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f.nikkon@gmail.com

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Rajshahi Rajshahi-6205


DR. FARJANA NIKKON
PROFESSOR
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology


Education Summary  
M.Sc(Raj), Ph.D (Taj)

Research Interest  
N/A
Level Institution Year
Doctoral
(Ph.D)
University of Rajshahi 2005
Masters
(M.Sc)
University of Rajshahi 1990
Bachelor/Honors
(B.Sc (Hons))
University of Rajshahi 1989

Experience in Rajshahi University

Duration Organization/Institute Position
2010-07-19 to Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology PROFESSOR
2005-12-23 to 2010-07-18 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Associate Professor
2001-04-01 to 2005-12-22 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
1998-04-01 to 2001-03-31 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology LECTURER

Experience in other Organization/Institute

Not Available

Journal

1. Ehsanul Kabir, Jahidul Islam, Tasnim Tabassum Shila, Sharmin Akter Beauty, Junayed Sadi, Md. Royhan Gofur, Farhadul Islam, Shakhawoat Hossain, Farjana Nikkon, Khaled Hossain, Zahangir Alam Saud,, "Ameliorating effects of Clerodendrum viscosum leaves on lead-induced hepatotoxicity" Food Science Nutrition 2024;00:1–10. DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.4285

Published: June 2024
2. Ehsanul Kabir, Tasnim Tabassum Shila, Jahidul Islam, Sharmin Akter Beauty, Farhadul Islam, Shakhawoat Hossain, Farjana Nikkon, Seiichiro Himeno, Khaled Hossain & Zahangir Alam Saud "Concomitant Exposure to Lower Doses of Arsenic, Lead, and Manganese Induces Greater Synergistic Neurotoxicity Than Individual Metals in Mice" Vol.:(0123456789)Biological Trace Element Research https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-024-04260-y

Published: June 2024
3. Jahidul Islam1, Zohurul Islam1, Nazmul Haque, Moriom Khatun, Farhadul Islam , Shakhawoat Hossain, Md Ashraful Hoque, Farjana Nikkon , Khaled Hossain , Zahangir Alam Saud * "Fenugreek seed powder protects mice against arsenic-induced neurobehavioral changes" Current Research in Toxicology Volume 5, 2023, 100114

Published: July 2023
4. Jahidul Islam, Tasnim Tabassum Shila, Zohurul Islam, Ehsanul Kabir, Nazmul Haque, Moriom Khatun, Shuchismita Khan, Ahsanul Mahbub Jubayar, Farhadul Islam, Farjana Nikkon, Khaled Hossain, Zahangir Alam Saud "Clerodendrum viscosum leaves attenuate lead-induced neurotoxicity through upregulation of BDNF-Akt-Nrf2 pathway in mice" Journal of Ethnopharmacology 304 (2023) 116024

Published: December 2022
5. Jahidul Islam, Tasnim Tabassum Shila, Zohurul Islam, Ehsanul Kabir, Nazmul Haque, Moriom Khatun, Shuchismita Khan, Ahsanul Mahbub Jubayar, Farhadul Islam, Farjana Nikkon, Khaled Hossain, Zahangir Alam Saud "Clerodendrum viscosum leaves attenuate lead-induced neurotoxicity through upregulation of BDNF-Akt-Nrf2 pathway in mice" Journal of Ethnopharmacology, December 2022, 116024

Published: December 2022
6. Islam Z, Islam J, Tony SR, Anjum A, Ferdous R, Roy AK, Hossain S, Salam KA, Nikkon F, Hossain K and Saud ZA "Mulberry leaves juice attenuate arsenic-induced neurobehavioral and hepatic disorders in mice" Food Science and Nutrition, 00, 1–11, 2022

Published: August 2022
7. Hasan Ul Banna, Adiba Anjum, Sheta Biswas, Victor Mondal, Abu Eabrahim Siddique, Apurba Kumar Roy, Farjana Nikkon, Azizul Haque, Seiichiro Himeno, Kazi Abdus Salam, Khaled Hossain, Zahangir Alam Saud "Parental Lead Exposure Promotes Neurobehavioral Disorders and Hepatic Dysfunction in Mouse Offspring" Biological Trace Element Research

