African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 6 (9-10), 2012

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 6 (9), 2012



Contents:


Review

  
Rabia Altaf, Mohammad Zaini Asmawi, Aidiahmad Dewa and Muhammad Ihtisham Umar

        Sources and possible mechanisms of action of important phytoconstituents with cardiovascular properties

     
Jie Lu

        Crystallization and transformation of pharmaceutical solid forms
  

Research Articles

 
Azhar Rasul and Tonghui Ma

        In vitro cytotoxic screening of 300 selected Chinese medicinal herbs against human gastric adenocarcinoma SGC-7901 cells

     
Syed Umer Jan, Gul Majid Khan, Haroon Khan, Asim-ur-Rehman, Kamran Ahmad Khan, Shefaat Ullah Shah, Kifayat Ullah Shah, Amir Badshah and Izhar Hussain

        Release pattern of three new polymers in Ketoprofen controlled-release tablets

      
Sanele Mahaye, Thandinceba Mayime, Siyabonga Nkosi, Farzana Noor Mahomed, Londeka Ntuli, Justine Pramlal, Olivia Setlhabana and Frasia Oosthuizen

        Medication adherence of psychiatric patients in an outpatient setting

   
Farnaz Malik, Shahzad Hussain, Alia Sadiq, Ghazala Parveen, Amina Wajid, Shazia Shafat, Rafique Ahmad Channa, Rashid Mahmood, Humayun Riaz, Muhammad Ismail and Fahadiya Yasin Raja

        Phyto-chemical analysis, anti-allergic and anti-inflammatory activity of Mentha arvensis in animals
     

Suphot Phutthaphadoong, Supachai Yodkeeree, Chaiyavat Chaiyasut and Pornngarm Limtrakul

        Anti-cancer activities of ?- and ?-tocotrienol against the human lung cancer         [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 620 - 629


NELSON I. OGUANOBI, CHIOLI P. CHIJIOKE and SAMUEL I. GHASI

        Effects of aqueous leaf extract of Ocimum gratissimum on oral glucose tolerance test in type-2 model diabetic rats  

    
Teddy Ehianeta, Bidemi Williams, Jadesola Surakat, Nura Mohammed and Chimezie Anyakora

        Quality survey of some brands of artesunate-amodiaquine in Lagos drug market

     
Duan Changbo and Sun Zhaojun

        Supplementation of Lycium barbarum polysaccharides protection of  skeletal muscle from exercise-induced oxidant stress in mice  

      
Hui Wang, Dianjun Wang, Yabin Pu, Dengkui Pan,Weijun Guan and Yuehui Ma

        Phloretin induced apoptosis of human hepatoma cells SMMC-7721 and its  correlative biological mechanisms 

     
Saleh A. Mohamed, Abdulrahman L. Al-Malki, Jalaluddin A. Khan, Mansour I. Sulaiman and Taha A. Kumosani

        Properties of peroxidase from chewing stick miswak 

       
Seyyed Mehdi Mirhashemi and Mohammasd-Hossein Aarabi

        To evaluate likely antiamyloidogenic property of ferulic acid and baicalein against human islet amyloid polypeptide aggregation, in vitro Study 

      

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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 6 (10), 2012



Contents:


Research Articles

 
D. L. Liu, S. Wang, L. Zhang and L. Z. Li

        Chemical composition of n-butanol extract of Potentilla anserina L. and its protective effect of EAhy926 endothelial cells under hypoxia

      
P. Prabhavathi, K. Balakrishnan, V. Prabakaran, R. Rajendran and T. Kuberan

        Extensive studies on polymerase chain reaction-sequence-specific primers (PCR-SSP) based HLA-DRB1* allele profiling in non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (Indian population)
   
Phanse Mohini, Padhye Subhash, Patil Manohar, Takawale Abhijit and Navghare Vijay

        Effect of thespesone-vanadium complex in alloxan induced diabetic rats

     
Naveed Muhammad, Muhammad Saeed, Haroon Khan, Mughal Qayum, Barkatullah and Amir Badshah

