African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (26-28), 2011

Contents [10 (26), 2011] :


Svetlana Stevović, Nina Devrnja and Dušica Ćalić-Dragosavac

Environmental impact quantification and correlation between site location and contents and structure of Tansy


Iman Sourinejad, Mohammad R. Kalbassi, Ania Pino-Querido, Manuel Vera, Carmen Bouza and Paulino Martinez

Parentage assignment of progeny in mixed milt fertilization of Caspian brown trout Salmo trutta caspius using microsatellite DNA markers: Implications for conservation


Zu-Ping Zheng, Xiao-Hong Liu, Yu-Bi Huang, Xun Wu, Chuan He and Zhong Li

A quantitative trait locus for the number of days from sowing to seedling emergence in maize


Leila Kohan, Mohammad Hassan Shahhosseiny, Mohammad Reza Razavi, Kazem Parivar, Elham Moslemi and Jim Werngren

Evaluation of loop mediated isothermal amplification for diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in clinical samples


Faruk Yamaner, Kursat Karacabey, Yasemin Kavlak and Tarik Sevindi

Foot morphology of Turkish football players according to foot preference


Yong Li, Yonghua Li, Pan Yang and Songlin He

Population genetic structure and gene flow of Forsythia suspensa (Oleaceae) in Henan revealed by nuclear and chloroplast DNA


Maria Selvaggi and Cataldo Dario

Analysis of two single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located in exon 1 of kappa-casein gene (CSN3) in Martina Franca donkey breed


Abid Majeed, Muhammad Salim, Asghari Bano, Muhammad Asim and Muhammad Hadees

Physiology and productivity of rice crop influenced by drought stress induced at different developmental stages


Jianbo Zhang, Wentao Shen, Pu Yan, Xiaoying Li and Peng Zhou

Factors that influence the yield and viability of protoplasts from Carica papaya L.


Weston F. Mwase and Thokozile Mvula

Effect of seed size and pre-treatment methods of Bauhinia thonningii Schum. on germination and seedling growth


Reuben N. Okparanma , Josiah M. Ayotamuno, Davidson D. Davis and Mary Allagoa

Mycoremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)-contaminated oil-based drill-cuttings


Kadovic Ratko, Belanovic Snežana, Obratov-Petkovic Dragica, Bjedov Ivana and Dragovic Nada

Assessment of heavy metal content in soil and grasslands in national park of the lake plateau of the N. P. “Durmitor” Montenegro


MaoBin Chen, Hong Liu, Da Zhen and Shangling Fang

Research on the esterification property of esterase produced by Monascus sp.


A.Sattar Qureshi, M. Aqeel Bhutto, Imrana Khushk and M.Umar Dahot

Optimization of cultural conditions for protease production by Bacillus subtilis EFRL 01


Yuan Yuan, Yunjun Liu, Yujian Luo, Luqi Huang, Shunqin Chen, Zhaochun Yang and Shuangshuang Qin

High temperature effects on flavones accumulation and antioxidant system in Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi cells


Issam Saidi, Wahbi Djebali Selima Naija, Sadok Bouzid and Saida Ammar

Change in antioxidant and lignifying enzyme activities in rubbing tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) internodes


Zhiling Liao and Congli Mei

Estimation of biochemical variables using quantum-behaved particle swarm optimization (QPSO)-trained radius basis function neural network: A case study of fermentation process of L-glutamic acid


T. A. F. Bouback and N. A. Redwan

Approaches toward the development of DNA vaccine for influenza virus


Gökhan Oto, Suat Ekin, Semih Yaşar, Hülya Özdemir and Fatmagül Yur

The effect of CoQ10 and vitamin E on serum total sialic acid, lipid-bound sialic acid, some trace elements and minerals in rats induced with doxorubicin


Ghasem Vahedi, Mehdi Taghavi, Amin Kheirollahzade Maleki and Reza Habibian

The effect of Aloe vera extract on humoral and cellular immune response in rabbit


Eser Kemal Gurcan, Ozden Cobanoglu and Merve Kose

Erythrocyte potassium and glutathione polymorphism determination in Saanen x Malta crossbred goats


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Contents [10 (27), 2011]:


J. L. González-Pérez, M. C. Espino-Gudino, I. Torres-Pacheco, R. G. Guevara-González, G. Herrera-Ruiz and V. Rodríguez-Hernández

Quantification of virus syndrome in chili peppers


Al-Otaibi S. A and Fahmi A. I

Genetic Variation in Captive Herd of Arabian Oryx Using RAPD and ISSR Markers


Zheng-Zhu Liu, Yuan-Fang Gong, Chuan-Sheng Zhang, Zhi-Xin Fu and Wen-Xiang Zhang

A genetic polymorphism and its genetic effects on goat myogenin gene in intron 1


Rashmi Dwivedi and Davendra Kumar Sharma

Assessment of genetic diversity among collected genotypes of Chlorophytum borivilianum using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers


Nosheen Masood, Fraz Arshad Malik, Ishrat MahJabeen, Ruqia Mahmood Baig and Mahmood Akhtar Kayani

A novel CYP1A1 gene polymorphism and the risk of head and neck cancer in Pakistani population


Cervenski Janko, Gvozdanovic-Varga Jelica and Glogovac Svetlana

Local cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.) populations from Serbian Province of Vojvodina


Zafar Iqbal, Sohail Hameed, Naeem Akhtar, Muhammad Aslam Pervez, Salman Ahmad, Muhammad Yasin, Muhammad Asif, Altaf Ahmad Dasti and Ahmad Saleem

Consistent association of fungus Fusarium mangiferae Britz with mango malformation disease in Pakistan


Adel M. Al-Saif, A. B.M. Sharif Hossain and Rosna Mat Taha

Effects of benzylaminopurine and naphthalene acetic acid on proliferation and shoot growth of pineapple (Ananas comosus L. Merr) in vitro


Ji Rui-Qin, Xin Xi-Feng, Li Zi-Qin and Feng Hui

Construction and analysis of a suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) library of genic multiple-allele inherited male-sterility in Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris L. ssp. pekinensis)


Rustem Cangi, Ebubekir Altuntas, Cemal Kaya and Onur Saracoglu

Some chemical and physical properties at physiological maturity and ripening period of kiwifruit (‘Hayward’)


Serdar Bilen, Murat Bilen and Sougata Bardhan

The effects of boron management on soil microbial population and enzyme activities


Ileana Mayela María Moreno-Dávila, Leopoldo Javier Ríos-González, Yolanda Garza-García, José Antonio Rodríguez-de la Garza and Jesús Rodríguez-Martínez

Biohydrogen production from diary processing wastewater by anaerobic biofilm reactors


Zhiliang Li, Mingdi Bian, Zhongyi Wu, Xiuhai Zhang, Qing Yang, and Conglin Huang

Isolation and drought-tolerant function analysis of ZmPti1-1, a homologue to Pti1, from maize (Zea mays L.)


Lawal, A. K., Oso, B. A., Sanni, A. I. and Olatunji, O. O.

L-Glutamic acid production by Bacillus spp. isolated from vegetable proteins


Esin Poyrazoglu Çoban and Halil Biyik

Effect of various carbon and nitrogen sources on cellulose synthesis by Acetobacter lovaniensis HBB5


Bartholomew N Okolo, Anene N Moneke, Lewis I. Ezeogu and Francis S. Ire

The effects of calcium regulation of endosperm reserve protein mobilization of the Nigeria sorghum cultivars, ICSV 400 and KSV 8 during malting


Cheng Chang, Jie Wu , Jin-mei Zhang and You-qing Zhu

Norcantharidin (NCTD) induces mitochondria mediated apoptosis in human HepG2 cells


Rahmat Ali Khan, Muhammad Rashid Khan, Sumaira Sahreen Jasia Bokhari, Umbreen Rashid and Shumaila Jan

Phytotoxic characterization of various fractions of Launaea procumbens


Latifah Saiful Yazan, Jhi Biau Foo, Kim Wei Chan, Paridah Md Tahir and Maznah Ismail

Kenaf seed oil from supercritical carbon dioxide fluid extraction shows cytotoxic effects towards various cancer cell lines


Jhi Biau Foo, Latifah Saiful Yazan, Kim Wei Chan, Paridah Md. Tahir and Maznah Ismail

Kenaf seed oil from supercritical carbon dioxide fluid extraction induced G1 phase cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in leukemia cells