Published: April 2021
8. Siddique AE, Rahman M, Hossain MI, Karim Y, Hasibuzzaman MM, Biswas S, Islam MS, Rahman A, Hossen F, Mondal V, Banna HU, Huda N, Hossain M, Sultana P, Nikkon F, Saud ZA, Haque A, Nohara K, Xin L, Himeno S, Hossain K. "Association between chronic arsenic exposure and the characteristic features of asthma." Chemosphere. 246:125790, 2020.

Published: May 2020
9. Sheta Biswas, Hasan Ul Banna, Momotaj Jahan, Adiba Anjum, Abu Eabrahim Siddique, Apurba Roy, Farjana Nikkon, Kazi Abdus Salam, Azizul Haque, Seiichiro Himeno, Khaled Hossain, Zahangir Alam Saud "In vivo evaluation of arsenic-associated behavioral and biochemical alterations in F0 and F1 mice" Chemosphere 245:125619

Published: April 2020
10. Biswas S, Anjum A, Banna HU, Rahman M, Siddique AE, Karim Y, Nikkon F, Haque A, Hossain K, Saud ZA "Manganese attenuates the effects of arsenic on neurobehavioral and biochemical changes in mice co-exposed to arsenic and manganese" Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26(28):29257-29266, 2019

Published: October 2019
11. Yeasir Karim, Abu Eabrahim Siddique, Faruk Hossen, Mizanur Rahman, Victor Mondal, Hasan Ul Banna, M.M. Hasibuzzaman, Zubaer Hosen, Md. Shofikul Islam, Md. Khalequzzaman Sarker, Farjana Nikkon, Zahangir Alam Saud, Lian Xin, Seiichiro Himeno, Khaled Hossain "Dose-dependent relationships between chronic arsenic exposure and cognitive impairment and serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor." Environment International. 131:105029, 2019.

Published: October 2019
12. Paul SK, Islam MS, Hasibuzzaman MM, Hossain F, Anjum A, Saud ZA, Haque MM, Sultana P, Haque A, Andric KB, Rahman A, Karim MR, Siddique AE, Karim Y, Rahman M, Miyataka H, Xin L, Himeno S, Hossain K. "Higher risk of hyperglycemia with greater susceptibility in females in chronic arsenic-exposed individuals in Bangladesh" Sci Total Environ 668:1004-1012

Published: September 2019
13. Anjum A, Biswas S, Rahman M, Rahman A, Siddique AE, Karim Y, Nikkon F, Haque A, Himeno S, Hossain K, Saud ZA "Plasma butyrylcholinesterase activity in manganese-exposed human and mice and its relationships with neurobehavioral changes" Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26(7):6378-6387

Published: January 2019
14. Tanu T, Anjum A, Jahan M, Nikkon F, Hoque M, Roy AK, Haque A, Himeno S, Hossain K, Saud ZA "Antimony-induced neurobehavioral and biochemical perturbations in mice" Biological Trace Elem Res.186: 199-207

Published: March 2018
15. Sheikh A, Yeasmin F, Agarwal S, Rahman M, Islam K, Hossain E, Hossain S, Karim MR, Nikkon F, Saud ZA and Hossain K "Protective effects of MoringaoleiferaLam. leaves against arsenic-induced toxicity in mice" Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 4(1): S353-358

Published: November 2014
16. Reza T, Aktar S, Amin HA, Rahman M, Arefin A, Mohanto NC, Alam S, Mamun AA, Habib A, Asafudullah, Nikkon F, Hossain K and Saud ZA "In vivo analysis of toxic effect of hydrose used in food preparations in Bangladesh" Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 4(11): 884-889

Published: June 2014
17. Afzal Sheikh , Fouzia Yeasmin, Smita Agarwal, Mashiur Rahman, Khairul Islam, Ekhtear Hossain, Shakhawoat Hossain, Md Rezaul Karim, Farjana Nikkon, Zahangir Alam Saud, Khaled Hossain. "Protective effects of Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves against arsenic-induced toxicity in mice" Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 4(1): S353-358

