Papers by Surendra Prasad
Acta Alimentaria, 2020
The present paper reports that significant genetic variability was evident in Fe, Zn, β-carotene,... more The present paper reports that significant genetic variability was evident in Fe, Zn, β-carotene, and phytic acid (phytate, PA) contents in a set of 39 diverse maize genotypes collected from maize breeding programme of hill agriculture, India. The Fe, Zn, β-carotene, and PA concentrations were found to be in the range 19.31–50.64 mg kg−1, 12.60–37.18 mg kg−1, 0.17–8.27 µg g−1, and 6.59–7.13 g kg−1, respectively. The genotypes V335, V420, V393, V416, V414, V372, and V351 were identified to have higher concentration of β-carotene, Fe, and Zn but lower amount of PA. Possible availability of the minerals Fe and Zn was determined using molar ratio between PA as inhibitor and β-carotene as promoter for their absorption. The micronutrient molar ratio showed that Fe and Zn traits could be dependent of each other. Low R2 value revealed relation between β-carotene and kernel colour. The selected genotypes could be considered as potential sources of favourable genes for further breeding progra...
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A novel series of complexes of lanthanides(III) with 4[N-(furfuralamino]antipyrine semicarbazone ... more A novel series of complexes of lanthanides(III) with 4[N-(furfuralamino]antipyrine semicarbazone (FFAAPS) as the primary ligand and diphenyl sulfoxide (DPSO) as the secondary ligand with the general composition LnX3(FFAAPS)nDPSO (X = NO3-, n = 1; X = NCS- or ClO4-, n = 2; Ln = La3+, Pr3+, Nd3+, Sm3+, Gd3+, Tb3+, Dy3+ or Ho3+), is reported. All the synthesized complexes were characterized through various physico-chemical techniques i.e. elemental analysis, conductance measurements and magnetic susceptibilities, spectroscopic and thermal studies. The coordinated FFAAPS behaved as tridentate N,N,O-donor, while DPSO acted as unidentate oxygen donor. Nitrates were bicovalently bonded, while the thiocyanate was coordinated through N-atom. Perchlorate ions did not participate in the coordination sphere. The absorption bands of the representative Pr(III), Nd(III) and Sm(III) complexes in the visible and near infrared region appeared due to transitions from the ground levels to the excited J...
Applied Spectroscopy Reviews
Analytical Methods
A novel, simple, sensitive and rapid spectrophotometric method for the determination of selenium(... more A novel, simple, sensitive and rapid spectrophotometric method for the determination of selenium(iv) in an acidic medium using rhodamine B hydrazide (RBH) has been developed.
Applied Spectroscopy Reviews
Abstract Contamination of the environment by pollutants like heavy metals is a growing phenomenon... more Abstract Contamination of the environment by pollutants like heavy metals is a growing phenomenon mainly driven by anthropogenic activities. The presence and mobility of metals in ecosystems lead to the contamination of marine resources and several materials. Accurate monitoring of metals concentration in various samples is of importance in order to minimize bio–magnification and health hazards resulting from their exposure. While much works have been carried out in developed countries, very little work has been conducted in Pacific Island Countries (PICs). Consequently, it is essential to have a general understanding of the basic methods of elemental analysis. The present review looks at the analytical methods which have been applied in the South Pacific Islands over the last three decades to characterize and report the environmental presence of heavy metals. The most sensitive techniques of elemental analysis such as atomic absorption/emission spectrometry, mass spectrometry, catalytic kinetic methods and nuclear techniques have been discussed with their applications in a range of sample matrices. An in–depth review of available studies points to activities such as mining, agriculture, manufacturing and poor waste disposal as major sources of these pollutants in PICs. The health impacts and human risk factors have briefly been discussed.
