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About
Prof.O.V.S.Reddy joined in S.V.University, Tirupati in the year 1992. Before that he worked for PhD at CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore after qualifying UGC-CSIR NET. Worked as STA Post Doctorial Fellow for two years (1998-2000). Visited Italy in the year 2006 for one year utilizing the Italian Govt. Scholarship programme and completed the PG Diploma in Bioinformatics. Carried out research in the Department, received funding from various funding agencies, guided nineteen PhD students and published more than one hundred research pipers in National and International journals. Also published several review articles, books and attended conferences at National and International level. Received several awards including UGC-Mid-career award. His PhD students are well placed and working all over the world.
Publications
General Publications
- V.S.Reddy and Basappa, S.C., “Selection and characterization of Endomycopsis fibuligera strains for one step fermentation of starch to ethanol. Starch/Strake. 45 (1993), 187-194.
- V.S.Reddy and Basappa, S.C., “Direct fermentation of starch to ethanol by Endomycopsis fibuligera and Zymomonas mobilis: Synergism and limitations”. Biotechnology Lett. 18, No.11, Nov. (1996), 1315-1318.
- V.S.Reddy and Basappa, S.C., “Preparation of sweet potato flour and its fermentation to ethanol”. J. Food Sci. Technol, Vol. 34, (2), (1997) 108-112.
- V.S.Reddy and Basappa, S.C., “Purification and characterization of an Amylopectin–specific Glucoamylase from Endomycopsis fibuligera NRRL76” Indian J Microbial Vol 40, March (2000), 61-65.
- V.S.Reddy, Shimoi, H, and Ito, K. “Analysis of yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) cell wall protein YER 150W (spi1p)”. Presented in 100th General meeting of American Society for Microbiology (ASM) held at Los Angeles from May 21st to May 25th, 2000.
- V.A.Reddy, O.V.S.Reddy., and Basappa, S.C. “Potentiality of amylolytic yeasts for direct fermentation of starchy substrates to ethanol” Ind. J. Microbiol Vol 45, March (2005), pp 1-15.
- V.A.Reddy and O.V.S.Reddy “Improvement of ethanol production in very high gravity (VHG) fermentation by horse gram (Dolichos biflorus) flour supplementation” Letters in Applied Microbiology, (2005), 41, 440-444.
- V.A.Reddy and O.V.S.Reddy “Characterization of wine produced from Mango (Mangifera indica)”. World J. of Microbiol and Biotechnology, Vol 21, (8-9), (2005), 1345 – 1350.
- V.A.Reddy and O.V.S.Reddy “Rapid and enhanced production of ethanol in VHG fermentation by S. cerevisiae: Role of finger millet (Eleusine coracana L) flour”. Process Biochemistry (2006); 41, 726-729.
- V.A.Reddy, Y.H.K.Reddy and O.V.S.Reddy “Wine production by guava piece immobilized yeast from Indian cultivar grapes and its volatile composition”. Biotechnology, (2006), 5 (4); 449-454.
- Syam Prasad, M.Manjunath, K.Kishore Kumar Reddy, O.V.S.Reddy, and C.Suresh Reddy “Synthesis and antibacterial activity of new aryl / alkyl phosphonates via Michaelis-Arbuzov rearrangement” ARKIVOC (2006) (XV1); 128-135.
- Syam Prasad, J. Radha Krishna, M.Manjunath, O.V.S.Reddy, M. Krishnaiah, C. Suresh Reddy and Vedavati G. Puranik. “Synthesis, NMR, X-ray crystallography and bioactivity of some a-aminophosphonates”. ARKIVOC 2007 (xiii) 133-141.
- V.A.Reddy and O.V.S.Reddy. “Production of ethanol from mango (Mangifera indica L) fruit juice fermentation”. Research J. of Microbiology 2(10): 763-769, 2007.
- Manjunath, P.V.G.K.Sharma and O.V.S.Reddy. “In vitro evaluation of anti-bacterial activity of Actinopteris radiata (Sw.) Link. J. of Pharmacy and Chemistry. 2(2): 112-117, 2008.
- V.A.Reddy, Y.H.K.Reddy, L.P.A.Reddy and O.V.S.Reddy. “Wine production by novel yeast biocatalyst prepared by immobilization on watermelon (Citrullus vulgaris) rind pieces and characterization of volatile compounds” Process Biochemistry 43 (2008) 748–752.
