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czwartek, 12 kwietnia 2012

African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (56-57), 2011

African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (56), 2011


Contents:


Review


Muhammad Yasin, Zafar Iqbal, Muhammad Ehsan Safdar, Abdul Rehman, Amjed Ali, Muhammad Asif, Mudassir Aziz, Asif Tanveer and Muhammad Aslam Pervez

Phalaris minor control, resistance development and strategies for integrated management of resistance to fenoxaprop-ethyl


Research Articles


GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


A. Niknejad, M. A. Kadir and S. B. Kadzimin

In vitro plant regeneration from protocorms-like bodies (PLBs) and callus of Phalaenopsis gigantea (Epidendroideae: Orchidaceae)


Ernest M. Eblate, Kusiluka J. Lughano, Chenyambuga D. Sebastian, Msoffe L. Peter and Roed H. Knut

Polymorphic microsatellite markers for genetic studies of African antelope species


C. O. Ilori and A. Pellegrineschi

Transgene expression in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) through Agrobacterium transformation of pollen in flower buds


Yaoguo Qin, Jianjun Lei, Bihao Cao, Guoju Chen, Yongli Zhai and Cuiqin Yang

Cloning and sequence analysis of the defective in anther dehiscence1 (DAD1) gene fragment of Chinese kale


Zheng Quan, Zheng Yongping, Wang Guangdong, Guo Weiming And Zhang Zhiguo

Sonication assisted Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of chalcone synthase (CHS) gene to Spring Dendrobium cultivar ‘Sanya’

 
Zahra Noormohammadi, Fatemeh Shojaei-Jesvaghani, Masoud Sheidai, Farah Farahani and Omran Alishah

Inter simple sequence repeats (ISSR) and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analyses of genetic diversity in Mehr cotton cultivar and its crossing progenies


Guo Guang-yu, Sun Rui, Hou Meng, Guo Yong-xin, Xin Da-wei, Jiang Hong-wei, Liu Chun-yan, Hu Guo-hua and Chen Qing-shan

Quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis of pod related traits in different environments in soybean


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY


Long Jianyou, Xia Jianrong and Chen Yongheng

Isolation and identification of two marine-derived Streptomyces from marine mud of coast and offshore Zhuhai, and bioactive potential for plant pathogenic fungi


Xiao-Li Wu and Wei-Kai Bao

Effect of water deficit on growth and photosynthetic characteristics of 13 winter wheat


Masitah Zainuddin, Advina Lizah Julkifle, Ranjetta Pobathy, Uma Rani Sinniah, Amir Khoddamzadeh, Jessica Jeyanthi James Antony, Pavallekoodi and Sreeramanan Subramaniam

Preliminary analysis of cryopreservation of Dendrobium Bobby Messina orchid using an encapsulation-dehydration technique with Evans blue assay


Esen Oruç Büyükbay and Orhan Gündüz

An investigation on computer and internet use for agricultural development in rural areas: A case study for Tokat Province in Turkey


Ghassem Habibi Bibalan and Hamideh Shadkami-Til

Average stem biomass of Gundelia (Gundelia tournefortii L.) in Shanjan Rangelands, East Azerbaijan, Iran


M. M. I. Masum, S. M. M. Islam, M. S. Islam and M. H. Kabir

Estimation of loss due to post harvest diseases of potato in markets of different districts in Bangladesh


A. Jabarzare, M. Bassiri and M.R. Vahabi

Effects of light and drought stress on germination of Artemisia sieberi Besser


Moneruzzaman, K. M., Hossain, A. B. M. S., Normaniza, O. and Boyce, A. N.

Growth, yield and quality responses to gibberellic acid (GA3) of Wax apple Syzygium samarangense var. Jambu air madu fruits grown under field conditions


Xuejun Yuan, Li Liao, Guodao Liu and Zhiyong Wang

Plant regeneration system from cotyledons-derived calluses cultures of Stylosanthes guianensis cv. ‘Reyan 2’


Ihsan Bakirci, Arzu Kavaz and Emine Macit

Effect of different brine concentrations and ripening period on some quality properties of Turkish white pickled cheese


Yuan Ma, Jun Chun, Shenghua Wang and Fang Chen

Allelopathic potential of Jatropha curcas


Marcos Ribeiro da Silva Vieira, Angela Vacaro de Souza, Caio Marcio Guimaraes Santos, Leonardo de Sousa Alves, Reginaldo Conceiçao Cerqueira, Reinaldo de Alencar Paes, Aline Danielle de Souza and Luiza Maria de Sousa Fernandes

Stem diameter and height of chrysanthemum cv Yoko ono as affected by gibberellic acid


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Sonil Nanda and Jayanthi Abraham

Impact of heavy metals on the rhizosphere microflora of Jatropha multifida and their effective remediation


Snežana Branković, Dragana Pavlović-Muratspahić, Marina Topuzović, Radmila Glišić, Dragić Banković and Milan Stanković

Environmental study of some metals on several aquatic macrophytes


Changqing Zhao, Qinhuan Yang, Wuyong Chen, Hui Li and Hao Zhang

Isolation of a sulfate reducing bacterium and its application in sulfate removal from tannery wastewater


Kamiyango, M. W., Sajidu, S. M. I. and Masamba, W. R. L.

Removal of phosphate ions from aqueous solutions using bauxite obtained from Mulanje, Malawi


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Yue-Hua Cui and Ke-Chang Zhang

Effect of metal ions on the growth and metabolites production of Ganoderma lucidum in submerged culture


Jingpeng Sun, Keju Jing and Yinghua Lu

High regioselective acetylation of vitamin A precursors using lipase B from Candida antarctica in organic media


Noura El-Ahmady El-Naggar, A. A. Sherief and Sarah Shawky Hamza

Bioconversion process of rice straw by thermotolerant cellulolytic Streptomyces viridiochromogenes under solid-state fermentation conditions for bioethanol production


Cazetta, M. L. and Contiero, J.

Influence of nitrogen source and sucrose concentration on inulinase production by Kluyveromyces marxianus in fed-batch fermentation


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 
Ephraim Nuwamanya, Yona Baguma, Enoch Wembabazi and Patrick Rubaihayo

A comparative study of the physicochemical properties of starches from root, tuber and cereal crops


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY


Hussaini Anthony Makun, Michael Francis Dutton, Mulunda Mwanza and Patrick Berka Njobeh

Mycotoxins profiling of the culture material of Fusarium verticillioides (Sacc.) Nirenberg culture (CABI-IMI 392668) isolated from rice in Niger State, Nigeria and its cytotoxic effects on human lymphocytes comparatively to those of some mycotoxin standards


Fang Shen, Xiongmin Liu, Jingjuan Liang and Fang Lai

Comparison of lipase-catalyzed synthesis of cyclopentadecanolide under organic and biphasic systems


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Yi Lou, Yi Zhang, Haining He, Yingfen Liu, Ping Huang and Tinghe Yu

Ultrasound sensitizes chemotherapy in chemoresistant ovarian cancers


Jaslin, Edward J. and Padmaja, V.

Antioxidant potential of ethanolic extract of aerial parts of Coleus spicatus Benth


Magda M. Aly and Nehad M. Gumgumjee

Antimicrobial efficacy of Rheum palmatum, Curcuma longa and Alpinia officinarum extracts against some pathogenic microorganisms


Mohamed Abdalla Estai, Farihah Suhaimi, Ima-Nirwana Soelaiman, Ahmad Nazrun Shuid and Srijit Das

Bone histomorphometric study of young rats following oestrogen deficiency

 
FISHERY SCIENCE


Samy Yehya El-Zaeem

Growth comparison of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and Blue tilapia, (Oreochromis aureus) as affected by classical and modern breeding methods


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Rakib A. Al-Ani, Mustafa A. Adhab, Muthannah A. El-Muadhidi and Maadh A. Al-Fahad

Induced systemic resistance and promotion of wheat and barley plants growth by biotic and non-biotic agents against barley yellow dwarf virus

 
PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE


Mohammad Sadeghi and Mojgan Yarahmadi

Synthesis and properties of carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) graft copolymer with on-off switching properties for controlled release of drug


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Ahmad Ziarlarimi, Mehrdad Irani and Shahabodin Gharahveysi

An investigation on the replacement of antibiotics by medicinal plants to control the infection of Escherichia Coli (E. coli) in broiler chickens


Eze, J. I., Ngene, A. A., Anosa, G. N. and Ezeh, I. O.

Immunomodulatory effect of dietary selenium supplementation on serum antibody response and leucocytic profile of Trypanosoma brucei brucei infected rats


PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

 
Rahmatollah Karimizadeh, Mohtasham Mohammadi, Siamak Ghaffaripour, Farzad Karimpour and Mohammad Kazem Shefazadeh

Evaluation of physiological screening techniques for drought-resistant breeding of durum wheat genotypes in Iran

     
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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (57), 2011


Contents:

 
Research Articles

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
Cao Ye, Zhao sujun, Liang Tianyu, Qian shaoping and Zhang yizheng

Molecular cloning and functional analysis of the follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) receptor gene promoter from the Jintang black goat


Hua Xu, Xinlong He and Juhee Ahn

Assessment of antibiotic susceptibilities, genotypic characteristics and biofilm-forming abilities of Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella Typhimurium


Peng Yan, Xiaobing Wu, Rong Yang, Xiaoqiang Li and Banghe Yang

DNA-based species identification for faecal samples: An application on the mammalian survey in Mountain Huangshan Scenic Spot


Yongxin Liu, Guixing Wang, Yi Liu, Jilun Hou, Yufen Wang, Fei Si, Zhaohui Sun, Xiaoyan Zhang and Haijin Liu

Production and confirmation of clones using gynogenesis in Japanese flounder


Le Chang, Jingjue Chen, Yumian Xiao and Yiping Xia

De novo characterization of Lycoris sprengeri transcriptome using Illumina GA II


Radheshyam Sharma and Sumangala Bhat

Molecular cloning of endochitinase 33 (ECH33) gene from Trichoderma harzanium


Xuejing Wang, Shurong Zhong, Libo Gao, Shaojing Dou, Genfeng He, Yue Ran, Jianjun Bao and Qiang Jing

An association study between polymorphism of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH1B), aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2), cytochrome (CYP4502E1), Catechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT) and 5-hydroxytryptamine transporter (5-HTT) genes in Yunnan Han population with alcohol dependence


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Ji-Peng Chen, Xian-Hong Ge, Xing-Cheng Yao, Ye-Hong Feng and Zai-Yun Li

Synthesis and characterization of interspecific trigenomic hybrids and allohexaploids between three cultivated Brassica allotetraploids and wild species Brassica fruticulosa


Weimei Jiang, Yuanmiao Fu, Xiaolong Zhou and Chengxin Fu

High-frequency shoot regeneration of nodal explants from Tetrastigma hemsleyanum Diels et Gilg: A valuable medicinal plant


Rustem Cangi, Adem Yagci, Soner Akgul, Metin Kesgin and Yusuf Yanar

Effects of shading and covering material application for delaying harvest on gray mold disease severity


Jinfeng Qi, Xuecai Zhang, Changbin Yin, Huihui Li and Feng Lin

Optimization of breeding methods when introducing multiple resistance genes from American to Chinese wheat


Rustem Cangi and Duran Kiliç

Effects of bud loading levels and nitrogen doses on yield, physical and chemical properties of brined grape-leaves


Hossam S. El-Beltagi, Hosny H. Kesba, Ahmed I. Abdel-Alim and Al-Sayed, A. A.

