SUA Faculty Scholarship: Afrasiabi, Zahra

Balachandran, Akilandeswari, Ajit Zambre, Jagjot Singh Kainth, Lakshmi Dhevi Nagarajha Selvan, Sowmya Parameswaran, Zahra Afrasiabi, Subramanian Krishnakumar, Raghuraman Kannan, and Anandhi Upendran. “Targeting HMGA Protein Inhibits Retinoblastoma Cell Proliferation.” RSC Advances 8, no. 55 (2018): 31510–14.

Eivazi, Frieda, Zahra Afrasiabi, and Elizabeth Jose. “Effects of Silver Nanoparticles on the Activities of Soil Enzymes Involved in Carbon and Nutrient Cycling.” Pedosphere 28, no. 2 (April 2018): 209-14.

Cheung, Sherine F., Matthew F. Yee, Nguyen K. Le, Elizabeth A. Gomes, Zahra Afrasiabi, and Daniel T. Kamei. “A Combined Aqueous Two-Phase System and Spot-Test Platform for the Rapid Detection of Escherichia Coli O157:H7 in Milk.” SLAS TECHNOLOGY: Translating Life Sciences Innovation 23, no. 1 (September 25, 2017): 57–63.

Afrasiabi, Zahra, Holly J. R. Popham, David Stanley, Dhananjay Suresh, Kristen Finley, Jonelle Campbell, Raghuraman Kannan, and Anandhi Upendran. “Dietary Silver Nanoparticles Reduce Fitness in a Beneficial, but Not Pest, Insect Species.” Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 93, no. 4 (August 2016): 190–201.

Wathen, Connor A., Chuck Caldwell, Nripen Chanda, Anandhi Upendran, Ajit Zambre, Zahra Afrasiabi, Sarah E. Chapaman, Nathan Foje, W. Matthew Leevy, and Raghuraman Kannan. “Selective X-ray Contrast Enhancement of the Spleen of Living Mice Mediated by Gold Nanorods.” Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging 10, no. 3 (August 2015): 188-93.

Zambre, Ajit, Francisco Silva, Anandhi Upendran, Zahra Afrasiabi, Yan Xin, António Paulob, and Raghuraman Kannan. “Synthesis and Characterization of Functional Multicomponent Nanosized Gallium Chelated Gold Crystals.” Chemical Communications 50, no. 25 (2014): 3373-76.
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Vyas, Alok, Vasundhara Kain, Zahra Afrasiabi, Sandhya Sitasawad, Madhukar Khetmalas, Vincent Nivière, and Subhash Padhye. “Novel Mn-SOD Mimetics Offer Superior Protection Against Oxidative Damages in Hek293 Kidney Cells.” Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacology 1 (June 2014): 1-8.

Chanda, Nripen, Anandhi Upendran, Evan J. Boote, Ajit Zambre, Sandra Axiak, Kimberly Selting, Kattesh V. Katti, W. Matthew Leevy, Zahra Afrasiabi, et al. “Gold Nanoparticle Based X-Ray Contrast Agent for Tumor Imaging in Mice and Dog: A Potential NanoPlatform for Computer Tomography Theranostics.” Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology 10, no. 3 (March 2014): 383-92.
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Ghatak, Shibnath, Alok Vyas, Suniti Misra, Paul O’Brien, Ajit Zambre, Victor M. Fresco, Roger R. Markwald, K. Venkateshwara Swamy, Zahra Afrasiabi, Amitava Choudhury, Madhukar Khetmalas, and Subhash Padhye. “Novel Di-tertiary-butyl Phenylhydrazones as Dual Cyclooxygenase-2/5-lipoxygenase Inhibitors: Synthesis, COX/LOX Inhibition, Molecular Modeling, and Insights into their Cytotoxicities.” Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 24, no. 1 (January 2014): 317-24.

Afrasiabi, Zahra, Preston Stovall, Kristen Finley, Amitava Choudhury, Charles Barnes, Aamir Ahmad, Fazlul Sarkar, Alok Vyas, and Subhash Padhye. “Targeting Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells by N3-substituted 9,10-Phenanthrenequinone Thiosemicarbazones and their Metal Complexes.” Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 114, (October 2013): 114-19

Afrasiabi, Zahra, Rosana Almudhafar, Di Xiao, Ekkehard Sinn, Amitava Choudhury, Aamir Ahmad, Alok Vyas, Fazlul Sarkar, and Subhash Padhye. “Metal-based Anticancer Agents: Targeting Androgen-dependent and Androgen-independent Prostate and COX-positive Pancreatic Cancer Cells by Phenanthrenequinone Semicarbazone and its Metal Complexes.” Transition Metal Chemistry 38, no. 6 (September 2013): 665-73.

Zambre, Ajit, Nripen Chanda, Sudhirdas Prayaga, Rosana Almudhafar, Zahra Afrasiabi, Anandhi Upendran, and Raghuraman Kannan. “Design and Development of a Field Applicable Gold Nanosensor for the Detection of Luteinizing Hormone.” Analytical Chemistry 84, no. 21 (2012): 9478-84.

Zambre, Ajit, Nripen Chanda, Sudhirdas Prayaga, Rosana Almudhafar, Raghuraman Kannan, Anandhi Upendran, and Zahra Afrasiabi. “Gold Nanoparticle Based Immunostrip Assay Method for Detection of Protein-A.” Applied Mechanics and Materials 229-231 (2012): 260-66.

