Preejith Vachali

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

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Preejith Vachali is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Ophthalmology. According to data from OpenAlex, Preejith Vachali has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Biochemistry and 5 papers in Ophthalmology. Recurrent topics in Preejith Vachali's work include Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (15 papers), Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (11 papers) and Retinal Diseases and Treatments (5 papers). Preejith Vachali is often cited by papers focused on Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (15 papers), Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes (11 papers) and Retinal Diseases and Treatments (5 papers). Preejith Vachali collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Saudi Arabia. Preejith Vachali's co-authors include Paul S. Bernstein, Binxing Li, Aruna Gorusupudi, Rajalekshmy Shyam, Bradley S. Henriksen, John M. Nolan, Jeanne M. Frederick, Kelly C. Nelson, Prakash Bhosale and Alexander V. Dushkin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Preejith Vachali

18 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Lutein, zeaxanthin, and meso-zeaxanthin: The basic and clinical science underlying carotenoid-based nutritional interventions against ocular disease

2015 395 citations Paul S. Bernstein, Binxing Li et al. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Preejith Vachali United States	14	637	575	324	106	79	19	1.1k
Binxing Li United States	18	823 1.3×	750 1.3×	486 1.5×	159 1.5×	77 1.0×	27	1.4k
Aruna Gorusupudi United States	22	886 1.4×	727 1.3×	481 1.5×	175 1.7×	93 1.2×	36	1.6k
Susanne Hessel Germany	13	976 1.5×	1.0k 1.8×	48 0.1×	6 0.1×	31 0.4×	13	1.5k
Andrew W. Schultz United States	9	46 0.1×	646 1.1×	143 0.4×	52 0.5×	8 0.1×	9	925
Mi Huang China	17	45 0.1×	528 0.9×	70 0.2×	19 0.2×	6 0.1×	43	749
Robert E. King United States	7	119 0.2×	176 0.3×	72 0.2×	18 0.2×	3 0.0×	12	599
Zhenhao Li China	21	45 0.1×	341 0.6×	45 0.1×	12 0.1×	6 0.1×	69	1.0k
Raluca Ştefănescu Romania	14	42 0.1×	335 0.6×	23 0.1×	48 0.5×	6 0.1×	23	861
H. R. Cama India	19	305 0.5×	407 0.7×	27 0.1×	3 0.0×	24 0.3×	73	922
Sara Ferri Italy	14	42 0.1×	169 0.3×	113 0.3×	101 1.0×	2 0.0×	33	709

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19 of 19 papers shown

Vachali, Preejith, et al.. (2025). Instrument Multiplexing: Amplified Throughput for Measurement of Vitamin B1 in Whole Blood Using Parallel Liquid Chromatography Systems Interfaced to a Single Mass Spectrometer. Clinical Chemistry. 71(6). 713–722.

Li, Binxing, Preejith Vachali, Aruna Gorusupudi, et al.. (2023). Mechanism for the selective uptake of macular carotenoids mediated by the HDL cholesterol receptor SR-BI. Experimental Eye Research. 229. 109429–109429. 12 indexed citations

Li, Binxing, Preejith Vachali, Aruna Gorusupudi, et al.. (2021). HDL is the primary transporter for carotenoids from liver to retinal pigment epithelium in transgenic ApoA-I/Bco2 mice. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 716. 109111–109111. 16 indexed citations

Lawrence, Roger, Preejith Vachali, Raymond Wang, et al.. (2020). Characterization of disease-specific chondroitin sulfate nonreducing end accumulation in mucopolysaccharidosis IVA. Glycobiology. 30(7). 433–445. 6 indexed citations

Li, Binxing, Preejith Vachali, Aruna Gorusupudi, et al.. (2018). Supplementation with macular carotenoids improves visual performance of transgenic mice. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 649. 22–28. 21 indexed citations

Li, Binxing, Preejith Vachali, Aruna Gorusupudi, et al.. (2017). Retinal accumulation of zeaxanthin, lutein, and β-carotene in mice deficient in carotenoid cleavage enzymes. Experimental Eye Research. 159. 123–131. 42 indexed citations

Shyam, Rajalekshmy, Preejith Vachali, Aruna Gorusupudi, Kelly C. Nelson, & Paul S. Bernstein. (2017). All three human scavenger receptor class B proteins can bind and transport all three macular xanthophyll carotenoids. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 634. 21–28. 42 indexed citations

Gorusupudi, Aruna, Rajalekshmy Shyam, Binxing Li, et al.. (2016). Developmentally Regulated Production ofmeso-Zeaxanthin in Chicken Retinal Pigment Epithelium/Choroid and Retina. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 57(4). 1853–1853. 20 indexed citations

Vachali, Preejith, et al.. (2016). Protein-Flavonoid Interaction Studies by a Taylor Dispersion Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Technique: A Novel Method to Assess Biomolecular Interactions. Biosensors. 6(1). 6–6. 19 indexed citations

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Bernstein, Paul S., Binxing Li, Preejith Vachali, et al.. (2015). Lutein, zeaxanthin, and meso-zeaxanthin: The basic and clinical science underlying carotenoid-based nutritional interventions against ocular disease. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research. 50. 34–66. 395 indexed citations breakdown →

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Selyutina, Olga Yu., Nikolay E. Polyakov, Elizaveta S. Meteleva, et al.. (2014). Solubilization and stabilization of macular carotenoids by water soluble oligosaccharides and polysaccharides. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 572. 58–65. 62 indexed citations

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Vachali, Preejith, et al.. (2014). Surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based biosensor technology for the quantitative characterization of protein–carotenoid interactions. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 572. 66–72. 40 indexed citations

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Li, Binxing, Preejith Vachali, Aruna Gorusupudi, et al.. (2014). Inactivity of human β,β-carotene-9′,10′-dioxygenase (BCO2) underlies retinal accumulation of the human macular carotenoid pigment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(28). 10173–10178. 88 indexed citations

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Vachali, Preejith, et al.. (2013). Carotenoids as possible interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (IRBP) ligands: A surface plasmon resonance (SPR) based study. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 539(2). 181–186. 38 indexed citations

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Vachali, Preejith, et al.. (2012). Optimization Of The Uptake And Bioavailability Of Water-based Nano-dispersions Of Zeaxanthin In C57BL/6 Mice. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 53(14). 3374–3374. 1 indexed citations

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Vachali, Preejith, Prakash Bhosale, & Paul S. Bernstein. (2012). Microbial Carotenoids. Methods in molecular biology. 898. 41–59. 47 indexed citations

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Vachali, Preejith, et al.. (2012). Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) studies on the interactions of carotenoids and their binding proteins. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 519(1). 32–37. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Binxing, Preejith Vachali, Jeanne M. Frederick, & Paul S. Bernstein. (2011). Identification of StARD3 as a Lutein-Binding Protein in the Macula of the Primate Retina. Biochemistry. 50(13). 2541–2549. 151 indexed citations

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Li, Binxing, Preejith Vachali, & Paul S. Bernstein. (2010). Human ocular carotenoid-binding proteins. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 9(11). 1418–1425. 70 indexed citations

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