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       Table of Contents: 15 March 2010; 9 (11)

 

 

Reviews


Chalinee Ronpirin and Tewin Tencomnao

Psoriasis: A review of the role of serotonergic system

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1528-1534

 

Rongrong Liu, Qing Tian and Jihua Chen

The developments of anaerobic baffled reactor for wastewater treatment: A review

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1535-1542

 

Li Maoteng, Qian Wei, Chen Xin and Meng Jinling

The progress of intersubgenomic heterosis studies in Brassica napus

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1543-1550

 

Muhammad Ali, Malik Nawaz Shuja, Muhammad Zahoor, and Ishtiaq Qadrir

Phytic acid: How far have we come?

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1551-1554

 

Mathabatha Evodia Setati

Diversity and industrial potential of hydrolase-producing halophilic/halotolerant eubacteria        

[Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1555-1560

 

 

 

Research Articles

 

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 

Ning Hao, Yan Li, Ming Yan and Ping Kai Ouyang

Prediction and analysis of the secreteomic in Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1561-1567

 

Xin Qi, Josphert N. Kimatu, Zhihua Li1, Lili Jiang, Yue Cui and Bao Liu

Heterotic analysis using AFLP markers reveals moderate correlations between specific combining ability and genetic distance in maize inbred lines

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1568-1572

 

 
 

PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 

Chiejina, Nneka V. and Olufokunbi, Joseph Olumide

Effects of different substrates on the yield and protein content of Pleurotus tuberregium

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1573-1577

 

Bo Hu, Xiao-rong Wan, Xiao-hui Liu, Dong-liang Guo and Ling Li

Abscisic acid (ABA)-mediated inhibition of seed germination involves a positive feedback regulation of ABA biosynthesis in Arachis hypogaea L.

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1578-1586

 
Nurşen Çördük and Cüneyt Akı

Direct shoot organogenesis of Digitalis trojana Ivan., an endemic medicinal herb of Turkey

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1587-1591

 

Mohammad Karim Motamed

Role of cooperative companies in sustainable rice production and poverty alleviation in Guilan state of Iran

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1592-1599

 

Kwach, J. K., Odhiambo, G. O., Dida, M. M. and Gichuki, S. T.

Participatory consumer evaluation of twelve sweetpotato varieties in Kenya

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1600-1609

 

Zeki Mut, Ali Gülümser and Abdulveli Sirat

Comparison of stability statistics for yield in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1610-1618

 

Jing-Wei Jin, Yue-Fei Xu and Yuan-Fang Huang

Protective effect of nitric oxide against arsenic-induced oxidative damage in tall fescue leaves

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1619-1627

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

Murat Demir

Investigation of timber harvesting mechanization progress in Turkey

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1628-1634

 

 

 

INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

  

Koïche, M. and Dilmi Bouras, A.

Selection of local extremophile lactic acid bacteria with high capacity to degrade lactose: Potential use to reduce intolerance to lactose in vitro

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1635-1640

 

 

 

FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 

Neslihan Dikbas

Determination of antibiotic susceptibility and fatty acid methyl ester profiles of Bacillus cereus strains isolated from different food sources in Turkey

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1641-1647

 

 

 

APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

  

Ahmet Tutus, Saim Ates and Ilhan Deniz

Pulp and paper production from Spruce wood with kraft and modified kraft methods

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1648-1654

 

Nobakht, G. M., Kadir, M. A. and Stanslas, J.

Analysis of preliminary phytochemical screening of Typhonium flagelliforme

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1655-1657

 

 

 

MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

Odokuma, E. I., Akpuaka, F. C., Igbigbi, P. S., Otuaga, P. O. and Ejebe, D.

Patterns of cephalic indexes in three West African populations

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1658-1662

 

Qi Xiaojuan, Fu lei, Su Wen, Yi Yandong and Huang Hao

In vivo activities of Baicalin against Chlamydia trachomatis

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1663-1664 

 


 

ENTOMOLOGY

 

Muhammad Ashfaq, Wakeel Afzal and Muhammad Asif Hanif

Effect of Zn(II) deposition in soil on mulberry-silk worm food chain

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1665-1672

 

W. D. Dzemo, A. S. Niba and J. A. N. Asiwe

Effects of insecticide spray application on insect pest infestation and yield of cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] in the Transkei, South Africa

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1673-1679 

 

 

 

BIOTECHNIQUES

 

Ramakrishnan Nagasundara Ramanan, Tau Chuan Ling, Beng Ti Tey and Arbakariya B. Ariff

A simple method for quantification of interferon-α2b through surface plasmon resonance technique

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1680-1689

 

Xiaoling Li, Jun Hong, Fang Wang, Tong Wu and Xiang Zhang

Evaluation of human body comfortableness under vibrate condition by muscle oxygenation and surface electromyography (SEMG) parameter

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1690-1700 

 

 

 

PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE

 

R. Enayatifard, H. Asgarirad and B. Kazemi-sani

Microbial quality of some herbal solid dosage forms

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1701-1705

 

 

 

ANIMAL SCIENCE

 

Akinfemi, A, Adu, O.A. and Doherty, F.

Conversion of sorghum stover into animal feed with white-rot fungi: Pleurotus ostreatus and Pleurotus pulmonarius

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1706-1712 

 

H. F. Li, W. Q. Zhu, K. W. Chen, W. T. Song, J. T. Shu, W. Han and W. J. Xu

Two maternal origins of Chinese domestic light-body type goose

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1713-1718 

 

 

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