Boletín de la Sociedad Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Cactáceas y otras Suculentas - 8 (3), 2011

Contents:

El Global Cactus Assessment
B. Goettsch

INICIATIVAS

Repertorium Plantarum Succulentarum
U. Eggli

Logros de la SLCCS en Ecuador
C. Loaiza

Aniversario 60 de la SMC
E. Vázquez Días et al.

ARTÍCULOS DIVULGATIVOS

Restauración y conservación de Matamoros, Cuba
Y. Hernández Montero & F.B. Riverón Giró

Lista Roja de Cactáceas de Venezuela
J.L.Romero Briceno

Plantas nodriza y sobrevivencia de cactáceas
G. Muro Pérez et al.

ARTÍCULOS CIENTÍFICOS

Propagación in vitro de la tuna
S. Florio de Real

Aspectos epidérmicos en Rebutia
N.B. Muruaga & M.B. Guantay

Echinopsis leucantha
E. Méndez

NOVEDADES BIBLIOGRAFICAS

ES NOTICIA

TIPS
PUBLICACIONES RECIENTES
EN PELIGRO
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Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Reviews - 7 (1-2), 2012

Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Reviews - 7 (1), 2012



Contents:


 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


Janani Kumar, Sowmiya Jayaraman and Nandhitha Muralidharan

      Homocysteine-A potent modulator

      

Biswadeep Chaudhuri and Krishna Pramanik

     Key aspects of the mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in tissue engineering for in vitro skeletal muscle regeneration

      
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Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Reviews - 7 (2), 2012



Contents:


 Review

    MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


    Shikongo-Nambabi M. N. N. N, Petrus N. P and M. B. Schneider

          The role, isolation and identification of Vibrio species on the quality and safety of seafood

       

    Standard Review

    

    Rodney Hull, Rodrick Katete and Monde Ntwasa

         Therapeutic potential of antimicrobial peptides from insects

          

    Sonia Plaza-Wüthrich and Zerihun Tadele

         Millet improvement through regeneration and transformation

         

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Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection - 44 (5), 2011

Contents:

Molecular characterisation of coat protein and nuclear shuttle protein genes of Banana bunchy top virus from Western Ghats in India
 Kavino, Mathiyazhagan; Harish, Sankarasubramanian; Kumar, Neelakandan; Saravanakumar, Duraisamy; Samiyappan, Ramasamy

In vitro efficacy of plant essential oils against Phomopsis azadirachtae - the causative agent of die-back disease of neem
 Nagendra Prasad, M.N.; Shankara Bhat, S.; Nivedita Dharwar, V.; Shraddha Mehta, B.; Chauhan, Abhinav

Phytochemical, acaricidal and biological activity of Dodonaea viscosa L. against the two spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch
 El-Gengaihi, Souad; Dimetry, Nadia; Amer, Sanaa

Phylogenecity and sequence alignment of Fusarium mycotoxin gene (Fum 5) with other mycotoxin producing fungi
 Karthikeyan, V.; Karthikeyan, P. P.; Saravanakumar, D.; Patharajan, S.; Saravanakumar, P.; Titone, Patrizia; Spadaro, Davide; Lodovica Gullino, M.; Garibaldi, Angelo

Control of chickpea wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris) using Trichoderma spp. in Ethiopia
 Meki, S.; Ahmed, S.; Sakhuja, P. K.

Repellency and toxicity of extract from Francoeria crispa (Forsk.) to Eutetranychus orientalis (Klein) (Acari: Tetranychidae)
 Abdel-Khalek, Amira; Amer, Sanaa; Momen, Faten

Larvicidal and insecticidal properties of Ricinus communis seed extracts obtained by different methods against Tribolium castaneum Herbst (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
 Babarinde, Samuel; Oyegoke, Oyebamiji; Adekunle, Adeyemi

Induction of systemic resistance in Lycopersicon esculentum cv. PKM1 (tomato) against Cucumber mosaic virus by UV-B irradiation on calli
 Sudhakar, N.; Murugesan, K.

First record on epizootics of Entomophthora grylli on grasshopper in Indian subcontinent: pathogen city and bio control potential on Oxya velox
 Gupta, R. K.; Jaronski, Stefan; Srivastava, K.; Bali, K.

Demography of greenbug, Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on six barley cultivars
 Tofangsazi, N.; Kheradmand, K.; Shahrokhi, S.; Talebi, A. A.

Direct effect of biocontrol agents on wilt and root-rot diseases of sesame
 Elewa, I. S.; Mostafa, M. H.; Sahab, A. F.; Ziedan, E. H.

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Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection - 44 (1), 2011

Contents:

Effects of aqueous extracts of some plant species against Fusarium solani and Rhizoctonia solani in Phaseolus vulgaris plants
 Abd-El-Khair, H.; El-Gamal Nadia, G.

Biochemical events involved in downy mildew disease resistance in pearl millet in relation to H+-ATPase
 Madhu, D.; Rekha, H. S.; Shylaja, M. D.; Prakash, H. S.; Shetty, H. Shekar

Field investigation of pomegranate fruit worms in Taif and laboratory evaluation of Bacillus thuringiensis against Ectomyelois ceratoniae
 Elsayed, G.; Bazaid, S. A.

Preliminary studies on the biology of Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) as a pest of rose in India
 Duraimurugan, P.; Jagadish, A.

In vitro evaluation of the efficacy of plant and callus extracts of Cardiospermum halicacabum L. on important phytopathogenic fungi
 Girish, H. V.; Sudarshana, M. S.; Satish, S.

Lethal and pathogenic effects of Beauveria bassiana and Lecanicillium lecanii on the adult and nymph of Aphis craccivora Koch
 Abd El-Salam, A.M.E.; El-Hawary, F. M. A.

Phylogenetic relationships of sheath diseases of rice in Myanmar
 Aye, Seint San; Matsumoto, Masaru

Identification and pathogenicity of Rhizoctonia species isolated from bean and soybean plants in Samsun, Turkey
 Erper, Ismail; Ozkoc, Ibrahim; Karaca, Gursel Hatat

Temperature influence on biology, thermal requirement and life table of the predatory mites Agistemus exsertus Gonzalez and Phytoseius plumifer (Can. & Fanz.) reared on Tetranychus urticae Koch
 Rasmy, Aly; Osman, M. A.; Abou-Elella, G. M.

Development of Dactylaria eudermata Drechsler a predaceous fungi in Meloidogyne incognita
 Singh, R. K.

Occurrence of root-knot disease in green onion in Allahabad
 Simon, Sobita; Singh, R. K.

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Annals of Botany - 109 (1), 2012

Contents:

ContentSnapshots

Plant Cuttings
 Chaffey, Nigel

Graduate Prize Winner

Why people need plants
 Chaffey, Nigel

Fifty Plants that changed the course of history
 Chaffey, Nigel

Seeds of Amazonian plants
 Ferraz, Isolde Dorothea Kossmann

Elusive but not hypothetical: axillary meristems in Wollemia nobilis
 Burrows, Geoffrey E.

Axillary meristems in the Wollemi pine: a response to Geoffrey E. Burrows
 Tomlinson, P. B.; Huggett, Brett A.

Abscisic acid and CO2 signalling via calcium sensitivity priming in guard cells, new CDPK mutant phenotypes and a method for improved resolution of stomatal stimulus-response analyses
 Hubbard, Katharine E.; Siegel, Robert S.; Valerio, Gabriel; Brandt, Benjamin; Schroeder, Julian I.

The more the better? The role of polyploidy in facilitating plant invasions
 te Beest, Mariska; Le Roux, Johannes J.; Richardson, David M.; Brysting, Anne K.; Suda, Jan; Kubešová, Magdalena; Pyšek, Petr

Quite a few reasons for calling carnivores `the most wonderful plants in the world'
 Król, Elżbieta; Płachno, Bartosz J.; Adamec, Lubomír; Stolarz, Maria; Dziubińska, Halina; Trębacz, Kazimierz

Genome size and DNA base composition of geophytes: the mirror of phenology and ecology?
 Veselý, Pavel; Bureš, Petr; Šmarda, Petr; Pavlíček, Tomáš

Functional morphology and wasp pollination of two South American asclepiads (Asclepiadoideae-Apocynaceae)
 Wiemer, A. P.; Sérsic, A. N.; Marino, S.; Simoes, A. O.; Cocucci, A. A.

Inferences of biogeographical histories within subfamily Hyacinthoideae using S-DIVA and Bayesian binary MCMC analysis implemented in RASP (Reconstruct Ancestral State in Phylogenies)
 Ali, Syed Shujait; Yu, Yan; Pfosser, Martin; Wetschnig, Wolfgang

Phylogeny of Oedogoniales, Chaetophorales and Chaetopeltidales (Chlorophyceae): inferences from sequence-structure analysis of ITS2
 Buchheim, Mark A.; Sutherland, Danica M.; Schleicher, Tina; Förster, Frank; Wolf, Matthias

Occidental diffusion of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) 500-1300 CE: two routes to Europe
 Paris, Harry S.; Daunay, Marie-Christine; Janick, Jules

An extinct Eocene taxon of the daisy family (Asteraceae): evolutionary, ecological and biogeographical implications
 Barreda, Viviana D.; Palazzesi, Luis; Katinas, Liliana; Crisci, Jorge V.; Tellería, María C.; Bremer, Kare; Passala, Mauro G.; Bechis, Florencia; Corsolini, Rodolfo

A comparative survey of floral characters in Capanemia Barb. Rodr. (Orchidaceae: Oncidiinae)
 Buzatto, Cristiano Roberto; Davies, Kevin L.; Singer, Rodrigo B.; Pires dos Santos, Rinaldo; van den Berg, Cássio

Ant species identity mediates reproductive traits and allocation in an ant-garden bromeliad
 Leroy, Céline; Corbara, Bruno; Pélozuelo, Laurent; Carrias, Jean-François; Dejean, Alain; Céréghino, Régis

Insects, birds and lizards as pollinators of the largest-flowered Scrophularia of Europe and Macaronesia
 Ortega-Olivencia, Ana; Rodríguez-Riano, Tomás; Pérez-Bote, José L.; López, Josefa; Mayo, Carlos; Valtuena, Francisco J.; Navarro-Pérez, Marisa

Induced polyploidy dramatically increases the size and alters the shape of fruit in Actinidia chinensis
 Wu, Jin-Hu; Ferguson, A. Ross; Murray, Brian G.; Jia, Yilin; Datson, Paul M.; Zhang, Jingli

Seed ultrastructure and water absorption pathway of the root-parasitic plant Phelipanche aegyptiaca (Orobanchaceae)
 Joel, Daniel M.; Bar, Hilla; Mayer, Alfred M.; Plakhine, Dina; Ziadne, Hammam; Westwood, James H.; Welbaum, Gregory E.

Relationship between leaf traits and fire-response strategies in shrub species of a mountainous region of south-eastern Australia
 Vivian, Lyndsey M.; Cary, Geoffrey J.

Natural variation in germination responses of Arabidopsis to seasonal cues and their associated physiological mechanisms
 Barua, Deepak; Butler, Colleen; Tisdale, Tracy E.; Donohue, Kathleen

Biased morph ratios and skewed mating success contribute to loss of genetic diversity in the distylous Pulmonaria officinalis
 Meeus, Sofie; Honnay, Olivier; Brys, Rein; Jacquemyn, Hans

Effects of defoliation and shading on the physiological cost of reproduction in silky locoweed Oxytropis sericea
 Ida, Takashi Y.; Harder, Lawrence D.; Kudo, Gaku

Evolution and ecology meet molecular genetics: adaptive phenotypic plasticity in two isolated Negev desert populations of Acacia raddiana at either end of a rainfall gradient
 Ward, David; Shrestha, Madan K.; Golan-Goldhirsh, Avi

Genome size and base composition variation in natural and experimental Narcissus (Amaryllidaceae) hybrids
 Marques, Isabel; Nieto Feliner, Gonzalo; Martins-Louçao, Maria Amélia; Fuertes Aguilar, Javier

Germination responses to temperature and water potential in Jatropha curcas seeds: a hydrotime model explains the difference between dormancy expression and dormancy induction at different incubation temperatures
 Windauer, Liliana B.; Martinez, J.; Rapoport, D.; Wassner, D.; Benech-Arnold, Roberto

Identification of soybean purple acid phosphatase genes and their expression responses to phosphorus availability and symbiosis
 Li, Chengchen; Gui, Shunhua; Yang, Tao; Walk, Thomas; Wang, Xiurong; Liao, Hong

Prediction of in situ root decomposition rates in an interspecific context from chemical and morphological traits
 Aulen, Maurice; Shipley, Bill; Bradley, Robert

Soil seed bank recovery occurs more rapidly than expected in semi-arid Mediterranean gypsum vegetation
 Olano, J. M.; Caballero, I.; Escudero, A.

Totomatix: a novel automatic set-up to control diurnal, diel and long-term plant nitrate nutrition
 Adamowicz, Stéphane; Le Bot, Jacques; Huanosto Magana, Ruth; Fabre, José

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African Journal of Plant Science - 5 (12-15), 2011

African Journal of Plant Science - 5 (12), 2011



Contents:

Research Articles



I. A. Teli, N. A. Gworgwor, S. D. Joshua and E. O. Imoloame

Economic assessment of some pre-emergence herbicides in the production of millet-cowpea intercrop in the Sudan Savanna Zone of Nigeria

    
Prohp T. P. and Onoagbe I. O.

