Dr. Sanzida Mubassara
Dr. Sanzida Mubassara Professor, Department of Botany

PROFILE

SHORT BIOGRAPHY

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RESEARCH INTEREST

Agricultural and Environmental microbiology.

Microbial Biotechnology

Related to Food Biotechnology/Food Chemistry/Bioactive Natural Products/Biochemistry

 

Pharmaceutical Chemistry

AWARD

  1. Gai Tobe R, Haque SE, Mubassara S, Rahman R, Ikegami K, Mori R. 2022. Maternal and child health handbook to improve continuum of maternal and child care in rural Bangladesh: Findings of a cluster randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 17(4):e0266074.
  2. Kobashi Y, Haque SE, Nishikawa Y, Morita T, Nagami H, Sakisaka K, Mubassara S, Tsubokura M. 2021. The Increase in Frequency of Protective Behavior against Pesticide Poisoning in Narail, Bangladesh through Use of an Easy Paper Checklist; an Interventional Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health.18(17):9349
  3. Ferdouse, F., Mubassara, S., & Ahmed, F. A. 2020. Bioactivity evaluation of commercial root samples of Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R.Br. Jahangirnagar University Journal of Biological Sciences, 8(2), 61–69.
  4. Md. Nazmul Huda, Sanzida Mubassara, Amrita Kumar Sarkar and Chiranjit Tripura, 2018. Phytochemical screening, anti-oxidative activities and anti-microbial studies of an Ayurvedic tonic Triphala along with its components. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 7(4): 2554-2559.
  5. Sanzida Mubassara, Amrita Kumar Sarkar and Md. Nazmul Huda, 2017. Anti-oxidative and anti-microbial activities of four important medicinal herbs of Bangladesh. International Journal of Ayurveda and pharma Research, 5(10): 67-73.
  6. Sheikh Julfikar Hossain, M Rabiul Islam, Tahmina Pervin, M Iftekharuzzaman, Omer A A Hamdi, Sanzida Mubassara, M Saifuzzaman, and Jamil Ahmad Shilpi. 2017. Antibacterial, Anti-Diarrhoeal, Analgesic, Cytotoxic Activities, and GC-MS Profiling of Sonneratia apetala (Buch.-Ham.) Seed. Preventive Nutrition and Food Science, 22(3): 157–165.
  7. Akond, M.A., Zohora F., Jolly S.N., Mubassara S., Hossain M.A. and Noor R. 2016. Isolation of a potential antifungal Bacillus subtilis 37-JM07 strain from straw and its biocontrol efficacy to combat green mold disease of commercial mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus. Environmental Science: An Indian Journal, 12(3): 91-103.
  8. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Sanzida Mubassara and Tania Sultana, 2016. Phytoconstituents, bioactivity and antioxidant potential of some commercial brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) cultivars of Bangladesh. Jahangirnagar University journal of Biological Science, 5(2): 41-50.
  9. Sanzida Mubassara, Kalyan Kumar Biswas, Md. Muksedul Hasan, Md. Ibrahim Hossain, and Sudip Paul. In vitro phytochemical, antibacterial and antioxidant analyses in different plant parts of Sygizium cumini. International Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical Research, 2014-15; 7(1); 150-155.
  10. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Md. Anisur Rahman, Gazi Mosharaf Hossain and Sanzida Mubassara 2014. Ethnobotany and antibacterial potentiality of Blumea lacera L. from Sundarbon Mangrove Forest of Bangladesh. Jahangirnagar Univ. J. Biol. Sci. 8(1): 46-58.
  11. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Md. Anisur Rahman, and Sanzida Mubassara 2014. Phytochemical composition, antioxidant activity and cytotoxicity of Blumea lacera Linn. from two different habitats. Jahangirnagar Univ. J. Biol. Sci. Vol. 3(1): 37-45.
  12. Jolly, S.N., S. Mubassara, M.K. Pramanik and M.A. Akond. 2013. Current status of bacteriological quality of drinking water of the Jahangirnagar University Campus, Dhaka, Bangladesh. J. Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology. 3(6): 14-19.
  13. Kalyan Kumar Biswas, Sanzida Mubassara and Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 2013. Phytochemical screening and bioactivity of bark extracts of Sonneratia caseolaris (L.)Engl. Jahangirnagar Univ. J. Biol. Sci. 2(1): 47-55.