Applied Spectroscopy Reviews
The purpose of this study was absorption spectrometric assessment the soil health of the soil fro... more The purpose of this study was absorption spectrometric assessment the soil health of the soil from the taro growing areas of Taveuni, Fiji. The soil samples were collected in four cycles during taro cultivation period. The soil samples were analyzed for macronutrients (Ca, Mg, K, P and NO 3-N), soil organic matter (SOM) and soil pH. In general, the soil pH at all sites showed lower than the ideal pH (5.6-6.6) for taro planting throughout the cropping cycle. The results showed the significant loss in SOM from taro planting (15.41%) till harvesting (5.63%). Pronounced decrease in levels NO 3-_ N (18.29 to 13.86 mg kg À1), P (45.97 to 25.71 mg kg À1), K (77.90 to 22.96 mg kg À1), Ca (62.20 to 27.59 mg kg À1) and Mg (316.10 to 121.48 mg kg À1) were recorded from planting till harvesting for different sites. There was significant reduction in the soil macronutrients and SOM in all the four study sites and some sites showed below critical level and critical to medium levels of these nutrients in the soil at the end of the harvesting period of taro. The statistical analysis of the soil test data confirmed the declining trend of the soil health on the island of Taveuni, Fiji.
RSC Advances
The feasibility of using eco-friendly biodegradable arginine functionalized magnetic nanoparticle... more The feasibility of using eco-friendly biodegradable arginine functionalized magnetic nanoparticle entrapped chitosan beads (AFMNPECBs) for simultaneous removal of three metal ions from water samples was evaluated under different conditions.
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Studies have claimed that road dust and roadside soil are potential banks of pollutants generally... more Studies have claimed that road dust and roadside soil are potential banks of pollutants generally in urban areas. Thus, quantifying the concentrations of metals in an urban area is a prerequisite for assessing pollution and their health effects. Hence, this study reports the concentration of the metals, such as Cd, Co, Cr, Ni, Cu, Pb, Zn, and Fe, in the road dust and the roadside soil of Suva City. A total number of 45 road dust and 36 roadside soil samples were collected at 18 different locations around Suva City with potential traffic influence and analysed. The respective metals concentration in the road dust and roadside soil samples of Suva City were Cd (3.7 and 3.1 mg/kg), Co (35.0 and 33.2 mg/kg), Cr (40.0 and 34.0 mg/kg), Ni (54.3 and 32.4 mg/kg), Cu (172.3 and 265.7 mg/kg), Pb (71.0 and 59.3 mg/kg), Zn (685.0 and 507.0 mg/kg), and Fe (41,010.4 and 39,525.5 mg/kg) and showed the decreasing order as Fe > Zn > Cu > Pb > Ni > Cr > Co > Cd and Fe > Zn > Cu > Pb > Cr > Co > Ni > Cd for road dust and roadside soil, respectively. Furthermore, the mean values of the metals surpassed their background levels, except for Fe, whereas the mean values of Cd, Ni, Cu, and Zn have exceeded their permissible limits in road dust. Similarly, Cd, Cu, and Zn have exceeded their permissible limit in roadside soil except for Ni. The geo-accumulation index (Igeo) assessment of Suva City road dust thus indicated nonpolluted to moderate pollution by Ni and Cu and moderate pollution by Zn. The Igeo assessment of the roadside soil showed moderately polluted by Cu and Zn but no pollution from the remaining studied metals. Overall, the study indicated that the sampling locations at an industrial site of Suva City is highly predominated with almost all of the studied metals and is a concern to the general public who live and work within the vicinity of Walu Bay industrial area.