Effect of root-knot nematode and two species of crown gall on antioxidant activity of grape leaves


K. Shabanpour, A. Sharifi, A. Bagheri and N. Moshtaghi

Effect of genotypes and culture medium on shoot regeneration and proliferation of Gerbera jamesonii


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Bharat Bhusan Patnaik, Hongray Howrelia J., Theresia Mathews and M. Selvanayagam

Histopathology of gill, liver, muscle and brain of Cyprinus carpio communis L. exposed to sublethal concentration of lead and cadmium


Maribel Cano, Myrna Solis, Joel Diaz, Aida Solis, Octavio Loera and Maura M. Teutli

Biotransformation of indigo carmine to isatin sulfonic acid by lyophilized mycelia from Trametes versicolor


Mohammad Sadegh Sekhavatjou, Azamalsadat Hosseini Alhashem, Sepideh Sadat Taghavirad, Gholamreza Goudarzi and Ahmad Reza Mollaee

Seasonal variation of mercury vapor concentrations in industrial, residential, and traffic areas of Ahvaz city, Southwest Iran


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
George F. Rapsang, Rakshak Kumar and S. R. Joshi

Identification of Lactobacillus pobuzihii from tungtap: A traditionally fermented fish food, and analysis of its bacteriocinogenic potential


Nayera A.M. Abdelwahed and Noura El-Ahmady El-Naggar

Repeated batch production of vancomycin using synthetic cotton fibers


FOOD TECHNOLOGY


Li Gao, Javed Ahmed Ujan, Linsen Zan, Mei Xue and Adoligbe Camus

A novel polymorphism of resistin gene and its association with meat quality traits in Chinese Bos taurus


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Sanjay Kumar Singh, Santosh Kumar Singh, Vinayak Ram Tripathi and Satyendra Kumar Garg

An oxidant, detergent and salt stable alkaline protease from Bacillus cereus SIU1


Mohammad Sadeghi and Mojgan Yarahmadi

Synthesis and characterization of superabsorbent hydrogel based on chitosan-g-poly (acrylic acid-co-acrylonitrile)

 
Saleem Khan, Farhad Ahmad, Farhad Ali, Hakim khan, Ayub Khan and Zahoor Ahmad Swati

Phyto-agglutinin, total proteins and amino assimilating enzymatic activity of indigeneous chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivars

  
MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Usman Sumo Friend Tambunan, Nissia Apriyanti, Arli Aditya Parikesit, William Chua and Katarina Wuryani

Computational design of disulfide cyclic peptide as potential inhibitor of complex NS2B-NS3 dengue virus protease

  
Dan Liu, Fang Xu, Dong Wan, Wen-ying Leng and Fa-chun Zhou

Tetramethylpyrazine attenuates oleic acid-induced acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome through the downregulation of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kB) activation in rats

 
ENTOMOLOGY

 
M. M. Rahman, M. T. M. Mahmud M. F. Hasan, S.H. Habib and H. Kausar

Study on the growth and development of brinjal shoot and fruit borer with different diets


Hafiz Muhammad Tahir, Abida Butt, Muhammad Khalid Mukhtar, Shafaat Yar Khan, Muhammad Arshad and Muhammad Mohsin Ahsan

Effect of carbofuran on the diversity and mean abundance of ground spiders


FISHERY SCIENCE

 
Azin Mohagheghi Samarin, Bagher Mojazi Amiri, Mehdi Soltani, Rajab Mohammad Nazari, Abolghasem Kamali and Mohammad Reza Naghavi

Effects of storage duration and storage temperature on viability of stored ova of kutum (Rutilus frisii kutum) in ovarian fluid

 
Muhammad Naeem, Abdus Salam, Muhammad Ali, Mudasra Mehreen, Muzaffar Ali, Muhammad Jamshed Khan, Muhammad Mazhar Ayaz, Abir Ishtiaq and Amina Zuberi

Breeding performance of sustainable fish Ctenopharyngodon idella through single intramuscular injection of Ovaprim-C at Bahawalpur, Pakistan

   
BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Seyyed Javad Mousavizadeh and Shahram Sedaghathoor

Apple and quince peroxidase activity in response to essential oils application

   
Huang Jianglong, Wei Hongbo, Chen Guili, Zheng Zongheng, Guo Weiping, Chen Tufeng, Huang yong and Zhang Fucheng

The effect of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) on the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and VEGF receptors of human colon cancer LoVo cell line

     
ZhiDi Bai, Lei Shi, Changmin Hu, Xi Chen, Jingjing Qi, Xiaoliang Ba, Qingjie Peng, Yingyu Chen, Huanchun Chen and Aizhen Guo

Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for sensitive and rapid detection of Mycoplasma bovis

     
ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Sahnoun Attou, Ghalem Selselet Attou and Kaddour Bouderoua

Effects of early and chronic exposure to high temperatures on growth performance, carcass parameters and fatty acids of subcutaneous lipid of broilers


Reza Neshagaran Hemmatabadi, Alireza Seidavi and Shahaboddin Gharahveysi

Comparison of response to selection in three peanut cocoon lines of silkworm during spring and autumn seasons


Mohammad Ali Sirjani, Mohammad Hossein Shahir, Hamid Kohram and Ahmad Zare Shahneh

Effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) treatment on multiple births in Afshari ewes


Mohammad Ali Sirjani, Mohammad Hossein Shahir, Hamid Kohram, Morad Pasha Eskandarinasab and Hamed Kermani Moakhar

The effects of pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMSG) injection a day prior or at controlled intravaginal drug-releasing (CIDR) removal on multiple births in Afshari ewes


Mubashar Hussain, Muhammad Naeem, Shakil Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Farooq Bhatti and Muhammad Munawar

Studies on the influence of temperature and humidity on biological traits of silkworm (Bombyx mori L.; Bombycidae)

   
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wtorek, 13 marca 2012

South African Journal of Botany - 77 (4), 2011



Contents:

Editorial Board


Special issue on economic botany
Ben-Erik Van Wyk, Alvaro Viljoen

The potential of South African plants in the development of new medicinal products
B.-E. Van Wyk

Commercial herbal preparations in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: The urban face of traditional medicine
A.R. Ndhlala, G.I. Stafford, J.F. Finnie, J. Van Staden

Legal developments in the protection of plant-related traditional knowledge: An intellectual property lawyer's perspective of the international and South African legal framework
A.F. Myburgh

Muthi to medicine
N. Gericke

The potential of South African plants in the development of new food and beverage products
B.-E. Van Wyk

Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) beyond the farm gate: From herbal tea to potential phytopharmaceutical
E. Joubert, D. de Beer

Honeybush (Cyclopia spp.): From local cottage industry to global markets — The catalytic and supporting role of research
E. Joubert, M.E. Joubert, C. Bester, D. de Beer, J.H. De Lange

An updated review of Adansonia digitata: A commercially important African tree
G.P.P. Kamatou, I. Vermaak, A.M. Viljoen

African seed oils of commercial importance — Cosmetic applications
I. Vermaak, G.P.P. Kamatou, B. Komane-Mofokeng, A.M. Viljoen, K. Beckett

The potential of South African indigenous plants for the international cut flower trade
E.Y. Reinten, J.H. Coetzee, B.-E. van Wyk

Plectranthus: A plant for the future?
L.J. Rice, G.J. Brits, C.J. Potgieter, J. Van Staden

Mondia whitei (Apocynaceae): A review of its biological activities, conservation strategies and economic potential
A.O. Aremu, L. Cheesman, J.F. Finnie, J. Van Staden

Plant-derived smoke: Old technology with possibilities for economic applications in agriculture and horticulture
M.G. Kulkarni, M.E. Light, J. Van Staden

Current perspectives on the economic botany of the genus Aloe L. (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
O.M. Grace

Physical and chemical characteristics of Aloe ferox leaf gel
C. O'Brien, B.-E. Van Wyk, F.R. Van Heerden

Plant biotechnology in South Africa: Micropropagation research endeavours, prospects and challenges
M. Moyo, M.W. Bairu, S.O. Amoo, J. Van Staden

Ethnomedicinal Plants — Revitalization of Traditional Knowledge of Herbs, Mahendra Rai, Deepak Acharya, José Luis Ríos (Eds.), 2011, Science Publishers, Enfield, New Hampshire, Price: $82.00, Hardcover with 504 pages, ISBN: 978-1-57808-692-2, Distributed by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Website: www.crcpress.com
J. Van Staden


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poniedziałek, 30 stycznia 2012

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (26-30), 2011

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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (26), 2011


Contents:

Review



Sun Yan-Lin, Liu Lin-De and Hong Soon-Kwan

Eleutherococcus senticosus as a crude medicine: Review of biotechnological effects


A. Maroyi and L. J. G. van der Maesen

Gloriosa superba L. (family Colchicaceae): Remedy or poison?


Muhammad Akram, Naveed Akhtar, H. M. Asif, Pervaiz Akhtar Shah, Tariq Saeed, Arshad Mahmood and Nadia Shamshad Malik

Treatment of premenstrual syndrome



Research Articles



Mohd Fahami Nur Azlina, Yusof Kamisah, Reeny FA Rahman and Othman Faizah

Piper sarmentosum Roxb protects lungs against oxidative stress induced by carbon tetrachloride in rats


Jegede I. A., Ibrahim, J. A. and Kunle O. F.

Phytochemical and pharmacognostic studies of the leaf and stem-bark of Anthocleista vogelii (Planch)


Muhammad Azam Khan, Shahzad Akbar Khan, Muhammad Akhtar Qureshi, Gulzar Ahmed, Mir Ajab Khan, Mazhar Hussain and Ghulam Mujtaba Ghulam

Ethnobotany of some useful plants of Poonch Valley Azad Kashmir


Jin-Jie MA, Li-Ping KANG, Wen-Bin ZHOU, He-Shui YU, Ping LIU and Bai-Ping MA

Identification and characterization of saponins in extract of Ziziphi spinosae Semen (ZSS) by ultra-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-quadrupole time-of-?ight tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-ESI-QTOF-MSE)


Milić MATOVIĆ, Biljana BOJOVIĆ and MARINA JUŠKOVIĆ

Composition of essential oils from three classes of juniper fruit from Serbia


Sadia Ata, Faiza Farooq and Shabnam Javed

Elemental profile of 24 common medicinal plants of Pakistan and its direct link with traditional uses


Muhammad Shehzad, Asif Tanveer, Muhammad Ayub, Khuram Mubeen, Naeem Sarwar, Muhammad Ibrahim and Imran Qadir

Effect of weed-crop competition on growth and yield of garden cress (Lepidium sativum L.)


Pansa Monkheang, Runglawan Sudmoon, Tawatchai Tanee, Kowit Noikotr, Nat Bletter and Arunrat Chaveerach

Species diversity, usages, molecular markers and barcode of medicinal Senna species (Fabaceae, Caesalpinioideae) in Thailand


Fadlina Chany Saputri and Ibrahim Jantan

Effects of selected medicinal plants on human low-density lipoprotein oxidation, 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radicals and human platelet aggregation


Tsu-Shing Wang, Chong-Kuei Lii, Yuan-Ching Huang, Jen-Yun Chang and Fang-Yue Yang

Anticlastogenic effect of aqueous extract from water yam (Dioscorea alata L.)


Chih-Chien Lin, Chao-Hsun Yang, Pey-Shiuan Wu, Chang-Chin Kwan and Yi-Shyan Chen

Antimicrobial, anti-tyrosinase and antioxidant activities of aqueous aromatic extracts from forty-eight selected herbs


Ahmad Yari Khosoushahi, Hossein Naderi-Manesh and Yadollah Omidi

Effects of Camellia sinensis L. extract and cysteine on browning, growth and paclitaxel production of subcultured Taxus brevifolia L. calli


Yashwant S. Rawat and Colin S. Everson

Inula racemosa Hook. f: A potential medicinal crop in the cold desert agro-ecosystem of North Western Himalaya, India


Riffat Ayesha, Noreen Fatima, Misbah Ruqayya, Hina Faheem, Khalid Mahmood Qureshi, Ishfaq Ahmad Hafiz, Khalid Saifullah Khan, Usman Ali and Atif Kamal

Influence of different growth media on the fruit quality and reproductive growth parameters of strawberry (Fragaria ananassa)


Mohammed Adefa Seid and Berhanu Abraha Tsegay

Ethnobotanical survey of traditional medicinal plants in Tehuledere district, South Wollo, Ethiopia


Uzma Bashir, Arshad Javaid and Rukhsana Bajwa

Comparative tolerance of different rice varieties to sunflower phytotoxicity


Akhtar Rasul, Naveed Akhtar, Barkat Ali Khan, Tariq Mahmood, Shahiq uz Zaman, Atif Ali, Haji M. Shoaib Khan and Rashida Parveen

Evaluation for antierythmic and depigmenting effects of a newly formulated emulsion containing basil extract


Riaz Ullah

Immunomodulatory activities of different crude fractions of Nepeta juncea


H. M. Asif, M. Akram, Shahab Uddin, Zahoor Ul Hasan, Abdul Sami, Asif Iqbal, Umar Tauseef and Abdul Bari

Myrtus communis Linn. (Pharmacological activity)




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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (27), 2011


Contents:

Research Articles



Sergio Mota-Fernández, José David Álvarez-Solis, Miguel Abud-Archila, Luc Dendooven and Federico A. Gutiérrez-Miceli

Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and phosphorus concentration on plant growth and phenols in micropropagated Aloe vera L. plantlets


Soo-Hyun Park, Yun-Beom Sim, Seon-Mi Kim, Yu-Jung Kang, Jin-Koo Lee, Soon-Sung Lim, Jin-Kyu Kim and Hong-Won Suh

Antinociceptive profiles and mechanisms of orally administered Aster Koraiensis extract in the mouse


KADJA Amani Brice, MAMYRBÉKOVA-BÉKRO Janat Akhanovna, BENIE Anoubilé, BOUA Boua Benson, N’GAMAN Kohué Christelle and BEKRO Yves-Alain

Erythrophleum africanum Afzel. (Caesalpiniaceae), an African toothpick: Phytochemical screening, total flavonoid content and antioxidant activity


Baolin Bian, Agnieszka Lower-Nedza, Jianfang Song, Hongjie Wang and Adelheid Brantner

Validation of a high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for the quality control of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) formulation, Traditional Chinese formula Huanglianjiedutang (HLJDT)


Jinwei Xia, Xiuzhen Zhang, Xiyun Ye, Jiang Liu, Lishan Wang and Yuan Zhong

Intervention study of Ginkgo biloba extract in rat model of lipid-induced insulin resistance


Daniel Zin Hua Wong and Habsah Abdul Kadir

Antioxidative and neuroprotective effects of Loranthus parasiticus (L.) Merr (Loranthaceae) against oxidative stress in NG108-15 cells


S. Habib Naqvi, M. Umar Dahot, M. Rafiq, M. Yakoub Khan, Imran Ibrahim, Khalid H. Lashari, Asghar Ali and A. L. Korai

Anti-microbial efficacy and biochemical analysis from different parts of Acacia nilotica L. and Ricinus communis L. extracts


Jegede, A., Oladosu, P., Ameh, S., Kolo, I., Izebe, K., Builders, P., Yahaya T., Okhale, S., Mustapha, B., Busu, S., Shittu, H. and Gamaniel, K.

