Neetu Mishra

@allduniv.ac.in

Associate Professor & Head, Department of Family and Community Sciences
University of Allahabad

Neetu Mishra


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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Oxidative Stress, Clinical Biochemistry, Diabetes Mellitus, New Product Development, Malnutrition in Females
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  • Assessment of antihyperglycemic and antioxidant vigor of wheatgrass in streptozotocin-induced hyperglycemic rats
    Renu Tripathi, Neetu Mishra, Dhananjay Pandey, Kamal Shah, Nagendra Singh Chauhan
    Comparative Clinical Pathology, 2026
  • Functional and Nutritional Potential of Freshwater Microalgae: Functional and Nutritional Potential of Freshwater Microalgae
    Neetu Mishra, Neha Mishra
    Industrial Applications of Microbial Secondary Metabolites A Modern Approach, 2026
    Microalgae, microscopic aquatic organisms, are emerging as a sustainable and eco-friendly solution to address global food challenges. Their exceptional nutritional profile, rich in essential nutrients, proteins, and bioactive compounds, positions them as a valuable resource for improving human nutrition and promoting food security. This review explores the functional and nutritional potential of freshwater microalgae and their applications in diverse food-related industries. Freshwater microalgae offer a range of benefits, from protein-rich supplements to natural food colorants, and play a pivotal role in sustainable agriculture and aquaculture practices. Additionally, their minimal environmental footprint and adaptability to various cultivation systems underscore their potential to revolutionize the future of food production. As the world grapples with increasing food demand and environmental concerns, freshwater microalgae present a promising and environmentally responsible approach to meet these challenges. This review sheds light on their untapped potential as a source of functional and nutritious foods, offering innovative solutions for a healthier and more sustainable future.
  • Millets in Livestock Feed and Animal Nutrition
    Jyoti Tiwari, Neetu Mishra
    Millets as Superfood Biochemistry Biotechnology and Applications, 2026
  • Nutritional composition, in vitro prebiotic potential, and antimicrobial efficacy of Wheatgrass (Triticum aestivum)
    Renu Tripathi, Neetu Mishra, Dhananjay Pandey, Kamal Shah, Nagendra Singh Chauhan
    Vegetos, 2026
  • The Impact of Solvent Polarity on the Phenolic and Antioxidant Capacity of Green Coffee Beans (Robusta Species) Extracts
    Shraddha Tripathi, Shirshika Singh, Neha Mishra, Neetu Mishra
    Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science, 2025
    Recent research generally seems to support the idea that high polar solvents are the only ones capable of extracting substantial levels of polyphenolic content and antioxidant value. Thus, the current study investigated the impact of polarity of the solvent influencing the final extraction yield, the concentration of phytochemicals, and the antioxidant activity of green coffee beans (GCB). Solvents used for extraction were n-Hexane, Dichloromethane (DCM), Chloroform, Acetone, Methanol, Ethanol, Dimethyl-sulphoxide (DMSO) and Aqueous. The findings demonstrated that the evaluated solvents were crucial to the extraction of the antioxidant capacity and overall phytochemical content. Solvents with polarity index 4.1 to 5.2 were found optimal for total extractable solids, total polyphenolic content, total flavonoid content. A positive correlation was quantified between polarity of the solvent and DPPH radical scavenging assay (r2 = 0.62), ABTS radical scavenging assay (r2 = 0.81) and ferric reducing antioxidant power (r2 = 0.65). A negative correlation was found between the polarity of solvent and total flavonoid content (r2 = -0.35) and total polyphenolic content (r2 = -0.06). The finding of this study indicates that medium polar solvent such as acetone, methanol and ethanol (polarity index 5.1, 5.12 and 5.2 respectively) were the best solvents for the extraction of polyphenolic content and antioxidant capacity in GCB. The research suggests future studies should consider variations of low, mid, and high polar solvent types for antioxidant and polyphenolic content, considering factors like plant material, phenols, methodology, temperature, and extraction duration.
