Usharani Dandamudi

About

Dandamudi Usharani, an Indian chemist, earned a gold medal in BSc Chemistry (1996) and completed her M. Sc and Ph. D in Chemistry at the University of Hyderabad in Prof. E.D. Jemmis Group. She was a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. S. Shaik’s group at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, focusing on electronic structure and reactivity in complex systems. As Senior Principal Scientist and Group Leader (Oils and Fats), she integrates analytical chemistry, lipidomics, and molecular modeling to study fats and oils, bioactive lipids, nutraceuticals and disease mechanisms. She actively contributes to National (BIS, FSSAI) and International (Codex, and WHO) regulatory bodies, and is a member of ACS, CRSI, AOAC, AFST(I), and other professional bodies

Employment

• CSIR - Central Food Technological Research Institute Senior Principal Scientist
  2022 - Present

Education

• University of Hyderabad Ph. D
  2004 - 2009

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (63)

• Investigating curcuminoid encapsulation in β-cyclodextrin: Insights from NMR spectroscopy and MD simulations
  Food Hydrocolloids 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2024.110958
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• Phytochemical Analysis of Triphala Extract, In Vitro and In Silico Evaluation of Pancreatic Lipase Inhibition for Obesity Management
  Plant Foods for Human Nutrition 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s11130-025-01303-0
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• A novel regulatory motif at the hinge dimer interface of the MksB mediates dimerization and DNA binding activity
  Biochimie 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2024.11.005
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• Modulating intestinal lipid metabolism: The role of fatty acid-binding proteins in managing obesity
  Lipid Analysis in Biology Health and Disease 2025 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-19116-9.00031-2
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• Precision integrated identification of predictive first-trimester metabolomics signatures for early detection of gestational diabetes mellitus
  Cardiovascular Diabetology 2025 DOI: 10.1186/s12933-025-02978-0
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• Rapid and unbiased screening of serum lipid ratios using AP/MALDI-HRMS
  Lipid Analysis in Biology Health and Disease 2025 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-19116-9.00010-5
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• The role of maternal omega-3 supplementation in shaping offspring skeletal health
  Lipid Analysis in Biology Health and Disease 2025 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-19116-9.00037-3
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• Probing the selectivity of urea, amide, and amine-based EPHX2 inhibitors towards EPHX1 and EPHX3: A computational study
  Computers in Biology and Medicine 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2025.111279
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• Circulatory levels of lysophosphatidylcholine species in obese adolescents: Findings from cross-sectional and prospective lipidomics analyses
  Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2024.02.009
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• Rational and controllable syntheses of variants of modified N-confused N-fused porphodimethenes and a porphotrimethene with adaptive properties
  Dalton Transactions 2024 DOI: 10.1039/d4dt00770k
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