Status of management of diabetes mellitus by traditional medicine practitioners in Nigeria


El-Adawi H., El-Azhary D., Abd El-Wahab A. and El-Shafeey M. and Abdel-Mohsen M.

Protective effect of milk thistle and grape seed extracts on fumonisin B1 induced hepato- and nephro-toxicity in rats


Heng Zhao, Yang Zhang, Bo Liu, Ke Meng and Chunyan Wang

Effects of salidroside on the protection of diabetic encephalopathy and improvement of abilities of learning and memory in rat


Kuipo Yan, Yong Guo, Zhihua Xing, Xing Wei, Shengping Dai, Xinhua Sun and Min Duan

Dan-Shen-Yin has integrated protective effects in diabetic atherosclerosis rat models


Mozhgan Farzami Sepehr, Seyed Behnameddin Jameie and Bahareh Hajijafari

The Cuscuta kotschyana effects on breast cancer cells line MCF7


Suzana Augustino, John B. Hall, Fortunatus B. S. Makonda and Romanus C. Ishengoma

Medicinal Resources of the Miombo woodlands of Urumwa, Tanzania: Plants and its uses


Samaneh Ghasemi Fard, Rosalina Tan Roslan Tan, Ajwad Awad Mohammed, Goh Yong Meng, Sharifah Kharidah Syed Muhamad, Karim Alwan AL-Jashamy and Suhaila Mohamed

Wound healing properties of Eucheuma cottonii extracts in Sprague-Dawley rats


M. Shaban, M. F. Ali and Mohamed H. Gaber

Photochemical targeted drug delivery of liposomal membrane embedded photoreceptor hypericin




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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (28), 2011


Contents:

Review



Saeed Ahmad, Huma Rao, Muhammad Akhtar, Irshad Ahmad, Muhammad Munawar Hayat, Zafar Iqbal and Nisar-ur-Rahman

Phytochemical composition and pharmacological prospectus of Ficus bengalensis Linn. (Moraceae)- A review


Research Articles



Jia-bin Deng, Chun-bang Ding, Li Zhang, Rui-wu Yang and Yong-hong Zhou

Authentication of three related herbal species (Curcuma) by DNA barcoding


Hongfang Zhao, Linzhang Huang, Luping Qin and Baokang Huang

Antioxidative and anti-inflammatory properties of Chushizi oil from Fructus Broussonetiae


Yu Jiang, Chun-bang Ding, Li Zhang, Ruiwu Yang, Yonghong Zhou and Li Tang

Identification of the genus Epimedium with DNA barcodes


Raihana R., Faridah Q. Z., Julia A. A., Abdelmageed A. H. A. and Mihdzar Abdul Kadir

In vitro culture of Curcuma mangga from rhizome bud


Tehmina Asmat, Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmed, Muhammad Zafar, Fouzia Manzoor, Mamoona Munir, Kulsoom Akhtar, Shazia Bashir, Tehmeena Mukhtar, Madiha Ambreen and Sidra Nisar Abbasi

Pollen morphology of selected species of Scrophulariaceae of District Dir Upper, Pakistan


Baoli Xu, Xiankuan Li, Yongrui Bao, Huijie Guan, Liang Xu and Bing Wang

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) determination of the trace element of Physalis alkekengi L. and its influence on the succession cropping obstacle


Ajibade A. J., Fakunle P. B., Ashamu E. A. and Owolabi S. O.

Some morphological changes on the kidney of adult Wistar rats following administration of crude extract of Ocimum gratissimum


Faiza Khan, Zubaida Yousaf, Sumaria Rani and Farah Khan

Taxonomic treatment of medicinally important arboreal flora of tropical and subtropical region based on leaf epidermal anatomical markers


Seyyed Najmedin Mortazavi, Mahmoud Mohebbi and Yavar Sharafi

Effects of nanosilver and sucrose on vase life of cut Rose flower (Rosa hybrid cv. ‘Royal’)


Firoz Anwar, Salem S. Alghamdi, Megahed H. Ammar and K. H. M. Siddique

An efficient in vitro regeneration protocol for faba bean (Vicia faba L.)


Farah Khan, Amina Younas, Shabnum shaheeen, Zubaida Yousaf, Khadija Gilani, Maleeha Munawar, Zaryab Khalid Sial, Mushtaq Ahma2 and Muhammad Zafar

Scavenging evaluation of copper and cadmium during in vivo and in vitro growth of Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. by atomic absorption spectroscopy


Umar K. J., Rabah A. B., Na’ala M., Bello M., Ibrahim M. L. and Garba M.

Antibacterial and phytochemical screening of methanolic extract of Celosia leptostachya Benth leaves on some selected clinical isolates





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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (29), 2011


Contents:

Research Articles



Jin-Taek Hwang, Chang Won Ahn, Hyun Jin Kim, Kyung Ae Lee, Ock Jin Park and Dae Young Kwon

Black soybean peptide mixture purified from Rhynchosia volubilis exerts antioxidant activity against H2O2-induced cytotoxicity and improves thrombosis



Buket Kunduhoglu, Mine Kurkcuoglu, Mehmet Emin Duru and Kemal Husnu Can Baser

Antimicrobial and anticholinesterase activities of the essential oils isolated from Salvia dicroantha Stapf., Salvia verticillata L. subsp. amasiaca (Freyn and Bornm.) Bornm. and Salvia wiedemannii Boiss.


Ghassem Habibi Bibalani

Average stem biomass of Prangos cheilanthifolia as a medicinal plant in Shanjan Rangelands, East Azerbaijan, Iran


Wenqian Chen, Yanqing Zhang, Junbo Xie, Tianyan Zhou and Wei Lu

Antagonism activity against acute myocardial ischemia of Paeoniflorin and its pharmacokinetic/ pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) modeling in rats



Adel Kadri, Zied Zarai, Ines Ben Chobba, Ahmed Békir, Néji Gharsallah, Mohamed Damak and Radhouane Gdoura

Chemical constituents and antioxidant properties of Rosmarinus officinalis L. essential oil cultivated from the South-Western of Tunisia


Javid Hussain, Najeeb ur Rehman, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Liaqat Ali, Riaz Ullah, Fazal Mabood, Hidayat Hussain and Mohammad Ismail

Nutritional prospects and mineral compositions of selected vegetables from Dhoda sharif – Kohat


Fatemeh Ashtiania and Fatemeh Sefidkonb

Tropane alkaloids of Atropa belladonna L. and Atropa acuminata Royle ex Miers plants


Qiu-Mei Quan, Zeng-Li Fang, Wei Wu and Yun-xiang Li

Comparative analysis of morphological characteristics and effective composition content of wild and cultivated Epimedium pubescens and Epimedium wushanense (Berberidaceae)


Kai Zhao, Zhugang Li, Nan Ge, Xiuliang Li, Xin Wang and Dongpo Zhou

Investigation of fermentation conditions and optimization of medium for taxol production from taxol-producing fungi


Sumana Das, Kuntal Das and Veenapani Dubey

Inhibitory activity and phytochemical assessment of ethno-medicinal plants against some human pathogenic bacteria


Marcel Pârvu, Alina Elena Pârvu, Laurian Vlase, Oana Roşca-Casian, Ovidiu Pârvu and Mihai Puşcaş

Allicin and alliin content and antifungal activity of Allium senescens L. ssp. montanum (F. W. Schmidt) Holub ethanol extract


Chunhui Yin, Peiqin Li, Hongjun Li, Lijian Xu, Jianglin Zhao, Tijiang Shan and Ligang Zhou

Enhancement of diosgenin production in Dioscorea zingiberensis seedling and cell cultures by beauvericin from the endophytic fungus Fusarium redolens Dzf2


Hai-jin Shen, Qiao-sheng Guo and Hai-ling Fang

Impact of different colored shade polyethylene and maturation on development of flavonoids and phenolic acids in flowers of Chrysanthemum indicum L.


Xian-zhong Peng, Shao-shui Chen, Fang-ling Ning, Mian-li Li

Evaluation of in vitro antioxidant and antitumour activities of Astragalus membranaceus aqueous extract


Erkan Kalipci

Investigation of decontamination effect of Phragmites australis for Konya domestic wastewater treatment


E. Mohiuudin, M. Akram, Naveed Akhtar, H. M. Asif, Pervaiz Akhtar Shah, Tariq Saeed, Arshad Mahmood and Nadia Shamshad Malik

Medicinal potentials of Alpinia galanga


L. L. Zhai, T. Liu, H. Q. Xie, Y. H. Xie and Q. Mu

Inhibition effects on HBV replication by hydrophobic extracts from Ferula ferulaeoides (Steud.) Korov



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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research - 5 (30), 2011


Contents:

Review



Yazdani, D., Tan, Y. H., Zainal Abidin, M. A. and Jaganath, I. B

A review on bioactive compounds isolated from plants against plant pathogenic fungi



Research Articles



Olivera Politeo, Irena Botica, Tea Bilusic, Mila Jukic, Ivana Carev, Franko Burcul and Mladen Milos

Chemical composition and evaluation of acetylcholinesterase inhibition and antioxidant activity of essential oil from Dalmatian endemic species Pinus nigra Arnold ssp. dalmatica (Vis.) Franco


Tauheeda Riaz, Muhammad Athar Abbasi, Aziz-ur-Rehman, Tayyaba Shahzadi, Sabahat Zahra Siddiqui, Hira Khalid and Muhammad Ajaib

In vitro assessment of fortification from oxidative stress by various fractions of Rhynchosia pseudo-cajan


Qizhi Wang, Aoxue Luo, Yijun Fan, Aoshuang Luo and Jianfu Liu

In vitro antioxidant activity of Polysaccharide from Sedum aizoon L. extracts


Mehdi Ghanavati, Sadollah Houshmand, Hossein Zainali and Farid Ejlali

Salinity effects on germination and growth of chamomile genotypes


F. Akwatulira, S. Gwali, P. Ssegawa, J. B. L. Okullo, S. B. Tumwebaze, J. R. Mbwambo and A. Muchugi

Vegetative propagation of Warburgia ugandensis Sprague: An important medicinal tree species in eastern Africa


Oyebanji, Olanike Bukola and Saba, Adebowale Bernard

Phytochemistry and in vitro anti-oxidant activities of Stellaria media, Cajanus cajan and Tetracera potatoria methanolic extracts


Baoyang Wei, Liang Cao, Shunxiang Li, Dan Huang, Guangxian Cai and Lu Xiangyang

Population structure of Euodia rutaecarpa in China revealed by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) and sequence-related amplified polymorphism (SRAP)


Francis M. Awah, Chika M. Kamen, Ifeobu C. Ezenwa, Ken Francis Ogbudumukpa and Magdalene P. Umoh

In vivo antioxidant potentials of Stachytarpheta angustifolia leaf extract on acute butylated hydroxytoluene-induced oxidative stress in Wistar rats


Jia-bin Deng, Chun-bang Ding, Li Zhang, Rui-wu Yang and Yong-hong Zhou

Authentication of three related herbal species (Curcuma) by DNA barcoding


L. Maness, N. Sneed, B. Hardy, J. Yu, M. Ahmedna and I. Goktepe

Anti-proliferative effect of Pleurotus tuberregium against colon and cervical cancer cells


B. M. Agaie and P. A. Onyeyili

In vitro anthelmintic activity of the aqueous leaf extract of Anogeissus leiocarpus and its phytochemical, proximate and elemental contents


Jameel Bzour, Sawsan Oran, Mohammad Khaleel, Sundus Mashallah and Yasser Bustanji

Inhibitory effects of methanolic extract of Salvia fruticosa Mill. on pro-inflammatory cytokines production in RAW 264.7 in vitro cellular model and in Balb/c mice in vivo animal model


Min Zhang, Navam S Hettiarachchy, Ronny Horax, Arvind Kannan, Apputhury Praisoody M. D., Arumugam Muhundan and Chandrasekhara Reddy Mallangi

Phytochemicals, antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of Hibiscus sabdariffa, Centella asiatica, Moringa oleifera and Murraya koenigii leaves


Fatima N. and Anis M.

