Research Papers

• Das, I., Balange, A.K., Layana, P., KA, M.X. and Deshmukhe, G., 2022. Biochemical Composition and Nutrient Profilling of Selected Brown Seaweeds from West Coast of India. Journal of Indian Fisheries Association, 49(1).
• Venkatesh, S., Naidu, B.C., Palanisami, S., Ngasotter, S., Shaju, S.S., Porayil, L., Balange, A., Nayak, B.B. and Xavier, K.M., 2024. Microplastic accumulation dynamics and risk assessment in dried fish processed with sea salt at different salting ratios. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, p.100415.
• Layana, P., Deepitha, R.P., Xavier, K.M. and Balange, A.K., 2023. Edible Packaging for Fish Preservation: Fundamentals and Applications. In Advances in Fish Processing Technologies (pp. 139-159). Apple Academic Press.
• Dayakar, B., Xavier, M., Ngasotter, S., Dhanabalan, V., Porayil, L., Balange, A.K. and Nayak, B.B., 2023. Extraction, optimization, and functional quality evaluation of carotenoproteins from shrimp processing side streams through enzymatic process. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, pp.1-14.
• Chattopadhyay, K., Martin Xavier, K.A., Layana, P., Balange, A.K. and Nayak, B.B., 2020. Effect of Chitosan Hydrogel inclusion on Centesimal Composition of Pangasius (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus)(Sauvage, 1878) Emulsion Sausages under Refrigerated Storage.
• Balange, A.K., Layana, P. and Naidu, B.C., 2023. Harnessing value and sustainability: Fish waste valorization and the production of valuable byproducts. Advances in Food and Nutrition Research, 107, pp.175-192.
• Reddy, P.R., Kumar, S.H., Layana, P. and Nayak, B.B., 2020. Survival and histamine production by histamine-forming bacteria exposed to low doses of gamma irradiation. Journal of Food Protection, 83(7), pp.1163-1166.
• Ngasotter, S., Xavier, K.M., Porayil, L., Balange, A., Nayak, B.B., Eapen, S., Adarsh, K.J., Sreekala, M.S., Sharma, R. and Ninan, G., 2023. Optimized high-yield synthesis of chitin nanocrystals from shrimp shell chitin by steam explosion. Carbohydrate Polymers, 316, p.121040.
• Sampath, L., Ngasotter, S., Porayil, L., Balange, A.K., Nayak, B.B., Eappen, S. and Xavier, K.M., 2022. Impact of extended acid hydrolysis on polymeric, structural and thermal properties of microcrystalline chitin. Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, 4, p.100252.
• Sampath, L., Ngasotter, S., Layana, P., Balange, A.K., Nayak, B.B. and Xavier, K.M., 2022. Effect of chemical treatment duration on physicochemical, rheological, and functional properties of colloidal chitin. Food Hydrocolloids for Health, 2, p.100091.
• Dayakar, B., Xavier, K.M., Ngasotter, S., Layana, P., Balange, A.K., Priyadarshini, B. and Nayak, B.B., 2022. Characterization of spray-dried carotenoprotein powder from Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) shells and head waste extracted using papain: Antioxidant, spectroscopic, and microstructural properties. LWT, 159, p.113188.
• Deepitha, R.P., Xavier, K.M., Layana, P., Nayak, B.B. and Balange, A.K., 2021. Quality improvement of pangasius fillets using aqueous seaweed (Padina tetrastromatica) extract. Lwt, 137, p.110418.
• Dayakar, B., Xavier, K.M., Das, O., Porayil, L., Balange, A.K. and Nayak, B.B., 2021. Application of extreme halophilic archaea as biocatalyst for chitin isolation from shrimp shell waste. Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, 2, p.100093.

Recently Completed

• Effect of Extraneous Factors on Trophic Chain linked to Non-conventional Resources for Sustainable Management. (Institutional Project- Co-PI) 2017-20
• Enhancing the utilization of non-food fish and seaweed through technology refinement and upscaling. (Institutional Project- Co-PI) 2018-20

Ongoing Projects

• Taxonomical, biochemical evaluation and utilization of order Dictyotales – brown algal species (PI)
• Assessment of microplastic contamination in fish and fishery products (Co-PI)