African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - 4 (11-12), 2010

Contents [4 (11), 2010]:


Fokunang C. N., Tembe-Fokunang E. A., Ngameni B., Barkwan S. S., Tomkins P. T, Asongalem E. A., Ngadjui B. T., Ngogang J. Y., Abena O. M. T. and Asonganyi T.

Toxicogenomics revolution in the optimisation of pharmaceutical drug development and drug safety evaluations


Ruzila, I, Zeenathul, N.A, Nik-Mohd-Afizan, N.A.R, Sheikh-Omar, A.R., NorHidayah, M1 and Mohd-Azmi, M.L

Tissue distribution of intramuscularly and intratumouraly administered DNA plasmid harbouring apoptotic gene in mice


Senay Cetinkaya Yusuf Karataş A. Bülent Antmen and S. Emre Alhan

Knowledge and behavior of the pediatricians on rational use of antibiotics


Noumi Emmanuel

Ethno medicines used for treatment of prostatic disease in Foumban, Cameroon


Nipapan Malisorn, Noppawan P. Morales, Yupin Sanvarinda and Payong Wanikiat

17ß-estradiol attenuates LPS-induced interleukin-8 production by human peripheral blood monocytes through estrogen receptor-? activation


Ujowundu C. O., Kalu F. N., Emejulu A. A., Okafor O. E., Nkwonta C. G. and Nwosunjoku E. C.

Evaluation of the chemical composition of Mucuna utilis leaves used in herbal medicine in Southeastern Nigeria


S. Hemalatha, A. K. Wahi, P. N. Singh and J.P.N. Chansouria

Evaluation of anti-hyperglycemic and free radical scavenging activity of Melothria maderaspatana Linn. in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats


Neveen A. Noor

Anxiolytic action and safety of Kava: Effect on rat brain acetylcholinesterase activity and some serum biochemical parameters


Fahri Akçakoyun

Changes in serum lipid profile following moderate exercise


Siavash Hosseinpour Chermahini, Fadzilah Adibah Abd. Majid, Mohamad Roji Sarmidi, Ehsan Taghizadeh and Saleh Salehnezhad

Impact of saffron as an anti-cancer and anti-tumor herb



Contents [4 (12), 2010]:


Akshaya Pandey, Prateek Garg and R. Balaji Raja

Anticarcinogenic effect of turmeric on processed food products containing acrylamide


Figueroa-Valverde Lauro, Díaz-Cedillo Francisco, Lopez-Ramos Ma, Garcia-Cervera Elodia and Quijano A. Karen

Activity induced by dihydrotestosterone-dihydropyrimidine derivative on perfusion pressure and coronary resistance in isolated rat heart


Iroha I. R., ILang D. C., Ayogu T. E., Oji A. E. and Ugbo E. C.

Screening for anti-typhoid activity of some medicinal plants used in traditional medicine in Ebonyi state, Nigeria


Donglin Luo, Xiankai Huang, Baohua Liu, Xiaobao Ren, Renping Xiong, Tao Li and Guangyan Li

Role of glucocorticoid receptor and nuclear factor kappa B in rat hepatic injury after traumatic hemorrhagic shock


R. Chahine, J. Hanna, C. Bassil, N. Rihana, A. Mounayar and H. Greige

Beneficial effect of taurine in spontaneous hypertensive rats: Implication of its antioxidant activity


Mohanad Naji Sahib, Yusrida Darwis, Peh Kok Khiang and Yvonne Tze Fung Tan

Aerodynamic characterization of marketed inhaler dosage forms: High performance liquid chromatography assay method for the determination of budesonide


Pradeep Kumar, Sadhana Verma, Shraddha Singh, Sunita Tiwari and M. Y. Khan

Effect of Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis) gel extract on re-polarization state of myocardium in albino rat


Hürmüz Koç

A comparison of blood lipid levels of physical education and sports school students attending to different curriculum


G. Rajaram, P. Manivasagan, U. Gunasekaran, S. Ramesh, S. Ashokkumar, B. Thilagavathi and A. Saravanakumar

Isolation, identification and characterization of bacteriocin from Lactobacillus lactis and its antimicrobial and cytotoxic properties


Chen Xiaoxi

Identification of a bacterium that produced an anti-mycobacterium tuberculosis activity


Isoken H. Ogunmwonyi, Ntsikelelo Mazomba, Leonard Mabinya, Elvis Ngwenya, Ezekiel Green, David A. Akinpelu, Ademola O. Olaniran and Anthony I. Okoh

In vitro time-kill studies of antibacterial agents from putative marine Streptomyces species isolated from the Nahoon beach, South Africa




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African Journal of Biotechnology - 9 (54), 2010

Contents:

Fang Zhou, Firdose Ahmad Malik, Hua-jun Yang, Xing-hua Li, Bhaskar Roy and Yun-gen Miao

Application of short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) to study gene function in mammalian systems


Khalid Hussain, Khalid Nawaz, Abdul Majeed, Ikram-ul-Haq, Feng Lin, Kazim Ali, Shahid Afghan, Farah Khan, Abdul Ghani and Ghulam Raza