Anti–diabetic studies of aqueous extract of Triplochiton scleroxylon on platelets and associated parameters in alloxan-induced diabetic rabbits


E. Obeng-Bio, M. Bonsu, K. Obeng-Antwi and R. Akromah

Establishing the basis for drought tolerance in maize (zea mays L.) using some secondary traits in the field

     
Nassir, Adesola L. and Adewusi, Kayode M.

Drought response of some tropical rice genotypes: Rooting, vegetative traits and grain production

     
Agbaje G. O, Aluko O. A and Olasoji J. O

Effect of plant spacing on seed yield and yield components in kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus) variety, Ifeken 400

      
Focho Derek Afa, Eneke Bechem, Egbe Andrew, Fongod Augustina Genla, Fonge Beatrice Ambo and Njoh Roland Ndah

Effects of organic and inorganic fertilizers on early growth characteristics of Khaya ivorensis Chev (African mahogany) in nursery

       
Cliff S. Dlamini and Coert J. Geldenhuys

Quantities and values of selected forest medicines harvested by eight villages adjacent to natural woodlands in the four ecological zones of rural Swaziland

     
B. Y. Abubakar, S. MuA’zu, A. U. Khan and A. K. Adamu

Morpho-anatomical variation in some accessions of Moringa oleifera Lam. from Northern Nigeria

    
Leili Motamedi-Mirhosseini, Ghasem Mohammadi-Nejad, Alireza Bahraminejad, Pooran Golkar and Zahra Mohammadinejad

Evaluation of cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) landraces under drought stress based on some agronomic traits

       
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African Journal of Plant Science - 5 (13), 2011



Contents:


Research Articles


Etta Hannah Edim, Ijakeyi Blessing and Udo Sammuel

Comparative studies on consumption preference, mineral contents and proximate composition of five ecotypes of Gnetum aficanum Welw. from Northwest Cameroun and Southeast Nigeria

     
Ebiamadon Andi Brisibe, Ogbu Udensi, Valentine O. Ntui, Peggy A. Otu and Peter N. Chukwurah

Sensitivity of some quantitative and yield characters of ‘Egusi’ melon (Colocynthis citrullus L.) to treatment with microtubule inhibitors

      
Rubén Alfonso Saucedo-Teran, Jose Luis Javier Badillo-Almaraz, Hector Rubio-Arias and Pedro Jurado-Guerra

Establishment of high-elevation fourwing saltbush (Atriplex canescens Pursh Nutt.) ecotypes in Northern Mexico´s oak-bunchgrass rangelands

       
Idun I. A., Kumah P. and Adzraku H. V.

Rooting and vegetative growth responses of “difficult-to-root” Ixora coccinea and Ficus benjamina cv. ‘starlight’ to different stem cutting types and soilless media

     
Jean Lagarde BETTI, Salomon Janvier BELINGA and Dagobert SAMBA

Stock of Prunus africana stems on the mount Cameroon forest

       
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African Journal of Plant Science - 5 (14), 2011



Contents:

Review

 
Ebrahim Babaahmady and Afra Khosravi

Toxicology of baytril (enrofloxacin)

      
Research Articles

 
Kamel Ben Mbarek, Mohsen Boubaker and Tijani Mehoichi

Early tests on tolerant kabuli chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes selection for drought stress

     
D. Y. Giroh, Y. Waizah, F. S. Yustus and P. Imarhiagbe

Cost analysis of on-farm adaptive research (OFAR) as a strategy for Hevea technology transfer in the rubber belt of Nigeria


Krishnareddy P. V., Karuppusamy S.and Pullaiah T.
       
In vitro propagation of Ceropegia juncea Roxb

   
Leili Motamedi-Mirhosseini, Ghasem Mohammadi-Nejad, Alireza Bahraminejad, Pooran Golka and Zahra Mohammadinejad

Evaluation of cumin (Cuminum Cyminum L.) landraces under drought stress based on some agronomic traits

       
E. Obeng-Bio, M. Bonsu, K. Obeng-Antwi and R. Akromah

Green house assessment of drought tolerance in maize (Zea mays L.) using some plant parameters

     
Sara Siahpoush, Navazollah Sahebani and Heshmatollah Aminian

                    Change of some defense compounds of cucumber treated with                      Bacillus cereus and salicylic acid against Meloidogyne javanica

      
Adesoye, A. I. and Nnadi, N. C.

        Mitotic chromosome studies of some accessions of African yam bean Sphenostylis stenocarpa (Hochst. Ex. A. Rich.) Harm.

     
P. Sinha and C. Chatterjee

Assessment of disturbances caused by interaction of multinutrient deficiencies of sulphur, zinc and boron in mustard


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African Journal of Plant Science - 5 (15), 2011



Contents:


Review


S. K. Rautaray

Innovations in resource management for sustainable rice based farming

 
Research Articles

 
Ashinie Bogale and Kindie Tesfaye

Response of Ethiopian durum wheat genotypes to water deficit induced at various growth stages

     
Rahimeh Kurdistani, Enayatollah Tohidinejad,Ghasem Mohammadi-Nejad and Sepideh Zareie

Yield potential evaluation and path analysis of different sesame genotypes under various levels of iron

       
Chandan Kumar Pati and Aloke Bhattacharjee

 Sunflower seed invigoration by chemical manipulation

       
Owolade O. F., Olasoji J. O. and Afolabi C. G.

Effect of storage temperature and packaging materials on seed germination and seed-borne fungi of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench.) in South West Nigeria

     
Motshwari Obopile, Ronald B. Hammond and Pierce A. Paul

Interaction between maize phenology and transgenic maize hybrids on stalk rots following European corn borer infestation

     
Md. Nazrul Islam Bhuiyan, Jaripa Begum and Nemai Chandra Nandi

  Volatile constituents of essential oils isolated from different parts of                     Alpinia calcarata Rosc

  
Syed Muhammad Akmal Rahim, Shahida Hasnain and Jabeen Farkhanda

Effect of calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium on farm plantations of various agroeclogical zones of Punjab, Pakistan.

A. Barekye, P. Tongoona, J. Derera, M. D. Laing and W. K. Tushemereirwe

Appraisal of methods for assessing black Sigatoka resistance in diploid banana populations

    
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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 5 (19-22), 2011

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 5 (19), 2011



Contents:


Research Articles

 
Abdul Wahab, Gul Majid Khan, Muhammad Akhlaq, Nauman Rahim Khan, Abid Hussain, Alam Zeb, Asim-ur- Rehman and Kifayat Ullah Shah

        Pre-formulation investigation and in vitro evaluation of directly compressed ibuprofen-ethocel oral controlled release matrix tablets: A kinetic approach

       
Mohammad Talebi, Maryam Mashayekhi, Soodeh Rajabi, Mohammadreza Rahmani, Ali Roohbakhsh and Ali Shamsizadeh

        Effect of chronic morphine treatment on tactile learning in rat

       
LIMA Gláucia Manoella de Souza, SOUZA Larissa Isabela Oliveira, ROSATO Yoko Bomura and ARAÚJO Janete Magali

        Detection of bacteriocins in Zymomonas mobilis and RAPD fingerprinting of the producer strains

       
M. Rajendran, M. Mahalakshmi, R. Ramya and D. Devapiriam

        A semi-empirical study of flavone compounds with antioxidant efficiency

       
Luana Kamila A. Braga, Aruan Kawally C. de Macedo, Ariathanna A. Cunha, Joao Marcos F. L. Silva, Francisco A. V. Santos, Celestina E. S. Souza, Henrique D. M. Coutinho, Thiago S. Almeida, José G. M. Costa and  Edinardo F. F. Matias

        Potentiation of in vitro antibiotic activity by Ocimum gratissimum L.

     
Iqbal Hussain, Naeem Khan, Riaz Ullah, Shanzeb, Shabir Ahmed, Farhat Ali Khan and Sultan Yaz

        Phytochemical, physiochemical and anti-fungal activity of Eclipta alba

       
Hossein Rostami, Ali Aliyev, Valida Madatova and Ali Arasteh

        Effects of physical activity on some of hemostatic parameters changes in epiphysectomized rats
       

O. A. Ayoola, R. A. Baiyewu, J. N. Ekunola, B. A. Olajire, J. A. Egunjobi, E. O. Ayeni and O. O. Ayodele

        Phytoconstituent screening and antimicrobial principles of leaf extracts of two variants of Morus alba (S30 and S54)

       
Rahbani Mohammad, Mohajeri Daryoush, Rezaie Ali, Doustar Yousef and Nazeri Mehrdad

        Attenuation of oxidative stress of hepatic tissue by ethanolic extract of saffron (dried stigmas of Crocus sativus L.) in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats   

       
Saeed Al-Zahrani, Saleh Kandeal, Mohamed Mohany and Gamal Badr

        Effects of vitamin E and thymoquinone on physiological and histological characteristics of heat-stressed male mice 

      

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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 5 (20), 2011



Contents:


Research Articles

 
L. P. Nkomo, E. Green and R. N Ndip

        Preliminary phytochemical screening and in vitro anti-Helicobacter pylori activity of extracts of the leaves of Lippia javanica

        
Huaiping Shi, Yamei He, Qingwang Li, Tao Feng, Guoxia Geng and Jian Li

        Effect of Bidens bipircadta L. on mouse uterine cervix cancer

     
Xi-Qian Xing, Bei Han, Xu-Wei Wu, Yi Xiao and Shang-Jie Wu

        Efficacy and safety of prostacyclins therapy in pulmonary arterial hypertension: A meta-analysis

      
N. Ebrahim and R. A. Uebel

        Direct inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 enzyme by an extract of Harpagophytum procumbens, harpagoside and harpagide

      
Rohaya Megat Abdul Wahab, Maryati Md Dasor, Sahidan Senafi, Asma Alhusna Abang Abdullah, Abdul Aziz Jemain, Nurfathiha Abu Kasim, Zulham Yamamoto and Shahrul Hisham Zainal Ariffin

        Crevicular tartrate resistant acid phosphatase activity and rate of tooth movement under different continuous force applications

       
Aschalew Nardos, Eyasu Makonnen and Asfaw Debella

        Effects of crude extracts and fractions of Moringa stenopetala (Baker f)  Cufodontis leaves in normoglycemic and alloxan-induced diabetic mice

       
Zahid Zaheer, Aniruddha P. Paithankar, Sagar D. Deshpande and Subur Khan

        Optimization of extraction process and phytochemical investigations of Spathodea campanulata flowers
        

Liu ji, Zhou xiao and Jiang jie

        A validated HPLC method for the determination of levobupivacaine in plasma and its application to pharmacokinetic studies in Chinese people

       
Sajid Bashir, Tahir Aqeel, Muhammad Usman, Shahiq uz Zaman, Asadullah Madni, Haji M. Shoaib Khan, Abubakar Munir and Arshad Mahmood

        Comparative assessment of drug interactions in pediatrics at private and public sector hospitals of Sargodha and Faisalabad   

      
Cuiyan Tang, Mingjun Bi, Hongmei Yu, Wei Chen and Jinxiu Wang

        Zerumbone protects HEK 293 cells from irradiation-induced DNA damage via activating Keap1/Nrf2/ARE pathway

        
Flávio Luís Beltrame, Carla Cristine Kanunfre, Bruno Rainho, Elaine Kiatkoski, Francine Mioduski, Marcelo Henrique Kravicz and Luís Antônio Esmerino

        Evaluation of biochemical and microbiological effects of Cordyline dracaenoides Kunth (Uvarana) barks

      
Soodabe Gharibe, Shahrara Afshar and Leila Vafayi

        Synthesis and characterization of porous hollow silica nanoparticles using ZnSe core as template for drug delivery application

       
Haroon Khan, Shafiq Ahmad Tariq, Murad Ali Khan, Inayat-Ur-Rehman, Rukhsana Ghaffar and Saifullah

        Cholinesterase and lipoxygenase inhibition of whole plant Withania somnifera

       
David López Jiménez, Antonio J. Monroy Antón and Gema Sáez Rodríguez

        Self-regulation and education on interactive advertising of pharmaceuticals for human use

        
Che Nor Zarida C. S., Fauziah O., Arifah A. K., Azfar Rizal A., Nazri M. Y., Ahmad Hafiz Z., Rusnah M., Mohd Azam Khan G. K. and Hasni Idayu S.7

        In vitro elution and dissolution of tobramycin and gentamicin from calcium phosphate

       
Muhammad Hassham Hassan Bin Asad, Ghulam Murtaza1, Sami Siraj, Shujaat Ali Khan, Saira Azhar, Muhammad Sikander Hussain, Tariq Ismail, Muhammad Shahzad Hussain and Izhar Hussain

        Enlisting the scientifically unnoticed medicinal plants of Pakistan as a source of novel therapeutic agents showing anti-venom activity

