Chemistry and Biology of Antioxidants: Natural Products Based Antioxidants

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME 9th Indo-Italian Workshop on Chemistry and Biology of Antioxidants: Natural Products Based Antioxidants from Medicinal Plants as Leads Towards Development of Novel Drugs at Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi

Monday, 10th October 2011 Venue: Hall, University Guest House, University Road, University of Delhi

08.00 am - 09.00 am REGISTRATION 09.00 am - 10.20 am INAUGURATION

09.40 am - 10.20 am INAUGURAL LECTURE Professor S Chandrasekaran, IISc, Bangalore Synthetic Studies on Organoselenium Compounds as Antioxidants

10.20 am – 11.00 am HIGH TEA

11.00 am - 01.00 am Scientific Session I

Chairpersons Professor Luciano Saso and Professor JM Khurana

11.00 am - 10.30 am 30 min Professor Paolo Sarti, Sapienza University IL- 1 of Rome, Italy Nitric Oxide and Cell Respiration: Effectors and Pathophysiological Perspectives

11.30 am - 12.00 pm 30 min Professor Giuseppe Valacchi, University of IL- 2 Ferrara, Italy Anti-angiogenic Effects of Rottlerin

12.00 pm - 12.30 pm 30 min Professor MA Vijayalakshmi, VIT IL- 3 University, Vellore Antioxidants from Some of the Traditional Indian Plants Known for Anti- diabetic and Anti-inflammatory Activity and Protection from DNA Cleavage

1 12.30 pm – 01.00 pm 30 min Dr Rachele Riganò, National Institute of IL- 4 Health, Rome, Italy Redox Imbalance of Erythrocytes Impacts Immune and Endothelial Cells Homeostasis: Implication in Carotid Atherosclerosis

01.00 pm - 02.00 pm LUNCH BREAK

02.00 pm - 04.00 pm Scientific Session II

Chairpersons Professor Paolo Sarti and Professor SMS Chauhan

02.00 pm - 02.30 pm 30 min Professor VS Chauhan, ICGEB, New Delhi IL- 5 Design, Synthesis and Functional Characterization of Cationic Helical Peptides with Antimicrobial and Antifungal Activities

02.30 pm - 03.00 pm 30 min Professor Sandra Incerpi, University of IL- 6 Roma Tre, Rome, Italy Biological Activity of Isoflavones Antioxidants in Cells in Culture: Structure Activity Relationship

03.00 pm – 03.30 pm 30 min Dr SI Rizvi, University of Allahabad IL- 7 Evidence in Support of the Embattled ‘Oxidative Stress Theory of Aging’

03.30 pm – 04.00 pm 30 min Dr DK Mohapatra, IICT, Hyderabad IL- 8 Total Syntheses of Non-classical Acetogenins and their Analogs for Antioxidant Activity Studies

04.00 pm - 04.30 pm TEA BREAK

04.30 pm - 07.00 pm Scientific Session III

Chairpersons Professor Sandra Incerpi and Professor GS Chauhan

4.30 pm - 5.00 pm 30 min Professor Christophe Len, Compiègne, IL- 9 France Water Assisted Synthesis of Quinoline Derivatives Starting from Glycerol as Biomass Starting Material

5.00 pm - 5.30 pm 30 min Dr Alessandro Venditti, Sapienza IL- 10 University, Rome Dihydroasparagusic Acid, A Strong Anti- oxidant Natural Product from

2 Asparagus spp.

5.30 pm - 6.00 pm 30 min Dr Gautam Palit, CDRI, Lucknow IL- 11 Chronic Unpredictable Stress-Induced Brain Oxidative Damage and Its Amelioration by Novel Compounds from Ocimum sanctum- An Indian Medicinal Plants

6.00 pm - 6.30 pm 30 min Dr Ahmed Kamal, IICT, Hyderabad IL- 12 Development of New Cancer Therapeutics

6.30 pm - 7.00 pm 30 min Dr Zeenat Jahan, University Tor IL- 13 Vergata, Rome, Italy Analyzing Human Topoisomerase IB Role in DNA Damage Induced by Ionizing Radiation

Tuesday, 11th October 2011 09.00 am - 11.00 am Scientific Session IV

Chairpersons Professor Jens Pedersen and Dr G Relhan 09.00 am - 09.30 am 30 min Professor Ganesh Pandey, NCL, Pune IL- 14 Desymmetrization of Meso Olefinic C=C Bond via Chiral Ketalization: Application in the Total Synthesis of Natural Products