Molecular and biochemical characterization of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri pathotypes


Shiju Mathew

An overview on the allelic variant of CYP2D6 genotype


Li Shi-jie, Zhang Yi-gang, Liu Ru, Wang Lin-guang, Shi Huai-ling, Li Zhi-hong and Fu Qiang

Effect of eccentric and symmetry septal occluder closure on cardiac electrophysiology


Yubao Wang, Pute Wu, Xining Zhao and Jiming Jin

Division of the water-saving crop planning system in the Heihe River basin


Marcos Ribeiro da Silva Vieira, Viviane Citadini, Giuseppina Pace Pereira Lima, Ângela Vacaro de Souza and Leonardo de Souza Alves

Use of gibberellin in floriculture


Eziashi E and Omamor I

Lethal yellowing disease of the coconut palms (cocos nucifera l.): An overview of the crises


S. Nxawe, P. A. Ndakidemi and C. P. Laubscher

Possible effects of regulating hydroponic water temperature on plant growth, accumulation of nutrients and other metabolites


Adeniji, T.A., Tenkouano, A., Ezurike, J.N., Ariyo, C.O. and Vroh-Bi, I.

Value-adding post harvest processing of cooking bananas (Musa spp. AAB and ABB genome groups)


Fida M Abbasi, M. Tariq Khan, Farzana Perveen, Rabia Masood, Inamullah, Uzma Khan, Sadia Tabassum and Muqarrab Shah

Historical perspective of in situ hybridization for the analysis of genomic constitution of plants


Saeed Hajirezaee, Bagher Mojazi Amiri and Alireza Mirvaghefi

Fish milt quality and major factors influencing the milt quality parameters: A review


Laura Mejía-Teniente, Irineo Torres-Pacheco, Mario M. González-Chavira, Rosalía V. Ocampo-Velazquez, Gilberto Herrera-Ruiz, Angela María Chapa-Oliver and Ramón G. Guevara-González

Use of elicitors as an approach for sustainable agriculture


V. T. Sundaramurthy

The impacts of the transgenes on the modified crops, non-target soil and terrestrial organisms


Snežana Bogosavljević-Bošković, Zlatica Pavlovski, Milun D. Petrović, Vladimir Dosković and Simeon Rakonjac

Broiler meat quality: Proteins and lipids of muscle tissue


Teddie O. Rahube and Christopher K. Yost

Antibiotic resistance plasmids in wastewater treatment plants and their possible dissemination into the environment


Mongi Benjeddou

Solute carrier transporters: Pharmacogenomics research opportunities in Africa


Siddra Ijaz

Plant mitochondrial genome: “A sweet and safe home’’ for transgene


A. Sharifi, N. Moshtaghi and A. Bagheri

Agar alternatives for micropropagation of African violet (Saintpaulia ionantha)


Chimwamurombe Percy, Mapaure Isaac and Claassen Pamela

Understanding the relationship between indigenous (traditional) knowledge systems (IKS), and access to genetic resources and benefits sharing (ABS)


Bing-Hua Liao and Xiao-Hui Wang

Plant functional group classifications and a generalized hierarchical framework of plant functional traits


U. S. Bagde, Ram Prasad and Ajit Varma

Interaction of Mycobiont: Piriformospora Indica with Medicinal plants and plants of Economic importance


Magdalena Frac, Stefania Jezierska-Tys and Jerzy Tys

Microalgae for biofuels production and environmental applications: A review


Li-Song Chen, Yi-Ping Qi, Huan-Xin Jiang, Lin-Tong Yang and Gang-Hua Yang

Photosynthesis and photoprotective systems of plants in response to aluminum toxicity


Sima Moghaddaszadeh Ahrabi, Safar Farajnia, Ghodratollah Rahimi-Mianji, Soheila Montazer Saheb, Ardeshir Nejati-Javaremi

Whole genome amplification: Use of advanced isothermal method


Mei-Liang Zhou, Jiang-Tao Ma, Jun-Feng Pang, Zhan-Lu Zhang, Yi-Xiong Tang and Yan-Min Wu

Regulation of plant stress response by dehydration responsive element binding (DREB) transcription factors


Yi-Bo Zhang, Wei Wu and Wei Ding

From HAMLET to XAMLET: The molecular complex selectively induces cancer cell death


Zhang Tong, Wu Zhenfang, Chen Hui, Wu Qi, Tang Zizhong, Gou Junbo Wang Lihua, Hao Weiwei, Wang Chunmei and Li Chunmei

Progress in strategies for sequence diversity library creation for directed evolution


Shakir Ullah and Saba Haq

Structure and role of neutrophil cytosol factor 1 (NCF1) gene in various diseases


A. H. Ar-Rawi, M. Moghavvimi and W. Ibrahim

Novel idea to monitor and measure blood hemoglobin noninvasively


T. S. Workneh and G. Osthoff

A review on integrated agro-technology of vegetables