Dr. Rafiqur Rahman

Supernumerary Professor

Ph.D., Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.,Canada, 1969
B.Sc., Biochemistry, University of Dhaka, 1961
M.Sc., Biochemistry, University of Dhaka, 1963

Special Training: Post-Doctoral
1969-1972, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
1975-1979, Univ. of Connecticut Health ctr. Farmington, Connecticut, USA.
1984-1986, Univ. of Connecticut Health Ctr. Farmington, Connecticut, USA.

Room: TR-01, 5th floor, Science Complex Building,
University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000.
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Phone: 01715315064, Office Ex.- 7817.

Honors and Awards:

National Institute of Health (NIH), Post-doctoral Fellowship Award,1969-71.
Third World Academy of Science (TWAS), Trieste,Italy,1989, Research Grant.

Position Held:

Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Dhaka.
Chairman, Department of Biochemistry, University of Dhaka.
President, Bangladesh Biochemistry Society,1990-94.
Editor, Dhaka University Journal of Biol.Sci, 1995-1997.
Supernumerary Professor, Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Dhaka.

Research Interests:

Chemistry of Natural Products, Diabetes Mellitus, Mechanism of Insuline Action, Herbal Hypoglycemis: Underlying Mechanism of Action.

Publications:

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.