Abhratanu Ganguly

Kazi Nazrul University · Toxicology Research Laboratory, Department of Animal Science.

COVID-19 has impacted almost all nooks and corners of the globe. Initially, it was thought to cause respiratory ailments. However, the virions have been detected in several organs to fuel multiorgan failure. The virus triggers intense allergic reactions to impose adverse impacts on human health. Hence, antiallergic compounds have potential interest...

Conventional pesticides are chemical formulations used against pests to enhance agricultural yields. Despite their benefits, conventional pesticides pose several health hazards to non-target organisms. Moreover due to their short half-life, they are also used in large amounts, increasing the risk of environmental contamination. Hence development of...

Air pollution is a major risk factor for neurological disorders. Both indoor and outdoor dusts comprise different types of iron oxides in the nano-scale range. Due to their small size and unique physico-chemical properties, iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) adopt the intracellular path to agglomerate inside the cell cytoplasm. Moreover, they can cro...

Urbanization has led to constant air pollution from various sources, including factories, power plants, real-state constructions, automobiles, agriculture, and inappropriate waste disposal. Air pollutants imposing major health hazards include particulate matter and oxides of several elements. Air pollution is a major threat to global health and pro...

Pollution is a burgeoning global issue affecting almost every tier of the environment. Massive urbanization has resulted in release of various toxic contaminants into the nearby aquatic bodies that are ultimately driven to the marine ecosystem. Major toxic contaminants such as heavy metals, pesticides, sewage, oil, etc., affect the physicochemical...

Since its invention in the 1900s, plastics in various forms have become an integral part of human life. They aid in the betterment of human wellbeing regularly. However, most conventional plastics such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, poly(vinyl chloride), and poly(ethylene terephthalate) are nonbiodegradable, and therefore their consis...

Nanotechnology is an emerging field in medicine that has perspectives to diagnose and treat several ailments. Among the leading cause of mortality, cancer is the major one that requires early diagnosis, intensive care, and treatment for better survival rates. Current imaging techniques and treatment strategies have multiple limitations, such as sid...

The application of nanoparticles (NPs) in medicine is an emerging field to advance the therapy of diseases that are difficult to treat. NPs are favored as therapeutic drugs because of their nanoscale size, high surface area, amenability to surface modifications, and better effectiveness. Moreover, they can deeply penetrate tissues like the central...

Nearly three-fourths of the global fauna are insects and about 1% of them are regarded as major pests or vectors. Sustainable agricultural practices vastly depend on the mitigation of insect pests, the devastators of human food. Some members transmit life-threatening vector-borne diseases. After the 1950s, synthetic insecticides gained popularity i...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are emerging environmental contaminants having worldwide distribution. These compounds impose toxic impacts on organisms by impairing redox homeostasis. However, their mode of mechanism is still vague. Hence, the present study aims to explore the potential intermolecular interactions between endogenous ant...

Agriculture is an essential sector needed for survival of the human community. Several measures have been taken to enhance the crop production. However harsh environmental conditions and frequent pest infestation lead to the agricultural loss. In such scenario, integration of advanced technologies such as advanced sensors coupled with internet of t...

Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is the ongoing pandemic affecting millions of people worldwide. Several vaccine candidates have been designed and developed for the causative virus (SARS-CoV-2). However high mutation rate in the viral genome and the emergence of new variants have challenged the effectiveness of these vaccines developed for previou...

Massive and irrational use of numerous plastic products across the world has led to the accumulation of plastic wastes and their photo-oxidative degradation to a micro-scale range to produce microplastics. They are now burgeoning environmental contaminants around the globe. They are ubiquitous in nature and also prevalent in aquatic bodies. Unique...

Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is the global health emergency caused by SARS-CoV-2. Upon infection, antigenic determinants of the virus trigger massive production of proinflammatory/pyroptosis-associated proteins, resulting in cytokine storm, tissue damage, and multiorgan failure. Therefore, these proinflammatory/pyroptosis-associated mediators...

