Kanmani Bharathi

EDUCATION

Innovative researcher and science communicator with extensive experience in natural product drug discovery, plant biotechnology, and molecular markers. Skilled in laboratory instrumentation, data analysis, and research automation. Founder of Research Hub, offering consultancy, academic support, and graphical design services. Passionate about electronics, scientific communication, and automation. Adept at quickly learning and excelling in diverse fields. I am also a freelancer scientific writer, graphic designer, illustrator. I collaborate with students, researchers, and academic professionals, driven by curiosity, creativity, and a desire to excel in every field I work in.

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Scopus Publications

• Standardization of tissue culture techniques for propagation of Melochia corchorifolia L. and analysis of phytochemical and antioxidant activity of methanol extracts
  Selvaraju Murali, Jothi Kanmani Bharathi, Muthu Arjuna Samy Prakash
  South African Journal of Botany, 2026
• Exploring the Role of Microbes in the Biodegradation of Plastic Waste: Mechanisms, Interactions, and Implications for Sustainable Waste Management-A Review
  Krishnamoorthi Akash, Rengasamy Parthasarathi, Jothi Kanmani Bharathi, Rajavel Elango
  Water Air and Soil Pollution, 2025
• Estimation of total flavonoids, phenols, alkaloids, tannins and in vitro antioxidant activity of Costus pictus D. Don. ex. Lindl. and Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq. leaf extracts
  Jothi Kanmani Bharathi, Muthu Arjuna Samy Prakash
  Chemical Papers, 2025
• Phytochemical screening and quantitative analysis, FTIR and GC-MS analysis of Costus pictus D. Don ex Lindl. Leaf extracts – A potential therapeutic herb
  Jothi Kanmani Bharathi, Muthu Arjuna Samy Prakash
  Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 2024
• Exploring recent progress of molecular farming for therapeutic and recombinant molecules in plant systems
  Jothi Kanmani Bharathi, Preethika Suresh, Muthu Arjuna Samy Prakash, Sowbiya Muneer
  Heliyon, 2024
• Evaluation of black gram (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper) genotypes for coastal saline tolerance using microsatellite markers
  B. Priyadharshini, R. Anandan, S. Manikandan, J. Kanmani Bharathi, M. Prakash
  Revista Brasileira De Botanica, 2024
• In vitro regeneration through organogenesis in Costus igneus-an important herbal insulin plant
  R. Bhuvaneshwari, Subakar Ivin J. Johnny, Bharathi J. Kanmani, J.L. Joshi, R. Anandan
  Research Journal of Biotechnology, 2023
  Costus igneus is an important high-valued herbal insulin plant. An efficient protocol for in vitro plant regeneration through organogenesis from leaf and nodal explants was standardized. Explants were incubated in Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium amended with diverse levels of plant growth regulators (PGRs). Optimum frequency (68.25%) of adventitious shoot regeneration was obtained from nodal segments cultured onto MS medium containing 2.0 mg/l of 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) with an average number of 5.0 shoots per explant. Further, MS medium containing 1.5 mg/l 2, 4- dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2, 4-D) and 1.0 mg/l Thidiazuron (TDZ) produced a higher frequency of callus induction (55.22%) from leaf explants. Optimum shoot regeneration response (66.0%) through indirect organogenesis was observed from leaf-derived callus on MS medium fortified with BAP (2.0 mg/l) and kinetin (0.5 mg/l) with 6 shoots per callus with mean shoot length of 8.0 cm. The shootlets obtained from node and leaf cultures were rooted with a frequency of (63.52%) on MS medium with 1.0 mg/l indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). Plantlets obtained through organogenesis were successfully acclimatized in the greenhouse and field conditions. There were no significant differences among frequency of somatic plants regenerated through either direct or indirect organogenesis. The present study reports on successful plant regeneration through direct and indirect organogenesis in C. igneus. The regeneration protocols discussed here can be used effectively for large-scale multiplication, germplasm survival, pharmacological and genetic manipulation research.
• Recent trends and advances of RNA interference (RNAi) to improve agricultural crops and enhance their resilience to biotic and abiotic stresses
  Jothi Kanmani Bharathi, Ramaswamy Anandan, Lincy Kirubhadharsini Benjamin, Sowbiya Muneer, Muthu Arjuna Samy Prakash
  Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2023
• Development of an efficient in vitro regeneration system in Costus speciosus - an important herbal insulin plant
  Jothi Kanmani Bharathi, Ramaswamy Anandan, Srinivasan Rameshkumar, Kannan Menaka, Muthu Arjuna Samy Prakash
  South African Journal of Botany, 2022