Shipra Jha

• M.phil, Ph.D
• Professor (Assistant) at Asia Pacific Institute of Management

Inadequate levels of critical micronutrients may have long-term implications greater damaging than low energy consumption in human diets which cause nutrient deficiency. Malnutrition is very common problem in human beings due to change in their lifestyle, insufficient nutrient intake, or suboptimal diet. As we all know, legumes are staple crops all...

Distillery spent wash is the unwanted residual liquid waste generated during alcohol production, and pollution caused by it is one of the most critical environmental issues since this wastewater has very high COD (~1,10,000–1,90,000 mg/L) and BOD (~50,000–60,000 mg/L). Despite environmental guidelines imposed on effluent quality, untreated or parti...

Globally due to increasing population, water demand is increasing as water is required for all the developmental purpose of the countries. Water resources are depleting, there is need to reuse treated waste water. However, most of the developing countries do not follow proper regulation or protocol to treat waste water. It is very important to unde...

Globally and locally, there is need of acceptable water quality and waste water treatments are precedence. The various conventional waste water treatment methods are used for the removal of particulate matter, organic matter and nutrient load before releasing into river. And these treatment methods include higher cost, higher energy consumption and...

Globally and locally, there is need of acceptable water quality and waste water treatments are precedence. The various conventional waste water treatment methods are used for the removal of particulate matter, organic matter and nutrient load before releasing into river. And these treatment methods include higher cost, higher energy consumption and...

Dietary antioxidants protect the body against free radical production due to oxidation reactions inside the body and protect from their damaging effects. Free radical biology and antioxidant property of prevention have emerging research interests. Rice bran oil (RBO) has natural antioxidant components having antioxidant properties due to the presen...

Fermentation using microbial strains in dairy have been long used in order to preserve and conserve vital nutrients of various food products and enhances health benefits associated with them. Traditionally, dairy fermentations are dependent on the naturally available indigenous microflora present in the milk. Whereas, modern processes depend on the...

Oil transportation from the source to the consumers’ locations involves a huge risk of oil spills due to damage, accidents during transportation, and mining activities which will ultimately impact the ecosystem. Oil pollution is detrimental for almost all organisms as petroleum hydrocarbons are toxic in nature which can harm the aquatic as well as...

The human gut microflora contains 1000 of dynamic microbial ecosystem to maintain balance between immune boosting and harmful bacteria. The good bacteria reside in healthy human gut and responsible for increasing energy production, inhibiting pathogenic growth. In unhealthy gut microbiota initiates the development of disorders in human body include...

Vitamin D being a key nutrient also considered as a steroid prohormone, can be acquired by sun exposure and food sources with enhanced Vitamin D. Earlier, the function of Vitamin D was being restricted to maintenance of calcium and phosphorus levels and bone health. In this review, the focus is reflected on the Hypovitaminosis D and harmful consequ...

ABSTRACT In developing and underdeveloped countries, anemia exists in terms of food insecurity, where meeting overall energy needs and dietary diversity continues to be the major challenge. In India, women of reproductive age are undernourished which results in the premature birth of child, miscarriages, and even later in life changes of increasi...

Heavy metal pollution in wastewater has always been a serious environmental problem because heavy metals are not biodegradable and can be accumulated in living tissues. Copper is widely used in various important industrial applications. The increasing level of heavy metals in the aquatic system due to incomplete treatment of industrial wastewater b...

Environmental pollution affects the quality of atmosphere, lithosphere and biosphere. Efforts have been made in the last two decades to reduce the pollution sources and remedy the polluted water sources. Water quality monitoring in developing countries is inadequate especially in stream water affected by urban effluent and runoff. The purpose of th...

In spite of applying very strict regulation for the treatment of industrial waste water because of life threatening level of the heavy metal accumulation in the aquatic life which is transferred to human bodies through food chain. For this purpose there was development of new technology in which A.lentulus strain immobilized with biopolymeric bead...

In this study, selective biosorption of Cu ions by micro-organism from industrial wastewaters were investigated. Micro-organism was isolated & in the research a micro-organism which was identified as A. lentulus was used. In this study, the effects of dilution and nutrient supplementation for efficient Cu (II) removal from effluents & initial conce...