Andreia de A. Morandim-Giannetti, Fernando Cotinguiba, Luis O. Regasini, Mariana C. Frigieri, Eliana A. Varanda, Aline Coqueiro, Massuo J. Kato, Vanderlan S. Bolzani and Maysa Furlan

Study of Salmonella typhimurium mutagenicity assay of (Z)-piplartine by the Ames test




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Contents [10 (28), 2011]:


Tchouopou Lontchi Josine, Jing Ji, Gang Wang and Chun Feng Guan

Advances in genetic engineering for plants abiotic stress control


Adel S. Al-Zubairi, Ahmad B. Abdul and Mohammed Yousif

Effects of zerumbone on cisplatin-induced clastogenesis in Sprague-Dawley rats bone marrow cells


Dougnon T. J, Kpodékon T. M, Laleye A, Ahissou H and Loko F.

Effect of pineapple (Ananas comosus) on haematological and biochemical parameters in albinos Wistar rats intoxicated with Dolipraneâ


Robert Fungo and Michael Pillay

ß-Carotene content of selected banana genotypes from Uganda


Yizhu Xiao, Zhibang Yang, Hua Wang, Yasha Li Ying OuYang, Yongmei Li, Xiaoyan Luo, Qi Tan, Juan Xiang

Expression, purification and characterization of recombinant exfoliative toxin A from Staphylococcus aureus


Hui-Liang Li, Dong Guo, Wei-Min Tian and Shi-Qing Peng

Cloning and molecular characterization of a copper chaperone gene (HbCCH1) from Hevea brasiliensis


Maryam Kholghi, Iraj Bernousi, Reza Darvishzadeh, Alireza Pirzad and Hamid Hatami Maleki

Collection, evaluation and classi?cation of Iranian confectionary sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) populations using multivaraite statistical techniques


Rehab M. Abdelkheir, Nada B. Hamza, Ayoub M. Khalil and Essam I. Warrag

Genetic variation within and among five natural populations of endangered Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich) subsp. Birrea in Sudan


A. Chattopadhyay, S. Dutta and S. Chatterjee

Seed yield and quality of okra as influenced by sowing dates


Mahboobeh Jafarzadeh-Bajestani , Maryam Khodai-Kalaki , Nasrin Motamed, Omidreza Noorayin

Genetic transformation of olive somatic embryos through Agrobacterium tumefaciens and regeneration of transgenic plants


Yuhan Sun, Yun Li, Nina Yang, Peng Sun and Cunquan Yuan

Preliminary study on the inducement effect of colchicine during microsporogenesis of Ginkgo biloba L.


Hadi Bux, Muhammad Ashraf, Xianming Chen and Abdul Samad Mumtaz

Effective genes for resistance to stripe rust and virulence of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici in Pakistan


Gökçen Yönter and Huriye Uysal

The relationships between soil erosion and crust strengths to polyvinylalcohol (PVA) applications on different types of soils in Menemen Plain, Turkey


Mona M. Rashad, Abeer E. Mahmoud, Hala M. Abdou and Mohamed U. Nooman

Improvement of nutritional quality and antioxidant activities of yeast fermented soybean curd residue


Faiza Amin, Haq Nawaz Bhatti and Saima Rehman

Optimization of growth parameters for lipase production by Ganoderma lucidum using response surface methodolog


A. B. K. Amira, A. B. Z. Zuki, Y. M. Goh and M. M. Noordin

Histological changes in the endometrial of pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats under supplementation levels of n-6:n-3 fatty acid ratio


Javid Hussain, Zia Muhammad, Riaz Ullah , Nargis Jamila, Shabir Ahmad, Naeem Khan, Sultan Ayaz and Sajjad Haider

Biotransformation of ß-estradiol isolated from Sonchus eruca


Feng Li Yang, Xiao Shan Li, Bao Xiang He, Xian Ling Yang, Gong He Li, Ping Liu, Qin Hua Huang, Xi Mei Pan and Jin Li

Malondialdehyde level and some enzymatic activities in subclinical mastitis milk


Jueken Aniwashi, Hubdar Ali Kaleri, Yiming Sulaiman, Li Qi-fa and Xie Zhuang

Comparative analysis on the performance of the hybrid offspring of wild argali and Bashibay sheep



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