Thidiazuron induced high frequency axillary shoot multiplication in Withania somnifera L. Dunal


Smail Aazza, Badiâ Lyoussi and Maria G. Miguel

Antioxidant activity of some Morrocan hydrosols




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Annales Botanici Fennici - 48 (1-5), 2011

Contents [48 (1), 2011]:

López, E., Devesa, J. A. & Arnelas, I. 2011: Taxonomic study in the Centaurea langei complex (Asteraceae).

Vignolio, O. R. & Llobet, M. 2011: Lotus tenuis (Fabaceae) seedling emergence from the soil seed bank covered with cattle dung.

Grossi, M. A., Julio, N., Gardenal, C. N., Di Rienzo, J. & Funes, G. 2011: Genetic variability in Apurimacia dolichocarpa (Fabaceae), a narrow endemic species of Córdoba Hills, Argentina.
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Soják, J. 2011: Identity of the enigmatic Potentilla radiata, P. svanetica, P. armeniaca, and seven further taxa.

Chen, Y. S. 2011: The identity of Parasenecio subglaber (Asteraceae) from China.

Kotiranta, H., Larsson, K.-H., Saarenoksa, R. & Kulju, M. 2011: Tretomyces gen. novum, Byssocorticium caeruleum sp. nova, and new combinations in Dendrothele and Pseudomerulius (Basidiomycota).

Sánchez-Gómez, P., Jiménez, J. F. & Vera, J. B. 2011: Helianthemum motae (Cistaceae), a new species from southeastern Spain.

Hou, Y. T., Zhou, X. R. & Yu, S. X. 2011: Impatiens parvisepala (Balsaminaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China.

Ranjbar, M., Zarin, P. & Ghahremani, M. A. 2011: Three new species in Astragalus sect. Astragalus (Fabaceae) from Iran.

Sennikov, A. N. 2011: A new hybrid in Pilosella (Asteraceae) from the Tambov Region, European Russia.

Yilmaz, Ö., Kaynak, G., Daşkin, R. & Meriçlioglu, A. 2011: Dianthus goekayi (Caryophyllaceae), a new species from Turkey.

Zhang, Y. X. & Li, D. Z. 2011: A new combination in Pseudosasa and a revised description of Indosasa hispida (Poaceae, Bambusoideae).

Özüdogru, B., Erik, S. & Taeb, F. 2011: Astragalus pseudopinetorum (Fabaceae), a new species from Turkey.

Liu, Z. J. & Chen, L. J. 2011: Dendrobium hekouense (Orchidaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China.

Gao, C. M. & Deng, Y. F. 2011: Justicia addisoniensis (Acanthaceae), comb. nova.

Wei, Y. G. & Wang, W. T. 2011: Elatostema xanthotrichum and E. bamaense (Urticaceae), two new species from Guangxi, China.

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Contents [48 (2), 2011]:

Sramkó, G., Gulyás, G. & Molnár V., A. 2011: Convergent evolution in Ophrys kotschyi (Orchidaceae) revisited: a study using nrITS and cpIGS sequences.

Björnström, T., Hyvärinen, M., Siikamäki, P., Strengell, H., Väre, H. & Tuomi, J. 2011: Demographic variability and population viability of an endemic variety of the Siberian primrose.

Żmihorski, M. 2011: Forest inventory data reveal stand history from 115 years ago.

Harmaja, H. 2011: Printzina lagenifera coll. (Trentepohliales, Chlorophyta) epiphyllous in a boreal forest.

Draper, I., González-Mancebo, J. M., Werner, O., Patino, J. & Ros, R. M. 2011: Phylogeographic relationships between the mosses Exsertotheca intermedia from Macaronesian islands and Neckera baetica from southern glacial refugia of the Iberian Peninsula.

Chen, Y. S. 2011: Saussurea megacephala (Asteraceae), a new species from Xizang, China.

Şenol, S. G., Secmen, Ö., Öztürk, B. & Galbany-Casals, M. 2011: Helichrysum unicapitatum (Asteraceae), a new species from Turkey.

Edalatiyan, M. N., Joharchi, M. & Ghahremaninejad, F. 2011: Silene ferdowsii (Caryophyllaceae), a new species from Iran.

Gonzalo, R., Aedo, C. & García, M. Á. 2011: Two new combinations in Stipa sect. Smirnovia (Poaceae).

Jin, X. H. 2011: Liparis cheniana (Malaxideae: Orchidaceae), a new species from Xizang, China.

Chen, Y. S. 2011: A new species and a new combination in Parasenecio (Asteraceae).

Tang, Y., Dao, Z. L. & Li, H. 2011: Elaeocarpus gaoligongshanensis and E. dianxiensis (Elaeocarpaceae), two new species from Yunnan, China.

Guo, Y. B., Xia, N. H. & Lin, R. S. 2011: Dendrocalamus exauritus, a new combination (Poaceae: Bambusoideae).

Makbul, S., Hamzaoglu, E. & Aksoy, A. 2011: Linaria turcica (Scrophulariaceae), a new species from Turkey.

Liu, Y. C. & Penh, H. 2011: Microstegium butuoense (Poaceae), a new species from Sichuan, China.

Meng, S. Y., Wang, J. L. & Liu, Q. R. 2011: On the identity of Euonymus pallidifolia (Celastraceae).

Xu, W. B., Pan, B., Huang, Y. S. & Liu, Y. 2011: Chirita lijiangensis (Gesneriaceae), a new species from limestone area in Guangxi, China.

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Contents [48 (3), 2011]:

Conti, F., Giordano, C., Moraldo, B. & Ricceri, C. 2011: Contributions to the taxonomy of the Italian and northern Balkanic taxa in the Centaurea rupestris group (Asteraceae).

Dai, Y. C., Cui, B. K., Yuan, H. S., He, S. H., Wei, Y. L., Qin, W. M., Zhou, L. W. & Li, H. J. 2011: Wood-inhabiting fungi in southern China. 4. Polypores from Hainan Province.

Sell, I., Kotiranta, H. & Kaart, T. 2011: Habitat requirements of Peniophora junipericola (Basidiomycota, Russulales).

Wang, B., Cui, B. K., Li, H. J., Du, P. & Jia, B. S. 2011: Wood-rotting fungi in eastern China. 5. Polypore diversity in Jiangxi Province.

Seo, M. N., Sanso, A. M. & Xifreda, C. C. 2011: Foliar micromorphology in the classification of South American Hybanthus species (Violaceae).

Liu, R. S., Qiu. Y. L., Wei, D. M., Liu, H. H., Zhu, X. Y., Tian, H. Q. & Teixeira da Silva, J. A. 2011: Distribution of starch and neutral lipids in the developing anthers of Ipomoea cairica.

Rosenfeldt, S. & Galati, B. G. 2011: Megasporogenesis and megagametophyte development in ten species of Oxalis.

Hsu, T. C. & Kuo, C. M. 2011: Gastrodia albida (Orchidaceae), a new species from Taiwan.

Çiçek, M. & Ketenoglu, O. 2011: Scutellaria anatolica (Lamiaceae), a new species from Turkey.

Dehshiri, M. M., Zarrini, M. & Jalilian, N. 2011: Vicia garinensis (Fabaceae), a new species from Iran.

Moore, S.-J. & Wang, J.-C. 2011: Microlepia ravenii (Dennstaedtiaceae, Pteridophyta) a new species from Vietnam.

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Contents [48 (4), 2011]:

Auestad, I., Rydgren, K. & Austad, I. 2011: Road verges: potential refuges for declining grassland species despite remnant vegetation dynamics.

Pahlevani, A. H. & Riina, R. 2011: A synopsis of Euphorbia subgen. Chamaesyce (Euphorbiaceae) in Iran.

Dkhar, J., Kumaria, S. & Tandon, P. 2011: Nymphaea alba var. rubra is a hybrid of N. alba and N. odorata as evidenced by molecular analysis.

Sennikov, A. 2011: Atlas Florae Europaeae notes 18. Synonymy and distribution of some native and alien species of Cotoneaster (Rosaceae) in eastern Europe and the Caucasus.

Pimenov, M. G. & Kljuykov, E. V. 2011: Two new species and a new combination in Turkish Dichoropetalum (Apiaceae).

Ranjbar, M., Karamian, R. & Nouri, S. 2011: Diploid-tetraploid mixoploidy in a new species of Astragalus (Fabaceae) from Iran.

Razyfard, H., Zarre, S., Fritsch, R. M. & Maroofi, H. 2011: Four new species of Allium (Alliaceae) from Iran.

Duran, A., Dogan, B. & Ay, H. 2011: Bilacunaria aksekiensis (Apiaceae), a new species from south Anatolia, Turkey.

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Contents [48 (5), 2011]:

Wang, J., Lai, M. J. & Zhu, R. L. 2011: Liverworts and hornworts of Taiwan: an updated checklist and floristic accounts.

Jafari, A. & Maassoumi, A. A. 2011: Synopsis of Leopoldia, Muscari and Pseudomuscari (Hyacinthaceae) in Iran, with Leopoldia ghouschtchiensis sp. nova.

Dirmenci, T., Yildiz, B., Akçiçek, E., Martin, E. & Dündar, E. 2011: Stachys vuralii (Lamiaceae), a new species from north Anatolia, Turkey.

García-Barriuso, M., Nabais, C., Crespí, A. L., Fernández-Castellano, C., Bernardos, S. & Amich, F. 2011: Morphology and karyology of Antirrhinum rothmaleri comb. & stat. nov. (Plantaginaceae), a plant endemic to the NW Iberian Peninsula.

Wu, W. H., Xu, W. B., Nong, D. X. & Liu, Y. 2011: Chirita ningmingensis (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China.

Yang, H. Q., Sun, M. S. & Yang, Y. M. 2011: Fargesia huizensis (Poaceae: Bambusoideae), a new species from Yunnan, China.

Aykurt, C. & Sümbül, H. 2011: A new natural hybrid of Convolvulus (Convolvulaceae) from central Anatolia, Turkey.

Iamonico, D., Forbicioni, L. & Frangini, G. 2011: A new hybrid in the genus Ophrys (Orchidaceae) from the Elba island (central Italy).

He, S. Z., He, K. & Wu, J. Y. 2011: Aspidistra liboensis (Ruscaceae), a new species from Guizhou, China.

Guo, X. & Wang, R. J. 2011: Hedyotis xinyiensis (Rubiaceae), a new species from China.

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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (15), 2011



Contents:



Diaga Diouf

Recent advances in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] “omics” research for genetic improvement


Adéoti K., Rival A., Dansi A., Ahohuendo B.C, Santoni S., Beule T., Nato A.6, Henry Y., Ahanchédé A., Vodouhe R., Hounhouigan D.J. and Sanni A

Assessment of genetic diversity among accessions of two traditional leafy vegetables (Acmella uliginosa (L.) and Justicia tenella (Nees) T.) consumed in Benin using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers


Shengjuan Wei, Linsen Zan, Javed Ahmed Ujan, Hongbao Wang, Yanjie Yang and Camus Adoligbe

Novel polymorphism of the bovine fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene are related to backfat thickness and longissimus muscle area in five Chinese native cattle breeds


Zhengyin Zhang, Xiulian Guo, Boyang Liu, Lin Tang and Fang Chen

Genetic diversity and genetic relationship of Jatropha curcas between China and Southeast Asian revealed by amplified fragment length polymorphisms


Fida M. Abbasi, Rabia Masood and Habib Ahmad

Molecular screening of Pakistani rice germplasm for xa5 gene resistance to bacterial blight


Chang-Qin Jing, Li Wang, Tian-Yun Wang, Jun-He Zhang, Wei-Hua Dong and Xiu-Hua Zhang

Amplification of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) fragment using two-step polymerase chain reaction (PCR)


Jun Yin, Yumei Zhang, Ling Yang, Houda Li and Zhengfeng Xue

Effective inhibition of specific gene by adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated expression of small interfering RNA


Amal Kumar Mondal and Sanjukta Mondal (Parui)

Circumscription of the families within Leguminales as determined by cladistic analysis based on seed protein


ismail Sezer, Ahmet Balkaya, Onur Karaagaç and Fatih Öner

Moisture dependent of some physical and morphological properties of dent corn (Zea mays var. indent?t? Sturt) seeds


Musa Atar, Hakan Keskin, Süleyman Korkut and Derya Sevim Korkut

Impact of impregnation with boron compounds on combustion properties of oriental beech (Fagus orientalis Lipsky) and varnishes


Mehmet Ali Sakin, Cuma Akinci, Oral Duzdemir and Emin Donmez

Assessment of genotype x environment interaction on yield and yield components of durum wheat genotypes by multivariate analyses


Kang Wang, Yanxiang Liu, Kuanhu Dong, Jie Dong, Junmei Kang, Qingchuan Yang, He Zhou and Yan Sun

The effect of NaCl on proline metabolism in Saussurea amara seedlings


Zeynal Tümsavaş and Ali Kara

The effect of polyacrylamide (PAM) applications on infiltration, runoff and soil losses under simulated rainfall conditions


M. Motior Rahman, S. Ismail and M. Sofian-Azirun

Identification of resistant biotypes of Leptochloa chinensis in rice field and their control with herbicides


Mahin Ghaemi, Ahmad Majd, Fathalah Fallahian, Kamal Ghasemi Bezdi

Comparison of callus induction and somatic embryogenesis of some Iranian cottons (Gossypium Spp.) with Coker 312 and histology of somatic embryogenesis


Adel Kadri, Zied Zarai, Ahmed Békir, Néji Gharsallah, Mohamed Damak and Radhouane Gdoura

Chemical constituents and antioxidant activity of the essential oil from aerial parts of Artemisia herba-alba grown in Tunisian semi-arid region


Adel Kadri, Zied Zarai, Ines Ben Chobba, Néji Gharsallah, Mohamed Damak and Ahmed Békir

Chemical composition and in vitro antioxidant activities of Thymelaea hirsuta L. essential oil from Tunisia


Yue Zhao

Cadmium accumulation and antioxidative defenses in leaves of Triticum aestivum L. and Zea mays L.