Published: May 2014
18. Karim MR, Rahman M, Islam K, Mamun AA, Hossain S, Hossain E, Aziz A, Yeasmin F, Agarwal S, Hossain MI, Saud ZA, Nikkon F, Hossain M, Mandal A, Jenkins RO, Haris PI, Miyataka H, Himeno S, Hossain K. "Increases in oxidized low-density lipoprotein and other inflammatory and adhesion molecules with a concomitant decrease in high-density lipoprotein in the individuals exposed to arsenic in Bangladesh" Toxicol Sci.:135(1):17-25

Published: September 2013
19. Mashiur Rahman, Zahangir A. Saud, Hossain E., Islam K., Karim M.R., Yeasmin T., Nikkon F., Mandal A. and Khaled Hossain "Ameliorating effects of Zingiber zerumbet Linn. on sodium arsenite- induced changes of blood indices in experimental mice" Life Sciences and Medicine Research, LSMR-41

Published: March 2012
20. Hossain S, Kader G, Nikkon F, Yeasmin T. "Cytotoxicity of the rhizome of medicinal plants" Asian Pac J Trop Biomed, 2(2):125-7

Published: March 2012
21. Kader G, Nikkon F, Rashid MA, Yeasmin T. "Antimicrobial activities of the rhizome extract of Zingiber zerumbet Linn." Asian Pac J Trop Biomed.:1(5):409-12

Published: October 2011
22. Farjana Nikkon, M Rowshanul Habib, Zahangir A. Saud, M Rezaul Karim "Tagetes erecta Linn. and its mosquitocidal potency against Culex quinquefasciatus." Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 1 (3): 186-188

Published: June 2011
23. Farjana Nikkon, Kazi Abdus Salam, Tanzima Yeasmin, Ashik Mosaddik, Proma Khondkar and M Ekramul Haque "Mosquitocidal triterpenes from the stem of Duranta repens" Pharmaceutical Biology, 48(3): 264-268

Published: March 2010
24. Farhana Alam Ripa, Farjana Nikkon, Bytul Mokaddesur Rahman and Proma Khondkar "In vitro antibacterial activity of bioactive metabolite and crude extract from a new Streptomyces sp. Streptomyces rajshahiensis" . International Journal of Pharm Tech Research , 2(1): 644-648

Published: March 2010
25. M.Golam Kader, M Rowshanul Habib, Farjana Nikkon, Tanzima Yeasmin, Mohammad A. Rashid, M. Mukhlesur Rahman, Simon Gibbons "Zederone from the rhizomes of Zingiber zerumbet and its anti-staphylococcal activity" BoletinLatinoamericano y del Caribe de Plantas Medicinales y Aromaticas (BLACPMA), 9(1): 63-68

Published: January 2010
26. Goutam Kumar Sarker, Sohel Hasan, Farjana Nikkon, Ashik Mosaddik, Niranjan Kumar Sana, Habibur Rahman, Sanggyu Park, Dong-Sun Lee, and Somi Kim Cho. "Purification, Characterization and Biochemical Properties of α-Amylase from Potato (Solamum tuberosum)" J. Korean Soc. Appl. Biol. Chem. 53(1): 8-14

Published: January 2010
27. Farjana Nikkon, Zahangir Alam Saud, Khaled Hossain, Mst. Shahnaj Parvin and M. Ekramul Haque "Larvicidal effects of stem and fruits of Duranta repens against the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus" International Journal of Pharm Tech Research, 1(4): 1709-1713

Published: November 2009
28. Md Rezaul Karim, M M H Khan, Md Salim Uddin, N. K. Sana, F. Nikkon and Md Habibur Rahman "Studies on sugar accumulation and carbohydrate splitting enzymes levels in post harvested and cold stored potatoes" J. Bio-Sci., 16: 95-99