- Pradeep and O.V.S.Reddy. “Effect of supplementation of malted cowpea (Vigna unguiculalta L) flour in the enhancement of yeast cell viability and ethanol production in VHG Fermentation. Asian Jr. of Microbiol. Biotech. Env. Sc. Vol. 10, No. (4): 2008.
- Pradeep and O.V.S.Reddy. Improved ethanol fermentation of supplemented sweet sorghum juice using a new thermotolerant mutant Saccharomyces cerevisiae UV4 by yeast recycle technique. J. of Pure and Applied Microbiology 2008, Vol 2 (2) 387-392.
- V.A.Reddy, O.V.S.Reddy. (2009). Effect of enzymatic maceration on synthesis of higher alcohols during mango wine fermentation. Journal of Food Quality, 32, 34-47.
- V.A. Reddy, O.V.S.Reddy and S.C. Basappa “Potentiality of Yeasts in the Direct Conversion of Starchy Materials to Ethanol and Its Relevance in the New Millennium” Book chapter 24. T. Satyanarayana, G. Kunze (eds.), Yeast Biotechnology: Diversity and Applications, 515-549. © Springer Science. 2009.
- V.A.Reddy, Y.Sudheer Kumar and O.V.S.Reddy. Analysis of volatile aroma constituents of wine produced from Indian mango (Mangifera indica L.) by GC-MS. Ind J of Microbiology. June (2010) 50(2):183–191.
- Pradeep and O.V.S.Reddy. Very High Gravity (VHG) fermentation – A promising upcoming technology for Brewing and Bio-ethanol industry. Indian Food Industry Journal, 2009, Vol. 28(1):56-59.
- Pradeep, G.K.Krishna Goud and O.V.S.Reddy. Optimization of Very High Gravity (VHG) Finger Millet (ragi) Medium for Ethanolic Fermentation by Yeast. Chiang Mai J. Sci. 2010; 37(1): 116-123.
- Pradeep and O.V.S.Reddy High Gravity Fermentation of sugarcane molasses to produce ethanol: Effect of nutrients. Indian J Microbiol (October 2010) 50 (Suppl 1): S82–S87.
- Himakar Reddy, P.V.G.K.Sharma and O.V.S.Reddy. A comparative in vitro study on antifungal and antioxidant activities of Nervilia aragoana and Atlantia monophylla Linn. J of Pharmaceutical Biology (2010) 48 (5) 595-602.
- Himakar Reddy, K.Bala Nagi Reddy, P.V.G.K.Sharma and O.V.S.Reddy. In vitro studies on antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of Dillenia indica seed extract. J. of Pure and Applied Microbiology 2009, Vol 2 (2) 769 – 776.
- V.A.Reddy and O.V.S.Reddy. Production, optimization and characterization of wine from mango (Mangifera indica Linn.) Natural Product Radiance, Vol. 8(4), 2009, 426-435.
- Sudheer Kumar, R.S.Prakasam and O.V.S.Reddy. Optimization of fermentation conditions for mango (Mangifera indica L.) wine production by employing response surface methodology. International J. of Food Science and Technology, Vol. 44, 2009, 2320-2327.
- Pradeep and O.V.S.Reddy. Current and presumed future applications of microbial enzymes in fuel alcohol industry. Proceedings of Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences Vol. 13 (1-4) Jan – Dec. 2009: 16-26.
- Sudheer Kumar, S.Varakumar, O.V.S.Reddy Production and optimization of polygalacturonase from mango (Mangifera indica L) peel using Fusarium moniliforme in solid state fermentation. World J. of Microbiol and Biotechnology (2010) 26:1973–1980.
- Varakumar, Y.Sudheer Kumar, O.V.S.Reddy Carotenoid composition of mango (Mangifera indica L.) wine and its antioxidant activity. J. of Food Biochemistry 35 (2011) 1538–1547.
- V.A.Reddy, L.P.A.Reddy, Young-Jung Wee and O.V.S.Reddy. Production and Characterization of Wine with Sugarcane Piece Immobilized Yeast Biocatalyst. Food Bioprocess Technol (2011) 4:142–148.
- Himakar Reddy K, Tharanath V, Nagi Reddy K.B, Sharma P.V.G.K and Reddy O.V.S. Studies on hepatoprotective effect of hexane extract of Dillenia indica against CCl4 induced toxicity and its safety evaluation in wistar albino rats. Research J. of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences July–Sept (2010) Vol.1 (3). 441.