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

        Assessment of anti erythmic and skin whitening effects of milk thistle extract

       
Tadeu J. S. Peixoto Sobrinho, Valérium T. N. A. Castro, Antonio M. Saraiva, Diego M. Almeida, Elvis A. Tavares and Elba L. C. Amorim

        Phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of four Cnidoscolus species (Euphorbiaceae) used as ethnopharmacologicals in Caatinga, Brazil

       
Li Tong, Yu Shaoyi, Zhang Ge and Huang Weizhe

        Effect of Astragalus mongholicus injection liquid on the immunity function in children with congenital heart disease (CHD) after undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery

       
Naveed Muhammad and Muhammad Saeed

        Biological screening of Viola betonicifolia Smith whole plant

      
Aiyalu Rajasekaran and Muthusamy Periasamy

        Protective effect of ethanolic root extract of Plumbago indica L. on paracetamol induced hepatotoxicity in rats

        
Naphatsorn Kumar, Somsak Tharatha and Chaiyavat Chaiyasut

        Development and validation of simple isocratic high performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet (HPLC-UV) method for determination of safflower yellow in Carthamus tinctorius (L.)-loaded nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC)

       
Muhammad Hanif, M. Harris Shoaib, Rabia Ismail Yousuf, Ahmad Khan, Sohail Anwer, Akhter Rasul, Shahnila Sattar and Hafiz Muhammad Arshad

        Reverse phase high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for nimesulide tablets dosage form prepared for in vivo in vitro correlation (IVIVC) studies

       

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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 5 (21), 2011



Contents:


Research Articles

 
Zhi-Tong Zuo, Yong Ji, Bao-Hua Chen, Xu Wang and Chun-Hua Ling

        The correlation between pulmonary arterial pressure and brain natriuretic  peptide in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

       
Chen-Xiaoxi

        BS and BS-contained rat serum’s anticancer activities


M. Govindappa, N. Bharath, H. B. Shruthi, T. S. Sadananda and P. Sharanappa

        Antimicrobial, antioxidant and in vitro anti-inflammatory activity and phytochemical screening of Crotalaria pallida Aiton

      
Serdar Sargin, Bekir Yavuz Uçar, Serdar Necmioglu, Mehmet Bulut and Mehmet Gem

        Clinical and radiological results of posterior instrumentation without fusion for thoracolumbar fractures

        
Lei YANG, Xiao-Yun LI, Ying-Li ZHEN, Yan LU, Nong CAO and Chen ChAI

        The cardiovascular inhibition functions evoked by salusin ß within the caudal ventrolateral medulla are mediated by muscarinic receptors mechanism

       
Mohammad Reza Farahpour, Human Taghikhani, Mostafa Habibi and Mohammad Amin Zandieh

        Wound healing activity of flaxseed Linum usitatissimum L. in rats

       
Pinto N. S, Pereira M. O, Carmo F. S, Diniz C. L, Medeiros A. C, Santos-Filho S. D and Bernardo-Filho M

        Protective effect of an aqueous extract of 3 Ballerina against the action of the stannous chloride in Escherichia coli BW9091

       
Heydari Nasrabadi, M, Tajabadi Ebrahimi, M, Dehghan Banadaki, Sh, Torabi Kajousangi, M and Zahedi, F

        Study of cutaneous wound healing in rats treated with Lactobacillus plantarum on days 1, 3, 7, 14 and 21
       

Harrison Wanyika, Erastus Gatebe, Paul Kioni, Zhiyong Tang and Yan Gao

        Synthesis and characterization of ordered mesoporous silica nanoparticles with tunable physical properties by varying molar composition of reagents  

      
Ni Zheng, Zhaoyu Wang, Feng Chen and Jingming Lin

        Evaluation to the antioxidant activity of total flavonoids extract from Syzygium jambos seeds and optimization by response surface  methodology 


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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 5 (22), 2011



Contents:


Research Articles

  
Gholamreza Dehghan Noudeh, Fariba Sharififar, Payam Khazaeli, Ehsan Mohajeri and Javad Jahanbakhsh

        Formulation of herbal conditioner shampoo by using extract of fenugreek seeds and evaluation of its physicochemical parameters

       
Danyang Dou, Wanjun Tao, Lingling Li, Tingjian Jia, Wings TY Loo, Mary NB Cheung, Louis WC Chow, Yiding Dou and Ziyuan Luo

        Immuno-stabilizing effect of thymosin-alpha-1 on post-modified radical mastectomy (MRM) of breast cancer patients

       
Alireza Seidavi

        Investigation on intera-specific biodiversity of 6 local silkworm germplasm based on aspartate amino transferase, alanin amino transferase, alkaline phosphatase, phosphorus, sodium, potassium and iron

       
Jingtao Wu, Guiwen Yang, Wujun Wen, Fumiao Zhang, Jinduo Yuan and Liguo An

        Cholesterol metabolism regulation and antioxidant effect of platycodin D on hyperlipidemic emulsion-reduced rats

      
Yan-Bin Wu, Li-Jun Zheng, Jun Yi, Jian-Guo Wu, Chun-Jiang Tan, Ti-Qiang Chen, Jin-Zhong Wu and Ka-Hing Wong

        A comparative study on antioxidant activity of ten different parts of Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

       
Xiao-hong Tan, Han Dong, Fu-cui Ma and Dai-cheng Liu

        Deer skin glue improves erectile function in rats

      
Lei Pang, Xin Lian, Yanhui Li, Ling Nan and Haichun Ma

        Efficacy and safety of parecoxib sodium after renal transplantation

      
O. O. Okoh and A. J. Afolayan

        The effects of hydrodistillation and solvent free microwave extraction methods on the chemical composition and toxicity of essential oils from the leaves of Mentha longifolia L. subsp. capensis.
       

Atta Ur Rehman

        Adoption of WHO standard operating procedures for blood screening in hospitals of Islamabad, Pakistan  

     
Zayd K. Omer, Yuehui Wang, Jieyu Liu, Yu Liu and Bin Liu

        Protection of diabetes-induced cardiomyopathy by resveratrol and its effects on glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta (GSK-3beta) and by the protein kinase  (AKT2) activities 

       
O. S. Olorunnisola, G. Bradley and A. J. Afolayan

        Antioxidant properties and cytotoxicity evaluation of methanolic extract of dried and fresh rhizomes of Tulbaghia violacea 

       
Duygu Tozcu Altin, Çigdem Özer, Ediz Yeşilkaya, Aydan Babül, Aysun Bideci and Peyami Cinaz

        Effect of the plant growth regulator (4-Chlorophenoxy acetic acid) into the oxidative stress parameters in rat liver 

       
Gamal Badr

        CXC chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12) via its cognate receptor (CXCR4) controls the chemotaxis of multiple myeloma cell line (U266) via PI3K/AKT, PLCß3, RhoA, NF?B and ERK1/2 

      
Yazar Hayrullah, Balci Mehmet, Basarali Kemal Mustafa, Gocmen Ayse Yesim and Buyukbas Sadik

        The effects of dialysers on some blood biochemical parameters in hemodialysis patients 

       
Guang Chen, Meishan Jin, Shan Lin, Peisong Wang, Jia Liu, Chenyao Li, Liyan Xu and Wei Zhang

        Increased expression cysteine-rich61 (Cyr61) in patients with thyroid carcinomas 

      
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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 5 (15-18), 2011

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 5 (15), 2011


Contents:
Research Articles



Naheed Akhter, Tahira Iqbal and Amer amil

        A gender wise study of arylamine N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) acetylation phenotyping using sulphamethazine by high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) assay

      
Qiang Wu, Yunlong Hou, Bo Sun, Kun Zhuang, Haocheng Zhang and Dejun Jin

        Curcumin induce apoptosis of CNE-2z cells via caspase-dependent mitochondrial intrinsic pathway

     

Saleh A. Al-Suwayeh, Jia-You Fang, Ibrahim M. El-Bagory, Ehab I. Taha and Mohsen A. Bayomi

        Formulation, optimization and biopharmaceutical evaluation of the fast release tablets of nifedipine-cyclodextrin

     
Zhaoshuang Ping, Wu Jiao and Zhang zhong

        Sevoflurane pretreatment prevents lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute lung injury in rats through up-regulated heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) expression
       

Muhammad Akhtar, Mahmood Ahmad, Irshad Ahmad, Naveed Akhtar, Asad Ullah Madni, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Naeem Aamir, Sonia Khiljee, Mohammad Sualeh, Shujaat Ali Khan and Muhammad Aleem

        Bioequivalence assessment of two formulations of celecoxib: Open label, single dose and two-way cross over study in healthy human male volunteers


A. Zakeri and P. Kashefi

        Comparative therapeutic efficacy of tiamulin and pulmotil in infected broiler and layer flocks with Mycoplasma gallisepticum  

        
Kola K. Ajibesin, Etienne E. Essien and Saburi A. Adesanya

        Antibacterial constituents of the leaves of Dacryodes edulis
        

Onyesom I., Agho J. E and Osioh H. E

        Levels of antioxidant vitamins in newly diagnosed cases of type 2 diabetes mellitus in South Eastern Nigeria   


Jinyu Zhang, Yuanzhong Wang, Ji Zhang, Yongli Ding, Hong Yu and Hang Jin

        Evaluation of mineral element contents in Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis from Southwest China

      
Kyakulaga A. Hassan, Alinda T. Brenda, Vudriko Patrick and Ogwang E. Patrick

        In vivo antidiarrheal activity of the ethanolic leaf extract of Catharanthus roseus Linn. (Apocyanaceae) in Wistar rats

     
Akash Yadav and Dinesh Kumar Jain

        Formulation development and characterization of propranolol hydrochloride microballoons for gastroretentive floating drug delivery

      
Riaz Ullah, Yousef Saleh Al-Zeghayer and Sajjad Haider

        Immunomodulatory potential of Phlomis bracteosa

       
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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 5 (16), 2011



Contents:

Research Articles

 
Iqbal Hussain, Riaz Ullah, Naeem khan, Shabir Ahmad, Shanzeb Majed Ahmed, Pir Tariq Hasan, Farhat Ali Khan and Sultan Ayaz

        Phytochemicals and inorganic profile of Calendula officinale and Sonchus asper

       
S. Sasidharan, O. Jinxuan, L. Yoga Latha and S. Amutha

        In vivo toxicity study of Ganoderma boninense

       
Linmei Pan, Bihan Qiu, Huan Li, Mingfei Zeng, Huaxu Zhu, Qichun Zhang, Liwei Guo and Zhilei Qian

        In-vivo studies on the pharmacokinetics of berberine on middle cerebral artery occlusion rat and sham-operated rat

        
P. Daisy, Cecilia Edel Priya and Lily Vargese

        A study on the regenerative potential of the root and leaf extracts of Elephantopus scaber L.: An antidiabetic approachats through up-regulated heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) expression
       

Pierre Manda, Danho Pascal Abrogoua, Calixte Bahi, Djédjé Sébastien Dano, Goueh Gnahoui and Brou Jérôme Kablan

        Evaluation of the antihypertensive activity of total aqueous extract of Justicia secunda Valh (Acanthaceae)

       
Suwanna Semsri, Songyot Anuchapreeda, Nujeera Intasai, Tanyarat Jomgeow, Singkome Tima, Colleen Sweeney and Pornngarm Limtrakul

        Pure curcumin inhibits exogenous Wilms’ tumor (WT1) (+/+) isoform protein via degradation pathway and protein kinase C in transfected U937 cells  

       
Shohreh Alizadeh Shargh, Seyyed Mojtaba Mohaddes, Meral Sakizli, Jalal Gharesouran, Vahid Montazeri, Amir Vahedi and Fateme Karami

        Evaluation of methylation modification in E-cadherin gene and its application in the improvement of breast cancer
       

Frasia Oosthuizen, Ebrahim Dhoodhat, Shaaista Kazi, Betty Masondo, Nasreen Omarjee, Zakhira Sacoor, Faadila Shaik and Dhiren Singh

        Assessing the complexity of medicine regimens – A pilot study   

       
Sai Krishna Borra, Radha Krishna Lagisetty and Gowrinath Reddy Mallela

        Anti-ulcer effect of Aloe vera in non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug induced peptic ulcers in rats

       
Niala Raziq, Naveed Muhammad, Kamran Ahmad Chishti, Muhammad Saeed, Shafiqur Rahman and Haroon Khan

        Correlation of the antioxidant capacity with the phenolic contents of Hypericum monogynum and Hypericum perforatum

       
Taher Entezari-Maleki, Molouk Hadjibabaei, Jamshid Salamzadeh, Mohammad Reza Javadi, Gloria Shalviri and Kheirollah Gholami

        The evaluation of isotretinoin induced adverse drug reactions

       
Muhammad Asif Khan, Muhammad Saeed, Amir Badshah, Naveed Muhammad, Jahangir Khan, Farhat Ali Khan, Haroon Khan and Shafiq ur Rahman

        Design, formulation, optimization and evaluation of sustained release tablets of domperidone

        
Sayed M. Rawi, Iman M. Mourad, Nadia M. S. Arafa and Naema I. Alazabi

        Effect of ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin on some oxidative stress parameters in brain regions of male albino rats