Published: November 2009
29. F.A. Ripa, F. Nikkon, S. Zaman and P. Khondkar "Optimal conditions for antimicrobial metabolites production from a new Streptomyces sp. RUPA-08PR isolated from Bangladeshi soil" Mycobiology, 37(3): 211-214

Published: September 2009
30. Farjana Nikkon, Sohel Hasan, Kazi Abdus Salam, Mohammed A. Mosaddik, Proma Khondkar, Mohammed Ekramul Haque, Mukhlesur Rahman "Benzylcarbamothioethionate from root bark of Moringa oleifera Lam. and its toxicological evaluation" Boletin Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Plantas Medicinales y Aromaticas (BLACPMA), 8 (2):129-137

Published: March 2009
31. Farjana Nikkon, M. Rowshanul Habib, M. Rezaul Karim, Zennat Ferdousi, M.Motiur Rahman, M. Ekramul Haque "Insecticidal activity of flower of Tagetes erecta L. against Tribolium staneum (Herbst)" Research Journal of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, 5(5): 748-753

Published: January 2009
32. Farjana Nikkon, M. Rowshanul Habib, Zahangir Alam Saud, M. Rezaul Karim, Apurba Kumar Roy, Shahriar Zaman "Toxicological evaluation of chloroform fraction of flower of Tagetes erecta L. on rats" Int. J. Drug Dev and Res. 1(1): 161-165

Published: January 2009
33. M. Ashraful Alam, M. Rowshanul Habib, Farjana Nikkon, M. Khalequzzaman and M. Rezaul Karim "Insecticidal activity of root bark of Calotropis gigantea L. against Tribolium Castaneum (Herbst)" World Journal of Zoology, 4(2): 90-95

Published: January 2009
34. M.G. Sarowar Jahan, M. Shaela Pervin, M. Rowshanul Habib, Farjana Nikkon, M. Habibur Rahman "Purification and characterization of β-amylase from Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) root" Journal of Applied Sciences Research, 5(12): 2225-2233

Published: January 2009
35. A. K. M. Zakir Hossain Khandoker, M. Rowshanul Habib, Farjana Nikkon, Matiar Rahman, M. Rezaul Karim "Antibacterial and antineoplastic effects of root of Euphorbia Hirta L" Drug Invention Today, 1(1); 10-12

Published: January 2009
36. Farjana Nikkon, M. Rowshanul Habib, M. Rezaul Karim, M. Shamim Hossain, M. Ashik Mosaddik and M. Ekramul Haque "Antishigellosis and cytotoxic potency of crude extracts and isolated constituents from Duranta repens" Mycobiology, 36(3): 173-177

Published: September 2008
37. M. Ashraful Alam, M. Rowshanul Habib, Farjana Nikkon, Matiar Rahman and M. Rezaul Karim "Antimicrobial Activity of Akanda (Calotropis gigantean L.) on Some Pathogenic Bacteria" Bangladesh. J. Sci. Ind. Res, 43(3): 397-404

Published: September 2008
38. F. Nikkon, S. Hasan, M. H. Rahman, M. A. Hoque, A. Mosaddik and M.E.Haque "Biochemical, hematological and histopathological effects of Duranta repens stems on rats" Asian Journal of Biochemistry; 3(6): 366-372

Published: June 2008
39. M. Rowshanul Habib, Farjana Nikkon, Matiar Rahman, M. Ekramul Haque and M. Rezaul Karim "Isolation of Stigmasterol and β-Sitosterol from methanolic extracts of root bark of Calotropis gigantean (Linn)" Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 10(22): 4174-4176

Published: December 2007
40. Ashik Mosaddik, Farjana Nikkon, Sohel Hasan, M. M. Rahman, F. Parvin, M. Ekramul Haque "Pesticidal evalution of Duranta repens Linn. against Tribolium castaneum (Herbst)" The Chemistry: An Indian journal , 3: 1-6

Published: March 2007
41. Farjana Nikkon, Zahangir Alam Saud, M. Habibur Rahman and Md. Ekramul Haque "In vitro antimicrobial activity of the compound isolated from chloroform extract of Moringa oleifera Lam" Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences . 6(22):1888-1890

Published: December 2003
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