- Hari Prasad, V. Nagarjuna, Ch. Lakshmi Prasanna, D. Vasu, V.G.Yugandhar, U.V.Prasad, P.V.L.N. Srinivasa Rao, Abhijith Choudhary, O.V.S.Reddy and P.V.G.K.Sarma. UV light induces transposition of blaZ gene resulting high expression of β-lactamase in clinical isolate of Staphylococcus aureus sensitive to ampicillin. J. of Pure and Applied Microbiology, Vol.4 (2), 2010 609-616.
- Pradeep, P.Rama Mohan, J.K.Rai and O.V.S.Reddy. Repeated batch ethanolic fermentation of very high gravity (VHG) medium by immobilized Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Annals of Microbiology (2011) 61:863–869.
- V.A. Reddy andO.V.S.Reddy (2011). Effect of fermentation conditions on yeast growth and volatile composition of wine produced from mango (Mangifera indica L.) fruit juice. Food and Bioproducts Processing 89 (2011) 487–491.
- Veeranjaneya Reddy, O.V.S.Reddy and Young-Jung Wee. Production of ethanol from mango (Mangifera indica L.) peel by Saccharomyces cerevisiae CFTRI101. African J. of Biotechnology Vol. 10(20), pp. 4183-4189, 16 May, 2011.
- Pradeep, Daniela Smogrovicova, O.V.S.Reddy, Sanghoon Ko (2011). Very high gravity (VHG) ethanolic brewing and fermentation: a research update. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol. Vol 38, (9) pp 1133-1144.
- Girish, S. Vineela, Y. NarasimhaReddy, O.V.S.Reddy, K.K. Rajasekhar and V. Shankarananth. Evaluation of Antiulcer Activity of Coccinia grandis Leaves. Research J. Pharmacology and Pharmacodynamics; 3(2): 2011; 92-95.
- Sudheer Kumar, S. Varakumar, O.V.S.Reddy. Evaluation of antioxidant and sensory properties of mango (Mangifera indica L.) wine. CyTA –J. of Food. (2012), 1–9.
- Sudheer Kumar, P.Vijaya Kumar, O.V.S.Reddy. Pectinase Production from Mango Peel Using A. foetidus and its Application in Processing of Mango Juice. J of Food Biotechnology 26:107–123, 2012.
- Varakumar, K.Naresh and O.V.S.Reddy. Effect of co-fermentation with Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Torulaspora delbrueckii or Metschnikowia pulcherrima on the aroma and sensory properties of mango wine. Ann Microbiol (2012) 62:1353–1360.
- V.A. Reddy, V.K.Joshi and O.V.S.Reddy (2011). Utilization of tropical fruits for wine production with special emphasis on mango (Mangifera indica L.) wine (Book chapter 30. Microorganisms in Sustainable Agriculture and Biotechnology (T. Satyanarayana and B.N. Johri and Anil Prakash Ed.). © Springer Science. 2011.
- Himakar Reddy, Patrick Govender, O.V.S.Reddy and P.V.G.K.Sarma. (2012). Effect of hexane extract of Dillenia indica seed on the activity of secreted aspartyl proteinase of Candida albicans and its kinetic studies. J. of Medicinal Plants Research Vol. 6(44), pp. 5599-5603.
- Hari Prasad, Y.Nanda Kumar, O.V.S.Reddy, Abhijit Chaudhary and P.V.G.K. Sarma. Cloning, expression, purification and characterization of UMP kinase from Staphylococcus aureus” Protein J (2012) 31:345–352.
- Varakumar,Jithan Kumar Raiand O.V.S.Reddy. Preparation of Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Wine using a new Yeast-mango-peel Immobilized Biocatalyst System. Czech J. Food Sci. Vol. 30, 2012, No. 6: 557–566.
- Pradeep, O.V.S.Reddy, P.Rama Mohan and Sanghoon Ko. Process optimization for ethanol production from very high gravity (VHG) finger millet medium using response surface methodology (Vol. 10, No. 3, July 2012) Iranian Journal of Biotechnology.
- R.Mohan, B. Ramesh and O.V.S.Reddy, 2012. Biological Pretreatment of Rice Straw by Phenarocheate chrysosporium for the Production of Cellulases and Xylanases using Asperigillus niger Isolate. Research J of Microbiology, 7: 1-12.
