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       Table of Contents: 5 November 2008; 7(21)

 

 

Review

 

E. Ekweagwu, A. E. Agwu and E. Madukwe

The role of micronutrients in child health: A review of the literature

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3804-3810

 

 

Research

 

MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

Izzet Yavuz, M. Zulkuf Akdag, Suleyman Dasdag, Sabiha Zelal Ulku and Zeki Akkus

Influences of extremely low frequency magnetic fields on mineral and trace elements content of rat teeth

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3811-3816

 

Ijeoma Gladys Kalu, Toochukwu Ekwutos Ogbulie and F. N. Opara

Pattern of multi-drug resistant Salmonella enterica serovar typhi isolates in Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3817-3820

 

Yah, S. C., Haruna, T., Enabulele, I. O. and Yusuf E. O.

Bacterial adherence: the role of serum and wound fluid

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3821-3826

 

Yizhou Zeng, Runzhi Deng, Barry, H.S. Yeung, Wings T.Y. Loo, Mary N.B. Cheung, J.P. Chen, Bingrong Zhou, Yifu Fu, Lanzhu Huang, Mingxing Lu and Min Wang

Application of an antibacterial dressing spray in the prevention of post-operative infection in oral cancer patients: A phase 1 clinical trial

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3827-3831

 

Saeed Tajbakhsh, Khosro Mohammadi, Iman Deilami, Keivan Zandi, Moradali Fouladvand, Elissa Ramedani and Golandam Asayesh

Antibacterial activity of indium curcumin and indium diacetylcurcumin

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3832-3835

 

 

 

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 

Yongshuang Xiao, Masakazu Takahashi, Takashi Yanagimoto, Yan Zhang, Tianxiang Gao, Mamoru Yabe and Yasunori Sakurai

Genetic variation and population structure of willowy flounder Tanakius kitaharai collected from Aomori, Ibaraki and Niigata in Northern Japan

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3836-3844

 

Yongshuang Xiao, Yan Zhang, Tianxiang Gao, Mamoru Yabe and Yasunori Sakurai

Phylogenetic relationships of the lancelets of the genus Branchiostoma in China inferred from mitochondrial genome analysis

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3845-3852

 

K. Sabitha, M. V. V. Reddy and Kaiser Jamil

GST genotypes in head and neck cancer patients and its clinical implications

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3853-3859

 

Bo Nian Shui, Zhi Qiang Han, Tian Xiang Gao and Zhen Qing Miao

Genetic structure of Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius) in the East China Sea and Yellow Sea inferred from AFLP data

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3860-3865

 

 

 

PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 

M. K. Motamed, R. Asadi, M. Rezaei and E. Amiri

Response of high yielding rice varieties to NaCl salinity in greenhouse circumstances

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3866-3873

 

A.R. Keshtkar, H. R. Keshtkar, S. M. Razavi and S. Dalfardi

Methods to break seed dormancy of Astragalus cyclophyllon

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3874-3877

 

Muhammad Azhar Bashir, Muhammad Akbar Anjum and Hamid Rashid

In vitro propagation of some promising genotypes of jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3878-3886

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

Emmanuel O. Aluyor and Olalekan A. M. Badmus

COD removal from industrial wastewater using activated carbon prepared from animal horns

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3887-3891

 

Mustafa Özden, Muhammet Usak, Pavol Prokop, Aziz Türkoglu and Mehmet Bahar

Student teachers’ knowledge of and attitudes toward chemical hormone usage in biotechnology

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3892-3899

 

Tabassum Mumtaz, Suraini Abd-Aziz, Nor’Aini Abdul Rahman, Phang Lai Yee, Yoshihito Shirai and Mohd Ali Hassan

Pilot-scale recovery of low molecular weight organic acids from anaerobically treated palm oil mill effluent (POME) with energy integrated system

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3900-3905

 

Hajira Tahir, Uzma Hammed, Qazi Jahanzeb and Muhammad Sultan

Removal of fast green dye (C.I. 42053) from an aqueous solution using Azadirachta indica leaf powder as a low-cost adsorbent

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3906-3911

 

S. Seif Amiri, H. Maralian and A. Aghabarati

Heavy metal accumulation in Melilotus officinalis under crown Olea europaea L forest irrigated with wastewater

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3912-3916

 

  

  

INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 

Prashanth Shanmugam, Madhumathi Mani and Mathivanan Narayanasamy

Biosynthesis of cellulolytic enzymes by Tricothecium roseum with citric acid mediated induction

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3917-3921 

 

Ali Nail Yapici

The effect of using a fungicide along with bactericide in the main soaking float on microbial load

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3922-3926 

 

S. E. Agarry, B. O. Solomon and S. K. Layokun

Substrate inhibition kinetics of phenol degradation by binary mixed culture of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fluorescence from steady state and wash- out data

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3927-3933 

 

Adegboye, M. F., Akinpelu, D. A. and Okoh, A. I.

The bioactive and phytochemical properties of Garcinia kola (Heckel) seed extract on some pathogens

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3934-3938 

 

Silas B. Chidi, Busiswa Godana, Ignatious Ncube, Elbert Jansen Van Rensburg, Andrew Cronshaw and Emil K. Abotsi

Production, purification and characterization of celullase-free xylanase from Aspergillus terreus UL 4209

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3939-3948 

 

 

APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 

F. O. Agoreyo, B. O. Agoreyo and M. N. Onuorah

Effect of aqueous extracts of Hibiscus sabdariffa and Zingiber Officinale on blood cholesterol and glucose levels of rats

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3949-3951 

 

 

FISHERY SCIENCE  

 

Shahram Shakibazadeh, Che Roos Saad, Annie Christianus, Mohd Salleh Kamarudin, Kamaruzaman Sijam, Mariana Nor Shamsudin and Vasantha Kumari Neela

Evaluation of in vitro Vibrio static activity of Shewanella algae isolated from healthy Penaeus monodon

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3952-3961

 

   

AQUACULTURE  

 

B. E. Emmanuel, L. O. Chukwu and L.O. Azeez

Gill net selectivity and catch rates of pelagic fish in tropical coastal lagoonal ecosystem

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3962-3971

 

   

FOOD TECHNOLOGY  

 

Bello, M. O., Falade, O. S., Adewusi, S. R. A. and Olawore, N. O.

Studies on the chemical compositions and anti nutrients of some lesser known Nigeria fruits

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3972-3979

   

  

 

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