Spice genomics and Proteomics

  • Analysis of EST’s of major spices
  • Primer Designing
  • Hortinformatics
  • Identification of molecular markers- SNP’s & SSR’s
  • Gene mining and gene ontology
  • Identifying metabolic pathways
  • Studies on gene regulatory factors (miRNA’s)
  • Transcriptome analysis
  • Database development

    • Cheminformatics

  • Drug discovery from Spice phytochemicals
  • Identification of antibacterial, antifungal and nematicidal compounds from spices
  • Predicted activity spectrum of spice compounds (PASSCOM)
  • PALBase- phenyl alanine ammonia lyase
  • CARDCC & MPbase- cardamom volatile oil chemical compounds
  • GSTLeadBase- pharmacological lead compound of spices
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