Şengül Bilgin, Soner Çetinkaya and Yildiz Bolat

Changes on the nutritional compositions of the sand smelt (Atherina Boyeri Risso, 1810) marinade during storage


Ivonne Gutiérrez-Rojas, Ana Beatriz Torres-Geraldo and Nubia Moreno-Sarmiento

Optimising carbon and nitrogen sources for Azotobacter chroococcum growth


S. A. Fazlani, S. A. Khan, S. Faraz1 and M. S. Awan

Antimicrobial susceptibility of bacterial species identified from mastitic milk samples of camel


Yanjun Zhang, Suyun Cheng, Gangqiang Ding, Min Zhu, Xuexia Pan and Lei Zhang

Molecular analysis and antibiotic resistance investigation of Staphylococcus aureus isolates associated with staphylococcal food poisoning and nosocomial infections


Chang-Liang He, Ben-Dong Fu, Hai-Qing Shen, Xiao-Lin Jiang and Xu-Bin Wei

Fumaric acid, an antibacterial component of Aloe vera L.


Nuhu Alam, Ki Nam Yoon and Tae Soo Lee

Evaluation of the antioxidant and antityrosinase activities of three extracts from Pleurotus nebrodensis fruiting bodies


Batool Sadeghi Nejad, Ablollah Rafiei and Fereshteh Moosanejad

Prevalence of Candida species in the oral cavity of patients with periodentitis


Honglei Ding, Linping Huang, Xuhu Mao and Quanming Zou

Characterization of stx2 and its variants in Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolated from patients and animals


M. Aminur Rahman, A. Arshad and S.M. Nurul Amin

Evaluation of growth and production of the threatened giant river catfish, Sperata seenghala (Sykes) in polyculture with indigenous major carps


Abdullah Ekrem Kahraman, Didem Göktürk, and F. Saadet Karakulak

Age and growth of bullet tuna, Auxis rochei (Risso), from the Turkish Mediterranean coasts


Onwu, F. K. and Ogah, S. P. I.

Adsorption of lysozyme unto silica and polystyrene surfaces in aqueous medium


Taher Yalchi

Determination of digestibility of almond hull in sheep




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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (14), 2011



Contents:


Samuel Amiteye, José M. Corral and Timothy F. Sharbel

Overview of the potential of microRNAs and their target gene detection for cassava (Manihot esculenta) improvement


Feng-Li Yang, Xiao-Shan Li and Bao-Xiang He

Effects of vitamins and trace-elements supplementation on milk production in dairy cows: A review


Hikmet Murat Sipahioglu, Zekerya Tekin and Mustafa Usta

Detection and partial characterization of two distinct walnut isolates of cherry leaf roll virus (CLRV)


Jianhong Shu, Bo Liu, Hongxiu Ge, Qingliang Zheng, Zhengbing Lv, Jian Chen, Zuoming Nie, Jianqing Chen, Xiangfu Wu and Yaozhou Zhang

Subcellular localization and expression analysis of the BmDSCLP protein from silkworm, Bombyx mori


Javed Ahmad, Braj Raj Singh, Abdulaziz A. Al-Khedhairy, Saud Alarifi, Jawaid A. Khan and Javed Musarrat

Characterization of Sunn hemp begomovirus and its geographical origin based on in silico structural and functional analysis of recombinant coat protein


Manjeri, G., Muhamad, R., Faridah, Q. Z. and Tan, S. G.

Genetic variation studies in Oryctes rhinoceros (L.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from oil palm plantations using random amplified microsatellite (RAMs) markers


Feng-Ling Fu, Jing He, Zhi-Yong Zhang, Shu-Feng Zhou, Su-Zhi Zhang and Wan-Chen Li

Further improvement of N6 medium for callus induction and plant regeneration from maize immature embryos


Yusuf Yanar, Izzet Kadioglu, Ayhan Gökçe, Ibrahim Demirtaş, Nezhun Gören, Halit Çam and Mark Whalon

In vitro antifungal activities of 26 plant extracts on mycelial growth of Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary


Hong-Xing Cao, Cheng-Xu Sun, Hong-Bo Shao and Xin-Tao Lei

Effects of low temperature and drought on the physiological and growth changes in oil palm seedlings


Samiya Mahmood Khan, Aamir Nawaz, Waqas Malik, Nazir Javed, Tahira Yasmin, Mehboob ur Rehman, Abdul Qayyum, Qumer Iqbal, Tanveer Ahmad and Azhar Ali Khan

Morphological and molecular characterization of Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus spp.)


Borivoj Pejić, Jelica Gvozdanović-Varga, Stanko Milić, Aleksandra Ignjatović-Ćupina, Djordje Krstić and Branko Ćupina

Effect of irrigation schedules on yield and water use of onion (Allium cepa L.)


Mohammad Akrami, Hadi Golzary and Masoud Ahmadzadeh

Evaluation of different combinations of Trichoderma species for controlling Fusarium rot of lentil


Shaoli Chen, Baoli Zhou, Shanshan Lin, Xia Li and Xueling Ye

Accumulation of cinnamic acid and vanillin in eggplant root exudates and the relationship with continuous cropping obstacle


H. Ali, M. Riaz, A. Zahoor and S. Ahmad

Response of sunflower hybrids to management practices under irrigated arid-environment


Gi Jun Choi, Hee Chung Ji, Ki-Yong Kim, Hyung Soo Park, Sung Seo, Ki-Won Lee and Sang-Hoon Lee

Growth characteristics and productivity of cold-tolerant “Kowinearly” Italian ryegrass in the northern part of South Korea


Vahid Bavei, Behrouz Shiran, Mahmood Khodambashi and Abolfazal Ranjbar

Protein electrophoretic profiles and physiochemical indicators of salinity tolerance in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.)


Minyi Feng, Peng Chen, Xue Wei, Yingmei Zhang, Wenya Zhang and Yongmei Qi

Effect of 4-nonylphenol on the sperm dynamic parameters, morphology and fertilization rate of Bufo raddei


Keyvan Shamsi, Margarit petrosyan, Ghorban Noor-mohammadi, Alireza Haghparast, Soheil Kobraee and Behrooz Rasekhi

Differential agronomic responses of bread wheat cultivars to drought stress in the west of Iran


X.M. Zhang, M.A. Dou,Y.L. Yao,L.Q. Du , J.G. Li and G.M. Sun

Dynamic analysis of sugar metabolism in different harvest seasons of pineapple (Ananas comosus L. (Merr.))


Afolabi Israel Sunmola and Oloyede Oyelola Bukoye

Biochemical response of sweet potato to bemul-wax coating combined with calcium chloride treatment during ambient storage


Jianguo Liu, Zhiqiang Zhang, Hu Zhu, Hongyue Dang, Jianren Lu and Zhanfeng Cui

Isolation and characterization of ?-amylase from marine Pseudomonas sp. K6-28-040


Raju K. Chalannavar, Himansu Baijnath and Bharti Odhav

Chemical constituents of the essential oil from Syzygium cordatum (Myrtaceae)


Mutasim M. Khalafalla, Hussein M. Dafalla A. Nassrallah, Khalid M. Aboul-Enein, Hany A. El-Shemy and Eltayb Abdellatef

Dedifferentiation of leaf explants and antileukemia activity of an ethanolic extract of cell cultures of Moringa oleifera


Kai-yu Wang, Long-jun Deng, Jin-lu Huang, Xi Fu, De-fang Chen, Yi Geng and Xiao-li Huang

Study on the immunogencity of poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) microspheres-encapsulated vaccine preparation against Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)


Saeed Hajirezaee, Hojatollah Jafaryan, Masoud Asghari Amin Golpour and Bagher Mojazi Amiri

Comparative analysis of milt quality in the cultured and wild stocks of endangered Caspian brown trout, Salmo trutta caspius


N. Abd. Rahman, M.A. Hussain, M. Hasan and J. Md. Jahim

Mathematical modeling of fructose production by immobilised glucose isomerase as a function of temperature and pH variations


Zai-Dong Hua, Xin-Min Zheng, Xian-Feng Qiao, Qing-Xin Wei, Hou-Qiang Xu, Hong-Wei Xiao, Xi-Mei Liu and Li Li

A new tool for in vitro culture of porcine eggs


Liushuai Hua, Jing Wang, Fuying Chen, Shenrong Hu, Hong Chen

The peroxisome proliferators-ativated receptor gamma (PPARG) gene polymorphisms and associations with body measurements of cattle


A. O. K. Adesehinwa, O. O. Obi, B. A. Makanjuola, O. O. Oluwole and M. A. Adesina

Growing pigs fed cassava peel based diet supplemented with or without Farmazymeâ 3000 proenx: Effect on growth, carcass and blood parameters


Ming Zhang, Hui Yuan, Zuping He, Liyun Yuan, Jine Yi, Sijun Deng, Li Zhu, Chengzhi Guo, Yin Lu, Jing Wu, LixinWen, Qiang Wei and Liqun Xue

DNA damage and decrease of cellular oxidase activity in piglet sertoli cells exposed to gossypol


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poniedziałek, 3 października 2011

African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (13), 2011



Contents:



Rahul R. Nair and Jerin K. Johnson

Prions and neuro degenerative diseases


Mehmet Ozaslan, Isik Didem Karagoz, Ibrahim Halil Kilic and Muhammed Emin Guldur

Ehrlich ascites carcinoma


Akpor, O. B. and Muchie, M.

Environmental and public health implications of wastewater quality


Bitrus Yakubu, Andrew J. Nok, Ibrahim Sanni and Hajiya Mairo Inuwa

Trans-sialidase-like gene from the bloodstream form of Trypanosoma evansi conserves most of the active site residues and motifs found in Trypanosomal sialidases and trans-sialidases


Xia Liu, Zetian Hua and Yong Wang

Quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis of percentage grains chalkiness using AFLP in rice (Oryza sativa L.)


K. M. Mozaffor Hossain, Satoshi Arai, Shinya Saijo, Yoshimi Kakinuma, Takeshi Murata, and Ichiro Yamato

Expression and purification of the central stalk subunits of Na+-translocating V-type ATPase from Enterococcus hirae


Lin-Tong Yang, Cheng-Yu Xie, Huan-Xin Jiang and Li-Song Chen

Expression of six malate-related genes in pulp during the fruit development of two loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) cultivars differing in fruit acidity


Cenap Cevheri, Çigdem Küçük and Esat Çetin

Fungicide, antibiotic, heavy metal resistance and salt tolerance of root nodule isolates from Vicia palaestina


Bimal Kumar Ghimire, Eun Soo Seong, Chan Ok Lee, Jung Dae Lim, Jae Geun Lee, Ji Hye Yoo, Ill-Min Chung, Na Young Kim and Chang Yeon Yu

Enhancement of ?-tocopherol content in transgenic Perilla frutescens containing the g-TMT gene


Lai Zhang, Xian-Qiang Zhang and Min Sun

Comparative analysis of the essential oils from normal and hairy roots of Panax japonicas C.A. Meyer


Najmeh Jafari, Rofina Yasmin Othman and Norzulaani Khalid

Effect of benzylaminopurine (BAP) pulsing on in vitro shoot multiplication of Musa acuminata (banana) cv. Berangan


Hema Prasad Narra, Chandra Sekhar Saripalli and Jayashree Gopalakrishnan

Host induced changes in plasmid profile of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. malvacearum races


Mehmet Eker

Assessment of procurement systems for unutilized logging residues for Brutian pine forest of Turkey


Marília de Holanda Cavalcanti Maciel, Polyanna Nunes Herculano, Tatiana Souza Porto, Maria Francisca SimasTeixeira, Keila Aparecida Moreira and Cristina Maria de Souza-Motta

Production and partial characterization of pectinases from forage palm by Aspergillus niger URM4645


De-hui Dai, Wei-lian Hu, Guang-rong Huang and Wei Li

Purification and characterization of a novel extracellular chitinase from thermophilic Bacillus sp. Hu1