- R.Mohan, B. Ramesh and O.V.S.Reddy, 2012. Production and optimization of ethanol production from pretreated sugar cane bagasse using Saccharomyces bayanus in simultaneous saccharification and fermentation Microbiology Journal 2 (2) 52-63.
- Pradeep, P.S. Variyar, Sanghoon Ko and O.V.S.Reddy. Emerging Trends in Modification of Dietary Oils and Fats, and Health Implications – A Review Sains Malaysiana 41(7) (2012): 871–877.
- V.S.Reddy, P.R.Mohan and B Ramesh (2012) Advances in Solid State Fermentation for the production of lignocellulolytic enzymes. In Microbial Diversity: Exploration and Bioprospecting (ed.) S Ram Reddy, M A Singara Charya and S Girisham, Scientific Publishers (India) Jodhpur pp 325-365.
- Rama Mohan, Sake Pradeep and O.V.S.Reddy (2012) A comparative study on simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of agricultural wastes to bio-ethanol using yeast strains Chiang Mai J. Sci. 2013; 40(3) : 307-320.
- Varakumar, K.Naresh, Prasad Shekhar Variyar, Arun Sharma and O.V.S.Reddy. Role of malolactic fermentation on the quality of mango (Mangifera indica L.) wine, Journal Food Biotechnology, 27:119–136, 2013.
- Narasimharao, B.; Naga Vamsi Krishna, A.; Ramesh, B.; Pradeep Kumar, M.; V.S.Reddy; Venugopal, G.;· Raj Kumar, K.;, P.; Venkataraman, B. Anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic activities with their other ethnomedicinal properties of the plants. Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies 2013, Vol: 1, Issue: 5: 87-96.
- Rama Mohan, P.Vijaya Kumar and O.V.S.Reddy (2012) Optimization of media and submerged fermentation conditions using central composite design (CCD) for increased CMCase (endoglucanase) production by Cladosporium sp. NCIM 901
Turk J Biochem 2013; 38 (4) ; 385–395. - Manjunath M, Lavanya G, Sivajyothi R, V.S.Reddy. Activity-guided isolation and identification of anti-staphylococcal components from Senecio tenuifolius Burm. F. leaf extracts Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 2013; 3(3): 191-195.
- B. Ramesh, Rama Mohan, O.V.S.Reddy (2013). Impact of paper industry effluents on physico-chemical, microbiological and enzyme activities of soil. Asian J. of Biol. Life Sci. 2013 Vol.2 (1) 54-58.
- Rama Mohan, B. Vijaya Kumar and O.V.S.Reddy. Effect of Physical Pre-treatment on Cellulases Production by Cladosporium sp. NCIM 901 in Submerged Fermentation using Bagasse as a Substrate. Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy Vol. 7 (2) 603-614 April 2013.
- Rama Mohan, B. Vijaya Kumar and O.V.S.Reddy. Optimization of pretreatment conditions for increased cellulose conversion of sugarcane bagasse using peracetic acid employing central composite design. Songklanakarin J. Sci. Technol. 35 (2), 177-185, Mar.-Apr. 2013.
- Sailaja, M.Sreedharamurthy, R.S. Prakasham and O.V.S.Reddy. Liquefied Sorghum Starch Medium as Novel Substrate for Production of Lactic Acid by Immobilized Acid Resistant Rhizopus oryzae in Natural and Synthetic Sponges Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy 743 Vol. 7 (3) 743-754 July 2013.
- Ramesh and O.V.S.Reddy. Selection of Co-cultures for Production of Cellulase-free Xylanase using Agrowaste and Optimization of Cultural conditions by Response surface methodology and Box-Behnken design. Int.J.Curr. Microbiol. App.Sci (2013) 2(12): 418-434.
- Vijaya Kumar B, Sreedharamurthy M, V.S.Reddy. 2013. Physico-chemical analysis of fresh and probioticated fruit juices with Lactobacillus casei. Int J Appl Sci Biotechnol 1: 127-131.
- Hari Prasad O, Nanda Kumar Y, Santhosh Kumar P, V.S.Reddy, Abhijit Chaudhary, PVGK Sarma. Staphylococcus aureus TMPK and TK showing distinct structural differences with human TMPK and TK – A probable explanation in the pathogenesis. Journal of Pharmacy Research 7 (2013) 89-95.