Shingnapurkar, Dipti, Prasad Dandawate, Christopher E. Anson, Annie K. Powell, Zahra Afrasiabi, Ekkehard Sinn, Shital Pandit, K. Venkateswara Swamy, Scott Franzblau, and Subhash Padhye. “Synthesis and Characterization of Pyruvate–isoniazid Analogs and their Copper Complexes as Potential ICL Inhibitors.” Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 22, no. 9 (May 2012): 3172-76.

Sleightholm, Lee, Ajit Zambre, Nripen Chanda, Zahra Afrasiabi, Kattesh Katti, and Raghuraman Kannan. “New Nanomedicine Approaches Using Gold–thioguanine Nanoconjugates as Metallo-ligands.” Inorganica Chimica Acta 372, no. 1 (June 2011): 333-39.

Afrasiabi, Zahra, Ravi Shukla, Nripen Chanda, Sharanya Bhaskaran, Anandhi Upendran, Ajit Zambre, Kattesh V. Katti, and Raghuraman Kannan. “Nanoscale Sensor Design via In Situ Labeling of Gold Nanoparticles onto Protein Scaffolds.” Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 10, no. 2 (February 2010): 719–725.
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Ambike, Vinita, Shreelekha Adsule, Fakhara Ahmed, Zhiwei Wang, Zahra Afrasiabi, Ekkehard Sinn, Fazlul Sarkar, and Subhash Padhye. “Copper Conjugates of Nimesulide Schiff Bases Targeting VEGF, COX and Bcl-2 in Pancreatic Cancer Cells.” Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 101, no. 10 (October 2007): 1517-24.

Shingnapurkar, Dipti, Ray Butcher, Zahra Afrasiabi, Ekkhard Sinn, Fakhara Ahmed, Fazlul Sarkar, and Subhash Padhye. “Neutral Dimeric Copper–sparfloxacin Conjugate Having Butterfly Motif with Antiproliferative Effects against Hormone Independent BT20 Breast Cancer Cell Line.” Inorganic Chemistry Communications 10, no. 4 (April 2007): 459-62.

Afrasiabi, Zahra, Ekk Sinn, Weisheng Lin, Yinfa Ma, Charles Campana, and Subhash Padhye. “Nickel (II) Complexes of Naphthaquinone Thiosemicarbazone and Semicarbazone: Synthesis, Structure, Spectroscopy, and Biological Activity.” Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 99, no. 7 (July 2005): 1526-31.

Afrasiabi, Zahra, Ekk Sinn, Prasad P. Kulkarni, Vinita Ambike, Subhash Padhye, Deepti Deobagakar, Mark Heron, Chris Gabbutt, Christopher E. Anson, and Annie K. Powell. “Synthesis and Characterization of Copper(II) Complexes of 4-alkyl/aryl-1,2-naphthoquinones Thiosemicarbazones Derivatives as Potent DNA Cleaving Agents.” Inorganica Chimica Acta 358, no. 6 (March 2005): 2023-30.

Padhye, Subhash, Zahra Afrasiabi, Ekk Sinn, Jansina Fok, Kapil Mehta, and Nigam Rath. “Antitumor Metallothiosemicarbazonates: Structure and Antitumor Activity of Palladium Complex of Phenanthrenequinone Thiosemicarbazone.” Inorganic Chemistry 44, no. 5 (2005): 1154-56.
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Alleti, Ramesh, Woon Su Oh, Meher Perambuduru, Zahra Afrasiabi, Ekkehard Sinna, and V. Prakash Reddy. “Gadolinium Triflate Immobilized in Imidazolium Based Ionic Liquids: A Recyclable Catalyst and Green Solvent for Acetylation of Alcohols and Amines.” Green Chemistry 7, no. 4 (2005): 203-06.
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Afrasiabi, Zahra, Ekkehard Sinn, Junnan Chen, Yinfa Ma, Arnold L. Rheingold, Lev N. Zakharov, Nigam Rath, and Subhash Padhye. “Appended 1,2-naphthoquinones as Anticancer Agents 1: Synthesis, Structural, Spectral and Antitumor Activities of Ortho-naphthaquinone Thiosemicarbazone and its Transition Metal Complexes.” Inorganica Chimica Acta 357, no. 1 (January 2004): 271-78.

Chen, Junnan, Yue-wern Huang, Guanshu Liu, Zahra Afrasiabi, Ekkehard Sinn, Subhash Padhye, and Yinfa Ma. “The Cytotoxicity and Mechanisms of 1,2-naphthoquinone Thiosemicarbazone and its Metal Derivatives against MCF-7 Human Breast Cancer Cells.” Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 197, no. 1 (May 2004): 40-8.

Afrasiabi, Zahra, Ekk Sinn, Shreelekha Padhye, Sabari Dutta, Subhash Padhye, Chris Newton, Christopher E. Anson, and Annie K. Powell. “Transition Metal Complexes of Phenanthrenequinone Thiosemicarbazone as Potential Anticancer Agents: Synthesis, Structure, Spectroscopy, Electrochemistry and in Vitro Anticancer Activity against Human Breast Cancer Cell-line, T47D.” Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 95, no. 4 (July 2003): 306-14.