  14. S. Mubassara, S. N. Jolly M. A. Akond and Zahed U.M. Khan. Factors affecting the growth and respiratory activity of Azospirillum, a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from wheat fields of Bangladesh. Jahangirnagar Univ. J. Biol. Sci. 2(1): 33-36.
  15. Tsujiyama, I., Mubassara, S., Aoshima, H. and Hossain, S.J., 2012. Anti-histamine release and anti-inflammatory activities of aqueous extracts of citrus fruits peels. Orient Pharm Exp Med, DOI 10.1007/s13596-012-0093-z.
  16. Sanzida Mubassara, Mikako Takasugi, Ryuo Iga, Sheikh Julfikar Hossain, and Hitoshi Aoshima. 2011. Inhibition of the histamine and Leukotriene B4 release from rat peritoneal exudate cells by six Bangladeshi plants. Pharmacologyonline. 2: 76-85.
  17. F. A. Anny, M.A. Akond, S. Mubassara and Z. U. M. Khan. 2011. Nitrogen fixing potential of Azotobacter isolated from vegetable fields of Savar. Bangladesh J. Life Sci. 23(1): 61-69.
  18. Sanzida Mubassara, Sheikh Julfikar Hossain, Firoj Ahmed, Makie Yamamoto Nobusuke Tan, and Hitoshi Aoshima. 2009. Potentiation of the response of GABAA receptors by Bangladeshi medicinal plants. Food Science and Technology Research. 15(3): 315-324.
  19. Akond, M.A., Saidul Alam, S.M.R. Hasan, Sanzida Mubassara, Sarder Nasir Uddin, and Momena Shirin. 2009. Bacterial contaminants in Carbonated Soft Drinks sold in Bangladesh markets. International J. Food Microbiology. 130(2): 156-158.
  20. Sanzida Mubassara, Ushijima Asumi, Nobusuke Tan and Hitoshi Aoshima. 2008. Effect of essential oils on the response of GABAA receptors and sleeping time in the mice induced by a sleeping drug. Aroma Research 35 9(3): 348-353.
  21. S. Mubassara, Z.U.M. Khan, M.M. Rahman, Fazlul K. Patwary and M.A. Akond. 2008. Seed inoculation effect of Azospirillum Spp. on growth, biomass and yield Parameters of J. Wheat. Academic Plant Sciences 1(4): 56-61.
  22. Akond, M.A., S. Mubassara, M.M. Rahman, S. Alam and Z.U.M. Khan. 2008. Status of vesicular-arbuscular (VA) mycorrhizae in vegetable crop plants of Bangladesh. World J. Agricultural Sciences 4(6): 704-708.
  23. Akond, M.A., S. Mubassara, and M.M. Rahman. 2007. Effects of inorganic salts on growth and respiratory activity of Azospirillum spp. isolated from wheat fields of Bangladesh. J. Asiatic Society Bangladesh, Science 33(2): 215-222.
  24. Akond, M.A., S. Mubassara and M.M. Rahman. 2007. Distribution and abundance of Azotobacter in wheat fields of Bangladesh. Bangladesh J. Microbiology 24(2): 151-153.
  25. Rahman, M.M., Mubassara, S., Hoque, S. and Khan, Z.U.M. 2007. Effect of Azospirillum inoculation on growth and yield of lentil. Bangladesh J. Microbiology. 24 (1): 30-33.
  26. Rahman, M.M., Mubassara, S., Hoque, S. and Khan, Z.U.M. 2006. Effect of some environmental factors on the growth of Azospirillum species isolated from saline soils of Satkhira District, Bangladesh. Bangladesh J. Microbiology. 23(2): 145-148.
  27. Rahman, M.M., Mubassara, S., Hoque, S. and Khan, Z.U.M. 2006. Aerobic heterotrophic bacteria and Azospirillum in certain saline soils of Bangladesh. Bangladesh J. Life Sci. 18(1):105-110.
  28. Zahed U.M. Khan, S. Mubassara and Nahid Akter Shanta. 2006. Effect of Azospirillum on grwoth and yield of foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.). Bangladesh J. Life Sci. 18(1): 63-67.
  29. Nahid Akter Shanta, S. Mubassara and Zahed U.M. Khan. 2006.Occurrence of heterotrophic bacteria and Azospirillum in hydrophytes. Bangladesh J. Life Sci. 18(1): 59-62.
  30. S. Mubassara, M. Motiur Rahman, and M.A. Akond. 2005. Enumeration of Heterotrophic Bacteria and Azospirillum from Roots and Soils of Taro (Colocasia esculenta). J. Environmental Sciences (Dhaka) 3: 19-23. Department of Environmental Science, JU.
  31. Khan, Z. U. M., Shubhra Sinha, and S. Mubassara. 2003. Prevalence of heterotrophic bacteria and Azospirillum in coastal area of Bangladesh. Bangladesh J. Life Sci. 15(2): 41-45.
  32. Z. U. M., M. A. Akond, and S. Mubassara. 2001. Population of heterotrophic bacteria and Azospirillum in wheat field soil and the nitrogen-fixing potential of Azospirillum of the same soil. Bangladesh J. Life Sci. 13(1&2): 1-5.
  33. S. Mubassara, M. A. Akond and Z. U. M. Khan. 2001. Effect of Azospirillum inoculation on the growth and yield of wheat. Bangladesh J. Life Sci. 13(1&2):  119-125.

