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       Table of Contents: 17 June 2008; 7(12)

 

 

Review

 

Wayengera Misaki

Why bacteria derived R-M nucleic enzymatic peptides are likely efficient therapeutic molecules for use in the design and development of novel HIV inhibitory strategies

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1791-1796

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.516

 

Ncube N. S., Afolayan A. J. and Okoh A. I.

Assessment techniques of antimicrobial properties of natural compounds of plant origin: current methods and future trends

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1797-1806

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.613

 

 

Research

 

MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

Man Singh, Rajesh K. Yadav and H. S. Verma

Volumetric and viscometric behaviour of soya bean and gram proteins in aqueous methotrexate (anticancer drug) solution at 298.15 to 308.15K

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1807-1820

 

Alisi C. S., Nwanyanwu C. E., Akujobi C. O. and Ibegbulem C. O.

Inhibition of dehydrogenase activity in pathogenic bacteria isolates by aqueous extracts of Musa paradisiaca (Var Sapientum)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1821-1825

 

P. Suresh Kumar, S. Sucheta, V. Sudarshana Deepa, P. Selvamani and S. Latha

Antioxidant activity in some selected Indian medicinal plants

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1826-1828

   

  

 

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 

Jiufeng Guo, Guoqin Su, Jinpeng Zhang and Guoying Wang

Genetic analysis and QTL mapping of maize yield and associate agronomic traits under semi-arid land condition

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1829-1838

 

Moyib, O. K, Gbadegesin, M. A., Aina, O. O. and Odunola, O. A.

Genetic variation within a collection of Nigerian accessions of African yam bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa) revealed by RAPD primers

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1839-1846

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.117

 

R. Akromah, D. Afribeh and M. S. Abdulai

Genetic variation and trait correlations in a bird-resistant pearl millet landrace population

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1847-1850

 

Rehana Shaik, Balakrishna Pillay and Dorsamy Pillay

Genetic sequences derived from suppression subtractive hybridization analysis provides insight into their possible roles in Xanthomonas
albilineans

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1851-1858

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.082
 

 

Amtul Jamil Sami O. C. Wallis and M. Wallis

Production, purification and characterization of two recombinant DNA-derived N-terminal ovine growth hormone variants: oGH3 and oGH5

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1859-1864

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.074

 

 

 

PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 

Akram Ali and Saleh Al-Quraishy

Effect of natural and chemical insecticides on Hyalopterus pruni and Armeniaca vulgaris

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1865-1869

 

I. Terzi

Allelopathic effects of Juglone and decomposed walnut leaf juice on muskmelon and cucumber seed germination and seedling growth

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1870-1874

 

Çiğdem Işıkalan, Filiz Adıyaman Akbaş, Süreyya Namlı, Engin Tilkat and Davut Başaran

In vitro micropropagation of almond (Amygdalus communis L. cv. Nonpareil)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1875-1880

 

Du, Y. Y., Chen, H., Zhong, W. L., Wu, L. Y., Ye, J. H., Lin, C., Zheng, X. Q., Lu, J. L. and Liang, Y. R.

Effect of temperature on accumulation of chlorophylls and leaf ultrastructure of low temperature induced albino tea plant

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1881-1885

 

F. Ruiz-Terán, A. Medrano-Martínez and A. Navarro-Ocańa

Antioxidant and free radical scavenging activities of plant extracts used in traditional medicine in Mexico

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1886-1893

 

Gunasekaran, S. and Poorniammal, R.

Optimization of fermentation conditions for red pigment production from Penicillium sp. under submerged cultivation

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1894-1898

 

Davood Hashemabadi and Behzad Kaviani

Rapid micro-propagation of Aloe vera L. via shoot multiplication

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1899-1902

 

Bünyamin Yildirim, Neşe Okut, Didem Türközü, Ömer Terzioğlu and Murat Tunçtürk

The effects of maxicrop leaf fertilizer on the yield and quality of soybean (Glycine max L. Merril)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1903-1906

 

K. Sahayaraj and S. Karthick Raja Namasivayam

Mass production of entomopathogenic fungi using agricultural products and by products

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1907-1910

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.778

 

A. E. Agwu and P. U. Ugwu

Farmers’ perception of the performance of the National Special Programme for Food Security (NSPFS) in Enugu State, NIgeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1911-1923

 

Yu Ting Guo and Jian Wen Wang

Stimulation of taxane production in suspension cultures of Taxus yunnanensis by oligogalacturonides

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1924-1926

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.807

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

C. Singh and J. Lin

Isolation and characterization of diesel oil degrading indigenous microrganisms in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1927-1932

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.728

 

Modupe O. Dawodu and A. R. Ipeaiyeda

Evaluation of groundwater and stream quality characteristics in the vicinity of a battery factory in Ibadan, Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1933-1938

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.781

 

L. A. Nwaogu, G. O. C. Onyeze and R. N. Nwabueze

Degradation of diesel oil in a polluted soil using Bacillus subtilis

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1939-1943

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.889

 

Fahrul Huyop, Nooraini Abdul Rashid, Roswanira A. B. Wahab and Ronald A. Cooper

Purification and properties of Rhizobial DehL expressed in Escherichia coli

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1944-1949

 

Adel Elbeltagy and Yasuo Ando

Expression of nitrogenase gene (NIFH) in roots and stems of rice, Oryza sativa, by endophytic nitrogen-fixing communities

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1950-1957

 

