Hemant
Lata, Ph.D.
Research
Scientist
National Center for
Natural Product Research
Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Phone: (W) 662-915-5928, Fax:
662-915-5587, E-mail: hlata@olemiss.edu
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Ph.D - Plant Physiology,
M.Sc. - Biotechnology,
B.Sc. - Botany (Honors),
Professional Career
Awards and Scholarships
Faculty
Research Fellow award (Class of 2005),
Post Doctoral Fellowship -
Post Doctoral Fellowship from
Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of
Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and
Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) from Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of
India-HAPPRC, 1994 - 1998.
National Graduate Aptitude Test for
Engineering (GATE) Fellowship (Did not avail), 1993 - 1996.
National Merit Fellowship for M. Sc.,
1991-1992.
National Merit Scholarship for High
school, 1982-1984.
Member of
International Societies
American Society for Plant
Biologists (ASPB)
American Society of Pharmacognosy
(ASP)
International Society for
Horticultural Sciences (ISHS)
2011
Hemant Lata, Suman Chandra, Natascha Techen,
Ikhlas A. Khan and Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2011) Molecular analysis of
genetic fidelity in Cannabis sativa L.
plants grown from synthetic seeds following in
vitro storage conditions. Biotechnology Letters, 33: 2503-2508. [PDF].
Hemant Lata, Suman Chandra, Zlatko Mehmedic,
Ikhlas A. Khan and Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2011) In vitro
germplasm conservation of high Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol yielding
elite clones of Cannabis sativa L.
under slow growth conditions. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, DOI 10.1007/s11738-011-0874-x. [Abstract].
Suman Chandra, Hemant Lata, Ikhlas A. Khan and Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2011) Temperature response of
photosynthesis in different drug and fiber varieties of Cannabis sativa L. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants;
17(3): 297-303. [Abstract].
Suman Chandra, Hemant Lata, Ikhlas A. Khan and Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2011) Photosynthetic response of Cannabis sativa L., an important
medicinal plant, to elevated levels of CO2; Physiology and Molecular
Biology of Plants; 17(3): 291-295. [Abstract].
Rita M. Moraes, Hemant Lata,
Joko Sumyanto, Ana M. S. Pereira, Bianca W. Bertoni, Vaishali C. Joshi, Nirmal
D. Pugh, Ikhlas A. Khan, David S. Pasco (2011) Characterization and
pharmacological properties of in vitro propagated clones of Echinacea
tennesseensis (Beadle) Small. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 06:309315 [Abstract]
2010
Hemant Lata, Suman Chandra, Natascha Techen,
Ikhlas A. Khan and Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2010) Assessment of genetic
stability of micropropagated Cannabis
sativa plants by ISSR markers, Planta Medica, 76: 97-100. [Abstract].
Hemant Lata, Suman Chandra, Ikhlas Khan,
Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2010) High frequency plant regeneration from leaf derived
callus of high Δ9- tetrahydrocannabinol yielding Cannabis sativa L. Planta Medica, 76:
1629-1633. [Abstract].
Hemant Lata and Suman Chandra (2010) Biotechnological
characterization of different populations of an endangered medicinal herb - Podophyllum hexandrum Royle in Medicinal Plant Biotechnology,
Ed. Rajesh Arora, CABI-UK, Chapter 3, pp 36-47. [Contents].
Suman Chandra, Hemant Lata, Zlatko
Mehmedic, Ikhlas A. Khan and Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2010) Assessment of cannabinoids content
in micropropagated plants of Cannabis sativa L. and their comparison
with conventionally propagated plants and mother plant during developmental
stages of growth, Planta Medica, 76: 743-750. [Abstract].
Suman Chandra, Hemant Lata, Ikhlas A.
Khan and Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2010) Propagation of elite Cannabis
sativa for the production of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
using biotechnological tools in Medicinal Plant Biotechnology, Ed. Rajesh
Arora, CABI-UK, Chapter 7, 98-114. [Contents].
Natascha Techen, Suman Chandra, Hemant
Lata, Mahmoud A. ElSohly, Ikhlas A. Khan (2010) Genetic identification of
female Cannabis sativa L. plants at early
developmental stage, Planta Medica, 16:
1938-1939. [Abstract].
2009
Hemant Lata, Suman Chandra, Ikhlas Khan,
Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2009) Thidiazuron induced high frequency direct shoot
organogenesis of Cannabis sativa L.,
In vitro Cellular and Developmental
Biology-Plant, 45: 12-19. [Abstract].
Hemant Lata, Suman Chandra, Ikhlas Khan,
Mahmoud A. ElSohly (2009) Propagation through Alginate Encapsulation of
Axillary Buds of Cannabis sativa L.An
Important Medicinal Plant, Physiology
and Molecular Biology of Plants, 15 (1): 79-86. [Abstract].
Hemant Lata, Cassia Mizuno, and Rita M. Moraes
(2009) The Role of Biotechnology in the production of anticancer compound
Podophyllotoxin. Book Chapter, Book entitled -
Protocols For In Vitro Cultures And Secondary Metabolite Analysis Of Aromatic
And Medicinal Plants, The Humana Press Inc., Springer, pp: 387-402. [Abstract].
Hemant Lata, Rita M. Moraes, Bianca
Bertoni, Bladimiro Silva, and Ana M.S. Pereira (2009) In vitro germplasm conservation of Podophyllum peltatum L. under slow
growth conditions, In vitro Cellular Developmental Biology-Plant, 46:2227. [Abstract].
Maria Mendoza, DeEtta Mills, Hemant
Lata, Suman Chandra, Mahmoud A. ElSohly and Jose Almirall (2009) Genetic Individualization of Cannabis sativa by an STR Multiplex, Analytical
and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 393: 719726. [Abstract].
Other selected
publications [PDF]
Last
update: Dec., 2011