Rong-Jen Shiau and Tien-Wei Lin

Chryseobacterium indologenes improves survival of the Chromobacterium violaceum and violacein production


Yuyan Liu, Quanzhen Wang, Haitao Liu, Guo Chen and Jian Cui

Applied orthogonal design for filtrating conditions of ultrasonic-assisted extraction from plant-chicory


Marizvikuru Mwale and Patrick J. Masika

Toxicity evaluation of the aqueous leaf extract of Gunnera perpensa L. (Gunneraceae)


Bashir Ahmad, Ibrar Khan, Shumaila Bashir, Sadiq Azam and Farrukh Hussain

Screening of Zizyphus jujuba for antibacterial, phytotoxic and haemagglutination activities


Dieudonné Njamen, Benedicta N. Nkeh-Chungag, Séfirin Djiogue, Emmanuel Yankep, Erick Marcel Noudji, Jacques Djapou, Armel Camille Guimfack Kentsop and Jean-Claude Mbanya

Antidiabetic properties of the methanolic extract of Bridelia grandis (Euphorbiacae) in ob/ob and db/db mice


Wang Cheng, Rong Yan-hua, Ning Fang-gang and Zhang Guo-an

The content and ratio of type I and III collagen in skin differ with age and injury


Selima Khatun, Narayan Chandra Chatterjee and Ugur Cakilcioglu

Antioxidant activity of the medicinal plant Coleus forskohlii Briq


Zhang Jiemei, Hao Jianjun, Guo Jie, He Benhong and Huang Hao

Effects of fistular onion stalk extract on the level of NO and expression of endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) in human umbilical vein endothelium cells


Abdel-Baki, A. S., Dkhil, M. A. and Al-Quraishy, S

Bioaccumulation of some heavy metals in tilapia fish relevant to their concentration in water and sediment of Wadi Hanifah, Saudi Arabia


M. H. Palizdar, H. Sadeghipanah, H. Amanlou, K. Nazer Adl and A. Mirhadi

In vitro organic matter digestibility and gas production of fish-meal coated with fat


Chia-Hsuan Chen, Hsiu-Lin Huang, Hsiu-Ya Yang, Shan-Hu Lai, Neim-Tsu Yen, Ming-Che Wu and Mu-Chiou Huang

Mitochondrial genome of Taiwan pig (Sus Scrofa)



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niedziela, 2 października 2011

African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (12), 2011



Contents:


Samuel Asgedom, Ben Vosman, Danny Esselink and Paul C. Struik

Diversity between and within farmers’ varieties of tomato from Eritrea


Yi Wang, Kangfu Yu, Quan Xie, Houyang Kang, Lijuan Lin, Xing Fan, Lina Sha, Haiqin Zhang and Yonghong Zhou

Cytogenetic, genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) and agronomic characterization of alien addition lines derived from wheat-Psathyrostachys huashanica


Abdallah Mahmoud Sliai and Sayed Amin Mohamed Amer

Contribution of chloroplast DNA in the biodiversity of some Aegilops species


RuiZhong Zhang, Ding Huang, Kun Wang, YingJun Zhang and ChenJie Wang

Effect of mowing and grazing on ramet emergence of Leymus racemosus in the inner Mongolia steppe during the spring regreening period


Abdurrahman Onaran and Yusuf Yanarn

Screening bacterial species for antagonistic activities against the Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) De Bary causal agent of cucumber white mold disease


LiuSan Cheng, Pu-te Wu and XiNing Zhao

Soil mineralized nutrients changes and soil conservation benefit evaluation on ‘green project grain’ in ecologically fragile areas in the south of Yulin city, Loess Plateau


Xiaolei Sui, Jianlei Sun, Shaohui Wang, Wei Li, Liping Hu, Fanzhen Meng, Yanyan Fan and Zhenxian Zhang

Photosynthetic induction in leaves of two cucumber genotypes differing in sensitivity to low-light stress


H. Ali, M. Riaz, A. Zahoor and S. Ahmad

Response of sunflower hybrids to management practices under irrigated arid-environment


Mustafa Ünlü, Riza Kanber, Burçak Kapur, Servet Tekin and D. Levent Koç

The crop water stress index (CWSI) for drip irrigated cotton in a semi-arid region of Turkey


Susilawati Kasim, Osumanu Haruna Ahmed and Nik Muhamad Abd. Majid

Effectiveness of liquid organic-nitrogen fertilizer in enhancing nutrients uptake and use efficiency in corn (Zea mays)


Faraz Arash Rad, Nilufer Aksoz and Mohammad Amin Hejazi

Effect of salinity on cell growth and ß-carotene production in Dunaliella sp. isolates from Urmia Lake in northwest of Iran


Erkan Kalipci and Celalettin Özdemir

Investigation of the ecotoxicologic effect of pesticide industry wastewater on the pancreas and liver of rats


Wael N. Hozzein, Walaa Rabie and Mohammed Ibrahim A. Ali

Screening the Egyptian desert actinomycetes as candidates for new antimicrobial compounds and identification of a new desert Streptomyces strain


Olga B. Martinov, Snezana D. Spasic, Nikoleta M. Lugonja, Gordana DJ. Gojgic-Cvijovic and Miroslav M. Vrvic

Infant formula as a substrate for bifidogenesis: An in vitro investigation


Dang Diem Hong, Hoang Minh Hien and Hoang Thi Lan Anh

Studies on the analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of Sargassum swartzii (Turner) C. Agardh (Phaeophyta) and Ulva reticulata Forsskal (Chlorophyta) in experiment animal models


Akeem Agboke, Clement Jackson, Musiliu Adedokun and M. A. Momoh

In vitro evaluation of the interaction between methanol extract of lichen (Ramalina farinacea) and tetracycline against clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus


Chuan-Qing Bao, Cheng Jin, Bing-Hua Xu, Yuan-Long Gu, Jian-Ping Li and Xiao-Lu

Vaccination with apoptosis colorectal cancer cell pulsed autologous dendritic cells in advanced colorectal cancer patients: Report from a clinical observation


Sabir Ali Channa, Riffat Sultana and Muhammad Saeed Wagan

Studies on the immature stages and burrow excavating behavior of Schizodactylus monstrosus (Drury) (Grylloptera: Gryllodea: Schizodactylidae) from Sindh, Pakistan


Hajarian Hadi, Abd Wahid H., Rosnina Y., Daliri M, Dashtizad M., Holmes R. and Abas Mazni O.

Nuclear maturation of immature bovine oocytes after vitrification using open pulled straw and cryotop methods


Md. Aminul Hoque, Kotb Attia, Omar Alattas and Amir Feisal Merican

Metabolic flux distribution and mathematical models for dynamic simulation of carbon metabolism in Escherichia coli


Huanhuan Cui, Qingyong Meng, Yujiao Qu, Hongyu Liu, Chungang Feng, Hongbao wang, Yongfeng Liu, Linsen Zan and Ning Li

Two novel missense mutations in bovine ATGL gene and their association with economic traits in Qinchuan cattle


H.H. Yu, Z.L. Guo, S.C. Guo, D.L. Qi, X.L. Yang, P.P. Yue, H. Cao, L. Xie and X.Q. Zhao

Interspecies embryo reconstruction in Tibetan antelope Pantholops hodgsonii by handmade cloning


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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (11), 2011



Contents:


Wang, Quanzhen and Cui, Jian

Perspectives and utilization technologies of chicory (Cichorium intybus L.): A review


Shiragambi Hanumantagouda Manohar and Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy

Estimation of phenotypic divergence and powdery mildew resistance in a collection of Cucumis sativus L.


Yasser M. Ahmed, Emad A. Shalaby and Nermeen T. Shanan

The use of organic and inorganic cultures in improving vegetative growth, yield characters and antioxidant activity of roselle plants (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.)


Cagatay Tanriverdi, Hasan Degirmenci and Sertan Sesveren

Assessment of irrigation schemes in Turkey based on management types


Mitra Mohammadi Bazargani, Badraldin Ebrahim Sayed Tabatabaei and Mansoor Omidi

Multiple shoot regeneration of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) via shoot apex culture system


Iffat Siddiqui, Rukhsana Bajwa and Arshad Javaid

Optimization of epidemiological conditions to enhance the mycoherbicidal efficacy of Alternaria alternata against Chenopodium album


Muhammad Aasim, Sibel Day, Fereshteh Rezaei, Mortaza Hajyzadeh, Syed Tahir Mahmud and Sebahattin Ozcan

In vitro shoot regeneration from preconditioned explants of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cv. Gokce


Weon Tai Jeon, Bongsu Choi, S. A. M. Abd El-Azeem and Yong Sik Ok

Effect of different seeding methods on green manure biomass, soil properties and rice yield in rice-based cropping systems


Yasin Ucarli

Usability of large carnivore as a keystone species in Eastern Black Sea Region, Turkey


Ching-Lin Ho, Sheau-Ming Chen and Yun-Hwei Shen

Effects of acid leaching aluminum from reservoir bottom sediment soil as a lightweight aggregate matrix


Aliyu Salihu, Md. Zahangir Alam, M. Ismail AbdulKarim and Hamzah M. Salleh

Suitability of using palm oil mill effluent as a medium for lipase production


Faruk Kutbay, Ismail Varol, Mustafa Bayram and Adile Ozdemir

The effect of carbon dioxide at high pressure under different developmental stages of Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) hosting on chickpeas


Agbagwa, O. E. and Okpokwasili, G. S. C.

Pollution studies on harbours and jetties in Nigeria


Ajuzie Christopher Uche and Bright Amadin Osaghae

The bacterial and physico-chemical properties of hair salon wastewater and contaminated soil in Benin metropolis


Ozlem Osmanagaoglu, Fadime Kiran and Ingolf F. Nes

A probiotic bacterium, Pediococcus pentosaceus OZF, isolated from human breast milk produces pediocin AcH/PA-1


Yanchun Zhang, Shengyu Li, Chunhong Zhang, Yongkang Luo, Heping Zhang and Zhennai Yang

Growth and exopolysaccharide production by Lactobacillus fermentum F6 in skim milk


Yong Wang, Yucai Zheng, Mingfeng Jiang, Zi Liang and Lushu Liu

Comparison of the biochemical components and characteristic of milk between Tibetan sheep and goat in neighboring area


D. H. X. Quay, F. D. A. Bakar, A. Rabu, M. Said, R. M. Illias, N. M. Mahadi, O. Hassan and A. M. A. Murad

Overexpression, purification and characterization of the Aspergillus niger endoglucanase, EglA, in Pichia pastoris


Nizar Tlili, Ezzeddine Saadaoui, Faouzi Sakouhi,Walid Elfalleh, Mohamed El Gazzah, Saîda Triki and Abdelhamid Khaldi

Morphology and chemical composition of Tunisian caper seeds: variability and population profiling


Aleena Sumrin, Waqar Ahmad, Bushra Ijaz, Muhammad Tahir Sarwar, Sana Gull, Humera Kausar, Imran Shahid, Shah Jahan, Sultan Asad, Mureed Hussain and Sheikh Riazuddin

Purification and medium optimization of ?-amylase from Bacillus subtilis 168


Belsem Marzouk, Zohra Marzouk, Maha Mastouri, Nadia Fenina and Mahjoub Aouni

Comparative evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of Citrullus colocynthis immature fruit and seed organic extracts


E. A. Eze, B. N. Ukwah, P. C. Okafor and K. O. Ugwu

Prevalence of malaria and typhoid co-infections in University of Nigeria, Nsukka District of Enugu State, Nigeria


Jingyu Liu and Zhenhua Li

Decreased ADAM9 expression in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis


Tülin Özsisli and Sultan Çobanoglu

Mite (Acari) fauna of some cultivated plants from Kahramanmaraş, Turkey


Shuang Lu, Zongcheng Tian, Yi Lu and Peng Shang

Preparation and characterization of the polyclonal antibody against GAR domain of microtubule actin cross-linking factor 1 (MACF1)


Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf, Abdul Wajid, Karamat Mahmood, Mohd. Jamil Maah and Ismail Yusoff

Removal of heavy metals from aqueous solution by using mango biomass


Ibrahim Mehmeti, Fadime Kiran and Ozlem Osmanagaoglu

Comparison of three methods for determination of protein concentration in lactic acid bacteria for proteomics studies


ChunLei Wang, Min Zhao, Lei Lu, XingDong Wei and TaiLun Li

Characterization of spore laccase from Bacillus subtilis WD23 and its use in dye decolorization



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poniedziałek, 19 września 2011

African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (10), 2011



Contents:


George Oyamo Osanjo, Wallace Dimbuson Bulimo and Francis J. Mulaa

Engineering the functional fitness of transglycosidases and glycosynthases by directed evolution


Vera Raicevic, Mile Bozic, Zeljka Rudic, Blazo Lalevic and Dragan Kikovic

The evolution of the eutrophication of the Palić Lake (Serbia)


Shohreh A. Shargh, Meral Sakizli, Safar Farajnia and Soheila Montazer-Saheb

Evaluation of methylation pattern in promoter region of E-cadherin gene and its relation to tumor grade and stage in breast cancer


Shu Wang, Yi-Dong Zhang, Pablo Gonzalez Perez, Yang-Wu Deng, Zhen-Zhen Li and Dan-Feng Huang

Isolation and characterization of a vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter gene from Cucumis melo L.