        Evaluation of Viola betonicifolia for anthelmintic activity


Wen-Cai Qiu, Cheng-Guang Yang, Jun Yan, Zhi-Gang Wang, Qi Zheng

        Prokinetic effects of ghrelin in streptozotocin-induced diabetic guinea pigs

  
Jian-Chun Li, Fei-Hu Chen, Jun-Dong Zhang, Hai-Jun Dong and Shu Gao

        A sensitive, fast and accurate liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) method for the pharmacokinetic study of cyclobenzaprine tablets
    

Abdul Rahman Al-Ajlan

        Tobacco smoking vs. lipid profile and anthropometric measures: A cross- sectional study among students in the Riyadh College of Health Sciences            [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 717 - 723

    
O. O. Olajuyigbe and A. J. Afolayan

        Antimicrobial potency of the ethanolic crude bark extract of Ziziphus mucronata Willd. subsp. mucronata Willd  

     
Servet Kayhan, Nesimi Günal and Hikmet Tereci

       Analysis of false positive positron emission tomography with 2-fluoro (18-F)-2-deoxy-D glucose as a tracer in patients with suspected lung cancer

       
Bei Jiang, Baoying Li, Ling Guo, Jian Song, Xianhua Li, Xiangdong Yang, Zhao Hu and Haiqing Gao

        Inhibitory effect of resveratrol on advanced glycation end products-induced mesangial cell proliferation  

      
Jin-feng Wei, Yuan-yuan Li, Zhen-hua Yin, Fang Gong and Fu-de Shang

        Antioxidant activities in vitro and hepatoprotective effects of Lysimachia clethroides Duby on CCl4-induced acute liver injury in mice 

     
Fang Liu and Wenwen Fu

        Functional IL-18 promoter gene polymorphisms and haplotypes in patients  with lichen planus: A study in a Chinese population 

     
Sameh Baananou, Alessandra Piras, Bruno Marongiu, M. Assunta Dessi, Danilo Falconieri, Silvia Porcedda, Antonella Rosa, Naceur A. Boughattas

        Antiulcerogenic activity of Apium graveolens seeds oils isolated by supercritical CO2 

     
Ghadeer A. R. Y. Suaifan, Mayada Shehadeh, Dana A. Darwish, Hebah Al-Ije, Al-Motassem M. Yousef and Rula M. Darwish

        A cross-sectional study on knowledge, attitude and behavior related to \ antibiotic use and resistance among medical and non-medical university students in Jordan 

    
Yaghub Gharadaghi, Saeedeh Shojaee, Arash Khaki, Fatemeh fathiazad, Amir afshin Khaki, Elham Ghdamkheir and Mahdi rouhaninia

        Antiprotozoal effect of Allium cepa on acute renal failure caused by Toxoplasma gondii 

       

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The Plant Journal - 69 (4-5), 2012

Contents:


FEATURED ARTICLE


A leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase gene is involved in the specification of outer cell layers in rice roots (pages 565–576)

Chao-Feng Huang, Naoki Yamaji, Kazuko Ono and Jian Feng Ma


ORIGINAL ARTICLES


The SOC1-SPL module integrates photoperiod and gibberellic acid signals to control flowering time in Arabidopsis (pages 577–588)

Jae-Hoon Jung, Yun Ju, Pil Joon Seo, Jae-Hyung Lee and Chung-Mo Park


ACCELERATED CELL DEATH 2 suppresses mitochondrial oxidative bursts and modulates cell death in Arabidopsis (pages 589–600)

Gopal K. Pattanayak, Sujatha Venkataramani, Stefan Hortensteiner, Lukas Kunz, Bastien Christ, Michael Moulin, Alison G. Smith, Yukihiro Okamoto, Hitoshi Tamiaki, Masakazu Sugishima and Jean T. Greenberg


PFT1, the MED25 subunit of the plant Mediator complex, promotes flowering through CONSTANS dependent and independent mechanisms in Arabidopsis (pages 601–612)