Microchemical Journal
The spectrophotometric kinetic method was validated for the determination of iodine in different ... more The spectrophotometric kinetic method was validated for the determination of iodine in different food samples. The method is based on the iodide catalysed reduction of Ce 4+ to Ce 3+ by As 3+. The absorbance of the kinetic indicator reaction was measured at 370 nm for exactly 1 min at 37°C. The change in absorbance per min, as a measure of initial rate, was plotted against the different iodine concentrations to achieve a linear calibration equation with the R 2 value of 0.9998 which showed excellent reproducibility. The limit of detection (LOD) was 1.54 ng/mL and the limit of quantification (LOQ) was 4.90 ng/mL. The incineration of the food organic matter was achieved by ashing the food samples at 600°C using KOH and ZnSO 4 in steps for 3 h. Trace levels of iodine (ng) were determined successfully using the validated spectrophotometric kinetic method for the 9 food samples (36 sub-samples). The Fiji seaweeds, lumiwawa (brown seaweed) showed the highest iodine content being 6373.30 ± 0.39 ng/g followed by sea grapes (green seaweed) 1162.81 ± 0.61 ng/g, lettuce 114.81 ± 0.08 ng/g, English cabbage 108.40 ± 0.06 ng/g, Chinese cabbage 104.01 ± 0.06 ng/g, pumpkin 101.24 ± 0.08 ng/g, long bean 97.61 ± 0.10 ng/g, banana 76.18 ± 0.10 ng/g and tomato 40.32 ± 0.04 ng/ g. The coefficient of variation for the sample analysis was < 5.31% with a mean and standard deviation of 2.55 ± 0.17% for the food samples analysed. The recovery analysis of iodine from standard samples ranged from 99.84 ± 0.91% to 100.24 ± 5.92% with an excellent average recovery of 100.06 ± 3.16%. The analytical coefficient of variation was calculated to be 0.34% for the food samples analysed. This shows exceptional system analytical stability of the method used in this study.
The South Pacific Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences
Fiji is highly populated with plants containing essential oils (EO). The essential oils extracted... more Fiji is highly populated with plants containing essential oils (EO). The essential oils extracted from the leaves of the selected Fijian leafy plants were screened against two Gram-negative bacteria (Salmonella typhimurium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and three Gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis and Bacillus subtilis). The agar diffusion method was used to examine the antimicrobial activities of the extracted EO. All the EO tested showed antibacterial properties against one or more strains while none of the EO was active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Viburnum lantana (Wayfaring tree), Annona muricata (Soursop), Coleus amboinicus (Spanish thyme) and Cinnamomum zeylancium (Cinnamon) showed good inhibition against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and proved as worthy source of antimicrobial agent. These findings will help the Pacific population to use the studied plants leaves as antimicrobial agent.
Food chemistry, Jan 15, 2016
The present study reports contents and the bioavailability of Fe and Zn from 25 selected raw and ... more The present study reports contents and the bioavailability of Fe and Zn from 25 selected raw and cooked food samples. The results showed highest variation of Fe content in raw food samples ranging from 2.19±0.04 to 0.93±0.03mg/100g in legumes. The raw black eye bean, cheese and fish showed high Zn content up to 8.85±0.01, 12.93±0.26 and 172.03±5.09mg/100g, respectively. Pulses and cereals showed high level of ionizable Fe. Zn bioavailability was quite low in cereals as compared to pulses; 4.02% in yellow split to 17.40% in Bengal gram. Zn bioavailability of 17.40% is in cheese. Fe bioavailability is high in cooked rice 160.60%, white bread 428.30% and milk powder 241.67% showing that Fe bioavailability increased after cooking whereas the lowest in fish 0.84%. The multivariate and cluster analysis categorized studied foods into two main groups.
Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Dec 1, 2004
Lanthanides form the longest 4f-inner transition series in the periodic table. Over the past two ... more Lanthanides form the longest 4f-inner transition series in the periodic table. Over the past two decades, there has been a great interest in the coordination chemistry of the lanthanide coordination compounds in solution in general and in aqueous solution in particular. Lanthanide(III) ions from complexes with various types of ligands. The structure of a lanthanide complex is governed by the factors such as preserving a spherical symmetry for the central metal ion, minimizing ligand-ligand and metal-metal repulsions and the steric requirements of the ligands. In recent years, a considerable amount of work has been carried out on the coordination compounds of lanthanides(III) ions with Schiff base ligands to model the physical and chemical behaviour of biological lanthanide(III) systems. Schiff bases of 4aminoantipyrine and their complexes have a variety of applications in analytical, biological, clinical and pharmacological areas. The coordinating properties of 4-aminoantipyrine have been modified to give a variety of ligands formed by condensation with aryl aldehydes, ketones, semicarbazides, thiosemicarbazides, etc. We have synthesized and reported a large number of lanthanide(III) complexes of 4-aminoantipyrine derivatives and have been characterized by various physico-chemical techniques. The present review summarizes mostly our work carried out on the lanthanide(III) complexes of Schiff bases of 4-aminoantipyrine and their properties.