- P.D.Prasad, V.Sridevi, N.V.Surendra Babu, O.V.S Reddy, N.Harsha. Studies on fermentative production of citric acid by Aspergillus niger isolate using Sorghum malt and its optimization. International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology Vol. 2, Issue 7, July 2013.
- P.D.Prasad, N.V.Surendra Babu, V.Sridevi O.V.S Reddy, R.S Prakasam. Response surface methodology for optimization of sorghum malt media for citric acid production by improved strains of Aspergillus niger. International Journal of Advanced Research (2014), Volume 2, Issue 1, 498-507.
- Sudheer Kumar Y, Prakasham RS and V.S.Reddy. 2014. Optimization, purification and characterization of polygalacturonase production from mango peel waste by using Aspergillus foetidus. Food Technol. Biotechnol. 52 (3) 359–367.
- Ramesh, P.Vijayakumar, and O.V.S.Reddy. (2014) Enhanced production of xylanase by solid state fermentation using Trichoderma koeningi isolate: effect of pretreated agro-residues. 3 Biotech 4: 655–664.
- Naresh, S.Varakumar, P.S.Variyar, Arun Sharma, O.V.S.Reddy. 2014 Impact of γ-irradiation on antioxidant capacity of mango (Mangifera indica L.) wine from eight Indian cultivars and the protection of mango wine against DNA damage caused by irradiation. Process Biochemistry, Vol 49, Issue 11, Pages 1819–1830.
- Sailaja, N.; Sreedharamurthy, M.; V.S.Reddy. Enhanced production of lactic acid from liquefied sorghum starch by Rhizopus oryzae mutants. Turkish Journal of Biochemistry. 2015; 40(6): 472–480.
- Naresh, K., Varakumar, S., Variyar, P.S., Sharma, A. and V.S.Reddy. (2015). Enhancing antioxidant activity, microbial and sensory quality of mango (Mangifera indica L.) juice by γ-irradiation and its in vitro radioprotective potential. J Food Sci Technol 52(7): 4054–4065.
- Naresh, K., Varakumar, S., Variyar, P.S., Sharma, A. and V.S.Reddy. (2015). Effect of γ-irradiation on physico-chemical and microbiological properties of mango (Mangifera indica L.) juice from eight Indian cultivars. Food Bioscience 12 1–9.
- Manjunath M, Lavanya G, Sivajyothi R, Jayakumar T, Paresh D, Kjell M and V.S.Reddy. Protective effect of Actiniopteris radiata (Sw.) Link. against CCl₄ induced oxidative stress in albino rats. J Ethnopharmacol 2014; 26; 153(3):744-52.
- Pradeep, O.V.S.Reddy and M.Chulkyoon. Preparation of very high gravity cassava mashes and subsequent fermentation to ethanol using Saccharomyces bayanus. Romanian Biotechnological Letters Vol. 19, No.6, (2014). 9925-9931.
- Pradeep, O.V.S.Reddy, O.Sang Eun and M.Chulkyoon. Biotechnological Potentialities and Valorization of Mango Peel Waste: A Review. Sains Malaysiana 43(12) (2014): 1901–1906.
- Naga Sivudu, K.Umamahesh and O.V.S.Reddy. A comparative study on Probiotication of mixed Watermelon and Tomato juice by using Probiotic strains of Lactobacilli. International J. of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. Vol 3 (11) (2014) pp. 977-984.
- Vijayakumar, B.Ramesh, S.Rajagopal and O.V.S.Reddy (2015). Low temperature active pectinases production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolate and their characterization (2014). Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology 4 70–76.
- Himakar Reddy K, Karen Pillay, V.S.Reddy, PVGK Sarma and Patrick Govender. In vitro Antifungal, Antioxidant and Cytotoxic Activities of a Partially Purified Protein Fraction from Atlantia monophylla Linn (Rutaceae) Leaf. Tropical J. of Pharmaceutical Research March 2015; 14 (3): 487-493.
- Vijaya Kumar B, Naga Sivudu S, V.S.Reddy (2015). Studies on physico-chemical analysis of probioticated malted cereals with Lactobacillus casei and their possible applications. International J of Scientific & Engg Research 6: (2) 95-99.