       
Mohsen Mahmoud Mady and Magdy Mohamed Ghannam

        Stability of anionic liposomes in serum and plasma

       
Laya Farzadi, Arash Khaki, Aleih ghasemzadeh, Elaheh Ouladsahebmadarek, Elham Ghadamkheir, Sina shadfar and Amir Afshin Khaki

        Effect of rosmarinic acid on sexual behavior in diabetic male rats

      
Najmeh Kabiri, Sedigheh Asgary and Mahbubeh Setorki

        The effects of concurrent hydroalcoholic extract of Amaranthus caudatus L. and Hypericum perforatum L. of fatty streak formation in hypercholesterolemic animals

       
H. Parameshwar, B. Babu Rao, B. Ravi Kumar, Y. Narsimha Reddy and G. Krishna Mohan

        Hepatoprotective effect of methanolic extract of the leaves of Kydia calycina on carbon tetrachloride induced hepatotoxicity in albino rats

       
Hasan AKKUŞ

        Effects of acute exercise and aerobic exercise training on oxidative stress in young men and women

     
YE Wei-yang, LI Xiang and CHENG Jian-wei

        Screening of eleven chemical constituents from Radix isatidis for antiviral activity

      
Liyang Tao, Jianying Li and Jianye Zhang

        Brazilein overcame ABCB1-mediated multidrug resistance in human leukaemia K562/AO2 cells
       

Sonia Hamlaoui-Gasmi, Meherzia Mokni, Nadia Limam, Ferid Limam, Mohamed Amri, Ezzedine Aouani and Lamjed Marzouki

        Grape seed extract mitigates high dosage garlic-induced toxic effects on erythrocyte and plasma parameters

       
Parvin Mostafa Gharabaghi, Fatemeh Tabatabei, Sedigheh Abdollahi Fard, Manizheh Sayyah-Melli, Elaheh Ouladesahebmadarek, Abbas Del Azar, Simin Atash Khoei, Manizheh Mostafa Gharabaghi, Morteza Ghojazadeh and Omid Mashrabi

        Evaluation of the effect of preemptive administration of Rosa damascena extract on post-operative pain in elective cesarean sections

       
O. T. Oyelowo, O. L. Bolarinwa and O. A. Morenikeji

        Assessment of sperm indices and testosterone level on the effect of Trichilia monadelpha extract in male albino rats

       
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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 5 (17), 2011



Contents:


Research Articles

  
Fatemeh Fathiazad and Sanaz Hamedeyazdan

        A review on Hyssopus officinalis L.: Composition and biological activities

       
Elrashid Saleh Mahdi, Azmin Mohd Noor, Mohamed Hameem Sakeena, Ghassan Z. Abdullah, Muthanna Abdulkarim and Munavvar Abdul Sattar

        Identification of phenolic compounds and assessment of in vitro antioxidants activity of 30% ethanolic extracts derived from two Phyllanthus species indigenous to Malaysia

       
R. M. Coopoosamy, K. K. Naidoo and N. J. Ndlazi

        Cultural importance and antibacterial activity of Ziziphus mucronata (Willd.) in the Umlazi community in Durban

       
A. Misra and N. K. Srivastava

        Altitude-related changes in activities of carbon metabolism enzymes and secondary plant products-menthoforon an active pharmaceutical constituents yield in pippermint (Mentha piperita L. Var. Kukarail)

       
K. R. Sireesha and K. Prakash

        Simultaneous determination of gatifloxacin and dexamethasone sodium phosphate in bulk and pharmaceutical formulations by HPLC

       
Saleh I. Alqasoumi, Hasan S. Yusufoglu and Aftab Alam

        Anti-inflammatory and wound healing activity of Fagonia schweinfurthii alcoholic extract herbal gel on albino rats

       
Malik BEYLEROGLU

        The effects of maximal aerobic exercise on cortisol and thyroid hormones in male field hockey players

       
Mohsen M. Mady

        Cationic liposomes as gene delivery system
        

Batool Teimoori, Nahid Sakhavar, Masoome Mirteimoori and Behzad Narouie

        Nitrous oxide versus pethidine with promethasine for reducing labor pain   

        
Zhiquan Zhou, Yongzhong Ouyang, Xiangtai Zeng, Tingting Zhang, Bin Jia, Xinglei Zhang, Huanwen Chen and Jianhua Ding

        Differential analysis of human kidney stone samples using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry 

       
Rajesh Mandade, S. A. Sreenivas, D. M. Sakarkar and Avijit Choudhury

        Radical scavenging and antioxidant activity of Hibiscus rosasinensis extract

       
Servet Kayhan and Alper Akgüneş

        Therapeutic monitoring of isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide serum levels in the treatment of active pulmonary tuberculosis and determinants of their serum concentrations

       

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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 5 (18), 2011



Contents:


Research Articles

 
Ebrahim Babaahmady and Afra Khosravi

        Toxicology of baytril (enrofloxacin)

       
Xiandong Tao, Xuewei Zhao, Tiewen Pan and Jiang Hong

        Clinical analysis of nodular ground- glass opacity appearance of lung cancer on computerized tomography (CT)

      
A. Baraka and M. Ghoneim

        Role of heat shock protein in renal ischemic reperfusion injury in rats

       
Dae-Ki Joung, Young-Hwa Kim, Hee-Joung, Da-wun Yang, Dong-Yeul Kwon, Jang-Gi Choi, Seo-Woo, Dong-Young Shin, Oh-Hyun Kweon, Kee-Tae Kweon and Dong-Won Shin

        Antibacterial effect of Euphorbia supina extracts against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus under dark and light intensity

      
Lidao Bao, Xianhua Ren, Yi Wang and Nan Wan

        Prophylactic use of antibiotics for clean operative procedures

       
Firdose R. Kolar, Vaishali S. Kamble and Ghansham B. Dixit

        Phytochemical constituents and antioxidant potential of some underused fruits

       
Rahmat Ali Khan, Mushtaq Ahmed, Muhammad Rashid Khan, Muhammad Yasir, Bakhtiar Muhammad and Rashid Khan

        Nutritional investigation and biological activities of Parthenium hysterophorus

      
Ming-Zhu Jiang, Hui Yan, Yan Wen and Xiang-Mei Li

        In vitro and in vivo studies of antioxidant activities of flavonoids from Adiantum capillus-veneris L.
       

Drissa Sissouma, Mahama Ouattara, Mamidou W. Koné, Hervé E. Menan, Ané Adjou and Lassina Ouattara

        Synthesis and in vitro nematicidal activity of new chalcones vectorised by imidazopyridine   

       
Lei Hu, Lin-hua Tan, Jia-jie Fan, Shan-shan Shi, Li-zhong Du, Long Lin and Qiang Shu

        Sildenafil up-regulates Kv1.5 mRNA expression in rats with pulmonary hypertension 

     
Z. K. Ge, Y. H. Luo, X. Y. Zhao, Y. J. Zhang, H. Zhang and C. C. Tian

        Simultaneous determination of ibuprofen and diphenhydramine HCl in           orally  disintegrating tablets and its dissolution by reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC)

       
Mohamed Mohany, Gamal Badr, Inas Refaat and Mostafa El-Feki

        Immunological and histological effects of exposure to imidacloprid insecticide in male albino rats

       
Juncheng Cui, Zhihong Li, Wanchun Wang and Li Zeng

        Adiponectin: A new therapeutic option for periprosthetic osteolysis

       


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African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 5 (14), 2011

Contents:


Muhammad Ihtisham Umar, Mohammad Zaini Bin Asmawi, Amirin Sadikun, Rabia Altaf and Muhammad Adnan Iqbal

        Phytochemistry and medicinal properties of Kaempferia galanga L. (Zingiberaceae) extracts

    
Bamigbola E. A., Ibrahim M. A., Attama A. A. and Uzondu A. L.

        In vitro-in vivo correlation of four commercial brands of aspirin tablets marketed in Nigeria

       
Yun Shi, Min Yao, Lian-Guo Hou, Jing Li, Hai-Bao Zhu, Jie Liu, and Ling-Ling Jiang

        Reduction of Aß by fluvastatin associates with altered levels of AßPP and of BACE1 and ADAM10 mRNA, independent of brain total cholesterol in rats

     
Yantao Zhao, Yongzhan Bao, Wanyu Shi, Xiaodan Wang and Xiuhui Zhong

        Protective effects of baicalin on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced  implantation failure and the uterine endometrium in mice
       

O. S. Olorunnisola and A. J. Afolayan

        In vivo anti-malaria activity of methanolic leaf and root extracts of  Sphenocentrum jollyanum Pierre

      
Ying Cui, Lingzhi Li, Jun Gu, Ting Zhang and Li Zhang

        Investigation of microemulsion system for transdermal delivery of  ligustrazine phosphate  

      
Danlami U., Odunola M. T., Magaji G. and Thomas S. A.

        The effect of chloroquine on the pharmacokinetics of chlorpropamide in  human volunteers
       

Xujuan Li, Deqiang Li, Jinfeng Duan, Junzhu Chen, Wei Cai and Voonthow Kok

        Effects of Losartan and Ramipril on the connexin expression in a rabbit  balloon injury model   

       
Seyda BERK, Bektas TEPE and Serdal ARSLAN

        Screening of the antioxidant, antimicrobial and DNA damage protection  potentials of the aqueous extract of Inula oculus-christi

       
Figueroa-Valverde L., Díaz-Cedillo F., López-Ramos M., García-Cervera E and Pool Gómez E.

        Design and synthesis of an estradiol derivative and evaluation of its inotropic  activity in isolated rat heart

       

Jafari Naveh H. R., Taghavi M. M., Shariati M., Vazeirnejad R. and Rezvani M. E.

        Both omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids stimulate foot wound healing in chronic diabetic rat

        
Barkatullah, Muhammad Ibrar and Naveed Muhammad

        Evaluation of Zanthoxylum armatum DC for in-vitro and in-vivo pharmacological screening


Antonio M. Saraiva, Ricardo H. A. Castro, Risonildo P. Cordeiro, Tadeu J. S. Peixoto Sobrinho, Valérium T. N. A. Castro, Elba L. C. Amorim, Haroudo S. Xavier and Maria N. C. Pisciottano

        In vitro evaluation of antioxidant, antimicrobial and toxicity properties of extracts of Schinopsis brasiliensis Engl. (Anacardiaceae)

      
Farhan Ahmad Khan, Sheikh Nizamuddin and Mohammad Tariq Salman

        Patterns of prescription of antimicrobial agents in the Department of  Otorhinolaryngology in a tertiary care teaching hospital

        

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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (75-76), 2011

African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (75), 2011


Contents:

Research Articles


GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


Jinsong Chen, Conglin Huang, Xiuhai Zhang, Rong Yu and Zhongyi Wu

Detection of herbicide-resistant maize by using loop-mediated isothermal amplification of the pat selectable marker gene


Qian Wang, Yucheng Zhang, Min Gao, Chen Jiao and Xiping Wang

Identification and expression analysis of a pathogen-responsive PR-1 gene from Chinese wild Vitis quinquangularis


Musa Hasan Abu Zarga and Mukaram Shikara

NADP+- dependent isocritrate dehydrogenase from human kidney mitochondria


Avinash Pandey, Amit Kumar and Ramya P

Genetic diversity in green gram accessions as revealed by STMS markers


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

Production and verification of heterozygous clones in Japanese flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus by microsatellite marker


Ahmed Nagib Sharaf, Ahmed Gaber, Abdelhadi Abdallah Abdelhadi Abdelshafy Ibrahim Ragab and Walid Ahmed Korani

Induction, characterization and genetic analysis of Aspergillus flavus resistant mutants in Arachis hypogaea


Zhiyong Wang, Li Liao, Xuejun Yuan, Aigui Guo and Jianxiu Liu

Genetic relationships of bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon var. dactylon) from different countries revealed by sequence-related amplified polymorphism (SRAP) analysis
 

PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Hatira Taşkin, Saadet Büyükalaca, Davut Keleş and Ercan Ekbiç

Induction of microspore-derived embryos by anther culture in selected pepper genotypes


Kalpana Sengar, R. S. Sengar and Sanjay Kumar Garg

The effect of in-vitro environmental conditions on some sugarcane varieties for micropropagation


Yousaf Jamal, Muhammad Shafi and Jehan Bakht

Effect of seed priming on growth and biochemical traits of wheat under saline conditions


Zhenming Zhang, Siming Song, Hailong Wu, Xinxiao Yu and Qian Zhang

Factors affecting soil erosion in Beijing mountain forestlands


Sureyya Altintas

Effects of prohexadione-calcium with three rates of phosphorus and chlormequat chloride on vegetative and generative growth of tomato


Özlem Tuncay

Relationships between nitrate, chlorophyll and chromaticity values inrocket salad and parsley


Sureyya Altintas

Effects of chlormequat chloride and different rates of prohexadione-calcium on seedling growth, flowering, fruit development and yield of tomato


Funda Eryilmaz Acikgoz

Mineral, vitamin C and crude protein contents in kale (Brassica oleraceae var. acephala) at different harvesting stages


Mahdi, Babaeian, Yasser, Esmaeilian, Abolfazl, Tavassoli and Mehdi, Javaheri

Interaction of micro and macro elements with manure on barley feed yield and soil nutrient content in Sistan region


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Tong Bao, Tieheng Sun and Lina Sun

Low molecular weight organic acids in root exudates and cadmium accumulation in cadmium hyperaccumulator Solanum nigrum L. and non-hyperaccumulator Solanum lycopersicum L.