Food chemistry, Jan 15, 2016
Commercial baby foods are an easy alternative to home-made meals especially for working parents i... more Commercial baby foods are an easy alternative to home-made meals especially for working parents in a nuclear family therefore it is imperative to determine the nitrate and nitrite content in commercially available baby foods varieties marketed in Fiji. A total of 108 baby food samples were analyzed for nitrate and nitrite using our standardized flow injection analysis (FIA) technique with colorimetric detection technique employing sulfanilamide and N-(1-naphthyl)ethylenediamine dihydrochloride as color reagents where the samples throughput was 38h(-1). The commercial baby food varieties chosen comprised of vegetables, cereals, fruits and milk. The study shows that the nitrate content of the baby foods studied ranges from 2.10 to 220.67mgkg(-1) whereas the nitrite content ranges from 0.44 to 3.67mgkg(-1). Typical recoveries of spiked nitrate residues ranged from 92% to 106%. The study shows that the average nitrate content of commercially available baby foods in Fiji descends below t...
Turkish Journal of Chemistry
The reactions of dioxouranium(VI) acetate with several semicarbazones derived from 4-aminoantipyr... more The reactions of dioxouranium(VI) acetate with several semicarbazones derived from 4-aminoantipyrine in the presence of diphenyl sulfoxide (DPSO) led to the formation of complexes corresponding to the formulae [UO2(CH3COO)2 (L).DPSO], where L = 4[N-(benzalidene)amino]antipyrinesemicarbazone (BAAPS), 4[N-(2-hydroxybenzalidene)-amino]antipyrinesemicarbazone (HBAAPS) 4[N-(4-methoxybenzalidene)amino] antipyrine semicarbazone (MBAAPS) 4[N-(4-dimethylaminobenzalidene)amino]-antipyrinesemicarbazone (DABAAPS) 4[N-(2-nitrobenzalidene)amino]antipyrine-semicarbazone (2-NO2 BAAPS) 4[N-(3-nitrobenzalidene)amino]antipyrine-semicarbazone (3-NO2BAAPS) 4[N-(4-nitrobenzalidene)amino]antipyrine-semicarbazone (4-NO2BAAPS), 4[N-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzalidene)amino]antipyrinesemicarbazone (HMBAAPS) 4[N-(2-hydroxy-1-naphthalidene)amino]-antipyrinesemicarbazone (HNAAPS) 4[N-(cinnamalidene)amino]antipyrine-semicarbazone (CAAPS) 4[N-(3 ,4 ,5-trimethoxybenzalidene)amino]antipyrine-semicarbazone (TMBAAPS) and 4[N-(furfural)amino]antipyrinesemicarbazone (FFAAPS). The complexes were characterised by means of elemental analyses, conductivity measurements, molecular weight, magnetic moments and infrared studies. The coordination number 10 is proposed for these complexes. Thermal properties of the representative complexes are also reported.
Journal of chemical education
The formation constant of iron(III) complex with glycine (Gly) ligand in aqueous acidic medium (0... more The formation constant of iron(III) complex with glycine (Gly) ligand in aqueous acidic medium (0.2 M HNO3, I = 0.2 M at 28 ± 1 °C) was determined spectrophotometrically in which a competing color reaction between Fe(III) and SCN– was used as an indicator reaction. Under the specified conditions Fe(III) formed 1:1 complexes, [Fe(SCN)]2+ and [Fe(Gly)]2+, with both of these ligands. The molar absorption coefficient and the formation constant of the [Fe(SCN)]2+ complex were determined graphically as well as through dynamic optimization of six parallel equations using Solver tool in Excel. Values thus obtained were subsequently used to calculate concentrations of uncoordinated iron(III) and glycine in the mixed-ligand solution. The principal advantage of the proposed method is that it offers a simple and convenient approach for an undergraduate laboratory demonstration of quantitative comparisons of formation constants using an inexpensive spectrophotometer and Excel software that are r...
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