M. Kandhasamy and K.D. Arunachalam

Evaluation of in vitro antibacterial property of seaweeds of southeast coast of India

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1958-1961

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.120

 

Atobatele, Oluwatosin Ebenezer and Ugwumba, O. Alex

Seasonal variation in the physicochemistry of a small tropical reservoir (Aiba Reservoir, Iwo, Osun, Nigeria)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1962-1971

 

Tahir Atici, Seyhan Ahiska, Ahmet Altindağ and Didem Aydin

Ecological effects of some heavy metals (Cd, Pb, Hg, Cr) pollution of phytoplanktonic algae and zooplanktonic organisms in Sarıyar Dam Reservoir in Turkey

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1972-1977

 

    

 

INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY  

 

Muthusamy Palaniswamy, Bhathini Vaikuntavasan Pradeep Ramaswamy Sathya and Jeyaraman Angayarkanni

Isolation, identification and screening of potential xylanolytic enzyme from litter degrading fungi

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1978-1982

   

Maria. I. Sánchez-López, Sophie F. Vanhulle, Valérie Mertens, Gilda Guerra, Sara Herrera Figueroa, Cony Decock, Anne-Marie Corbisier and Michel J. Penninckx

Autochthonous white rot fungi from the tropical forest: Potential of Cuban strains for dyes and textile industrial effluents decolourisation

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1983-1990

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.042

 

Arotupin, D. J., Akinyosoye, F. A. and Onifade, A. K.

Purification and characterization of pectinmethylesterase from Aspergillus repens isolated from cultivated soil

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1991-1998

 

A. O. Adebiyi, I. C. Oladipo, A. A. Ayandele, A. P. Adebiyi and O. O. Adelowo

Biological studies on albino rats fed with Sorghum bicolor starch hydrolyzed with α-amylase from Rhizopus sp.

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1999-2005

   

Coulibaly Ibourahema, Robin Dubois Dauphin, Destain Jacqueline and Philippe Thonart

Characterization of lactic acid bacteria isolated from poultry farms in Senegal

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2006-2012

 

M. V. Kumaraswamy and S. Satish

Free radical scavenging activity and lipoxygenase inhibition of Woodfordia fructicosa Kurz and Betula utilis Wall.

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2013-2016

 

 

 

BIOTECHNIQUES

 

Xuanwei Zhou, Yamin Wei, Huifang Zhu, Zinan Wang, Juan Lin, Lu Liu and Kexuan Tang

Protoplast formation, regeneration and transformation from the taxol-producing fungus Ozonium sp.

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2017-2024 

 

Mohammad Hossein Torabi Sirchi, M. A. Kadir, M. A. Aziz, A. A. Rashid, Arash Rafat and M. B. Javadi

Amelioration of mangosteen micro propagation through leaf and seed segments (Garcinia mangostana l.)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2025-2029

 

Nurdan Sahin-Demirbag, Hayrettin Kendir, Khalid Mahmood Khawar, and Cemalettin Yasar Ciftci

In vitro regeneration of Turkish dwarf chickling (Lathyrus cicera L) using immature zygotic embryo explant

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2030-2033

 

Akbar Esmaeili, Samira Ghasemi and Abdolhossein Rustaiyan

Evaluation of the activated carbon prepared from the algae Gracilaria for the biosorption of Cu(II) from aqueous solutions

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2034-2037

        DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.038

 

R. Manikandan, H. J. Prabhu and P. Sivashanmugam.

Biodegradation of 2,4-dichlorophenol using Mycoplana dimorpha extracts and evaluation of kinetic parameters

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2038-2048

 

 

 

FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 

S. R. Sharma, R. Poddar, P. Sen, and J. T. Andrews

Effect of vitamin C on collagen biosynthesis and degree of birefringence in polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2049-2054 

           DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.486

 

Ali Riazi and Hasnia Ziar

Growth and viability of yogurt starter organisms in honey-sweetened skimmed milk

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2055-2063 

           DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.134

 

 

APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 

Sita Kumari Karanam and Narasimha Rao Medicherla

Enhanced lipase production by mutation induced Aspergillus japonicus

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2064-2067 

 

 

FISHERY SCIENCE

 

Kori-Siakpere, Ovie and Ubogu, Ewoma Oghoghene

Sublethal haematological effects of zinc on the freshwater fish, Heteroclarias sp. (Osteichthyes: Clariidae)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2068-2073 

           DOI: 10.5897/AJB07.706

 

Ghorashi, S. A., Fatemi, S. M., Amini, F., Houshmand, M., Salehi Tabar, R. and Hazaie, K.

Phylogenetic analysis of anemone fishes of the Persian Gulf using mtDNA sequences

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2074-2080 

 

 

AQUACULTURE

 

Babatunde Eniola Emmanuel, Lucian Obinna Chukwu and Lateef Olalekan Azeez

Cast net design characteristics, catch composition and selectivity in tropical open lagoon

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2081-2089 

 

 

ANIMAL SCIENCE

 

Sani Adamu, Abiodun A. Ige, Isa D. Jatau, Joel S. Neils, Nicodemus M. Useh, Mohammed Bisalla, Najume D.G. Ibrahim, Andrew J. Nok and King A. N. Esievo

Changes in the serum profiles of lipids and cholesterol in sheep experimental model of acute African trypanosomosis

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 2090-2098 

           DOI: 10.5897/AJB08.011

 

 

 

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