  • Wheatgrass (Triticum aestivum): a miraculous microgreen: an overview
    Neetu Mishra, Renu Tripathi, Dhananjay Pandey, Kamal Shah, Nagendra Singh Chauhan
    Journal of Future Foods, 2025
    Plants have been utilized by humans throughout history for a variety of purposes, including sustenance and medicinal intentions. Since ancient times, wheatgrass has been utilized as a type of microgreen for therapeutic purposes. Phenolic flavonoids , vitamins, minerals, proteins and enzymes are all abundant in wheatgrass. These nutrients and bioactive substances enhanced wheatgrass's therapeutic efficacy and made it a powerful antioxidant agent for the treatment of a range of diseases. It has been shown to have a wide variety of pharmacological potentials, including an antioxidative potential that helps to neutralize free radicals , anti-cancer, anti-ulcer, anti-diabetic, anti-arthritic, anti-microbial action, and many more. However, there is a dearth of scientific evidence to back up wheatgrass's possible pharmacological effects and clinical value. To investigate its clinical utility for human welfare, in-depth research studies are needed. Through this analysis of the review literature, an attempt has been made to explain wheatgrass and its therapeutic potentials.
  • Influence of fruit stages on chemical compositions, phytochemicals, and antioxidant activity of wood apple (Feronia limonia (L.) Swingle)
    Rashmi Srivastava, Neha Mishra, Arshi, Shraddha Tripathi, Smriti, Neha Taslim Fatima, Neetu Mishra
    Heliyon, 2025
    The Feronia limonia (L.) Swingle is an underappreciated tropical fruit, contains several vitamins, minerals, and bioactive substances, yet it has received significantly less attention. The fruit is edible at all stages (unripe, intermediate, and ripe); however, it is only utilized in very limited cuisine recipes. The study's goal is to examine the fruit's chemical compositions, phytochemical content, and antioxidant activity over three stages. Since the fruit is consumed from unripe to ripe, our research demonstrates the scientific validity of its medical properties at each stage. The chemical composition of F. limonia fruit was examined at three stages, including nutritional composition, carbohydrate profile, and vitamin and mineral content. The fruit's phytochemicals (Total phenolic and total flavonoid content) were assessed using a spectrophotometer. The antioxidant properties of DPPH (2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazylradical scavenging), FRAP (ferric reducing antioxidant power), MCA (metal chelating activity), and RC (reducing capacity) were measured. Pearson's correlation coefficients and multiple linear regressions were used to investigate the link between phytochemical components and antioxidant activity. The study found that protein, fiber, ash, calcium, phosphorus, iron, and vitamin C content declined by 44.7 percent, 47.3 percent, 18.16 percent, 20.3 percent, 8.7 percent, 32.4 percent, and 20.0 percent, respectively, as full ripening progressed. Sucrose (1377.2 mg/100 g) was the predominant sugar in the ripe stage, but fructose (668.72 mg/100 g) was prominent in the unripe stage. During ripening, sucrose concentration rose from 288.1 mg/100g to 1377.2 mg/100g, whereas other sugar contents fell. Similarly, the unripe stage demonstrated increased antioxidant activity, followed by the intermediate and ripe stages. Individually, phenol and flavonoid compounds shown a strong Pearson's association with the antioxidant activity of the fruit, including DPPH scavenging activity (0.945, 0.915), ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) (0.980, 0.907), metal chelating activity (MCA) (0.953, 0.914), and reducing capacity (RC) (0.981, 0.906). The current study's findings could help the pharmaceutical and food processing sectors determine the optimal stage for bioactive ingredient extraction and direct intake.
