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Dr. Rafiqur Rahman

Name: 
Dr. Rafiqur Rahman
Position: 

Supernumerary Professor

Date of Birth: 
Sat, 1941-06-28 23:59
Personal Contact: 

Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
University of Dhaka
Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh

Academic qualification: 

Ph.D. (Chem.)
Dalhousie University
Halifax, N.S.,
Canada

M.Sc. (Biochem)
University of Dhaka
Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh

Recent Jobs: 

Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Dhaka
Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.

List of publication: 

1.Citric Acid Cycle in rat Kidney, M.M. Rahman, R. Rahman and K. Ahmad. Sixth International Congress of Biochemistry, New York City,1964

2. The growth of Bacillus subtilis in Media Containing Chetomin, Sporidesmin and Gliotoxin, D. Brewer, D.E. Hannah, R. Rahman, and A. Taylor. Can. J. Microbiol. 13,1251, 1967

3. A new metabolite of Pithomyces Chartarum related to the Sporidesmins. D. Brewer, R. Rahman, S. Safe and A. Taylor. Chemical Communications, 1032, 1967.

4. A New Toxic Metabolite of Pithomyces Chartarum related to the Sporidesmins. D. Brewer, R. Rahman, S. Safe and A. Taylor. Chemical Communications, 1571, 1968.

5. Sporidesmins, Part VIII. Isolation and Structure of Sporidesmins-D and Sporidesmins-F. W.D. Jamieson, R. Rahman and A. Taylor. J. Chem. Soc. (C), 1564, 1969.

6. Sporodesmins. Part IX. Isolation and Structure of Sporidesmins-E. R. Rahman, S. Safe and A. Taylor, J. Chem. Soc. (C), 1965, 1969.

7. The Stereochemistry of Polysulfides. R. Rahman, S. Safe, and A. Taylor. Quarterly Reviews, 24, 208, 1970.

8. Separation of Polythiadioxopiperazine Antibiotics by Thin layer Chromatography. R. Rahman, S. Safe and A. Taylor. J. Chromatog. 53, 592, 1970.

9. Removal of the 4,4-Dimethyl Carbons in the Enzymic Conversion of Lanosterol to Cholesterol, Initial Loss of 4a-Methyl group. R. Rahman, K.B. Sharpless, T.A. Spencer and R.B. Clayton. J. Biol. Chem. 245, 2667, 1970.

10. Sporidesmins. Part XII, isolation and Structure of Sporidesmins-G, Naturally Occurring 3,6-Epitetrathiopiperazine-2,5- dione. E. Francis, R. Rahman, S. Safe, and A. Taylor. J. Chem. Soc. Perkin- Transactions, 1, 470, 1972.

11. A new Depsipeptide from Pithomyces chartarum. R. Rahman, A. Taylor, B.C. Das and J. A. Verporte. Can. J. Chem. 9, 1360, 1976.

12. Effect of insulin on incorporation of 3H2O- and H14CO3 into Protein of Rat Adipose Tissue. R. Rahman, and R.L. Jungas. Federation Proceedings, 36, 340, 1977.

13. Studies on Mitochondrial Respiration of Some High Citric Acid Yielding Mutants of Aspergillus Niger. M. Hussain, R. Rahman, N. Choudhury and Iffat Hussain. J. Of Fermentation Tech. 66, 253, 1978.

14. Analysis of some Radiation Induced Mutants of Aspergillus Niger for Citric Acid Production in Cane Sugar Medium. M. Hussain, R. Rahman, N. Choudhury, and Iffat Hussain. Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology, 1. 16, 1979.

15. Sporidesmins Part 17 Isolation of sporidesmins H and Sporidesmins J. R. Rahman, S. Safe and A. Taylor. J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Transactions I 1476, 1979.

16. Stimulation of Pyruvate Transporter of Fat Cell Mitochondria by Insulin. R. Rahman and R. L. Jungas. Abstracts of the Eleventh International Congress of Biochemists, p-618, 1979, Toronto.

17. Sexual Differentiation of Hepatic Metabolism of Corticosterone and Testosterone in the Rat. R. Rahman and R.B. Clayton. J. Biochem. (Tokyo), 90, 1567, 1981.

18. Effects of Insulin on CO2 Fixation in Adipose Tissue, Evidence for Regulation of Pyruvate Transport. R. Rahman, F. Rourke, and R.L. Jungas. J. Biol. Chem. 258, 483, 1983.

19. Hypoglycemic Effects of Coccnia Indica: Inhibition of key Gluconeogenic Enzyme. Glucose-6- Phosphatase. Mohammed Zahid Hossain, Baizid Alam Shibib and R. Rahman. Ind. J. Expt. Biol. 30, 418, 1992.

20. Hypoglycemic activity of Coccnia indica and Momordica charantia in diabetic rats: depression of hepatic gluconeogenic enzymes glucose-6-phosphatase and fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase and elevation of both liver and red cell shunt enzyme glucose-6-p.hosphate dehydrogenase, Baizid, A. Shibib, Liakot Ali Khan and Rafiqur Rahman. Biochem. J. 292, 267. 1993.

21. Cholesterol lowering effect of Hilsa fish oil in female rats. Sushil Sinha and Rafiqur Rahman, Bangladesh. J. Biochem 1, 9. 1995.

22. Effects of Coccinia indica in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats partial restoration of tissue level of reduced glutathione, B.K. Saha, A. Mehjabeen, K. Mannor, A.K. Azad Khan and Rafiqur Rahman. Dhaka Univ. J. Biol. Sci 6(2): 221-225, 1997.

Trainings: 

National Institute of Health (NIH)
Postdoctoral Fellow: 1969-‘72
Stanford Medical School,
Stanford University
Stanford, California, USA

Research Associate: 1975-‘79
Department of Physiology
University of Connecticut
Health Ctr., Farmington
Connecticut, USA.

Senior Research Fellow 1984-‘86
Department of Physiology
University of Connecticut
Health Ctr., Farmington
Connecticut, USA