Sabrina Inigo, Mariano J. Alvarez, Bárbara Strasser, Andrea Califano and Pablo D. Cerdán


AtRbohF is a crucial modulator of defence-associated metabolism and a key actor in the interplay between intracellular oxidative stress and pathogenesis responses in Arabidopsis (pages 613–627)

Sejir Chaouch, Guillaume Queval and Graham Noctor


Transient gibberellin application promotes Arabidopsis thaliana hypocotyl cell elongation without maintaining transverse orientation of microtubules on the outer tangential wall of epidermal cells (pages 628–639)

Susanna Sauret-Güeto, Grant Calder and Nicholas P. Harberd


The Arabidopsis concentration-dependent influx/efflux transporter ABCB4 regulates cellular auxin levels in the root epidermis (pages 640–654)

Martin Kubeš, Haibing Yang, Gregory L. Richter, Yan Cheng, Ewa Młodzińska, Xia Wang, Joshua J. Blakeslee, Nicola Carraro, Jan Petrášek, Eva Zažímalová, Klára Hoyerová, Wendy Ann Peer and Angus S. Murphy


The fruit cuticles of wild tomato species exhibit architectural and chemical diversity, providing a new model for studying the evolution of cuticle function (pages 655–666)

Trevor H. Yeats, Gregory J. Buda, Zhonghua Wang, Noam Chehanovsky, Leonie C. Moyle, Reinhard Jetter, Arthur A. Schaffer and Jocelyn K. C. Rose


An ABA-regulated and Golgi-localized protein phosphatase controls water loss during leaf senescence in Arabidopsis (pages 667–678)

Kewei Zhang, Xiuying Xia, Yanyan Zhang and Su-Sheng Gan


Expression and manipulation of PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE 1 identifies a role for malate metabolism in stomatal closure (pages 679–688)

Steven Penfield, Sarah Clements, Karen J. Bailey, Alison D. Gilday, Richard C. Leegood, Julie E. Gray and Ian A. Graham


Phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C9 is involved in the thermotolerance of Arabidopsis (pages 689–700)

Shu-Zhi Zheng, Yu-Liang Liu, Bing Li, Zhong- lin Shang, Ren-Gang Zhou and Da-Ye Sun


The chloroplast division mutant caa33 of Arabidopsis thaliana reveals the crucial impact of chloroplast homeostasis on stress acclimation and retrograde plastid-to-nucleus signaling (pages 701–712)

Klára Šimková, Chanhong Kim, Katarzyna Gacek, Aiswarya Baruah, Christophe Laloi and Klaus Apel


TECHNICAL ADVANCE


An efficient Agrobacterium-mediated transient transformation of Arabidopsis (pages 713–719)

Kenichi Tsuda, Yiping Qi, Le V. Nguyen, Gerit Bethke, Yayoi Tsuda, Jane Glazebrook and Fumiaki Katagiri


Establishment of a Lotus japonicus gene tagging population using the exon-targeting endogenous retrotransposon LORE1 (pages 720–730)

Eigo Fukai, Takashi Soyano, Yosuke Umehara, Shinobu Nakayama, Hideki Hirakawa, Satoshi Tabata, Shusei Sato and Makoto Hayashi


Genome-wide LORE1 retrotransposon mutagenesis and high-throughput insertion detection in Lotus japonicus (pages 731–741)

Dorian Fabian Urbański, Anna Małolepszy, Jens Stougaard and Stig Uggerhoj Andersen


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The Plant Journal - 69 (5), 2012


Contents:

FEATURED ARTICLE


The SCO2 protein disulphide isomerase is required for thylakoid biogenesis and interacts with LCHB1 chlorophyll a/b binding proteins which affects chlorophyll biosynthesis in Arabidopsis seedlings (pages 743–754)

Sandra K. Tanz, Joachim Kilian, Christoffer Johnsson, Klaus Apel, Ian Small, Klaus Harter, Dierk Wanke, Barry Pogson and Verónica Albrecht