  • Unveiling the Compositional Analysis of Green Coffee Beans with and without Silver Skin
    Shraddha Tripathi, Neha Mishra, Ritika Malaviya, Arshi Ansari, Simran Shrimali, Neetu Mishra
    Recent Advances in Food Nutrition and Agriculture, 2025
    Background: Green Coffee Bean (GCB) is covered with silver skin that is shed as a by-product of the roasting process. For the first time, a comparative study was conducted to differentiate the compositional analysis of green coffee beans with silver skin and without silver skin. Objective: The study aims comparatively assessing nutritional, anti-nutritional and fatty acids composition of green coffee beans with silver skin and without silver skin. The present study is also intended to find out various organic compounds of green coffee beans. Methods: The proximate analysis was used to study nutritional composition. Mineral analysis was assessed by atomic absorption spectroscopy. The antinutrients like phytic acid and tannin were assessed by UV-visible spectroscopy whereas volumetric and gravimetric analysis was used to determine oxalates and alkaloids. Gas chromatography and Fourier Transform Infra-Red spectroscopy were used for studying fatty acids and organic compounds, respectively. Results: Protein content was significantly (p<0.05) high in green coffee beans with silver skin, indicating 15% higher protein. Macro mineral content was also found significantly (p<0.05 and p<0.01) high in green coffee beans with silver skin, whereby 5.11% higher Phosphorus and 24.12% higher Calcium content was observed. However, iron content was 68.10% lower in green coffee beans with silver skin which might be due to its higher tannin content. Trace minerals zinc and copper were also found to contain 57.18% to 18.11% higher concentrations respectively in silver skin. Anti-nutritional analysis revealed the content of phytic acid and tannin as 161 and 77.29 mg/100g, respectively in green coffee beans with silver skin. The percentages of oxalates and alkaloids were found to be 0.64 and 14.30. These anti-nutritional compounds were significantly (p<0.05 and p<0.01) higher from green coffee beans without silver skin. Green coffee beans have been found with an utmost number of saturated fatty acids having palmitic acid as the most abundant. The unsaturated part is mainly composed of linoleic and oleic acid. Chlorogenic acid isomers and caffeine were the organic compounds detected through Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Conclusion: These findings reveal the presence of both nutritional and anti-nutritional components in Coffee silver skin, with significantly higher levels of anti-nutritional factors in green coffee with silver skin, emphasizing the need for caution in the consumption of green coffee and utilization of coffee silver skin as a valuable bioresource.
  • Global insights into Physalis research: A bibliometric journey from origin to recent advances
    Neha Mishra, Shraddha Tripathi, Smriti, Neetu Mishra
    Food and Humanity, 2024
  • Pharmacological Perspective of Green Coffee Beans and their Metabolites: A Review
    Neetu Mishra, Shraddha Tripathi, Neha Mishra
    Current Nutrition and Food Science, 2023
    Coffee is the most extensively consumed drink in the world. However, in the last few years, unroasted coffee seeds, popularly known as green coffee beans (GCB), attracted people due to its health properties. This review covers pharmacological efficacy, mechanism of action and bioactive components of green coffee beans. It contains a unique set of polyphenolic compounds, methylxanthines and diterpenes which are responsible for the astringency, flavour, smell and taste as well as for its health benefits. Chlorogenic acid, a polyphenolic compound, is the major bioactive compound in coffee beans which contributes most to the medicinal activities present in it. The finding reveals the effectiveness of green coffee beans in all parameters of metabolic syndrome by regulating adipokines. It prevents doxorubicin induced cardiomyocyte cell death and also has antimutagenic activity on the HeLa cell line and PA-1 cell line. Neuroprotective effect of GCB in degenerative disease was achieved by reducing neuroinflammatory markers TNF-α (tumor necrosis factor-α) and IL-1β (interleukin-1β). Along with these properties, GCB has shown some potential antimicrobial, hepatoprotective, cardioprotective and sunscreen effects, as it contains a high sun protection factor. The findings from this study conclude that green coffee beans have shown bizarrely several health benefits, but a large number of trials and intervention are required to establish its medicinal values.