- Vijaya Kumar, S.V.N.Vijayendra and O.V.S.Reddy (2015). Trends in dairy and non-dairy probiotic products – a review. J Food Sci Technol 52(10): 6112–6124.
- Vijaya Kumar, M. Sreedharamurthy, O.V.S.Reddy Probiotication of mango and sapota juices using L. plantarum NCDC LP 20. Nutrafoods (2015). 14:97–106.
- Ramesh B, Sreedharamurthy M, Rama Mohan P, V.S.Reddy. Supplementation of fruit processing waste for endoxylanase production by Trichoderma koeningi isolate and its optimization using central composite design: Application of produced endoxylanase in mango juice clarification. J Microbiol Biotech Food Sci 2015: 5 (2) 162-166.
- Sreedharamurthy M, Vijaya Kumar B, V.S.Reddy. A comparative study on utilisation of citrus and mango peels for lactic acid production and optimisation by Rhizopus oryzae in submerged fermentation. European J. of Biotechnology and Bioscience Vol: 3, 9, 18-26. 2015.
- Vijayakumar P, Sudheer Kumar Y, Sathyanarayana Naidu G, Rajagopal S, V.S.Reddy. Enhanced production of pectinase by Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolate using fruit and agro-industrial wastes: Its application in fruit and fiber processing. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology.Vol 6, April 2016, 40–50.
- Venugopal, K. Himakar Reddy and O.V.S. Reddy. In vitro Anti-candidal Activity of Extracts of Some Selected Medicinal Plants on Clinical Isolate of Candida albicans and Its Standard ATCC 10231 Strain. European Journal of Medicinal Plants, 13(4): 1-10, 2016
- Umamahesh, S. Naga Sivudu, O.V.S.Reddy. Evaluation of antioxidant activity, total phenolics and total flavonoids in peels of five cultivars of mango (Mangifera indica) fruit. Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies. 2016; 4(2): 200-203.
- Sudheer Kumar, P. Vijaya Kumar, O.V.S.Reddy Effect of fermentation conditions on alcohol production by yeasts during processing of mango wine. Journal of Innovative Biology. J Innov Biol (2016) Vol 3, 2: 291-296.
- Naga Sivudu, ; Ramesh, B.; Vijaya Kumar, B.; O.V.S. Reddy. Optimization of co-fermentation for probiotication of carrot and tomato juices, using central composite design. Nutrafoods (2016) 15:191-205.
- Naga Sivudu, S.; Ramesh, B.; Umamahesh, K.; V.S.Reddy. Probiotication of tomato and carrot juices for shelf-life enhancement using micro-encapsulation. Journal of Food Biosciences and Technology 6 (2), 13-22. 2016.
- Naresh, K., Varakumar, S., Rajesh, N.; Variyar, P.S. and V.S.Reddy. Protective effect of non-irradiated and γ-irradiated mango (Mangifera indica L.) juice against ethanol-induced oxidative stress in Albino rats. Vol 9 Issue 4 2016, Asian J. of Pharmaceutical and clinical research (AJPCR).
- Ramesh B, Naga Sivudu S, Umamahesh K and Reddy OVS. Homology Modeling of Endoxylanase from Trichoderma pesudokoningii. Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy 10 (3) 223-229 July 2016.
- Himakar Reddy K, Venugopal N, Subrahmanyam G and Vijaya Sarathi Reddy O. In vivo anti-candidal activity of hexane extract of Dillenia indica on experimentally induced candida pathogenicity in Wistar albino rats. International J. of Clinical and Biological Sciences Vol 1, Issue 2, July-Dec 2016, pp 56-62.
- Naga Sivudu S, Harika A, Umamahesh K, V.S.Reddy. Isolation, identification and characterization of Lysinibacillus sphaericus from fresh water fish intestinal tract. International Journal of Biology Research Vol. 2; 1; 2017; 09-13.
- Naga Sivudu S, Harika A, Umamahesh K, V.S.Reddy. Production, characterization and optimization of fermented tomato and carrot juices by using Lysinibacillus sphaericus isolate. J.of Applied Biology & Biotechnology Vol. 5 (04), pp. 066-075, July-August, 2017.
- Vijayakumar P, Rajasekhar C, Monika K, Vidyasagar C, Rajagopal S, V.S.Reddy. Characterization and molecular modeling of polygalacturonase isoforms from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 3 Biotech (2017) 7:285.