ORIGINAL ARTICLES


A common plant cell-wall protein HyPRP1 has dual roles as a positive regulator of cell death and a negative regulator of basal defense against pathogens (pages 755–768)

Seon-In Yeom, Eunyoung Seo, Sang-Keun Oh, Ki Woo Kim and Doil Choi


Sphingolipid ?8 unsaturation is important for glucosylceramide biosynthesis and low-temperature performance in Arabidopsis (pages 769–781)

Ming Chen, Jonathan E. Markham and Edgar B. Cahoon


Loss of AtPDR11, a plasma membrane-localized ABC transporter, confers paraquat tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana (pages 782–791)

Jing Xi, Ping Xu and Cheng-Bin Xiang


Elongator complex is critical for cell cycle progression and leaf patterning in Arabidopsis (pages 792–808)

Deyang Xu, Weihua Huang, Yang Li, Hua Wang, Hai Huang and Xiaofeng Cui


AKIN10 and FUSCA3 interact to control lateral organ development and phase transitions in Arabidopsis (pages 809–821)

Allen Yi-Lun Tsai and Sonia Gazzarrini


A switch in Ca2+ spiking signature is concomitant with endosymbiotic microbe entry into cortical root cells of Medicago truncatula (pages 822–830)

Björn J. Sieberer, Mireille Chabaud, Joëlle Fournier, Antonius C.J. Timmers and David G. Barker


HPR1, a component of the THO/TREX complex, plays an important role in disease resistance and senescence in Arabidopsis (pages 831–843)

Huairong Pan, Simu Liu and Dingzhong Tang


LEAFY controls Arabidopsis pedicel length and orientation by affecting adaxial–abaxial cell fate (pages 844–856)

Nobutoshi Yamaguchi, Ayako Yamaguchi, Mitsutomo Abe, Doris Wagner and Yoshibumi Komeda


A tonoplast-localized half-size ABC transporter is required for internal detoxification of aluminum in rice (pages 857–867)

Chao-Feng Huang, Naoki Yamaji, Zhichang Chen and Jian Feng Ma


Functional characterisation of HvCO1, the barley (Hordeum vulgare) flowering time ortholog of CONSTANS (pages 868–880)

Chiara Campoli, Benedikt Drosse, Iain Searle, George Coupland and Maria von Korff


Uncovering genetic and molecular interactions among floral meristem identity genes in Arabidopsis thaliana (pages 881–893)

Valentina Grandi, Veronica Gregis and Martin M. Kater


Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching reveals high cycling dynamics of plasma membrane aquaporins in Arabidopsis roots under salt stress (pages 894–905)

Doan-Trung Luu, Alexandre Martiniere, Mathias Sorieul, John Runions and Christophe Maurel


The half-size ABC transporters STR1 and STR2 are indispensable for mycorrhizal arbuscule formation in rice (pages 906–920)

Caroline Gutjahr, Dragica Radovanovic, Jessika Geoffroy, Quan Zhang, Heike Siegler, Marco Chiapello, Leonardo Casieri, Kyungsook An, Gynheung An, Emmanuel Guiderdoni, Chellian Santhosh Kumar, Venkatesan Sundaresan, Maria J. Harrison and Uta Paszkowski

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The Botanical Review - 78 (1), 2012

Contents:

Publisher's Note

Correction to Volume 76 Number 2 Issued 1 June 2010



Plants Replacing Plants: The Future of Community Modeling and Research

Randall W. Myster


A Comparison of Frugivory and Scatter-Hoarding Seed-Dispersal Syndromes

Stephen B. Vander Wall and Maurie J. Beck


A Review on Mechanisms of Plant Tolerance and Role of Transgenic Plants in Environmental Clean-up

Chandra Shekhar Seth


Biased Sex Ratios in Plants: Theory and Trends

Jordan P. Sinclair, J. Emlen and D. C. Freeman



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Polish Journal of Ecology - 59 (3-4), 2011

Polish Journal of Ecology - 59 (3), 2011


Contents:


MASRAHI Y.S., AL-YEMENI M.N., AL-TURKI T.A., SAYED O.H.
Ecophysiological mechanisms of succulent survival in natural conditions: photosynthetic carbon fixation in Caralluma acutangula (Decne. N.E.Br.) (Asclepiadaceae)

DU Y., CUI X., CAO G., ZHAO X., YANG G.
Simulating N2O emission from Kobresia humilis Serg. alpine meadow on Tibetan Plateau with the DNDC model

WANG J.-C., SHI X., YIN L.-K., ZHANG D.-Y.
Role of clonal integration in life strategy of sandy dune plant, Eremosparton songoricum (Litv.) Vass (Fab aceae): experimental

LIU Z., LI K., CAI Y., FANG Y.
Correlation between leafing phenology and traits: woody species of evergreen broad-leaved forests in subtropical China

GÜNER Ş.T., ÖZKAN K. , ÇÖMEZ A.
Key factors in the site selection of Rosa canina (L.) - applying the Generalized Additive Model

CATORCI A. ,VITANZI A., TARDELLA F.M., HRŠAK V.
Regeneration of Ostrya carpinifolia Scop. forest after coppicing: modelling of changes in species diversity and composition

WANG Y., BAO W., WU N.
Effects of Salix sphaeronymphe Görz shrubs on herbaceous community in forest secondary succession (Tibetan Plateau) .

LI Y., BAO W., WU N.
Soil seed bank and extant vegetation of a dry valley

SZYMURA T.H., SZYMURA M.
Soil properties and light availability determine species richness and vegetation diversity in an overgrown coppice oak stand

MACIEJEWSKI Z., SZWAGRZYK J.
Long-term changes in stand composition of natural forest associations on the Roztocze Highlands (Eastern Poland)

AVEL-NIINEMETS E., PENSA M., PORTSMUTH A.
Distribution of testate amoebae along a gradient hummock-lawn-hollow in a Sphagnum-bog: potential implications for palaeoecological reconstructions

EJSMONT-KARABIN J., HUTOROWICZ A.
Rotifera communities associated with invasive Vallisneria spiralis L. (Hydrocharitaceae) versus native macrophytes in the lakes heated by power stations (Konin lakes, W. Poland)

VIDAKOVIĆ J., PALIJAN G., ČERBA D.
Relationship between nematode community and biomass and composition of periphyton developing on artificial substrates in floodplain lake

HALAREWICZ A., JACKOWSKI J.
Leaf damage of the Black Cherry, Prunus serotina Ehrh., by the leaf beetle, Gonioctena quinquepunctata Fabr.: an accidental foraging on a neophytic host, or an established trophic link?

SZENTGYÖRGYI H., BLINOV A., EREMEEVA N., LUZYANIN S., GREŚ I.M., WOYCIECHOWSKI M.
Bumblbebees (Bombidae) along pollution gradient - heavy metal accumulation, species diversity, and Nosema bombi infection level

LESIŃSKI G., OLSZEWSKI A., POPCZYK B.
Forest roads used by commuting and foraging bats in edge and interior zones

WU G.-L., TIAN F.-P., REN G.-H., LIU Z.-H.
Seed mass increase along altitude within four Saussurea (Asteraceae) species in Tibetian Plateau

URBAN-MALINGA B.
Free-living interstitial Plathelminthes of the Baltic sea: diversity and abundance

KOPECKÝ O., VOJAR J., ŠUSTA F., REHÁK I.
Non-prey items in stomachs of Alpine newts (Mesotriton alpestris, Laurenti)


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Polish Journal of Ecology - 59 (4), 2011


Contents:

Special paper

KOSTRZEWSKA-SZLAKOWSKA I., JASSER I.
Black box: what do we know about humic lakes?