  • Evaluation of the extraction hours and solvent concentrations on secondary metabolites and antioxidant activity of Feronia limonia fruit
    Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources, 2021
  • PHYCOREMEDIATION: A SYNERGISTIC APPROACH FOR BIOREMEDIATION AND BIOMASS PRODUCTION
    Nano Biotechnological Advancements in Environmental Issues Applications and Challenges, 2021
  • The antioxidant efficacy of wheatgrass (Triticum aestivum) on mercuric chloride (hgcl2)-induced oxidative stress in rat model
    Renu Tripathi, Swati Agarwal, Syed Ibrahim Rizvi, Neetu * Mishra
    Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science, 2021
  • DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ANTIOXIDANT RICH WHEATGRASS CUPCAKE
    Neetu Mishra, Renu Tripathi, Madhuresh Dwivedi, C Borek, D Bunkar, et al.
    Carpathian Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2020
  • Pharmacological Potential of Thymol
    Swati Agarwal, Shraddha Tripathi, Neetu Mishra
    Innovations in Food Technology Current Perspectives and Future Goals, 2020
  • Effect of roasting on antioxidants and related compounds in green coffee beans
    S. Tripathi, R. Srivastava, S. Agarwal, S. Shrimali, N. Mishra*
    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Biospectrum 2019, 2020
  • Effects of thymol supplementation against type 2 diabetes in streptozotocin-induced rat model
    Plant Archives, 2020
  • Influence of high light intensity and nitrate deprivation on growth and biochemical composition of the marine microalgae isochrysis galbana
    Neha Mishra, Sheo Mohan Prasad, Neetu Mishra
    Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2019
  • Pharmacological and phytochemical properties of kaitha (Feronia limonia L.): A review
    Plant Archives, 2019
  • Variability in biochemical composition of microalgae isochrysis galbana under nitrate deprivation
    Plant Archives, 2019
  • Protective Effect of Abelmoschus esculentus Against Alloxan-induced Diabetes in Wistar Strain Rats
    Neetu Mishra, Dileep Kumar, Syed Ibrahim Rizvi
    Journal of Dietary Supplements, 2016
  • Overview of novel herbal supplements in diabetes
    Mash Hamid, C. Stradling, S. Taheri, G. Thomas
    Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods in Human Health and Disease Prevention, 2015
  • Phytochemical Principles in the Traditional Indian System of Medicine used for the Management of Metabolic Syndrome
    Syed Ibrahim Rizvi, Neetu Mishra
    Metabolic Syndrome and Neurological Disorders, 2013
  • Traditional Indian medicines used for the management of diabetes mellitus
    Syed Ibrahim Rizvi, Neetu Mishra
    Journal of Diabetes Research, 2013
  • Quercetin modulates Na+/K+ atpase and sodium hydrogen exchanger in type 2 diabetic erythrocytes
    Cellular and Molecular Biology, 2012
  • Protein oxidation biomarkers in plasma of type 2 diabetic patients
    Kanti Bhooshan Pandey, Neetu Mishra, Syed Ibrahim Rizvi
    Clinical Biochemistry, 2010
  • Anti-oxidant effect of Quercetin on type 2 diabetic erythrocytes
    SYED IBRAHIM RIZVI, NEETU MISHRA
    Journal of Food Biochemistry, 2009
  • Myricetin may provide protection against oxidative stress in type 2 diabetic erythrocytes
    Kanti Bhooshan Pandey, Neetu Mishra, Syed Ibrahim Rizvi
    Zeitschrift Fur Naturforschung Section C Journal of Biosciences, 2009
  • Protective role of myricetin on markers of oxidative stress in human erythrocytes subjected to oxidative stress
    Kanti Bhooshan Pandey, Neetu Mishra, Syed Ibrahim Rizvi
    Natural Product Communications, 2009
  • Protective role of tea catechins against oxidation-induced damage of type 2 diabetic erythrocytes
    Syed Ibrahim Rizvi, Mohd Abu Zaid, Rafat Anis, Neetu Mishra
    Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 2005