Tian-Nv Wang, Lei Lu, Guo-Fu Li, Jun Li, Teng-Fei Xu, Min Zhao

Decolorization of the azo dye reactive black 5 using laccase mediator system


Rafi Ullah, Jehan Bakht, Mohammad Shafi, Madiha Iqbal, Ayub Khan and Muhammad Saeed

Phyto-accumulation of heavy metals by sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) grown on contaminated soil


Zheng Zi-Cheng, LI Ting-Xuan, Xiao Guang-Li, Zhang Xi-Zhou, Yu Hai-Ying and Wang Yong-Dong

Mineral composition of dominant plant species growing in a phosphorus mining area


Oguz Kurdoglu and Başak Avcioglu Çokçalişkan

Assessing the effectiveness of protected area management in the Turkish Caucasus


Ali BÜLBÜL, Tugbanur ÖZEN and Gültekin TARCAN

Hydrogeochemical and hydrogeological investigations of thermal waters in the Alasehir-Kavaklidere area (Manisa-Turkey)


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Shi-jun Yu, Ying Zhang, Chun-ru Li, Qian Zhang, Zhong-you Ma and Mei-zhen Fan

Optimization of ultrasonic extraction of mycelial polysaccharides from Paecilomyces hepiali using response surface methodology and its antioxidant activity


FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

 
Farid Bensalah, Asmaa Labtar, Christine Delorme and Pierre Renault

Occurrence, isolation and DNA identification of Streptococcus thermophilus involved in Algerian traditional butter ‘Smen’


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 
Omojola, Moses O., Afolayan, Michael O., Adebiyi, Adedayo B., Orijajogun, Joyce O., Thomas, Sunday A. and Ihegwuagu, Nnemeka E.

Further physicochemical characterization of Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) Benth fruit pulp as a mineral supplement


Farzana Siddique, Kiran Sultan Khan, Asif Ahmad, Anwaar Ahmed, Muhammad Gulfraz and Feroza Hamid Wattoo

Development and optimization of sweet cream butter from buffaloes at cottage scale


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY


Margaret Oluwatoyin Sofidiya, Busola Oduwole, Elizabeth Bamgbade, Olukemi Odukoya and Sunday Adenekan

Nutritional composition and antioxidant activities of Curculigo pilosa (Hypoxidaceae) rhizome


Yun Liu, Junkai Wang, Yunjun Yan and Jiangchuan Li

Biocatalytic synthesis and antioxidant capacities of ascorbyl esters by Novozym 435 in tert-butanol system using different acyl donors


He Ying, Zhang Nian-zhang, Zhao Ping, Chu Yue-feng, Gao Peng-cheng, Zhang Jian-jun and Lu Zhong-xin

Improvement of specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the identification of Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Olayinka A. Aiyegoro and Sandra van Dyk

The antioxidant properties, cytotoxicity and monoamine oxidase inhibition abilities of the crude dichloromethane extract of Tarchonanthus camphoratus L. leaves


Saadia Shahzad Alam, Samreen Riaz and M. Waheed Akhtar

Effect of high dose thiamine therapy on activity and molecular aspects of transketolase in Type 2 diabetic patients


D. O. Awoniyi, Y. G. Aboua, J. L. Marnewick, S. S. du Plesis and N. L. Brooks

Protective effects of rooibos (Aspalathus linearis), green tea (Camellia sinensis) and commercial supplements on testicular tissue of oxidative stress-induced rats


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Gong Cheng, Fangrong Ding, Yunping Dai and Ning Li

Targeting the human lysozyme gene on bovine ?s1-casein gene locus in fibroblasts


Yingchun Qi, Yaomei Ye and Manzhu Bao

Establishment of plant regeneration system from anther culture of Tagetes patula


Kuen-Chang Hsieh, Ming-Feng Kao, Tsong-Rong Jang, Wen-Lang Lin, Hsueh-Kuan Lu and Yu-Yawn Chen

Estimation of segmental fat free mass in Taiwanese elderly females by bioelectrical impedance analysis with new mathematical model


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Farjad Rafeie, Cyrus Amirinia, Ardeshir Nejati Javaremi, Seyed Ziaeddin Mirhoseini and Nour Amirmozafari

A study of patrilineal genetic diversity in Iranian indigenous horse breeds


Wang Hong, Zan LinSen, Cheng Gong, Wang HongBao and Fu ChangZhen

Molecular cloning, expression analysis and sequence prediction of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta gene of Qinchuan cattle


Muhammad Naeem, Amina Zuberi, Abdus Salam, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Riaz-ul-Haq, Muhammad Khalid, Mudasra Mehreen, Muhammad Farhan Nasir, Saeed Akhtar Rasool and Abir Ishtiaq

Some morphometric relationships of hatchery reared male population of Oreochromis mossambicus from Pakistan


Mingyan Shi, Xue Gao, Hongyan Ren, Zhengrong Yuan, Huiguang Wu, Jiao Li, Lupei Zhang, Huijiang Gao, Junya Li and Shangzhong Xu

Association analysis of CAPN1 gene variants with carcass and meat quality traits in Chinese native cattle


Navid Mogadam and Aidin Azizpour

Ameliorative effect of glucomannan-containing yeast product (Mycosorb) and sodium bentonite on performance and antibody titers against Newcastle disease in broilers during chronic aflatoxicosis


Maryam Royan, Goh Yong Meng, Fauziah Othman, Awis Qurni Sazili and Bahman Navidshad

Effects of dietary conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), n-3 and n-6 fatty acids on performance and carcass traits of broiler chickens

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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (76), 2011


Contents:

Review

 
Suchitra Muenthaisong, Andras Dinnyes and Tshimangadzo Lucky Nedambale

Review of somatic cell nuclear transfer in pig


Research Articles

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
F. Ebrahimi, G. Mohammadi-Nejad, A. Baghizadeh and M. Abdolinejad

Genetic diversity evaluation of rapeseed genotypes (Brassica napus L.) based on phenotypic traits and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers


Gerald Otti, Ayodele Fakoya, Ikpan Andrew and Melaku Gedil

Development of genomic tools for verification of hybrids and selfed progenies in cassava (Manihot esculenta)


Ping Cao, Jing Sun, Peng Zhao, Heng Liu and Guochang Zheng

A new putative plasmodesmata-associated protein, At1g19190, in Arabidopsis


Jiali Dong, Yunyun Jiang, Rongjun Chen, Zhengjun Xu and Xiaoling Gao

Isolation of a novel xyloglucan endotransglucosylase (OsXET9) gene from rice and analysis of the response of this gene to abiotic stresses


Sun, Y. L., Wang, D., Lee, H. B., Park, W. G., Kwon, O. W. and Hong, S. K.,

Phylogeny of Korean Hornbeam (Carpinus turczaninovii) based on nuclear ribosomal ITS sequence


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Liqing Du, Hui Zeng, Minghong Zou, Hanzhou Zhang, Lianfang Luo and Chaozhong Lu

Characters analysis of the Macadamia cv. Ikaika (333) germplasm resource


JIN Xiao-Ming, AI Lin, LIU Ji-Dong and LU Xin-Shi

The dynamics of age structures on Agropyron michnoi and Leymus chinensis in community with two dominant species populations


Süleyman Korkut

Physical and mechanical properties and the use of lesser-known native Silver Lime (Tilia argentea Desf.) wood from Western Turkey


Li Xia, Wang Chao and Ren Chenggang

Effects of 1-butanol, neomycin and calcium on the photosynthetic characteristics of pepc transgenic rice


Maheshwari .R. Bhadragoudar and Chandrashekhar .G. Patil

Assessment of genetic diversity among Capsicum annuum L. genotypes using RAPD markers


Agathar Kamota, Pardon Muchaonyerwa and Pearson N. S. Mnkeni

Effects of ensiling of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) maize (MON810) on degradation of the crystal 1Ab (Cry1Ab) protein and compositional quality of silage


Ruo-Fei Yang, Wan-Chen Li, Jing He, Shu-Feng Zhou, Yue-Hui She and Feng-Ling Fu

Inducement and identification of an endosperm mutant in maize


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Yanling Li, Zhijun Gong and Ji Shen

Diatom distribution in the surficial sediments of Lake Fuxian, Yunnan Plateau, China


Nannan Zhang, Yawen Fan and Yixin Liu

Relationship between diatom communities and environmental conditions at Honghe wetland, China


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Jinpeng Wang, Xuexia Ji, Yuxiang Bai, Zhengyu Jin1, Xueming Xu and Yin Li

Effects of fermentation conditions on the production of 4-?-glucanotransferase from recombinant Escherichia coli


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Saleh A. Mohamed, Azza M. Abdel-Aty, Mohamed Belal Hamed, Mohamed O. El-Badry and Afaf S. Fahmy

Ficus sycomorus latex: A thermostable peroxidase


Horieh Saderi and Maryam Abbasi.

Evaluation of anti-adenovirus activity of some plants from Lamiaceae family grown in Iran in cell culture


Joseph M. K. Mulema, Patrick Okori and Katherine J. Denby

Proteomic analysis of the Arabidopsis thaliana-Botrytis cinerea interaction using two-dimensional liquid chromatography


Muhammad Rashid Khan, Azra Memon, Gul Nabi Khan, Maria Shabbir, Naima Saeed, Naseer Ali Shah, Jasia Bokhari, and Umbreen Rashid

Protective effects of Digera muricata (L.) Mart. against carbon tetrachloride induced oxidative stress in thyroid of rat


Chuanhui Fan, Zhanmin Liu and Lifeng Yao

Medium optimization for protopectinase production by batch culture of Aspergillus terreus


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Tao Kong, Yusen Jia, Jingzhe Yang, Xin Wang, Chunsong Jia and Limin Liao

Down-regulation of Notch-1 by ?-secretase inhibitor suppress the proliferation and migration of prostate cancer cells


Ying Yang, Bo Yu, Yuan Gao and Guiping Wu

Atorvastatin reverses the effects of interleukin-1ß (IL-1ß) on membrane potential in cultured rat aorta smooth muscle cells by activating big conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels (BK) and scavenging hydrogen dioxide


Parnian Alizadeh Oskoee, Elmira Jafari Navimipour, Siavash Savadi Oskoee, Mahmoud Bahari and Fatemeh Pournaghiazar

Effect of different adhesion strategies on push-out bond strength of fiber reinforced composite posts


ENTOMOLOGY

 
Miao Xie, Min-sheng You, Juan Cheng and Liette Vasseur

A proteomic analysis of short-term exposure to fipronil in larvae of Plutella xylostella


FISHERY SCIENCE


H. Raeisi, S. A. Hosseini, S. Y. Paighambari, S. A. A. Taghavi and R. Davoodi

Species composition and depth variation of cutlassfish (Trichiurus lepturus L. 1785) trawl bycatch in the fishing grounds of Bushehr waters, Persian Gulf


Hangjun Wang, Liyan Zhang, Xiaowan Chen and Shaoxiong Ding

Characterization of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers for the Chinese black sleeper, Bostrychus sinensis


ANIMAL SCIENCE


Mukesh, Ruheena Javed, Uma Gaur, Han Jianlin and S. Sathyakumar

Cross-species applicability of chicken microsatellite markers for investigation of genetic diversity in Indian duck (Anas platyrhynchos) populations


Gholamreza Kavoosi

Zataria multiflora essential oil reduces diabetic damages in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats


Houda Bouraoui, Elena Vendramin, Andrea Squartini, and Mohamed-Laid Haddi

Taxonomical analysis of the suspended bacterial fraction in the dromedary rumen fluid

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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (65-69), 2011

African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (65), 2011


Contents:

 
Review

 
Yanbo Hu and Guangyu Sun

The application of plant biotechnology for non-food uses: The case of China


Ajay Kumar Jha Jianzheng Li, Loring Nies and Liguo Zhang

Research advances in dry anaerobic digestion process of solid organic wastes


Research Articles


GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
Kefyalew Negisho, Tesfaye Balemi and Belayneh Admassu

Analysis of gene expression by promoter reporter constructs and knockout plants: A case study under phosphorus stress


Adéoti, K., Rival, A., Dansi, A., Santoni, S., Brown, S., Beule, T., Nato, A., Henry, Y., R. Vodouhe, Loko, L. Y. and Sanni, A.

Genetic characterization of two traditional leafy vegetables (Sesamum radiatum Thonn. ex Hornem and Ceratotheca sesamoides Endl.) of Benin, using flow cytometry and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers


Mervat S. Mohamed, Walid Abu El-Soud and Magda F. Mohamed

Cloning and expression of the recombinant NP24I protein from tomato fruit and study of its antimicrobial activity


Lou, H. Q., Hu, Y., Zhang, L., Zhang, Y. J., Tu, P. G., Yu, X. T., Jin, Y. J. and Wang, L.