Amaro-Reyes, A., García-Almendárez, B.E., Vázquez-Mandujano, D.G., Amaya-Llano, S., Castano-Tostado, E., Guevara-González, R.G., Loera, O. and Regalado, C.

Homologue expression of a fungal endo-1,4-ß-D-xylanase using submerged and solid substrate fermentations


Sukhuman Whankaew, Supanath Kanjanawattanawong, Chalermpol Phumichai, Duncan R. Smith, Jarunya Narangajavana and Kanokporn Triwitayakorn

Cross-genera transferability of (simple sequence repeat) SSR markers among cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg.) and physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.)


Shengzhang Dong, Xuping Shentu, Yinyin Pan, Xu Bai, Xiaoping Yu and Huadi Wang

Evaluation of genetic diversity in the golden apple snail, Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck), from different geographical populations in China by inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR)


Cyrus Amirinia, Hamid Reza Seyedabadi, Nour Amirmozafari, Rasoul Vaez Torshizi, Mohammad Chamani, Ali Javanrouh Aliabad and Mokhtar Ali Abbasi

Association of transforming growth factor-ß3 gene polymorphism with growth and body composition traits in Iranian commercial broiler lines


Zheng-rong Yuan, Jiao Li, Lu-pei Zhang, Li-min Zhang, Cui Chen, Xiao-jie Chen, Xue Gao, Jun-ya Li, Jin-bao Chen, Hui-jian Gao and Shang-zhong Xu

Novel SNPs polymorphism of bovine CACNA2D1 gene and their association with somatic cell score


Jiao Yin, Tao Zhong, Zhao-Jun Wei, Ke-Bin Li, Ya-Zhong Cao and Wei Guo

Molecular characters and recombinant expression of the carboxylesterase gene of the meadow moth Loxostege sticticalis L. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)


SungHan Park, DohWon Yun, GangSeob Lee, UngHan1 Yoon, HyeonSo Ji, ByoungOhg Ahn, SooChul Park, YongHwan Kim, YongKab Kim and ChangKug Kim

Molecular and genetic characterization of OSH6 (Oryza sativa Homeobox 6) using dissociation (Ds) insertion mutant rice


Pouya Zamani, Masoome Akhondi, Mohammad Reza Mohammadabadi, Ali Asghar Saki, Ahmad Ershadi, Mohammad Hossein Banabazi and Ali Reza Abdolmohammadi

Genetic variation of Mehraban sheep using two inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers


Abdul Qayyum Rao, Allah Bakhsh, Idrees Ahmad Nasir, S. Riazuddin and Tayyab Husnain

Phytochrome B mRNA expression enhances biomass yield and physiology of cotton plant


Murat Tunçtürk, Rüveyde Tunçtürk, Bünyamin Yildirim and Vahdettin Çiftçi

Effect of salinity stress on plant fresh weight and nutrient composition of some Canola (Brassica napus L.) cultivars


Coşkun Köse, Evren Terzi, S. Nami Kartal, Banu Erilkun and Yuji Imamura

Preliminary evaluation of boron release and biological resistance of wood treated with disodium octoborate tetrahydrate (DOT) and a water-repellent compound


A. Femat-Diaz, D. Vargas-Vazquez, E. Huerta-Manzanilla, E. Rico-Garcia and G. Herrera-Ruiz

Scanner image methodology (SIM) to measure dimensions of leaves for agronomical applications


D. A. Machido, O. O. Olufajo and S. E. Yakubu and S. S. Yusufu

Enhancing the contribution of the legumes to the N-fertility of soils of the semi-arid zone of Nigeria


Nusrat Rabbani, Rukhsana Bajwa and Arshad Javaid

Interference of five problematic weed species with rice growth and yield


Nusrat Rabbani, Rukhsana Bajwa and Arshad Javaid

Influence of culturing conditions on growth and sporulation of Drechslera hawaiiensis, the foliar blight pathogen of Marsilea minuta L.


M. Farzadi, S.Khatami, M. Mousavi and N. Amirmozafari

Purification and characterization of a-galactosidase from Lactobacillus acidofillus


Parichart Khonzue, Khwanchai Khucharoenphaisan, Nantana Srisuk and Vichien Kitpreechavanich

Selection and production of insoluble xylan hydrolyzing enzyme by newly isolated Thermomyces lanuginosus


Yang Zheng, Zhaoan Chen, Hongbin Lu and Wei Zhang

Optimization of carbon dioxide fixation and starch accumulation by Tetraselmis subcordiformis in a rectangular airlift photobioreactor


M. Ghotbi, S. Soleimanian-Zad and M. Sheikh-Zeinoddin

Identification of Lactobacillus pentosus, Lactobacillus paraplantarum and Lactobacillus plantarum in Lighvan cheese with 4 month ripening period by means of recA gene sequence analysis


Rina Wu, Huashan Zhang, Xiaoying Zeng, Jitai Zhang and Hairong Xiong

L-Arabinose and oligosaccharides production from sugar beet pulp by xylanase and acid hydrolysis


E. U. Ikhuoria, F. E. Okieimen, E. O. Obazee and T. Erhabor

Synthesis and characterization of styrenated rubber seed oil alkyd


Wei-yu Wang, Li-min Cao, Ji-lin Yi, Jian Luo, Jian-ping Zeng, Li-ning Xu and Jia-hong Dong

Screening of specific single-chain variable-fragment (scFv) antibody against human asialoglycoprotein receptor by capture phage enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay


W. Li, X. Ma, Y. Peng, J. Cao, W. T. Y. Loo, L. Hao, M. N. B. Cheung, L. W. C. Chow and L. J. Jin

Application of a nano-antimicrobial film to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia: A pilot study



Mirjana Ocokoljić, Zoran Nikić, Milan Medarević and Dragana Čavlović

Effect of horse chestnut tree genotype on production of fatty oil and fatty acids in seed cotyledons


Xiuhong Wang

Agricultural biotechnology worldwide patent analysis and mapping


Zdenka Škrbić, Zlatica Pavlovski, Miloš Lukić and Dragan Milić

The effect of rearing conditions on carcass slaughter quality of broilers from intensive production


Zong-jun Du, Xiao-li Huang, Kai-yu Wang, Yong-qiang Deng, De-fang Chen, Yi Geng, and Xiu-mei Su

Pathology of extracellular protease of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolated from channel catfish (Ictalunes punctatus) to mice


Abbas Esmaeili Mola, Hrachya G. Hovannisyan, Rajab Mohammad Nazari and Mahmoudreza Ovissipour

Early sex identification in cultured beluga (Huso huso) using plasma steroid hormones




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niedziela, 18 września 2011

African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (7-9), 2011



Contents [10 (7), 2011]:


Saymore P. Ndou, Voster Muchenje and Michael Chimonyo

Animal welfare in multipurpose cattle production Systems and its implications on beef quality


Chun-Han Shih, Hsien-Lu Haung, Ta-Jen Chu, Ying-Chou Lee, Ching-Ming Wang and Tzong-Der Tzeng

Genetic diversity and historical demography of kuruma shrimp (Penaeus japonicus) species complex off China based on mitochondrial DNA analysis


Zhonghua Liu, Hongwei Xiao, Xinmin Zheng, Xianfeng Qiao and Huayan Wang

Silencing effect of shRNA expression vectors with stem length of 21, 27 or 29 bp


Huiyu Luo, Tingting Wang, Ailin Luo, Jintao Wang, Yilin Zhao, Huanwei Jiang and Qingyu Shi

Effects of deoxycycline induced lentivirus encoding FasL gene on apoptosis of Th1 cells


Rui-Yu Zhu, Jian-Yong Lei, Lin Qu, Yun Chen and Jian Jin

Quantitative detection of fusion protein rIFN-ß-HSA by a sandwich ELISA


Gholamreza Jandaghi

An approximate confidence interval for recombination fraction in genetic linkage analysis using a two stage Monte Carlo method Gibbs sampling


Waqas Malik, M. Zaffar Iqbal, Asif Ali Khan, Etrat Noor, Abdul Qayyum and Mamoona Hanif

Genetic basis of variation for seedling traits in Gossypium hirsutum L.


S. Galani, F. Naz, F. Soomro, I. Jamil, Zia-ul-hassan, A. Azhar and A. Ashraf

Seed storage protein polymorphism in ten elite rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes of Sindh


K. Ramah

Histopathological study on the effect of rice herbicides on grass carp (Ctenopharyngodan idella)


Yiwei Mo, Guobin Liang, Weiqi Shi and Jianghui Xie

Metabolic responses of alfalfa (Medicago Sativa L.) leaves to low and high temperature induced stresses


Sanjay Kumar Dubey Jaishree Dubey, Sandeep Mehra, Pradeep Tiwari and A. J. Bishwas

Potential use of cyanobacterial species in bioremediation of industrial effluents


X.Z Liu, F. Zhang, H.B. Shao and J.T. Zhang

Community succession analysis and environmental biological processes of naturally colonized vegetation on abandoned hilly lands and implications for vegetation restoration strategy in Shanxi, China


Edema, C. U., Idu, T. E. and Edema, M. O.

Remediation of soil contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from crude oil


Falah Bani Hani and Hussien Al-Wedyan

Regeneration of base-oil from waste-oil under different conditions and variables


Mustafa Koyun

Seasonal distribution and ecology of some Dactylogyrus species infecting Alburnus alburnus and Carassius carassius (Osteichthyes: Cyprinidae) from Porsuk River, Turkey


Özgür Kebabci and Nilüfer Cihangir

Isolation of protease producing novel Bacillus cereus and detection of optimal conditions


Renata Aline dos Santos da Fonseca, Ruan da Silva Rafael, Susana Juliano Kalil, Carlos André Veiga Burkert, and Janaína Fernandes de Medeiros Burkert

Different cell disruption methods for astaxanthin recovery by Phaffia rhodozyma


Liberata Nyang’oso Mwita, Sylvester Leonard Lyantagaye and Anthony Manoni Mshandete

The effect of the interaction of varying chicken manure supplement levels with three different solid sisal wastes substrates on sporocarp cap lengths and diameters, stipe lengths and diameters and dry weights of Coprinus cinereus (Schaeff) S. Gray s.lat


Peter Mamiro, Martha Nyagaya, Paul Kimani, Delphina Mamiro, Theresia Jumbe, Joyce Macha and Bernard Chove

Similarities in functional attributes and nutritional effects of magadi soda and bean debris-ash used in cooking African traditional dishes


Qunyu Gao, Suling Li, Huali Jian and Shizhong Liang

Preparation and properties of resistant starch from corn starch with enzymes


Nor Azma Yusuf, M. M. Suffian Annuar and Norzulaani Khalid

Rapid micropropagation of Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf. Kulturpfl. (a valuable medicinal plant) from shoot bud explants


Haoliang Chen, R. O. Akinkurolere and Hongyu Zhang

Fumigant activity of plant essential oil from Armoracia rusticana (L.) on Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)


Naveed Akhtar, Arshad Mehmood, Barkat Ali Khan, Tariq Mahmood, Haji Muhammad Shoaib Khan and Tariq Saeed

Exploring cucumber extract for skin rejuvenation


Qi Liu, Jinlan Gao, Xing Liu, Shusen Wang and Yang Luo

Monitoring cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) activity with Kinase-Glo, a luminescence-based ATP quantitative reagent


Ali Noori, Kazem Parivar, Mehrdad Modaresi, Manoochehr Messripour, Mohamad Hasan Yousefi and Gholam Reza Amiri

Effect of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles on pregnancy and testicular development of mice


Isyaku Umar Yarube and Joseph Olusegun Ayo

The effects of ascorbic acid and ?-tocopherole on leukocyte count of sodium nitrate-treated Wistar rats


Hong-Tao Tian, Le-Hui Ma, Li-Fang Zhang, Xin-XiGu, Xing-Hua Guo and Yun-Bo Luo

Cloning and heterologous expression of the plasmid-encoded shsp gene of Streptococcus thermophilus isolated from Chinese dairy


Yong-Mei Han, Xin-Hua Zhang, Ya-Gang Chen, You-Ming Li, Hao Chen and Li-Zheng Fang

High-level expression, purification, polyclonal antibody preparation against recombinant OprD from Pseudomonas aeruginosa


Ozlem Sogut and Fatih Percin

Trace elements in the kidney tissue of Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus L. 1758) in Turkish seas


Zand, N. and Foroudi, F.

