Reviews

 

Jongsun Park and Jae Youl Cho

Anti-inflammatory effects of ginsenosides from Panax ginseng and their structural analogs

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3682-3690

 

 

 

Research Articles

 

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 

Zahid Mahmood, Farah Raheel, Altaf A Dasti, Saima Shahzadi, Mohammad Athar and Manzar Qayyum

Genetic diversity analysis of the species of Gossypium by using RAPD markers

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3691-3697

 

Yaşar Gülmez, Ahmet Bursalı and Şaban Tekin

First molecular detection and characterization of deformed wing virus (DWV) in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) and mite (Varroa destructor) in Turkey

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3698-3702

 

Ghaffar Kiani, Ghorban Ali Nematzadeh, Behzad Ghareyazie and Majid Sattari

Genetic analysis of cry1Ab gene in segregating populations of rice

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3703-3707

 

Jalal Shayegh, Jalil Dolgari Sharaf, Peyman Mikaili and Hadi Namvar

Pheno- and genotyping of Pasteurella multocida isolated from goat in Iran

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3708-3710

 

Ping Wu, Mu-Wang Li, Xiu Wang, Pan Zhao, Xiu-Ye Wang, Ting Liu, Guang-Xing Qin and Xi-Jie Guo

Differentially expressed genes in the midgut of Silkworm infected with cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3711-3720

 

Mousa Mousavi, Amir Mousavi, Ali Akbar Habashi and Kazem Arzani

Optimization of physical and biological parameters for transient expression of uidA gene in embryogenic callus of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) via particle bombardment

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3721-3730

 

Huang Hao, Fu lei, Yu Nancai, Su Wen and Qi Xiaojuan

The single-cell gel electrophoresis assay to determine apoptosis induced by siRNA in Colo 320 cells

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3731-3733

 

 

 

PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 

Muhammd Gulfraz, Rehana Kasuar, Gulshan Arshad, Sajid Mehmood, Nisar Minhas, Muhammad Javid Asad, Asif Ahmad and Farzana Siddique

Isolation and characterization of edible oil from wild olive

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3734-3738

 

Chuan-chao Dai, Hui Xie, Xing-xiang Wang, Pei-dong Li, Tao-lin Zhang, Yi-lin Li and Xiao Tan

Intercropping peanut with traditional Chinese medicinal plants improves soil microcosm environment and peanut production in subtropical China

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3739-3746

 

Xiaohong Liu, Zhenbo Tan, Wanchen Li, Hongmei Zhang and Daowen He

Cloning and transformation of SCMV CP gene and regeneration of transgenic maize plants showing resistance to SCMV strain MDB

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3747-3753

 

N. Ersoy, I. H. Kalyoncu, M. Aydın and M. Yılmaz

Effects of humidity level and IBA dose application on the softwood top cuttings of white mulberry (Morus alba L.) and black mulberry (Morus nigra L.) types

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3754-3760

 

Iyyakkannu Sivanesan and Byoung Ryong Jeong

Micropropagation of Plumbago zeylanica L.

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3761-3768

 

Feng Xu, Jie Chang, Shui Yuan Cheng, Jun Zhu, Lin Ling Li, Yan Wang and Hua Cheng

Promotive effect of 5-aminolevulinic acid on the antioxidant system in Ginkgo biloba leaves

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3769-3776

 

M. Gokhale and Y. K. Bansal

Direct in vitro regeneration of a medicinal tree Oroxylum indicum (L.) Vent. through tissue culture

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3777-3781

 

Akin-Idowu, P. E., Ibitoye, D. O. and Ademoyegun, O. T.

Tissue culture as a plant production technique for horticultural crops

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3782-3788

 

M. A. Santana, G. Romay, J. Matehus, J. L. Vicente-Villardón and J. R. Demey

A simple and low-cost strategy for micropropagation of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3789-3797

 

Nuri Oner and Meriç Çakır

Effects of leaf area of downy oak (Quercus pubescens Willd.), common ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) and boxelder (Acer negundo L.) seedling plants on diameter, height, volume and weight increments

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3798-3805

 

M. N. Suleiman and S. A. Emua

Efficacy of four plant extracts in the control of root rot disease of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3806-3808

 

Behzad Kaviani, Davood Hashem Abadi, Ali Mohammadi Torkashvand and Shahram Sedaghat Hoor

Cryopreservation of seeds of lily [Lilium Iedebourii (Baker) Bioss]: Use of sucrose and dehydration

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3809-3810

 

P. Guler, I. Akata and F. Kutluer

Antifungal activities of Fomitopsis pinicola (Sw.:Fr) Karst and Lactarius vellereus (Pers.) Fr.

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3811-3813

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

Srinivasakumar, K. P. and Rajasekha, M.

The population abundance, distribution pattern and culture studies of isolated microalgal strains from selective sampling sites along the south east coast of India

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3814-3826

 

Sumera Afzal Khan, Muhammad Hamayun, Abdul Latif Khan, Bashir Ahmad, Safia Ahmed and In-Jung Lee

Influence of pH, temperature and glucose on biodegradation of 4-aminophenol by a novel bacterial strain, Pseudomonas sp. ST-4

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

 

S. M. Hassan and H. R. Ghareib

Bioactivity of Ulva lactuca L. acetone extract on germination and growth of lettuce and tomato plants

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3832-3838

 

Naeem Ali, Abdul Hameed, Muhammad Faisal Siddiqui, Pir Bux Ghumro and Safia Ahmed

Application of Aspergillus niger SA1 for the enhanced bioremoval of azo dyes in Simulated Textile Effluent

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3839-3845

 

E. J. Pool, J. A. Klaasen and Y. P. Shoko

The immunotoxicity of Dicerothamnus rhinocerotis and Galenia africana

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3846-3850

 

Yerima, M. B., Balogun, A. A., Farouq, A. A. and Muhammad, S.