Epidemiological survey and phylogenetic analysis of Paragonimus westermani isolates in Jinhua, China


K. K. Nkongolo, K. Mbuya, M. Mehes-Smith, and A. Kalonji-Mbuyi

Molecular analysis of quality protein (QPM) and normal maize varieties from the DR-Congo breeding program


Jinyi Xing, Baozhi Wang, Kunhang Jia, Shubo Wan, Jingjing Meng, Feng Guo and Xinguo Li

Isolation of Arachis hypogaea Na+/H+ antiporter and its expression analysis under salt stress


Reda E.A. Moghaieb, Abdel-Hadi A. Abdel-Hadi and Mohamed Reda A. Ahmed

Genetic stability among date palm plantlets regenerated from petiole explants
 

Panfeng Zhao, Lingxia Zhao, Qian Sheng, Shanshuang Li, and Huizheng Peng

The days anthesis in relation to the floral shapes, pollen size, and S-RNase gene identifying in self-incompatibility of wild species


Yan Lei, Shi-jie Chen, Cheng-dong Wang, Zhi-he Zhang, Cheng-dong Wang, Wan-zhu Guo, Xu Wang and Ling Guo and Qi-gui Yan

Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of VP6 gene of giant panda rotavirus strain CH-1


Osama E. Amer, Mohamed. A. Mahmoud, AbdEl-Rahim M. A. El-Samawaty and Shaban R. M. Sayed

Non liquid nitrogen-based-method for isolation of DNA from filamentous fungi


Yousheng Jiang, Xuanyun Huang, Kun Hu, Wenjuan Yu, Xianle Yang and Liqun Lv

Production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies against small hapten-ciprofloxacin


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Bin Li, Rongrong Yu, Qiaomei Tang, Xiaoling Chen, Zhiyi Wu, Yanli Wang, Guanlin Xie, Hongye Li and Guochang Sun

Carbon adaptation influence the antagonistic ability of Pseudomonas aeruginosa against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis


Rym Kaddour, Nehla Sellami, Houda Chennaoui, Nawel Nasri, Olfa Baatour, Hela Mahmoudi, Imen Tarchoun, Mokhtar Lachaâl, Margaret Gruber and Neila Trifi

Correlation between salt tolerance and genetic diversity between Sulla carnosa and Sulla coronaria


Nawel Nasri, Rym Kaddour, Hela Mahmoudi, Olfa Baatour, Najoua Bouraoui and Mokhtar Lachaâl

The effect of osmopriming on germination, seedling growth and phosphatase activities of lettuce under saline condition


Adam. B. Puteh, Ellia M. Aris, Uma R. Sinniah, Md. M. Rahman, Rosli B. Mohamad and Nur. A. P. Abdullah

Seed anatomy, moisture content and scarification influence on imbibition in wild banana (Musa acuminata Colla) ecotypes


Ibrahim Ethem Guler

Effects of diameter and helical angle of flute on the flow evenness of fluted roller used in seed drills using lentil seed


Jennifer N. Mukhongo, J. I. Kinyamario, R. M. Chira1 and W. Musila

Assessment of soil seed bank from six different vegetation types in Kakamega forest, Western Kenya


Jing Zhang, Donald L. Smith, Weiguo Liu, Xinfu Chen and Wenyu Yang

Effects of shade and drought stress on soybean hormones and yield of main-stem and branch


Arshad Javaid, Khajista Jabeen, Sara Samad and Amna Javaid

Management of parthenium weed by extracts and residue of wheat


Shan Han, Tian-Hui Zhu, Shu-jiang Li and Fang-Lian Li

Effect of Cryphonectria parasitica toxin on lipid peroxidation and ultrastructure in two Chinese chestnut cultivars


Ayut Kongpun, Bernard Dell and Benjavan Rerkasem

Alleviating acid soil stress in cowpea with a local population of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi


Mei-Rong Xu, Casiana M Vera Cruz, Bin-Ying Fu, Ling-Hua Zhu, Yong-Li Zhou and Zhi-Kang Li

Different patterns of gene expression in rice varieties undergoing a resistant or susceptible interaction with the bacterial leaf streak pathogen


Hasan Akgul, Demet Yilmazkaya and C. Cem Ergul

New microfungi records on pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) from Gaziantep province of Turkey


Zurong Zhang, Wei Qiang, Xiaoqiang Liu, Chunxian Yang, Yufan Fu, Min Chen, Lingjiang Zeng, Weiqiang Wang and Zhihua Liao

Molecular cloning and characterization of the chalcone isomerase gene from sweetpotato


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Nenad Stavretović, and Jovana Stevanović

Invasive plant species in lawns of Belgrade roads


Javed Kamal

Impact of allelopathy of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) roots extract on physiology of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)


Mohammad Mirjalili, Mahmood B. Tabatabai and Loghman Karimi

Novel herbal adsorbent based on wheat husk for reactive dye removal from aqueous solutions


Bing-Hua Liao, Sheng-Yan Ding, Guo-Fu Liang, Yi-Li Guo, Li Tian, Si Shu, Yang Zhang and Huai-Xu Hu

Dynamics of plant functional groups composition along environmental gradients in the typical area of Yi-Luo River watershed


Hui Li, Jin Zhou, Rui Shi and Wuyong Chen

Identification of fungi from children's shoes and application of a novel antimicrobial agent on shoe insole


Mahmoudi Hela, Nasri Nawel, Tarchoune Imen, Zargouni Hanen, Ben salah Imen, Ben Massoud Raouia, Baatour Olfa, Kaddour Rym, Ben Nasri Ayachi Mouhiba, Hannoufa Abdelali, Mokhtar Lachaâl and Zeineb Ouerghi.

Salt stress induced changes in germination, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant activities in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) seedlings


Halimatun Saadiah Hafid, Nor ‘Aini Abdul Rahman, Suraini Abd-Aziz, and Mohd Ali Hassan

Enhancement of organic acids production from model kitchen waste via anaerobic digestion


Youbao Wang, Jiemin Tao and Jie Dai

Lead tolerance and detoxification mechanism of Chlorophytum comosum


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Samreen Rasul, Muhammad Anjum Zia, Munir Ahmad Sheikh and Tehreema Iftikhar.

Enhanced production and characterization of a novel ß-D-glucose:oxygen-1-oxidoreductase by using Aspergillus niger UV-180-C mutant strain


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 
Xiaolong Shao and Yunfei Li

Quality control of fresh sweet corn in controlled freezing-point storage


Satilmiş Ürgün and Sencer Buzrul

Use of genetic algorithms for high hydrostatic pressure inactivation of microorganisms


Babangida Lawal Yusuf and Yong He

Design, development and techniques for controlling grains post-harvest losses with metal silo for small and medium scale farmers



Shahid Akbar Khalil, Abdus Sattar and Roshan Zamir

Development of sparse-seeded mutant kinnow (Citrus reticulata Blanco) through budwood irradiation


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Mairim Russo Serafini, Claudio Moreira de Lima, Rodrigo Correia Santos, Grace Anne Azevedo Dória, Josepha Yohanna de Jesus, Marcelia Garcez Dória de Melo, Joao Paulo Almeida dos Santos, Thallita Kelly Rabelo, Vanessa Silveira Fortes, Maria José Vieira Fonseca, Ricardo Luiz Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Junior, Lucindo José Quintans-Júnior and Adriano Antunes de Souza Araújo

Pre-clinical toxicity of Morinda citrifolia Linn. leaf extract


Siavash Hosseinpour Chermahini and Fadzilah Adibah Abdul Majid

Cosmeceutical values, antimicrobial activities and antioxidant properties of cashew leaves extract


Zhang Yan, Sui da-yun, Zhou Jing-shu and Zhou Hong-li

Microwave-assisted extraction and antihyperlipidemic effect of total flavonoids from corn silk


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Daniel Dias Rufino Arcanjo, Nelma Neylanne Pinho Muniz Oliveira, Edson Santos Ferreira-Filho, Danielly Albuquerque da Costa, Mariana Helena Chaves, Antônio Carlos Romao Borges, Aldeídia Pereira de Oliveira and Rita de Cássia Meneses Oliveira

Vasorelaxant response induced by Sida santaremnensis H. Monteiro ethanol extract on rat superior mesenteric artery


Xiu-Mei Duan, Jing Huang, Hong-Xi Ma, Xiao-Qi Wang, Yuan-Yuan Che, Yan Tan and Yin-Ping Wang

A flow cytometric assay for simultaneously measuring the proliferation and cytotoxicity of cytokine induced killer cells in combination with carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester (CFSE) labeling


Ali M. Bahrami

Pathology of worm infestation in ovine and its treatment with two different plants extraction


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

Mutation analysis of the negative regulator cyclin G2 in gastric cancer


Samie, A. and Shivambu, N.

Biofilm production and antibiotic susceptibility profiles of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from HIV and AIDS patients in the Limpopo Province, South Africa


Sheng-tan Zhang, Zhao-yu Wang, Guo-hua Cheng, Tie-shan Wang, Zheng Ni and Jing-ming Lin

Optimization for ultra high pressure extraction of Scutellaria barbata by central composite design-response surface methodology


Brice W. Obiang-Obounou, Jang-Gi Choi, Young-Seob Lee, Ok-Hwa Kang, You-Chang Oh, Joon-Ho Keum, Lamidi Maroufath, Jung-Rae Rho, Dong-Won Shin and Dong-Yeul Kwon

In vitro activity of certain antimicrobial agents in combination with Augouardia letestii hexane extracts against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus


ENTOMOLOGY

 
Hamed A. Ghramh

Description of a new species of the genus Phanerotoma Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and a key to Saudi Arabian species


FISHERY SCIENCE

 
Fateme Khajepour and Seyed Abbas Hosseini

Effect of dietary citric acid supplementation and partial replacement of dietary fish meal with soybean meal on calcium and phosphorus of muscle, scute and serum of Beluga, Huso huso


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Khawaja Raees Ahmad, Muhammad Zaheer, Shafaat Yar Khan, Hafiz Muhammad Tahir, Kausar Raees, Muhammad Arshad and Tahir Abbas

Effects of diazinon on the ovarian micro-anatomical and micrometric parameters of pregnant mice


Byung Uk Kim, Mi Ae Jeong, Yeon Sun Ryu, Hwa Chun Park, Jong Hyun Jung, Sam Woong Kim, Chul Wook Kim, Young Min Song, Ki Hwa Chung, Il Suk Kim, Sang Keun Jin, Sang Suk Lee, In Soon Choi and Kwang Keun Cho

Comparative proteomic analysis of the effects of dietary mugwort (Artemisia iwayomogi Kitamura) on the pig Longissimus dorsi muscle


Ogbu, C. C. and Ugwu, S. O. C.

Evaluation of pre-mating reproductive isolation in Archachatina marginata from three populations in the humid tropics


M. Bayeriyar, A. H. Khaltabadi Farahani and H. Moradi Shahrbabak

Estimation of genetic parameters for economic important traits in Moghani Iranian sheep


Yin Dai, Xuelan Liu, Hong Ye, Fangfang Chen, Shengjie Liu and Weiyi Yu

cDNA cloning and polymorphic domains of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I? in two Chinese native chicken breeds

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African Journal of Biotechnology - 10 (66), 2011


Contents:

 
Review

 
D. Singh, A. Kumar, Ashok Kumar, P. Chauhan, V. Kumar, N. Kumar, A. Singh, N. Mahajan, P. Sirohi, S. Chand, B. Ramesh, J. Singh, P. Kumar, R. Kumar, R.B. Yadav and R. K. Naresh

Marker assisted selection and crop management for salt tolerance: A review


Research Articles


GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
Sami Souid, Dalel Brahmi, Jean-Antoine Lepesant and Lazhar Zourgui

Cactus (Opuntia ficus indica) extract improves endoplasmic reticulum stress in Drosophila melanogaster


Muhammad Sohail Afzal, Sadia Anjum, Amna Salman, Sajjad Ashraf, Zia Ur Rehman Farooqi, Tahir Ahmed, Yasir waheed and Ishtiaq Qadri

Interleukin-10 gene promoter polymorphism as a potential host susceptibility factor in Pakistani patients with pulmonary tuberculosis


C. Han, J. M. Xu, Z. H. Du, G. Y. Li, B. S. Zeng, S. J. Wu and W. Wang

Polyploidy induction of clone of Eucalyptus grandis with colchicine


K.P. Chong, M.S. Lum, C.P. Foong, C.M.V.L. Wong, M. Atong and S. Rossall

First identification of Ganoderma boninense isolated from Sabah based on PCR and sequence homology


Y. X. Luo, D. Z. Du, G. Fu2, L. Xu, X. P. Li, X. R. Xing, Y. M Yao, X. M. Zhang, Z. Zhao and H. D. Liu

Inheritance of leaf color and sequence-related amplified polymorphic (SRAP) molecular markers linked to the leaf color gene in Brassica juncea


Yan Jiang and Jin-Ping Liu

Analysis of genetic diversity of Piper spp. in Hainan Island (China) using inter-simple sequence repeat ISSR markers


Xiaoxia Han, Lei Li, Lingling Cui, JunJie Xing, Li Tang and Mengliang Cao

Isolation of candidate disease resistance genes from enrichment library of Oryza minuta based on conserved domains


Bilal Ahmad Mir, Sushma Koul, Arun Kumar, M. K. Kaul, A. S. Soodan and S. N. Raina

Assessment and characterization of genetic diversity in Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal using RAPD and AFLP markers


Muhammad Sajjad Iqbal, Abdul Ghafoor, Inamullah, Fida Muhammad Abbasi, Afsari S. Qureshi and Habib Ahmad

Study of nutritional characteristics, mineral nutrients and agro-biodiversity in black cumin (Nigella sativa L.) genotypes from Pakistan


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Quan Zhao, Chang-Qing Duan and Jun Wang

Components of non-anthocyanin phenolic compounds in wines of Vitis amurensis and its hybrids


Yang Xi-wen, Tian Xiao-hong, Lu Xin-chun, Gale William J and Cao Yu-xian.