In this study, selective biosorption of Cu ions by micro-organism from industrial wastewater were investigated. Micro-organism was isolated and in the study a micro-organism which was identified as A. lentulus was used. In this study, the effects of dilution and nutrient supplementation for efficient Cu(II) removal from effluents and initial concen...

In spite of applying very strict regulation for the treatment of industrial waste water because of life threatening level of the heavy metal accumulation in the aquatic life which is transferred to human bodies through food chain. For this purpose there was development of new technology in which A.lentulus strain immobilized with biopolymeric bead...

A study was conducted to determine the antibacterial, antifungal & pesticidal activity of Plant Morus Alba seed oil extract on ethanol against bacteria, fungi & pest. Four bacterial species were used, of which -Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus subtilis & Staphylococcus aureus were most susceptible bacterial species to crude extrac...

In spite of applying very strict regulation for the treatment of industrial waste water because of life threatening level of the heavy metal accumulation in the aquatic life which is transferred to human bodies through food chain. For this purpose there was development of new technology in which A.lentulus strain immobilized with biopolymeric bead...

The objective of this work is to investigate the antibacterial activity of Artocarpus heterophyllus plant. The antibacterial activity of essential oil obtained from plant was examined. To evaluate the antibacterial activities of these extracts; their in vitro antibacterial activities were determined by disk diffusion testing and minimum inhibitory...

The importance of yam in the diet and socio-cultural life of people especially in growing regions of developing countries is declining and may lead to its extinction hence the need to examine trends in yam production specifically in Enugu North Agricultural zone, Enugu State, Nigeria. One hundred and twenty yam farmers purposively selected from 4 b...

Biosorption of Cu (II) ions from aqueous solution was studied using A.lentulus immobilized by sodium alginate (4.0 g) and gelatin (1.0 g) prepared into a 0.05M CaCl2 solution under constant stirring. Uptake of metal was very fast at 25 min initially and equilibrium was attained within 125 min. Higher Cu(II) uptake was observed by selected biomass (...

Over the past several years, the increasing contamination in various environmental segments due to unscrupulous discharge of trace metals from several sources is a matter of serious concern not only in India but also all over the world. Heavy metal occur in the forms of sediments and ores in nature. Due to the various human activities like industri...

The aim of this research work is to evaluate the efficiency of fungus and bacteria for the Cu 2+ removal capacity .The bacteria and fungi was spread on Cu 2+(50mg/l) and monitored after 24hr and fungus after 96hrs, purified & characterized based on morphological characteristics. Finally the result indicated that fungal strain A. lentulus absorb max...

Biopolymeric beads of alginate and gelatin were prepared and characterized by dispersion spectrometer and scanning electron micrograph techniques. On to the surface of beads were performed dynamic adsorption studies of Cu 2+ ions at fixed pH and ionic strength of aqueous metal ions solutions. The nature of adsorption was quantified in terms of rate...

The aim of this research work was to find out the effect of agitation rate for the removal of Cu 2+. Experiments were performed under shaking and stationary conditions towards optimizing the rate for efficient Cu 2+ removal by the immobilized fungal strain. Increase in agitation rate from 100-180 rpm resulted into higher copper removal.

Biopolymeric beads of alginate and gelatin were prepared and characterized by Dispersion spectrometer and scanning electron micrograph techniques. On to the surface of Beads were performed dynamic adsorption studies of Cu2+ ions at fixed pH and ionic strength of aqueous metal ions solutions. The nature of adsorption was quantified in terms of rate...

The aim of this research work was to evaluate the efficiency of fungus and bacteria for the Cu2+ removal capacity .The bacteria and fungus was spread on Cu2+(50mg/l) and monitored after 24hr and fungus after 96hrs, purified & characterized based on morphological characteristic. Finally result indicated that fungal strain A. lentulus absorb maximum...

The aim of this research work was to find out the effect of agitation rate for the removal of Cu 2+. Experiments were performed under shaking and stationary conditions towards optimizing the rate for efficient Cu 2+ removal by the immobilized fungal strain. Increase in agitation rate from 100-180 rpm resulted into higher copper removal.

Foliar extracts of Annona squamosa (Family: Annonaceae) were screened for antimicrobial and insecticidal activity against the common microbial infestants of pulses and the stored grain pest pulse beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). Flavonoids isolated from aqueous extracts of A squamosa showed antimicrobial activity against al...