SZYMURA T.H., SZYMURA M., DUNAJSKI A.
Biodiversity conservation of the vegetation adjacent to watercourses influenced by land reclamation practicies: the floodplain of the Odra River (Silesia, Poland)

KOSTRAKIEWICZ K.
The effect of gaps size on colonization process in Molinietum caeruleae meadows with different habitat conditions

DZWONKO Z., LOSTER S.
Changes in species composition of an abandoned limestone grassland in relation to climatic conditions

SANIGA M., BALANDA M., KUCBEL S., JALOVIAR P.
Cyclic changes in tree species composition of mixed-species forest in Western Carpathians: role of disturbance and tree regeneration

SUN J., PENG C., ST. ONGE B., BERNINGER F., MCCAUGHEY H., LEI X.
Meta-analysis of the effects of soil warming on soil respiration in forest ecosystems

JI M., ZHANG X., WANG Z., ZHANG Q., DENG J.
Intra-versus inter-population variation of cone and seed morphological traits of Pinus tabulaeformis Carr. in northern China: impact of climate-related conditions

DONG M., JIANG Y., ZHANG W., YANG Y., YANG H.
Effect of alpine treeline conditions on the response of the stem radial variation of Picea meyeri Rebd. et Wils to environmental factors

ZHANG F.-W., LI Y.-N., CAO G.-M., WANG S.-P., ZHAO X.-Q., DU M.-Y., WANG Q.-X.
Response of alpine plant community to simulated climate change: two-year results of reciprocal translocation experiment (Tibetan Plateau)

YANG L.-C., ZHOU G.-Y., LI C.-L., SONG W.-Z., CHEN G.-C.
Potential refugia in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau revealed by the phylogeographical study of Swertia tetraptera (Gentianaceae)

VITASOVIĆ KOSIĆ I., TARDELLA F.M., RUŠČIĆ M., CATORCI A.
Assessment of floristic diversity, functional composition and management strategy of North Adriatic pastoral landscape (Croatia)

ŠAJNA N., KUŠAR P., NOVAK S., SLANA NOVAK L.
Benefits of low-intensive grazing: co-occurrence of umbelliferous plant (Hladnikia pastinacifolia Rchb.) and opilionid species (Phalangium opilio. L) in dry, calcareous grassland

BAJERLEIN D., MATUSZEWSKI S., KONWERSKI S.
Insect succession on carrion: seasonality, habitat preference and residency of histerid beetles (Coleoptera: Histeridae) visiting pig carrion exposed in various forests (western Poland)

ARNDT E., DOMDEI J.
Influence of beaver ponds on the macroinvertebrate benthic community in lowland brooks

DAI Q., WANG Y.
Effect of road on the distribution of amphibians in wetland area - test with model-averaged prediction


Short research contributions


KIANI B., TABARI M., FALLAH A., HOSSEINI S.M., IRAN NEJAD PARIZI M.H.
Optimal method to determine density of the scarce vegetation in dry desert: Variable Area Transect (VAT) applied to saxaul (Haloxylon ammodenderon) community

QU J., LI W., YANG M., LI K., ZHANG Y.
Methods for large scale assessment of small mammal abundance in open habitats: plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) in alpine grassland

DEPA Ł.
Coexisting aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) communities: interdependence in various habitats


Research note


SLIVINSKA K., KOPIJ G.
Diet of the Przewalski's horse Equus przewalskii in the Chernobyl exclusion zone

TERRADAS J., PENUELAS J.
Misleading ideas about top-down and bottom-up control in communities and the role of omnivores


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The Botanical Review

Spis treści kwartalnika The Botanical Review Volume 75, Number 4 (grudzień 2009):

Ruqaya Jabeen, Altaf Ahmad, Muhammad Iqbal "Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals: Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms"

Juan Manuel Acosta, Mariel Perreta, Alicia Amsler, Abelardo C. Vegetti "The Flowering Unit in the Synflorescences of Amaranthaceae"

Mariel G. Perreta, Julio C. Ramos, Abelardo C. Vegetti "Development and Structure of the Grass Inflorescence"

Manzoor A. Shah, Zafar A. Reshi, Damase P. Khasa "Arbuscular Mycorrhizas: Drivers or Passengers of Alien Plant Invasion"





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