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Parimelazhagan Thangaraj

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Parimelazhagan Thangaraj
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Parimelazhagan Thangaraj
Born (1973-06-16) 16 June 1973 (age 50)
Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu, India
🏳️ CitizenshipIndia
🎓 Alma materSt. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Tamil Nadu, India
Bharathiar University, Tamil Nadu, India
University of Hawaii
💼 Occupation
Known forBioprospecting of Medicinal Plants
🌐 Websitehttps://www.b-u.ac.in/
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Parimelazhagan Thangaraj[1][2][3] currently working as a Professor in the Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, and also the director of the University’s intellectual property rights (IPR) cell.[4] He is well known for his expertise in the field of phytomedicine and Bioprospecting of medicinal plants. He has committed his research to analyze and isolating various phytocompounds and evaluate valuable properties from traditional medicinal plants. The current activities in several research fields include phytomedicine, pharmacology, ethnomedicine, plant biochemistry, physiology and cancer biology.[5]

Early life and education[edit]

Parimelazhagan was born on 16 June 1973, Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu, India. He completed his schooling at St. Xavier Higher Secondary School, Purathakudi and later the Little Flower Higher Secondary School in Annamangalam. He completed his graduation (1990–1993) from St.Joseph's College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli and PhD from Bharathiar University under the guidance of Dr K. Francis.[6]

Professional career[edit]

Parimelazhagan has worked as a Scientist at Ladakh in Defence Research & Development Organization, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India. He has also worked as a Scientist in the Rubber Research Institute of India, Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India, Tura, Meghalaya. He joined Bharathiar University as a Reader in 2008. During this period, he received his doctorate and was further promoted as Associate Professor and Professor in 2011 and 2014, respectively. He was awarded Raman Fellowship for Post-Doctoral Research in 2014 for Indian Scholars in Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Hawaii, Hilo, USA by University Grand Commission, Govt. of India, and he researched for one year at Hawaii.[7] Added to the credits, he had authored few books and book chapters in his field of specialization.[8][9][10][11][12] His innovative research outcomes converted into patents, and three patents are granted to him. He has published more than 110 research publications in international and national peer-reviewed journals.[13][14][15][16][17] Currently, he is engaged in the investigation to find out some novel herbal drugs and nutraceutical product to treat some of the most common human diseases like diabetes and cancer.  He has travelled to various countries in connection with an academic purpose, most notably in the USA, Brazil, South Africa, Sweden, Malaysia and Singapore.[2]

Research projects and Patents[edit]

During his current position, he received funding from various agencies for his tremendous research goals of an innovative and novel approach in modern research and development. The areas of specialization include phytochemical and pharmacological investigations of medicinal plants, evaluation of fruits for Nutritional and Antioxidant properties, Qualitative extraction quantification of bioactive compounds, the combinatorial chemo-preventive potential of plants species against Breast cancer, development of nutraceuticals, a combination of photodynamic therapy on breast cancer therapy, development of dietary supplement and wound healing products, Biological fingerprinting of Medicinal plants against ulcer, the role of medicinal plants and drug discovery for cancer.[18][5][3][2] To add on more credits, he has been awarded three patents which are considered as a novel output with industrial application.[19][1]

Books coauthored/edited[edit]

  1. S. K. Dwivedi, T.Parimelazhagan et al., 2009. Seabuckthorn Hippophae sp.: The Golden Bush. (Ed.) Published by Satish Serial Publishing House, New Delhi. ISBN 8189304607.[11]
  2. T. Parimelazhagan, S.Manian and M.Pugalenthi. 2011. Herbal perspectives: Present and Future. (Ed.) Satish Serial Publishing House, New Delhi. ISBN 8189304917.[10]
  3. T. Parimelazhagan. 2012. Herbal drug research: Recent Trends and Progress: A research close to nature. (Ed.)  LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany. ISBN 978-3846558010.[20]
  4. T. Parimelazhagan. 2013. Traditional Herbal Medicine, (Ed.) Pointer Publishers, Jaipur, India. ISBN 9788171327430.[21]
  5. T. Parimelazhagan. 2013. Turning Plants into Medicines – Novel Approach, (Ed.)  New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi, India. ISBN 9789381450468.[9]
  6. T. Parimelazhagan. 2013. Scientific Basis of Herbal Medicine. (Ed.)  Astral International (P) Ltd, New Delhi. India. ISBN 9788170358732.[22]
  7. T. Parimelazhagan, 2015. Modern Methods in Phytomedicine. (Ed.) Astral International (P) Ltd, New Delhi. India. ISBN 978-93-5124-663-3[12]
  8. T. Parimelazhagan, 2016. Pharmacological Assays of Plant - Based Natural Products. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3-319-26810-1[2]
  9. T. Parimelazhagan, 2018. Medicinal Plants: Promising Future for Health and New Drugs. (Ed.) CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group Broken Sound Parkway NW. ISBN 978-08-1537-052-9[8]
  10. T. Parimelazhagan, 2019.  Phytomedicine: Research and Development. (Ed.) CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 9780367857592[23]