- Vijaya Kumar, K. Umamahesh and O.V.S.Reddy. Isolation and Identification of Pediococcus pentosaceus from Cow’s Milk Curd and Its Use in Grape Juices Fermentation. J. of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology 13(4): 1-11, 2017.
- R Bandikari, U Katike, NS Seelam, S.R.Obulam. Valorization of de-oiled cakes for xylanase production and optimization using central composite design by Trichoderma koeningi isolate. Turkish J. of Biochemistry 42 (3), 317-328. (2017).
- Harika A, Sathish T and Reddy O.V.S. Optimization of Mango Vinegar Production by Using Response Surface Methodology (RSM). International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences (IJFANS). 46-58. (2017).
- Naga Sivudu S, Umamahesh K, Pedanna K, Harika A, Reddy O.V.S. Hypolipidemic effects of Lysinibacillus sphaericus fermented tomato and carrot juices in high-fat diet-fed albino Wistar rats. J. of Applied Biology & Biotechnology 6(06), pp. 64-70, November-December, 2018
- Pradeep Puligundla, Daniela Smogrovicova, Chulkyoon Mok, Reddy O.V.S. A review of recent advances in high gravity ethanol fermentation Renewable Energy Vol 133, April 2019, Pages 1366-1379.
- Umamahesh Katike, Ramesh Bandikari, Kumar Bathal Vijaya, Reddy O.V.S.. In vitro anti-oxidant, anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory activities of five Indian cultivars of mango (Mangifera indica ) fruit peel extracts. J. OF HERBMED PHARMACOLOGY July 2019 , Vol 8, 3; Page(s) 238 To 247.
- Umamahesh K, Arumugam D. Gandhi and Reddy O.V.S, Ethno pharmacological Applications of Mango (Mangiferaindica ) Peel – A Review Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, 2020, 21, 1298-1303.
Books
Specializations
Fermentation, Biology and Medicinal Plants
Conferences & Research
Research interest
- Isolation of bacterial, yeast and fungal cultures from different sources.
- Maintenance of bacterial, yeast and fungal cultures.
- Characterization of bacterial, yeast and fungal cultures for enzymes, organic acids and alcohol producing abilities.
- Isolation and characterization of UV and NTG mutants.
- Purification and characterization of enzymes using ion exchange, gel filtration, electrophoresis and serological techniques.
- Cell wall protein purification and characterization.
- Isolation of DNA and RNA.
- Cloning and expression of genes in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes.
- Antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants of Tirumala Hills.
- Mango wine production.
- Fruit vinegar production.
- Probiotification of Fruits and Vegetables
Research projects
- “Production of Yeast Single Cell Protein from starchy substrates for food and feed”. DST sanctioned Rs 3.40 lakhs for the Young Scientist Project (SERCYS).
- “Production of wine from mango using conventional methods and evaluation of the product based on organoleptic properties”. DBT sanctioned Rs 5.4 lakhs.
- “Effect of various nutrients on production of ethanol in VHG fermentation by cerevesiae”. UGC sanctioned Rs 9.01 lakhs for three years (2007-2010).
- “Studies on biochemical changes during mango wine fermentation and its stabilization” was approved by CSIR and sanctioned Rs 12.0 lakhs.
- “Effect of Gamma Irradiation on the Biochemical, Microbiological and Organoleptic properties in Mango pulp and Wine” approved by BRNS Rs.20.84 lakhs (2010-2013).
- “Studies on Lactic acid production by Submerged (SmF) and Solid-State Fermentation (SSF) using mango peel and other fruit wastes as substrate”. UGC sanctioned Rs11.06 lakhs for three years (2011-2014).
- “Pectinase production from mango fruit waste and its use in tropical fruit juice extraction and clarification” DST-SERB approved Rs. 25.0 lakhs (2014-2017).
- “Effect of Gamma Irradiation on the Production and Quality improvement of Mango fruit Vinegar” approved by BRNS Rs.58.69 lakhs (2017-2021).
Conference
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Membership in professional organizations:
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- Life member of SBC (I), Bangalore.
- Life member of AFST (I), Mysore.
- Life member of AMI (I), New Delhi.
- Life member of BRS (I), Trivandrum.
- Life member of PAI, NDRI, Karnal.
- Life member of ABAP, Guntur.
Life member of Mycological Society of India, Chennai.
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