<p> 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</p><p>Monday, 10th October 2011 Venue: Hall, University Guest House, University Road, University of Delhi</p><p>08.00 am - 09.00 am REGISTRATION 09.00 am - 10.20 am INAUGURATION</p><p>09.40 am - 10.20 am INAUGURAL LECTURE Professor S Chandrasekaran, IISc, Bangalore Synthetic Studies on Organoselenium Compounds as Antioxidants</p><p>10.20 am – 11.00 am HIGH TEA</p><p>11.00 am - 01.00 am Scientific Session I</p><p>Chairpersons Professor Luciano Saso and Professor JM Khurana </p><p>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</p><p>11.30 am - 12.00 pm 30 min Professor Giuseppe Valacchi, University of IL- 2 Ferrara, Italy Anti-angiogenic Effects of Rottlerin</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>01.00 pm - 02.00 pm LUNCH BREAK</p><p>02.00 pm - 04.00 pm Scientific Session II</p><p>Chairpersons Professor Paolo Sarti and Professor SMS Chauhan</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>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’</p><p>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</p><p>04.00 pm - 04.30 pm TEA BREAK</p><p>04.30 pm - 07.00 pm Scientific Session III</p><p>Chairpersons Professor Sandra Incerpi and Professor GS Chauhan</p><p>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</p><p>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 </p><p>2 Asparagus spp.</p><p>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</p><p>6.00 pm - 6.30 pm 30 min Dr Ahmed Kamal, IICT, Hyderabad IL- 12 Development of New Cancer Therapeutics</p><p>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</p><p>Tuesday, 11th October 2011 09.00 am - 11.00 am Scientific Session IV</p><p>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 </p><p>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</p><p>10.00 am - 10.30 am 30 min Dr Francesco Caruso, CNR, Rome, Italy IL- 16 Scavenging ROS by Resveratrol Derivatives: Mechanism of Action</p><p>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</p><p>3 Biocompatible Polymeric Materials</p><p>11.00 am - 11.30 am TEA BREAK</p><p>11.30 am - 01.30 pm Scientific Session V</p><p>Chairpersons Professor Giuseppe Valacchi and Professor Pawan K Sharma </p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>01.00 pm - 01.30 pm 30 min Professor Jens Pedersen, University Tor IL- 21 Vergata, Rome, Italy</p><p>01.30 pm - 02.30 pm LUNCH BREAK</p><p>02.30 pm - 04.30 pm Scientific Session VI</p><p>Chairpersons Professor Rainer Haag and Professor RK Sharma </p><p>02.30 pm - 03.00 pm 30 min Professor SMS Chauhan, University of IL- 22 Delhi, Delhi Organocatalysis with Porphyrinoids</p><p>03.00 pm - 03.30 pm 30 min Professor AK Chakraborty, NIPER, IL- 23 Mohali Designing Novel Anti-Inflammatory Scaffolds</p><p>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</p><p>04.00 pm - 04.30 pm 30 min Dr Elisabetta Profumo, National Institute IL- 25 of Health, Rome, Italy</p><p>4 Oxidative Stress Involvement in Autoimmune Responses to Heat Shock Protein 90 in Patients with Carotid Atherosclerosis </p><p>04.30 pm - 05.00 pm TEA BREAK</p><p>05.00 pm - 07.30 pm Scientific Session VII </p><p>Chairpersons Professor RK Saxena and Professor DS Rawat</p><p>05.00 pm - 05.30 pm 30 min Dr Bikash Medhi, PGI, Chandigarh IL- 26 Oxidative Stress and Experimentally Induced Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)</p><p>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</p><p>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?</p><p>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</p><p>07.30 pm - 08.00 pm Valedictory Session</p><p>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.</p><p>5</p>