Awards and recognition[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mayilvaganan. "Bharathiar University patents method to make dietary supplement from palm seed embryo". Times of India. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Parimelazhagan, Thangaraj (2015-12-29). Pharmacological Assays of Plant-Based Natural Products. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-26811-8. Search this book on
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Parimelazhagan Thangaraj". scholar.google.co.in. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  4. ↑ Sep 2, Vishnu Swaroop / TNN / Updated; 2019; Ist, 22:37. "Bharathiar University to get first IPR policy | Coimbatore News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "ResearchGate".
  6. ↑ "Facebook". Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Curriculum vitae" (PDF). Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Parimelazhagan, Thangaraj (2018). Medicinal Plants: Promising Future for Health and New Drugs (First ed.). Boca Raton, FL. ISBN 978-1-351-04651-0. OCLC 1022758866. Search this book on
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 T. Parimelazhagan (2013). Turning plants into medicines: novel approaches. New Delhi: New India. ISBN 978-93-81450-46-8. OCLC 852742477. Search this book on
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 T. Parimelazhagan; S. Manian; M. Pugalenthi, eds. (2011). Herbal perspectives: present and future. Delhi: Satish Serial. ISBN 978-81-89304-91-1. OCLC 741247606. Search this book on
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Sanjai K. Dwivedi, ed. (2009). Seabuckthorn (hippophae spp.): the golden bush. Delhi: Satish Serial. ISBN 978-81-89304-60-7. OCLC 277477705. Search this book on
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Parimelazhagan, Thangaraj; Thangaraj (2015). Modern Methods in Phytomedicine. Daya Publishing House. ISBN 978-93-5130-684-9. Search this book on
  13. ↑ Sajeesh, Thankarajan; Arunachalam, Karuppusamy; Parimelazhagan, Tangaraj (2011-11-01). "Antioxidant and antipyretic studies on Pothos scandens L". Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine. 4 (11): 889–899. doi:10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60214-9. ISSN 1995-7645. PMID 22078952.
  14. ↑ Saravanan, Shanmugam; Parimelazhagan, Thangaraj (2014-06-01). "In vitro antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti-diabetic properties of polyphenols of Passiflora ligularis Juss. fruit pulp". Food Science and Human Wellness. 3 (2): 56–64. doi:10.1016/j.fshw.2014.05.001. ISSN 2213-4530.
  15. ↑ Murugan, Rajan; Parimelazhagan, Thangaraj (2014-10-01). "Comparative evaluation of different extraction methods for antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties from Osbeckia parvifolia Arn. – An in vitro approach". Journal of King Saud University - Science. 26 (4): 267–275. doi:10.1016/j.jksus.2013.09.006. ISSN 1018-3647.
  16. ↑ Parimelazhagan, T.; Chandran, Rahul (2010). "MEETING REPORT: Herbal medicine and natural drug research". Current Science. 99 (12): 1654–1655. ISSN 0011-3891. JSTOR 24073486.
  17. ↑ Parimelazhagan, T.; Chaurasia, O. P.; Ahmed, Z. (2005). "Seabuckthorn: Oil with promising medicinal value". Current Science. 88 (1): 8–9. ISSN 0011-3891. JSTOR 24110083.
  18. ↑ Oct 10, TNN / Updated; 2012; Ist, 06:34. "Heal your wounds with this herbal ointment | Coimbatore News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  19. ↑ "A Method To Isolate Isokaempferide From Acalypha Alnifolia - Patent". www.quickcompany.in. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  20. ↑ Herbal drug research : recent trends & progress : a research close to nature. Parimelazhagan Thangaraj. Saarbrucken: LAP LAMBERT Academic Pub. 2011. ISBN 978-3-8465-5801-0. OCLC 795990022. Search this book on
  21. ↑ Traditional herbal medicine. T. Parimelazhagan. Jaipur: Pointer Publishers. 2013. ISBN 978-81-7132-743-0. OCLC 854947575. Search this book on
  22. ↑ Scientific basis of herbal medicine. T. Parimelazhagan. New Delhi. 2013. ISBN 978-93-5130-154-7. OCLC 864675624. Search this book on
  23. ↑ Phytomedicine : research and development. T. Parimelazhagan (First ed.). Boca Raton, FL. 2020. ISBN 978-1-003-01489-8. OCLC 1152525823. Search this book on
  24. ↑ "Indian Society For Plant Physiology". www.ispponline.org. Retrieved 2021-03-27.


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