Effect of feeding different levels of corn snack waste on broiler performance


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Contents [10 (8), 2011]:


Aluwong, T., Wuyep, P. A. and Allam, L

Livestock-environment interactions: Methane emissions from ruminants


Naureen Chaudhary and Javed Iqbal Qazi

Lignocellulose for ethanol production: A review of issues relating to bagasse as a source material


Lin Zhou, Yan Wang and Zhenhua Peng

Molecular characterization and expression analysis of chalcone synthase gene during flower development in tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)


Reza Tohidi, Ismail Idris, Jothi Malar Panandam and Mohd Hair-Bejo

Analysis of genetic variation of inducible nitric oxide synthase and natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 loci in Malaysian native chickens


Shinsuke Yamanaka, Shakeel Ahmad Jatoi, San-San-Yi, Shankar L. Kothari, Tin-Htut and Kazuo N. Watanabe

Genetic diversity of Myanmar rice and their implementation on management methods


Tarek A. A. Moussa

Cloning and sequencing of phenol oxidase 1 (pox1) gene from Pleurotus ostreatus


Salah El-Din El-Assal, Samir M. Abd-alla and Mohamed N. Abou Seada

Molecular and biochemical studies of some yeast strains


Kanagaraj Chinnasamy, Mariappan Pitchamuthu, Paramanantha Swami Doss, Ganapathy Marimuthu and Koilmani Emmanuvel Rajan

Genetic diversity and population structure of leaf-nosed bat Hipposideros speoris (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) in Indian subcontinent


S. Metin Sezen, Attila Yazar, Servet Tekin, Salim Eker and Burçak Kapur

Yield and quality response of drip-irrigated pepper under Mediterranean climatic conditions to various water regimes


Kongake Siringam, Niran Juntawong, Suriyan Cha-um and Chalermpol Kirdmanee

Salt stress induced ion accumulation, ion homeostasis, membrane injury and sugar contents in salt-sensitive rice (Oryza sativa L. spp. indica) roots under iso-osmotic conditions


Shaohui Wang, Yun Kong and Yuncong Yao

Difference in photosynthetic performance among three peach cultivars grown under low light conditions in greenhouses


Gutiérrez, I. E. M., Nepomuceno, C. F., Ledo, C. A. S., and Santana, J. R. F.

Micropropagation and acclimatization of Bauhinia cheilantha (an important medicinal plant)


Tran Van Thu, Hooi Ling Foo, Teck Chwen Loh and Mohd Hair Bejo

Inhibitory activity and organic acid concentrations of metabolite combinations produced by various strains of Lactobacillus plantarum


Karthikeyan Sivashanmugam and Gurunathan Jayaraman

Production and partial purification of extracellular tannase by Klebsiella pneumoniae MTCC 7162 isolated from tannery effluent


Sanjoy Banerjee, Wei Ee Hew, Helena Khatoon, Mohamed Shariff and Fatimah Md.Yusoff

Growth and proximate composition of tropical marine Chaetoceros calcitrans and Nannochloropsis oculata cultured outdoors and under laboratory conditions


Eman H. F. Abd El-Zaher, Yehia A. G. Mahmoud and Magda M. Aly

Effect of different concentrations of phenol on growth of some fungi isolated from contaminated soil


Nazif Bayar and Elvan Özrenk

The effect of quality properties on Tulum cheese using different package materials


Moganavelli Singh, Justine Borain, Naeema Noor-Mahomed and Mario Ariatti

The effect of pegylation on the transfection activity of two homologous cationic cholesteryl cytofectins


R. Dubey, J. Kumar, D. Agrawala, T. Char and P. Pusp

Isolation, production, purification, assay and characterization of fibrinolytic enzymes (Nattokinase, Streptokinase and Urokinase) from bacterial sources


Ming-Shien Yen and Chien-Wen Chen

Effect of chitosan on resist printing of cotton fabrics with reactive dyes


Mohan Pandi, Rangarajulu Senthil Kumaran, Yong-Keun Choi, Hyung Joo Kim and Johnpaul Muthumary

Isolation and detection of taxol, an anticancer drug produced from Lasiodiplodia theobromae, an endophytic fungus of the medicinal plant Morinda citrifolia


Ahmed E. Abdel-Moneim, Mohamed A. Dkhil and Saleh Al-Quraishy

The potential role of flaxseed oil on lead acetate-induced kidney injure in adult male albino rats


Yi Hu, Shengchao Wang, Yin Ding, Liping Su and Yan Wang

Animal experiment of periodontal tissue remodeling in application of mini-implant anchorage for incisor intrusion


Bashir Ahmad, Sadiq Azam, Shumaila Bashir, Farrukh Hussain and Muhammad Iqbal Chaudhary

Insecticidal, brine shrimp cytotoxicity, antifungal and nitric oxide free radical scavenging activities of the aerial parts of Myrsine africana L.


Zhen-xing Fan, Qi Hua, Jing Tan, Jing Gao, Rong-kun Liu and Zheng Yang

Interleukin-6 but not soluble adhesion molecules has short-term prognostic value on mortality in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction


Jun Wang, Lu-Lu Zhao, Guo-Xia Sun, Yao Liang, Fu-An Wu, Zhong-li Chen and Shi-ming Cui

A comparison of acidic and enzymatic hydrolysis of rutin


M. Rahim Khan, Idris A.Ghani, M. Rafique Khan, Abdul Ghaffar, Ansa Tamkeen

Host plant selection and oviposition behaviour of whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) in a mono and simulated polyculture crop habitat


Mehdi Raissy and Mahsa Ansari

Antibiotic susceptibility of Lactococcus garvieae isolated from rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Iran fish farms


Kashif Waseem, Muhammad Saleem Jilani, Muhammad Sohail Khan, Mehwish Kiran and Ghazanfarullah Khan

Efficient in vitro regeneration of chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium L.) plantlets from nodal segments


Barnard, T. G., Robertson, C. A., Jagals, P. and Potgieter, N.

A rapid and low-cost DNA extraction method for isolating Escherichia coli DNA from animal stools


A. Shaker Hassan, M. Khasraw Hassan and Amera Al-Rubeii

Carcass yield and characteristics of Karadi lambs as affected by dietary supplement of rumen undegradable nitrogen fed with Nigella sativa


A. R. Beyzai and M. Adibmoradi

Histological and histometrical changes of ostrich thyroid gland during summer and winter seasons in Tehran, Iran


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Contents [10 (9), 2011]:


Mohammad Hassan Shahhosseiny, Pargol Ghavam Mostafavi, Seyed Mohammad Reza Fatemi and Elnaz Karimi

Clade identification of symbiotic zooxanthellae of dominant sclerectinian coral species of intertidal pools in Hengam Island


Sajjad Toghiani

Genetic parameters and correlations among linear type traits in the first lactation of Holstein Dairy cows


Y. Danso, R. Akromah and K. Osei

Molecular marker screening of tomato, (solanum lycopersicum L.) Germplasm for root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne species) resistance


M. Adeli Sardou, A. Baghizadeh, A. Tavasoli and S. Babaei

The use of microsatellite markers for genetic diversity assessment of genus Hordeum L. in Kerman province (Iran)


Sharifi Yazdi MK, Akbari A. and Soltan Dallal MM

Multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for simultaneous detection of shiga-like toxin (stx1 and stx2), intimin (eae) and invasive plasmid antigen H (ipaH) genes in diarrheagenic Escherichia coli


L. L. Pelegrini, L. L. F. Ribas, F. Zanette and H. S. Koehler

Micropropagation of Ocotea porosa (Nees & Martius) Barroso


Rozina Hamayoon, Hamayoon Khan, Shahenshah, Lubna Naz, Iqbal Munir, M. Arif, Ibni Amin Khalil and Amir Zaman Khan

Performance of chickpea genotypes under two different environmental conditions


Yeşim Okay, Asli Günöz and Khalid Mahmood Khawar

Effects of cold stratification pretreatment and pH level on germination of Centaurea tchihatcheffii Fisch. et Mey. seeds


Muhd Azlan Abd Ghani, Yahya Awang and Kamaruzaman Sijam

Disease occurrence and fruit quality of pre-harvest calcium treated red flesh dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus)


I. Rajpar, I. Jandan, Zia-ul-hassan, G. M. Jamro and A. N. Shah

Enhanced fodder yield of maize genotypes under saline irrigation is a function of their increased K accumulation and better K/Na ratio


Derya Eşen, Oktay Yildiz, Şemsettin Kulaç, Emrah Çiçek, Cengiz Çetintaş, Bilal Çetin, Neval Güneş, and Çigdem Kutsal

Early growth performances of various seed sources of black (Prunus serotina Erhr.) and wild cherry (Prunus avium L.) seedlings on low and high elevation sites in the western Black Sea Region of Turkey


Sabriye Yazici, Yusuf Yanar and Isa Karaman

Evaluation of bacteria for biological control of early blightdisease of tomato


Nevzat Çakicier, Süleyman Korkut and Fatma Deniz Güler

Effects of heating treatment on some of the physical properties of varnish layers applied on various wood species


Mehreen Abbas, S. M. Nizami, Aamir Saleem, Saeed Gulzar and Irshad A. Khan

Biomass expansion factors of Olea ferruginea (Royle) in sub tropical forests of Pakistan


Simon A. Mng’omba, Festus K. Akinnifesi, Gudeta Sileshi, Oluyede C. Ajayi, Betserai I. Nyoka and Ramni Jamnadass

Water application rate and frequency affect seedling survival and growth of Vangueria infausta and Persea americana


P. Wongtiem, D. Courtois, B. Florin, M. Juchaux, D. Peltier, P. Broun and J.P. Ducos

Effects of cytokinins on secondary somatic embryogenesis of selected clone Rayong 9 of Manihot esculenta Crantz for ethanol production


D. Štajner, S. Orlović, B. M. Popović, M. Kebert and Z. Galić

Screening of drought oxidative stress tolerance in Serbian melliferous plant species


Khin Thuzar Win, Aung Zaw Oo, Tadashii Hirasawa, Taiichiro Ookawa and Hirata Yutaka

Genetic analysis of Myanmar Vigna species in responses to salt stress at the seedling stage


Azamalsadat Hosseini Alhashemi, Abdol Reza Karbassi, Bahram Hassanzadeh Kiabi, Seyed Massoud Monavari and Mohammad Bagher Nabavi

Accumulation and bioaccessibility of trace elements in wetland sediments


Lee, S. H., Woo, S.Y., Nasr, Z., Zineddine, M., Khaldi, A. and Rejeb, M. N.

Can net photosynthesis and water relations provide a clue on the forest decline of Quercus suber in North Tunisia?


Teo, K. C. and Teoh, S. M.

Preliminary biological screening of microbes isolated from cow dung in Kampar


Şenol Köse and Elvan Ocak

Changes occurring in plain, straining and winter yoghurt during the storage periods


Ismaila Yada Sudi, Nandita De, and Umaru Ali Dunkrah

Nigerian indigenous yoghurt (kindirmo) production using Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus mutants as starter culture


A. Nouani, F. Moulti- Mati, S. Belbraouet and MM. Bellal

Purification and characterization of a milk-clotting protease from Mucor pusillus: Method comparison


Pakorn Winayanuwattikun, Chutima Kaewpiboon, Kingkaew Piriyakananon Warawut Chulalaksananukul, Tikamporn Yongvanich and Jisnuson Svasti

Immobilized lipase from potential lipolytic microbes for catalyzing biodiesel production using palm oil as feedstock


Shazia Khurshid, Muhammad Akram Kashmiri, Zahid Quershi and Waqar Ahmad

Optimization of glucose oxidase production by Aspergillus niger


H. N. Ongendangenda and T. V. Ojumu

The effect of initial pH on the kinetics of ferrous-iron biooxidation at low temperature


Chee Wun How, Rasedee Abdullah and Roghayeh Abbasalipourkabir

Physicochemical properties of nanostructured lipid carriers as colloidal carrier system stabilized with polysorbate 20 and polysorbate 80


Hesham H. Radwan, Ihab M. Moussa and Ibrahim A. Alsarra

Optimization of a fed-batch fermentation process for production of bleomycin by Streptomyces mobaraensis ATCC 15003


Muhammad Nisar, Salimullah Khan, Ahsana Dar, Wajid Rehman, Razaullah Khan6 and Irfanullah Jan

Antidepressant screening and flavonoids isolation from Eremostachys laciniata (L) Bunge


A. O. Idowu, B. B. Oluremi and N. I. Seidu

Incidence and susceptibility pattern of clinical isolates from pus producing infection to antibiotics and Carica papaya seed extract


Ajani, Emmanuel O., Ajibola, Abdulwaheed, Salau, Bamidele A., Odufuwa, Temitope K. and Odewabi, Adesina Olalekan

Preliminary report on hepatic and cardiovascular risk assessment of automobile mechanics in Nigeria


Ting Ji, Ling Yin and Guohong Chen

Genetic diversity and population structure of Chinese honeybees (Apis cerana) under microsatellite markers


Ali Ulaş and Ilker Aydin

The effects of jig color and lunar bright on coastal squid jigging



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