09.30 am - 10.00 am 30 min Dr Balaram Ghosh, IGIB, Delhi IL- 15 Ethyl 3′,4′,5′-Trimethoxythionocinnamate (ETMTC), A Novel Anti- inflammatory and Antioxidant Molecule

10.00 am - 10.30 am 30 min Dr Francesco Caruso, CNR, Rome, Italy IL- 16 Scavenging ROS by Resveratrol Derivatives: Mechanism of Action

10.30 am - 11.00 am 30 min Dr AJ Varma, NCL, Pune IL- 17 Chitosan, Cellulose and Carbohydrate-linked Synthetic Polymers as Biodegradable and

3 Biocompatible Polymeric Materials

11.00 am - 11.30 am TEA BREAK

11.30 am - 01.30 pm Scientific Session V

Chairpersons Professor Giuseppe Valacchi and Professor Pawan K Sharma

11.30 am - 12.00 pm 30 min Professor Rainer Haag, Free University IL- 18 Berlin, Germany Multivalent Anti-inflammatory Drugs: A New Multi-pathway Approach

12.00 pm - 12.30 pm 30 min Professor Maria Frosini, University of IL- 19 Siena, Italy Quercetin Prevent Brain Injury Induced by Ischemia and Reperfusion-like Conditions

12.30 pm - 01.00 pm 30 min Dr Alessandro Giuffrè, CNR, Rome, Italy IL- 20 Antioxidant Defense System in the Human Protozoan Parasite GIARDIA INSTESTINALIS

01.00 pm - 01.30 pm 30 min Professor Jens Pedersen, University Tor IL- 21 Vergata, Rome, Italy

01.30 pm - 02.30 pm LUNCH BREAK

02.30 pm - 04.30 pm Scientific Session VI

Chairpersons Professor Rainer Haag and Professor RK Sharma

02.30 pm - 03.00 pm 30 min Professor SMS Chauhan, University of IL- 22 Delhi, Delhi Organocatalysis with Porphyrinoids

03.00 pm - 03.30 pm 30 min Professor AK Chakraborty, NIPER, IL- 23 Mohali Designing Novel Anti-Inflammatory Scaffolds

03.30 pm - 04.00 pm 30 min Dr Shashi B Singh, DIPAS, Delhi IL- 24 Oxidative Stress at High Altitude and Role of Herbal Agents

04.00 pm - 04.30 pm 30 min Dr Elisabetta Profumo, National Institute IL- 25 of Health, Rome, Italy

4 Oxidative Stress Involvement in Autoimmune Responses to Heat Shock Protein 90 in Patients with Carotid Atherosclerosis

04.30 pm - 05.00 pm TEA BREAK

05.00 pm - 07.30 pm Scientific Session VII

Chairpersons Professor RK Saxena and Professor DS Rawat

05.00 pm - 05.30 pm 30 min Dr Bikash Medhi, PGI, Chandigarh IL- 26 Oxidative Stress and Experimentally Induced Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

05.30 pm - 06.00 pm 30 min Dr Giovanna Delogu, CNR, Sassari, Italy IL- 27 Dehydrozingerone-like Molecules and Biphenyl Dimers for Recognition of Effective Antioxidant and  -Synuclein interacting Molecules

06.00 pm – 06.30 pm 30 min Dr Amit Verma, INMAS, Delhi IL-28 Modification of Cellular Radiation Responses by 7,8-Diacetoxy-4-methylcoumarin (DAMC) in Cells: Is There A Role of Calreticulin Mediated Protein Acetylation?

06.30 pm - 07.00 pm 30 min Dr V Kancheva, Bulgarian Academy of IL- 29 Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria Camparable Kinetic Analysis of Antiradical and Antioxidant Activities of Some new Bio- antioxidants 07.00 pm - 07.30 pm 30 min Dr Kavita Tyagi, NMPB, New Delhi IL- 30 Phytochemical Study of Some Plants Used in Treatment of Cancer Under the Influence of Industrial Effluent

07.30 pm - 08.00 pm Valedictory Session

The financial support from the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research, General Management for the internationalization of scientific research and the Department of Science and Technology is gratefully acknowledged.