Teaching

Course Code Course Title Semester/Year
Bot. 405 Phytochemistry and Herbal Medicine 4th Year
Bot. 307 Economic Botany and Ethnobotany 3rd Year
Bot. 105 Gymnosperms and Palaeobotany 1st Year

Academic Info

Exam/Degree name

Board/University

Passing year

Div./Class

Secondary School Certificate (Science)

Board of Secondary and  Intermediate Education, Jessore, Bangladesh

1990

1st Division

 

Higher Secondary Certificate (Science)

Board of Secondary and  Intermediate Education, Jessore, Bangladesh

1992

1st Division

B.Sc. (Hons.) in Botany

Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh

1995

(Held in 1997)

1st Class

(2nd position)

M.Sc. in Botany (Thesis work on Microbiology)

Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh

1996

(Held in 1999)

1st Class

(1st position)

 

M.Phil. in Botany (Thesis work on Microbiology)

 

Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh   

       

         2002

(Held in 2004)

 

Awarded

PhD in Applied molecular bioscience

Yamaguchi University, Japan

2010

Awarded

Experience

23.05.2015- - Onward

 

Working as a Professor from 23 May, 2015 till today in the Department of Botany, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.

12.03.2011-22.05.2015

 

Working as an Associate Professor from 12 March, 2011 to 22 May 2015 in the Department of Botany, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.

25.06.2006-12.03. 2011

 

Worked as an Assistant Professor from 25 June, 2006 to 12 March, 2011 in the Department of Botany, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.

20.03.2003- - 25.06.2006

 

Worked as a Lecturer from 20 February, 2003 to 25 June, 2006 in the Department of Botany, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.

01.11.2000- - 20.02.2003

 

Worked as Research Fellow from 01 November, 2000 to 20 February, 2003 in the research project – “Studies on Halophilic Azospirillum sp. In saline prone area of Bangladesh”.

Activity

LIST OF RESEARCH PROJECT UNDERTAKEN:

2000 – 2001

 

Bacterial load in some fruit juices and carbonated soft drinks available in Bangladesh.[as research fellow]

2001 – 2002

 

Comparison of Media for Selective Isolation of Azospirillum. [University Research Project, J.U., as research fellow].

2002 - 2003

 

Studies on the status of Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Vegetable Crops of Bangladesh. [University Research Project, J.U., as research fellow].

2003 – 2004

 

Characterization of the bacterial contaminants associated with Azospirillum. [University Research Project, J.U, as principal investigator].

2003 – 2004

 

Distribution and abundance of Azotobacter in wheat fields. [University Research Project, J.U, as a co-investigator].

2004 - 2005

 

Effect of some inorganic salts on growth and respiratory activities of Azospirillum. [University Research Project, J.U, as principal investigator].

2005 - 2006

 

Characterization of the bacterial contaminants associated with Azospirillum. [University Research Project, J.U, as a co-investigator].

2005 - 2006

 

Occurrence of Azospirillum from root and rhizosphere soil of Colocassia esculenta. [University Research Project, J.U, as principal investigator].

2006 - 2007

 

Studies on Bacterial Profile of Carbonated Soft Drinks and Bottled Water Sold in Bangladesh.

2010 – 2011

 

Phytochemical and pharmacological screening of some Bangladeshi herbs used by our local peoples. [Research Project financed by UGC, J.U.].

2010 – 2011

 

Searching the potential of Syzygium cumini as medicinal plant. [University Research Project, J.U.].

2011-2012

 

Comparative phytochemical screening of bioactive compounds in a medicinal Mushroom Ganoderma lucidum (Gl-4) a commercially cultivated verity. [Research Project financed by UGC.].

2011-2012

 

Antioxidative and antimicrobial activities of five important medicinal herbs of Bangladesh. [University Research Project, J.U.].

2012-2013

 

Phytochemical study and bioactivity of commercial papaya (Carica papaya L.) cultivars in Bangladesh. [Research Project financed by UGC.]

2012-2013

 

Organoleptic and phytochemical studies of an Ayurvedic preparation, Triphola. [Research Project financed by UGC.]

2013-2014

 

Ethnopharmacology, phytochemical composition and bioactivity of some wild edible Mushroom consumed by ethnic people of Chittagong hill tracts region. [Research Project financed by NST.]

2013-2014

 

Ethnobotany, phytoconstituents and bioactivity of Moringa oleifera lam. Seeds. [University Research Project, J.U.].

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE / EXPOSURE

Experienced with working in Microbiology lab:

Basic microbiological techniques including isolation and culturing of microorganisms – bacteria and fungi. Maintenance of pure culture for microbes and callus regenerated from plants. Testing of antagonistic activity among microorganisms. Determination of MIC.

Biochemistry:

Various  Chromatographic Techniques- Open Columns Chromatography (CC), High–Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC), Gas chromatography (GC)etc.

Pharmaceutical Chemistry:

Bio-assay techniques-Measurement of Lipid Profile, Antimicrobial and Antioxidant activity, Anti-allergic activity, Tranquilizing activity etc.

Contact

Dr. Sanzida Mubassara

Professor
Department of Botany
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Cell Phone: +8801701842350
Email: sanzida@juniv.edu , sanzida.botany@gmail.com

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