Foliar zinc fertilization improves the zinc nutritional value of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grain


Fang Yuan, Quan Wang, Qifang Pan, Guofeng Wang, Jingya Zhao, Yuesheng Tian and Kexuan Tang

An efficient somatic embryogenesis based plant regeneration from the hypocotyl of Catharanthus roseus


Wenting, Han and Pute, Wu

Evaluation model development for sprinkler irrigation uniformity based on catch-can data


Guo-Qing Zhuang, Bin Li, Hong-Ying Guo, Jun-Li Liu and Fang Chen

Molecular cloning and characterization of P5CS gene from Jatropha curcas L.


Mehdi Dahmardeh, Lila Mehravaran and Saleheh Naderi

Eucalyptus plantlet growth in relation to foliar application with complete fertilizers in Southeast of Iran


Kun Yuan, Xuan Ding, Li-Fu Yang, Zhen-Hui Wang, Wei-Fu Lin and Jian-Hua Cao

Proteome analysis of interaction between rootstocks and scions in Hevea brasiliensis


Koksal Aydinsakir, Ismail Hakki Tuzel and Dursun Buyuktas

The effects of different irrigation levels on flowering and flower quality of carnation (Dianthus caryophllus L.) irrigated by drip irrigation


Yonghui Yang, Jicheng Wu, and Pute Wu

Effects of superabsorbent polymer on the physiological characteristics of wheat under drought stress and rehydration


Iraj Zarei, Ghadir Mohammadi, Yousef Sohrabi, Danial Kahrizi, E.M. Khah and Kheirollah Yari

Effect of different hydropriming times on the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)


Hanaa Mahdy Abouzied

Assessment of genetic diversity among wheat somaclonal variants lines using morphological traits and molecular markers


Chen Zhi-hong, Wang Zan, Yun Xu-jiang, Li Xiang-fang and Gao Hong-wen

Physiological and biochemical responses of ultra-dry storage of Elymus dahuricus seeds


Zahra Khodarahmpour and Mohammad Motamedi

Evaluation of drought and salinity stress effects on germination and early growth of two cultivars of maize (Zea mays L.)


R. Amooaghaie and M. Valivand

The combined effect of gibberellic acid and long time osmopriming on seed germination and subsequent seedling growth of Klussia odoratissima Mozaff.


Ogbonna, P. E. and Umar-Shaaba, Y. G.

Yield responses of sesame (Sesamium indicum L) to rates of poultry manure application and time of planting in a derived savannah ecology of south eastern Nigeria


Lei Wang, Hong-Ling Wang, Chuan-Hua Yin and Chang-Yan Tian

Cold stratification, but not stratification in salinity, enhances seedling growth of wheat under salt treatment


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Fatih Sivrikaya

TThe importance of spatial accuracy in characterizing stand types using remotely sensed data


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Veena, V., Poornima, P., Parvatham, R., Sivapriyadharsini and Kalaiselvi, K.

Isolation and characterization of ß-glucosidase producing bacteria from different sources


Gang Zhang, Guang Yang, Ying Li and Jilun Li

Purification and characterization of a novel 1,3-propanediol oxidoreductase from Klebsiella oxytoca


Angela Faustino Jozala, Daniel P. Silva, António A. Vicente, José A. Teixeira, Adalberto Pessoa Júnior and Thereza C. V. Penna

Processing of byproducts to improve nisin production by Lactococcus lactis


Bülent Çetin

Production of probiotic mixed pickles (Turşu) and microbiological properties


FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

 
Sajad Fatemi, Mehrdad Jafarpour, Shahin Eghbalsaied, Abbas Rezapour and Hasan Borji

Effect of essential oils of Thymus vulgaris and Mentha piperita on the control of green mould and postharvest quality of Citrus Sinensis cv. Valencia


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 
Pitchaon Maisuthisakul and Michael H. Gordon

Effect of oil, surfactant and phenolic extract from mango seed kernel on the physicochemical properties of water–oil–water (W/O/W) emulsions


L. Tao, Z. Yu, X. S. Guo and H. Zhou

Ensiling and in vitro digestibility characteristics of Ceratoides arborescens treated with lactic acid bacteria inoculants and cellulase


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY



 
H. Saremi, M. E. Amiri and J. Ashrafi

Epidemiological aspects of bean decline disease caused by Fusarium species and evaluation of the bean resistant cultivars to disease in Northwest Iran


Afifa Belaid and Khaled Hani

Antiviral and antifungal activity of some dermaseptin S4 analogues


Yu Xin, Hailin Yang, Xiaole Xia, Ling Zhang, Yuran Zhang, Yanjun Tong, Yi Chen and Wu Wang

Expression and comparison of recombinant cholesterol oxidases (COD) in Escherichia coli with native cholesterol oxidase expressed in Brevibacterium sp.


Saniye Bilici, Gamze Akbulut, Nilüfer Acar tek, Hilal Yildiran, Eda Koksal, Makbule Gezmen Karadag and Nevin Sanlier

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome using NCEP-ATPIII and international dietetics federation (IDF) definitions: A cross- sectional study in Turkish adults


Ani, A. O. and Ugwuowo, L. C.

Response of weaner rabbits to diets containing graded levels of processed velvet beans (Mucuna pruriens)


Ahou Rachel Koumi, Kouamé Mathias Koffi, Boua Celestin Atsé and Lucien Patrice Kouame

Growth, feed efficiency and carcass mineral composition of Heterobranchus longifilis, Oreochromis niloticus and Sarotherodon melanotheron juveniles fed different dietary levels of soybean meal-based diets.


Qiuyu Xia, Rui Li, Songlin Zhao, Weijun Chen, Hua Chen, Bo Xin, Yulin Huang and Minmin Tang

Chemical composition changes of post-harvest coconut inflorescence sap during natural fermentation


Ogbe, Raphael John, Abu, Adakole Hyacinth, Eustace, Bonghan Berinyuy and Ochalefu Dickson Owoicho

Safety evaluation of hydroalcoholic extract of Cochlospermum planchonii rhizome in rats


Lifang Si, Chunsheng Gao, Xiangchao Cheng, Wen Deng, Jin Zhao and Shulin Chen

The effects of interferon-gamma (INF-?) on the expression of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) in uterus, ovaries and peripheral blood of rats in early pregnancy


K. Muthu and P. Krishnamoorthy

Evaluation of androgenic activity of Mucuna pruriens in male rats


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
V.O. Njoku, C. Obi and O.M. Onyema

Phytochemical constituents of some selected medicinal plants


Se Won Kang, Ji Eun Jeong, Chan-Hee Kim, Sang-Haeng Choi, Sung-Hwa Chae, Sung Ah Jun, Hee-Jae Cha, Jae-Hyung Kim, Young-Min Lee, Jun-Sang Lee, Yeon Soo Han, Inho Choi, Hong-Seog Park, Bok Luel Lee and Yong Seok Lee

Gene expression profiles in adenosine-treated human mast cells


Mogale, M. A, Lebelo, S. L., Thovhogi, N, de Freitas A. N. and Shai, L. J

?-Amylase and ?-glucosidase inhibitory effects of Sclerocarya birrea [(A. Rich.) Hochst.] subspecies caffra (Sond) Kokwaro (Anacardiaceae) stem-bark extracts


Yang Lin, Manhua Cui, Yanyu Shi, Fengwen Wang, Quyuan Wang and Hong Teng

Increased COX-2 expression in patients with ovarian cancer


Xue-Feng Lian, Chuan-Xing YU, Xiao-Li He, Jun-Jin Lin,Yi-Zhong Chen and Ling Zhu

Construction of lentiviral shRNA expression vector targeting phospholipase D2 (PLD2) gene


ENTOMOLOGY

 
K. Tamilarasan and M. Dharmendira Kumar

Optimization of medium components and operating conditions for the production of solvent-tolerant lipase by Bacillus sphaericus MTCC 7542


FISHERY SCIENCE

 
O. M. Olarinmoye, V. O. Taiwo, E. O. Clarke, C. A. Kumolu-Johnson, O. J. Aderinola and F. Adekunbi

Hepatic pathologies in the brackish water catfish (Chrysicthys nigrodigitatus) from contaminated locations of the Lagos lagoon complex


Orhan Demir and Gürkan Diken

Effects of commercial enrichment products on fatty acid components of rotifer, Brachionus plicatilis


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Ming-Jun Zhu, Zhi-Sheng Zhu and Xu-Hui Li

Bioconversion of paper sludge with low cellulosic content to ethanol by separate hydrolysis and fermentation


PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE

 
Zhang Feng-Chun, Zhao Meng, Yin Dandan, Luo Su and Chen Xia

Study on the differences in chemical compositions of various medicinal parts of Rumex patientia in different growth years by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Y. Ebrahim Nezhad, J. Ghyasi Gale-Kandi, T. Farahvash and A. R. Yeganeh

Effect of combination of citric acid and microbial phytase on digestibility of calcium, phosphorous and mineralization parameters of tibia bone in broilers


N. Du Rand and M. D. Laing

Sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) of crude extracted insecticidal crystal proteins of Bacillus thuringiensis and Brevibacillus laterosporus

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Contents:

Review


Kohan, Eisa and Bagherieh-Najjar, Mohammad B.

DRE-binding Transcription factor (DREB1A) as a master regulator induced a broad range of abiotic stress tolerance in plant


Research Articles

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
Y. M. S. Al-Barzinji, S. Lababidi, B. Rischkowsky, A. A. Al-Rawi, M. Tibbo, Halima Hassen and M. Baum

Assessing genetic diversity of Hamdani sheep breed in Kurdistan region of Iraq using microsatellite markers


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Xia Yan, Liang He, Guannan Song and Ruihong Wang

Antagonistic bioactivity of endophytic strains isolated from Salvia miltiorrhiza


Ilknur Korkutal, Gulderen Kaygusuz and Secil Bayram.

Different effect of scion types on callusing in bench grafting


Shahid Akbar Khalil, Roshan Zamir, Nisar Ahmad, Muhammad Sajid, Hina Fazal, Mubarak Ali Khan, Nighat seema and Riaz Alam

In vitro regeneration of plantlets from unpollinated ovary culture in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck)


Dong Yong Shin, Eun Soo Seong, Jong Kuk Na, Ji Hye Yoo, Won Hee Kang, Bimal Kumar Ghimire, Jung Dae Lim and Chang Yeon Yu

Conditions for regeneration and transformation of Solanum tuberosum cultivars using the cotton glutathione S-transferase (Gh-5) gene


Ugur Şirin

Determining the effects of Trichoderma harzianum and some mycorrhizal fungi on plant growth and against Rhizoctania solani Kühn in Lilium under in vivo conditions


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Ramya Thangarajan, Eric M. Adetutu, Robert B. Moore, S. T. Ogunbanwo and Andrew S. Ball

Comparison between different bio-treatments of a hydrocarbon contaminated soil from a landfill site


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Yang Mingyan, Zeng Xianlai, Tianjia and Zhang Xiaoqi

Screening of complex thermophilic microbial community and application during municipal solid waste aerobic composting


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Nadeem Ahmed, Mohsin Ahmad Khan, Naila Shahid, Idrees Ahmed Nasir and Ahmad Usman Zafar

One step purification of biological active human interleukin-2 protein produced in yeast (Pichia Pastoris)


Vladimir Filipović, Stevan Radivojević, Jean Andrei, Jonel Subić and Vladan Ugrenović

Non-sugar matter as an indicator of technological value in different sugar beet genotypes


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Elham Farsi, Armaghan Shafaei, Sook Yee Hor, Mohamed B. Khadeer Ahamed, Mun Fei Yam, Idress Hamad Attitalla, Mohd. Z. Asmawi and Zhari Ismail

Correlation between enzymes inhibitory effects and antioxidant activities of standardized fractions of methanolic extract obtained from Ficus deltoidea leaves


ENTOMOLOGY


Fouzia Tine-Djebbar, Aicha Beya Larhem and Noureddine Soltani

Enzyme immunoassay measurements of the molting hormone in different post-embryonic stages of two mosquito species, Culex pipiens and Culiseta longiareolata


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
J. Oyebamiji Babalola, N. Adesola Babarinde and A. Idowu Adeogun

The reactivity of CysF9[93]ß sulphydryl group of des-HisHC3[146]ß human haemoglobin A


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Tohid Vahdatpour, Hossein Nikpiran, Arman Moshaveri, Alireza Ahmadzadeh, Seyyed Reza Riyazi and Sina Vahdatpour

Effects of active, inactive and compounded Saccharomyces cerevisiae on growth-related hormones and performance of Japanese quails (Coturnix Japonica)


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Contents:

Research Articles

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
N. A. Adesola Babarinde, J. Oyebamiji Babalola and Simonetta Croci

Inositol-P6 induced structural changes in duck major haemoglobin


Sadia Ali, Ambreen Ijaz, Amina Zafar, Asma Ashraf, Muhammad Yunus, Zafar Iqbal, Shahid Nadeem and Muhammad Ibrahim Rajoka.