Oxidative stress (OS) is a phenomenon caused by an imbalance between free-radical production and antioxidant activity within the body. Status of endogenous antioxidants is not always sufficient to mitigate the oxidative damage. In this case, exogenous antioxidants could help to minimize free-radical production and subsequent OS. Green tea is rich i...

Pesticides are integral components of modern agricultural practices. The primary benefit of pesticide application includes immediate gain in terms of quality and quantity of food production. It further enhances the economic wealth and well-being of any nation. Unfortunately, pesticides are extensively used while ignoring their associated risks to t...

Fluoride is the thirteenth most abundant element in the earth’s crust. It is highly electronegative and distributed ubiquitously in nature. During weathering of rocks and soil, fluoride can leach out and dissolve in the groundwater. Both plants and animals are exposed to several compounds of fluoride through contaminated soil and water. Fluoride co...

Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is the ongoing global health emergency caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection. The virus is highly contagious, affecting millions of people worldwide. SARS-CoV-2, with its trimeric spike glycoprotein, interacts with the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor and other co-receptors like basigin to invade the host c...

Pesticides are an integral part of our daily life, used in agricultural fields, store rooms, residences and educational institutions to kill or repel pests. Several chemical subtypes of these compounds are available, of which organophosphate (OP) is major one. These are broad spectrum pesticides used to kill insect pests. OPs are useful but indeed...

Organophosphates (OPs) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants, widely used as pesticides in agricultural fields. In addition, they serve as flame-retardants, plasticizers, antifoaming or antiwear agents in lacquers, hydraulic fluids, and floor polishing agents. Therefore, world-wide and massive applications of these compounds have increased the...

ObjectPrallethrin is a pyrethroid-based insecticide, commonly used as a liquid vaporizer in household, schools, and offices to repel mosquitoes. Due to worldwide application, human beings are exposed to this compound via inhalation. Inhalation of prallethrin can expose lung surfactant proteins (SPs) to this compound. SPs such as SP-A and SP-D have...

Rotenone is a broad-spectrum pesticide employed in various agricultural practices all over the world. Human beings are exposed to this chemical through oral, nasal and dermal routes. Inhalation of rotenone exposes bio-molecular components of lungs to this chemical. Biophysical activity of lungs is precisely regulated by pulmonary surfactant to faci...

COVID-19 is the ongoing health emergency affecting individuals of all ages around the globe. Initially, the infection was reported to affect pulmonary structures. However, recent studies have delineated the impacts of COVID-19 on the reproductive system of both men and women. Hence, the present review aims to shed light on the distribution of SARS-...

Consistent gathering of immunotoxic-substances on earth is a serious global-issue affecting people under pathogenic-stress. Organophosphates are among such hazardous-compounds that are ubiquitous in nature. They fuel oxidative-stress to impair antiviral immune-response in living-entities. Aside, organophosphate ignites cytokine-burst and pyroptosis...

Mysterious and unnatural criminal cases are accelerated significantly in past decades around the globe. Nowadays, suicides and intentional crimes have become front page information in a number of online news portals. To unmask the timing, reason and sites of mysterious deaths, legal agencies are using several branches of biomedical sciences. Among...

Cooch Behar has a number of water bodies within its municipal area. All the water bodies are located within an urban settlement and therefore many of them are subjected to anthropogenic pollutions. If maintained properly, the water bodies can be a valuable resource for aquaculture. Surveys were conducted in four lentic water bodies in Cooch Behar M...

RNA interference (RNAi) is an evolutionary conserved mechanism which provides protection against invading viral particles or retrotrasposons and suppresses unnecessary expression of certain genes. Molecules like Dicer and RNA Induced Silencing Complex (RISC) are central to RNAi machinery. Dicer cleaves dsRNA into short ~21-22bp strands (miRNA or Si...