Laboratory based degradation of light crude oil by aquatic phycomycetes

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3851-3853

 

 

 

INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 

C. O. Omoifo

Sporangiospore-to-yeast conversion: Model for morphogenesis

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3854-3863

 

Abd El-Moneim M. R. Afify, Mourad A. M. Aboul-Soud, Mohammed S. Foda, Mahmoud W. A. Sadik, Tarek Kahil; Amira R. Asar and Abdulaziz A. Al-Khedhairy

Production of alkaline protease and larvicidal biopesticides by an Egyptian Bacillus sphaericus isolate

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3864-3873

 

R. E. Robles-Zepeda, M. Jiménez-Estrada, A. Navarro-Ocaña, I. Saad-Villegas, I. Brunner and E. Ruiz-Bustos

Secondary metabolites induction in Mammillaria huitzilopochtli (Cactaceae) and evaluation of the fungicidal activity

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3874-3878

 

L. Han, J. Feng, C. Zhu and X. Zhang

Optimizing cellulase production of Penicillium waksmanii F10-2 with response surface methodology

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3879-3886

 

 

  

FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 

Wei-Min Zhang, Bin Li, Lin Han and Hai-De Zhang

Antioxidant activities of extracts from areca (Areca catectu L.) flower, husk and seed

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3887-3892

 

Maria Makri

The biochemical textural and sensory properties of frozen stored (-22°C) king scallop (Pecten maxinus) meats

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3893-3903

 

 

 

APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 

Sharda Balram, Mario Ariatti, Moganavelli Singh and Virendra Rambiritch

Cholesteryl cytofectin-oligodeoxyribonucleotide lipoplexes: Protection against serum nuclease digestion and interaction with mammalian cells in vitro

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3904-3910

 

 

 

MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

U. Govinden, C. Mocktar, P. Moodley, A. W. Sturm and S. Y. Essack

Detection of mutations in the gyrA of clinical Salmonella spp.

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3911-3915

 

F. Yousefi, M. Sankian, M. Moghadam, Z. Farshadzadeh, A. Gholoubi, R. Zarif, M. Naderinasab, K. Ghazvini and A.Varasteh

Cloning, expression and purification of 10 kd culture filtrared protein (CFP-10) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3916-3920

 

Farhat Ullah, Salman Akbar Malik and Jawad Ahmed

Antibiotic susceptibility pattern and ESBL prevalence in nosocomial Escherichia coli from urinary tract infections in Pakistan

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3921-3926

 

Bibhabasu Hazra, Rhitajit Sarkar, Sourav Mandal, Santanu Biswas and Nripendranath Mandal

Studies on antioxidant and antiradical activities of Dolichos biflorus seed extract

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

 

 

 

ENTOMOLOGY

 

Hazan Alkan Akinci, Gonca Ece Ozcan and Mahmut Eroglu

Impacts of site effects on losses of oriental spruce during Dendroctonus micans (Kug.) outbreaks in Turkey

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3934-3939

 

 

 

FISHERIES SCIENCE

 

Adedeji, O. B., Adeyemo, O. K. and Agbede, S. A.

Effects of diazinon on blood parameters in the African catfish (Clarias gariepinus)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3940-3946

 

L. C. Nwanna, I. A. Adebayo and B. Omitoyin

Effect of graded levels of phosphorus on growth and mineral concentration in giant African catfish Heterobranchus bidorsalis

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3947-3953

 

M. Y. Diyaware, B. M. Modu and U. P. Yakubu

Effect of different dietary protein levels on growth performance and feed utilization of hybrid catfish (Heterobranchus bidorsalis x Clarias anguillaris) fry in north-east Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3954-3957

 

 

 

BIOTECHNIQUES

 

Hakan Keskin, Musa Atar and Abbas Ketizmen

Impacts of impregnation with boric acid and borax on the red colour tone of some hardwoods and varnishes

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3958-3963

 

Norlida Abdul Manan, Sieo Chin Chin, Norhani Abdullah and Ho Yin Wan

Differentiation of Lactobacillus-probiotic strains by visual comparison of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) profiles

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3964-3969

 

 

 

PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE

 

Okoye, E. I., Onyekweli, A. O., Ohwoavworhua, F. O. and Kunle, O. O.

Comparative study of some mechanical and release properties of paracetamol tablets formulated with cashew tree gum, povidone and gelatin as binders

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3970-3973

 

 

 

ANIMAL SCIENCE

 

Vahid Vahedi, Saeed Zeinoaldini, Hamid Kohram and Abbas Farahavar

Retinoic acid effects on nuclear maturation of bovine oocytes in vitro

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3974-3978

 

Ebru Emsen, Carlos Alcibiades Gimenez Diaz and Ferda Koycegiz

Sex ratio of lambs born from assisted reproductive technologies

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3979-3982

 

O. J. Babayemi

Silage quality, dry matter intake and digestibility by West African dwarf sheep of Guinea grass (Panicum maximum cv Ntchisi) harvested at 4 and 12 week regrowths

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 3983-3988