Investigation of simple sequence repeats (SSR) marker-assisted genetic diversity among upland Bt- and non Bt-cotton varieties


Shuyan Guan, Piwu Wang, Huijing Liu, Guangna Liu, Yiyong Ma, and Lina Zhao

Production of high-amylose maize lines using RNA interference in sbe2a


Siti Sarah Jumali, Ikram Mohd Said, Syarul Nataqain Baharum, Ismanizan Ismail, Zuraida Ab. Rahman and Zamri Zainal

Molecular cloning and characterization of strictosidine synthase, a key gene in biosynthesis of mitragynine from Mitragyna speciosa


Khadija Fares, Ferdaous Guasmi, Leila touil, Sawsen Drine,Tebra triki and Ali Ferchichi

Genetic variability of some cultivars of pistachio tree based in composition of vitamins


Dong Chun-lin, Zhang Ming-yi, Zhang Yan-qin, Yang Li-li, Liang Gai-mei, Sun Jie, Lin Zhong-ping and Gou Jjian-fang

Transformation of trehalose synthase gene (TPS Gene) into corn inbred line and identification of drought tolerance


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Parvez Anwar, Abdul Shukor Juraimi, Adam Puteh, Ahmad Selamat, Azmi Man and Abdul Hakim

Seeding method and rate influence on weed suppression in aerobic rice


Márkilla Zunete Beckmann-Cavalcante, Genilda Canuto Amaral, Alcilane Arnaldo Silva, Ítalo Herbert Lucena Cavalcante, Marluce Pereira Damasceno Lima.

Alternative substrates for production of Heliconia psittacorum L. seedlings under shade and open field conditions


Shazma Anwar, Mohammad Shafi, Jehan Bakht, Mohammad Tariq Jan and Yousaf Hayat

Effect of salinity and seed priming on growth and biochemical parameters of different barely genotypes


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Darío Spelzini, Beatriz Farruggia, Nelson Perez Guerra, Maria Luisa Rua and Lorenzo Pastrana

Production of aspartic peptidases by Aspergillus spp. using tuna cooked wastewater as nitrogen source and further extraction using aqueous two phase system


M. Jayakumar, T. Sivakami, D. Ambika and N. Karmegam.

Effect of turkey litter (Meleagris gallopavo L.) vermicompost on growth and yield characteristics of paddy, Oryza sativa (ADT-37)


M. J. Kwak, S. H. Lee and S. Y. Woo

Physiological and biochemical traits of different water and light intensities on cork oak (Quercus suber L.) seedlings


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Benson Chuks Iweriebor, Tracy Masebe, Julius Nwobegahay, Jeffrey M. Mphahlele and Pascal Obong Bessong

Impact of nucleotide polymorphisms at drug resistance sites on genetic barrier in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype C resistance evolution


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 
Hilaire Nahimana, Arun S. Mujumdar and Min Zhang

Drying and radial shrinkage characteristics and changes in color and shape of carrot tissues (Daucus carota L) during air drying


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Alam Zeb

Effects of ß-carotene on the thermal oxidation of fatty acids


El-Baz, A. F., Shetaia, Y. M. and Elkhouli, R. R..

Xylitol production by Candida tropicalis under different statistically optimized growth conditions


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

Study of biosorptive potential in the peel of Citrus reticulata, Punica granatum, Daucus carota and Momordica charantia


Saenphoom, P., J. B. Liang, Y. W. Ho, T. C. Loh and M. Rosfarizan

Effect of enzyme treatment on chemical composition and production of reducing sugars in palm (Elaeis guineenis) kernel expeller


Shun-ming Tang, Zhiyong Qiu, Qiao-ling Zhao, Yong-zhu Yi and Zhi-fang Zhang

Characteristic analysis of heat-shock-cognate 70-4 gene promoter from silkworm, Bombyx mori (Bmhsc70-4)


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY


Liqin Zhu, Huiming Wang, Junhua Xu, Jun Lin and Xiaoxiang Wang

Effects of nacre-coated titanium surfaces on cell proliferation and osteocalcin expression in MG-63 osteoblast-like cells


Raenu Yucharoen, Sunee Chansakaow and Yingmanee Tragoolpua

Inhibitory effect of aromatic herbs, lavender, sage and chamomile against herpes simplex virus infection


ENTOMOLOGY


Aquino Bolanos T, Ruiz Vega J, Giron Pablo S, Pérez Pacheco R, Martínez Tomas SH, and Silva Rivera M.E

Interrelationships of the agave weevil Scyphophorus acupunctatus (Gyllenhal), Erwinia carotovora (Dye), entomopathogenic agents and agrochemicals


FISHERY SCIENCE

 
Hakki Dereli and Mustafa Erdem

Spawning period and first maturity size of deep water rose shrimp (Parapenaeus longirostris) in the Aegean Sea


Wu-Shan Chu, Yi-You Hou, Yih-Tsong Ueng, Jiang-Ping Wang and Hung-Cheng Chen

Estimates of age, growth and mortality of spotted catfish, Arius maculatus (Thunberg, 1792), off the Coast of Yunlin, Southwestern Taiwan
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Mehdi Raissy and Mahsa Ansari

Histopathological changes in the gills of naturally-infected Capoeta aculeata (Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1844) with parasites


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Soo Jin Kim, Jong-Man Jeong, Sangeun Lee, Keun Yong Ryu, Hyun Suk Jung and Hee-Seok Kweon

Applicable technical method for lower temperature freeze-substitution of cryo-fixed cells


Mingxiong Pang, J. McD. Stewart and Jinfa Zhang

A mini-scale hot borate method for the isolation of total RNA from a large number of cotton tissue samples


AQUACULTURE

 
Juan Sui, Qinghua Liu, Tao He, Zhizhong Xiao, Shihong Xu, Daoyuan Ma, Yongshuang Xiao, Fan Lin and Jun Li

Analysis of the early development in first and backcross generations between Paralichthys olivaceus and Paralichthys dentatus


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Mahdieh Senemari, Majid Kalantar, saeed khalajzadeh and Mohsen Gholizadeh

Genetic and phenotypic parameters of body weight in Zandi sheep


Farshid Kheiri, Javad Pourreza, Yahya Ebrahimnezhad, Kambiz Nazeradl and Sayed Mohammad Ali Jalali Haji-abadi

Effects of supplemental ractopamine and L-carnitine on growth performance, blood biochemical parameters and carcass traits of male broiler chicks


Abd El-Rahman, H. H., A. A. Abedo, Fatma M. Salman, M. I. Mohamed and M. M. Shoukry

Partial substitution of cumin seed meal by Jatropha meal as a potential protein source for feed


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Contents:


Research Articles

 
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 
Antonio Teixeira do Amaral Júnior, Érica Cristina de Oliveira, Leandro Simoes Azeredo Gonçalves, Carlos Alberto Scapim, Liliam Silvia Candido, Thiago Rodrigues da Conceiçao Silva, Cássio Vittorazzi and Keila Silva da Cunha

Assessment of genetic diversity among maize accessions using inter simple sequence repeats (ISSR) markers


Peng Wang, Rui-Rui Su, Ji-Yang Zheng, Shuang-Huai Cheng and Guo-Ping Zhu

Molecular cloning and phylogenetic analysis of a novel BURP domain-containing gene from Camellia sinensis


Sahib Gul Afridi, Habib Ahmad, Mukhtar Alam, Imtiaz Ahmed Khan and Mukhtiar Hassan

DNA landmarks for genetic diversity assessment in tea genotypes using RAPD markers


Burcu Tarikahya Hacioglu and Sadik Erik

Phylogeny of Symphytum L. (Boraginaceae) with special emphasis on Turkish species


Li Li, Wei Liu, Yin-Bing Bian and Yang Xiao

Development of species-specific primers for identifying Auricularia auricula-judae using intergenic spacer 1 (IGS1) sequences


Reza Nahavandi, Parivash Hafezamini and Mariana Nor Shamsudin

Genetic diversity of intensive cultured and wild tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon (Fabricius) in Malaysia using microsatellite markers


Wei Le, Qiuming Chen, Junhai Qian, Chunyan Li, Shengdao Dan, Denglong Wu, LiHe Guo and JinFu Zhang

Analysis of sex chromosomal constitution in sperm from a 47, XYY/46, XY male by using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)


PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 
Cheng Zhi-hui, Wang Chun-hui, Xiao Xue-mei and Muhammad Azam Khan

Allelopathic effects of decomposing garlic stalk on some vegetable crops


Yong-Gui Pan and Xin-Hua Liu

Effect of benzo-thiadiazole-7-carbothioic acid S-methyl ester (BTH) treatment on the resistant substance in postharvest mango fruits of different varieties


Muhammad Essa, Syed Moazzam Nizami, Sarwat N. Mirza, Irshad A. Khan and Mohammad Athar

Contribution of agroforestry in farmers’ livelihood and its impact on natural forest in northern areas of Pakistan


Azeem Khan, Muhammad Islam, Inam-ul-Haq, Sarfraz Ahmad, Ghazanfar Abbas and Mohammad Athar

Technology transfer for cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) production under protected agriculture in uplands Balochistan, Pakistan


Hatice Demiray, Aylin E. Dereboylu, Filiz Altan and Ali Zeytünlüoglu

Identification of proteins involved in excess boron stress in roots of carrot (Daucus carota L.) and role of niacin in the protein profiles


Ji-zhan Liu, Yang Hu, Xiu-qiong Xu and Ping-ping Li

Feasibility and influencing factors of laser cutting of tomato peduncles for robotic harvesting


ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
J. Kassongo and C. A. Togo

Evaluation of full-strength paper mill effluent for electricity generation in mediator-less microbial fuel cells


Salih Aydemir and Halime Sünger (Akil)

Bioreclamation effect and growth of a leguminous forage plant (Lotus corniculatus) in calcareous saline-sodic soil


INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 
Mohamed E. A. Dawoud and Amira M. Abu Taleb

Evaluation of nutritional substrate and physical stress (gamma irradiation) in b-glucan productivity by mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)


Claude Ghislaine Kouadjo and Adolphe Zeze

Chromium tolerance and reduction potential of Staphylococci species isolated from a fly ash dumping site in South Africa


Özgür Karamanli Şekeroglu, Eser Eke Bayramoglu and Gonca Telli Yamamoto

Determination of the effectiveness of organosulfur compound in the leather industry by adenosine triphosphate (ATP) luminometer


FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

 
A. R. Shahab Lavasani, M. R. Ehsani, S. Mirdamadi and S. M. Mousavi

Effect of Bifidobacterium lactis on some physico-chemical and organoleptical properties of Lighvan cheese


FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 
Flora J. Chadare, Jochem Jonkman, Judith Wolkers-Rooijackers, Martinus J. R. Nout, Joseph D. Hounhouigan and Marcel H. Zwietering

Microbiota of Tayohounta, a fermented baobab flavour food of Benin


APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 
Atusa Vaziri, Nasrin Motamed, Ali-Reza Abbasi, Beniamin Yazdani and Vahid Niknam

Aging and some physiological and biochemical characteristics of two Aelorupus species


MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 
Nweze NE, Anene BM and Asuzu IU

In vitro anti-trypanosomal activities of crude extracts, ß-sitosterol and ?-sulphur from Buchholzia coriacea seed


Liang Xiangdang, Guo Zhanshe and Sun Geng

Design and research of a new kind of minimally invasive fixation device in orthopaedics


BIOTECHNIQUES

 
Jun Tao, Liqin Yu, Fen Kong and Daqiu Zhao

Effects of plant growth regulators on in vitro propagation of Cymbidium faberi Rolfe


Zhang Yinglong, Zhang Haibo, Zhu Youshuang and Huang Feng

The effect of laccase on cellulase-treated lignin in 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride/H2O homogeneous and H2O heterogeneous solutions


Bo Diao, Ying Liu, Yi Zhang and Guo-zheng Xu

A graph-clustering approach to search important molecular markers and pathways of Parkinson’s disease


ANIMAL SCIENCE

 
Ali Ahmad Alaw Qotbi, Saeed Najafi, Omid Ahmadauli, Enayat Rahmatnejad and Masumeh Abbasinezhad

Investigation of poultry housing capacity on energy efficiency of broiler chickens production in tropical areas


Fatemeh Ghasemian, Mahnaz Azarnia, Abtin Heidarzadeh, Shervin Ghadarjani and Mohammad Hadi Bahadori

High efficacy of fibroblast and hepatocyte growth factors on the in vitro blastocyst production of post-thaw mouse two-cell embryo: The cryotop method

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