK.Gupta. New cadinene derivatives from Agertino adenophora . Phytochemistry 20:1432- 1433, (1981).

27. F.Bohlmann, RK.Gupta and J. Jakupovic. New germacranolides and other constituents from Eremathus species. Phytochemistry 20:1609-1612 (1981).

26. F.Bohlmann, RK.Gupta and J. Jakupovic. New secco-eremophilanolides from Senecio macrotis . Phytochemistry 20:1155-1157 (1981).

25. F.Bohlmann, RK.Gupta and J. Jakupovic. A new acylpyrrol derivative and further constituents from Jamaican representatives of the tribe Senecioneae . Phytochemistry 20:831-832 (1981).

24. Bohlmann, and RK.Gupta. A new clerodane and tremetone derivative from Bahianthus viscidus . Phytochemistry 20:331-332 (1981).

23. F.Bohlmann, and RK.Gupta . New diterpenes and a sesquiterpene lactone from Acritopappus longifolius . Phytochemistry 20:275-279 (1981).

22. RK.Gupta, A.Islam and MK.Murti. New synthesis of ovaliflavanone-A, ovaliflavanone-B and ovalichromene-B. Indian. J. Chem . 20B:21-22 (1981).

21. F.Bohlmann, RK.Gupta and J. Jakupovic. Allenic germacranolides, bourbonene derived lactones and their constituents from Veronia species. Phytochemistry 20:473-480 (1981).

20. F.Bohlmann, RK.Gupta and J. Jakupovic. Über das erste sesquiterpenlacton mit einer allengruppe aus Vernoia cotoneaster . Liebigs Ann. Chem ., pp. 1904-1906 (1980).

19. F.Bohlmann, RK.Gupta and J. Jakupovic. New Eudesmane derivatives form Verbesina species. Phytochemistry 19:2391-1401 (1980).

18. F.Bohlmann, C.Zedro and RK.Gupta and. New diterpenes and tetraorditerpenes from Acritopappus species. Phytochemistry 19:2695-2705 (1980).

17. E.A. Sherif, RK.Gupta and MK.Murti. Synthesis of chalkones, flavanones isolated from Popowia cauliflora and their analogues. Agric. Biol. Chem . ( Japan ) 45:531-533 (1981)

16. RK.Gupta, SK. Balani and MK.Murti. Synthesis of 5-hydroxy-3',4',5',7-tetramethoxy-8-prenylflavanone. Indian J. Chem. Soc. 57:1238-1239 (1980).

\15. RK.Gupta, EA. Sherif and MK.Murti. Synthesis of Milletenin-B. Indian J. Chem . 19B:905 (1980).

14. RK.Gupta, E.A. Sherif and MK.Murti. Synthesis of 3,6-dimethylchromeno (7,8-2", 3") flavone. Indian J. Chem . 19(7): 616-617 (1980).

13. RK.Gupta, A.Islaam and MK.Murti. Furanochalkone and prenylated flavanones from M. ovalifolia seeds. Phytochemistry 19:1558-1559 (1980).

12. RK.Gupta, J. Parthasarathy and MK.Murti. Purpurin, a new flavanone from Tephrosia purpurea seeds. Phytochemistry 19:1264 (1980).

11. RK.Gupta, EA. Sherif and MK.Murti. Anomalous AlCl 3 induced UV shift of C-alkylated polyphenols. Tetrahedron Lett . 21:641-642 (1980).

10. RK.Gupta, A. Islam and MK.Murti. Photochemical synthesis of naturally occurring ß-diketones. Tetrahedron Lett . 4879-4880 (1979).

9. RK.Gupta, J.Parthasarathi and MK.Murti. Synthesis of some recently isolated chalcones: Their analogues and corresponding flavanones. Agric. Biol. Chem . ( Japan ) 43:2603-2605 (1979).

8. RK.Gupta and MK.Murti. Ovalin, a new pipecolic acid from M. ovalifolia seeds. Phytochemistry 18:1021- 1022 (1979).

7. RK.Gupta and MK.Murti. Synthetic and natural analogues of Ovalichalkone. Indian J. Chem . 17B:291- 293 (1979).

6. RK.Gupta and MK.Murti. A new dibenzoylmethane and chalkone derivatives from M. ovalifolia seeds. Phytochemistry 16:1104-1105 (1977).

5. RK.Gupta and MK.Murti. A new prenylated chalkone from M. ovalifolia seeds: Structure and synthesis. Phytochemistry 16:293 (1977).

4. RK.Gupta and MK.Murti. Synthesis of Odoratin, Indian J. Chem . 14B:1011-1012 (1976).

3. RK.Gupta and MK.Murti. Chromenoflavanones from M. ovalifolia seeds: Structure and synthesis. Phytochemistry 15:2011 (1976).

2. RK.Gupta and MK.Murti. Pyranoflavanone from M. ovalifolia seeds: Structure and synthesis. Phytochemistry 15:1795 (1976).

1. RK.Gupta and MK.Murti. Prenylated flavanones from M. ovalifolia seeds: Structure and synthesis. Phytochemistry 15:832-883 (1976).

Book Chapters

• Microbial depolymerization of coal, in Microbial Transformation of Low Rank Coals , Crawford, D. L., ed. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, chap. 4, 171-211, 1992.
• Shalini, B.V.Singh and R.K.Gupta. (2006) Biotechnological potentials of cyanobacteria. In: R.K.Gupta and Vidhya Dhar Pandey (eds.), Glimpses of cyanobacteria. Daya Publishing Home, New Delhi , pp.299-313, 2006.
• Shalini, B.V.Singh, D.W.Dhar and R.K.Gupta. (2007) Molecular Approaches to Cyanobacteria. In: R.K.Gupta and Vidhya Dhar Pandey (eds.), Advances in applied Phycology. Daya Publishing Home, New Delhi , pp.213-228, 2007.

Prof. Rajinder K. Gupta