Reviews

 

César López-Camarillo, Nancy Guillen, Christian Weber, Esther Orozco, and Laurence A. Marchat

Genomics approaches in the understanding of Entamoeba histolytica virulence and gene expression regulation

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1363-1369

 

Uwe Heinig and Stefan Jennewein

Taxol: A complex diterpenoid natural product with an evolutionarily obscure origin

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1370-1385

 

Azael Che-Mendoza, R. Patricia Penilla and D. Américo Rodríguez

Insecticide resistance and glutathione S-transferases in mosquitoes: A review

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1386-1397

 

Godliving Y. S. Mtui

Recent advances in pretreatment of lignocellulosic wastes and production of value added products

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1398-1415

 

 

Research Articles

 

MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

Jun Wang, Dingqiang Lu, Hui Zhao, Xiuquan Ling, Ben Jiang and Pingkai Ouyang

Application of response surface methodology optimization for the production of caffeic acid from tobacco waste

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1416-1424

 

A. O. T. Ashafa, M. T. Yakubu, D. S. Grierson and A. J. Afolayan

Effects of aqueous extract from the leaves of Chrysocoma ciliata L. on some biochemical parameters of Wistar rats

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1425-1430

 

Saba Riaz, Adeel Ahmad and Shahida Hasnain

Antibacterial activity of soaps against daily encountered bacteria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1431-1436

 

R. E. Antia, J. O. Olayemi, O. O. Aina, and E. O. Ajaiyeoba

In vitro and in vivo animal model antitrypanosomal evaluation of ten medicinal plant extracts from south west Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1437-1440

 

 

 

  

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 

Jingjing Wang, Ning Wang and Liu-wang Nie

Cloning and analysis of the HMG domains of ten Sox genes from Bombina maxima (Amphibia: Anura)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1441-1448

 

Z. Kanay, D. Kurt, C. Guzel, O. Denli, M. A. Ketani and K. Nas

Effects of salmon calcitonin and calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) on gastric mucosal barrier in stress induced rats

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1449-1454

 

Khosravi, A. R., Kadir, M. A., Kadzemin, S. B., Zaman, F. Q. and De Silva, A. E.

RAPD analysis of colchicine induced variation of the Dendrobium Serdang beauty

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1455-1465

 

 

 

PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 

Koné Mongomaké, Kouakou Tanoh Hilaire, Koné Daouda, Zouzou Michel, Kouadio Yatty Justin and Sergio J. Ochatt

In vitro plantlets regeneration in Bambara groundnut [Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc. (Fabaceae)] through direct shoot bud differentiation on hypocotyl and epicotyl cuttings

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1466-1473

 

Hamidou F. Sakhanokho and Rowena Y. Kelley

Influence of salicylic acid on in vitro propagation and salt tolerance in Hibiscus acetosella and Hibiscus moscheutos (cv ‘Luna Red’)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1474-1481

 

B. Tuba Biçer

The effect of seed size on yield and yield components of chickpea and lentil

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1482-1487

 

Erol Kirdar and Murat Ertekin

Chemical effects on controlling of Rhododendron ponticum L. in western black sea forest region of Turkey

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1488-1496

 

Jiwei Ruan, Cheol-Soo Yoon, Young-Rog Yeoung, Kirk D. Larson and Liz Ponce

Efficacy of highland production of strawberry transplants

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1497-1501

 

Saeed Reezi, Mesbah Babalar Siamak Kalantari, Seyyed Mahmood Okhovvat and Byoung Ryong Jeong

Silicon alleviates salt stress, decreases malondialdehyde content and affects petal color of salt-stressed cut rose (Rosa xhybrida L.) ‘Hot Lady’

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1502-1508

 

Mayekiso Buyisile

Morphological and chemical composition of the essential oil of the leaf of Schistostephium heptalobium

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1509-1519

 

Turan Hakan Demirkeser, Mustafa Kaplankiran, Celil Toplu, Necat Ağca, Ercan Yildiz, and Sedat Serçe

Comparison of several plant nutrient elements in conventionally and organically grown citrus orchards

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1520-1527

 

J.C. Anikwe, E.U. Asogwa, T.C.N. Ndubuaku and F.A. Okelana

Evaluation of the toxicity of actara 25 WG for the control of the cocoa mirid Sahlbergella singularis Hagl. (Hemiptera: Miridae) in Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1528-1535

 

Derya Onder, Yasar Akiscan, Sermet Onder and Mehmet Mert

Effect of different irrigation water level on cotton yield and yield components

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1536-1544

 

Derya Onder

Status of greenhouses in Eastern Mediterranean coastal areas of Turkey

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1545-1551

 

G. E. Omokhua and A. O. Koyejo

Fruiting efficiency in Dacryodes edulis (G.Don): A case study in Ekpoma, south-south, Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1552-1554

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

J. T. Nwabanne and M. I. Mordi

Equilibrium uptake and sorption dynamics for the removal of a basic dye using bamboo

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1555-1559

 

K. A. Yongabi, P. L. Harris and D. M. Lewis

Poultry faeces management with a simple low cost plastic digester

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1560-1566

 

Opeolu, B.O., Bamgbose, O., Arowolo, T.A. and Adetunji, M.T.

Utilization of maize (Zea mays) cob as an adsorbent for lead (II) removal from aqueous solutions and industrial effluents

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1567-1573

 

Hazrat Ali, Wesal Ahmad and Taqweemul Haq

Decolorization and degradation of malachite green by Aspergillus flavus and Alternaria solani

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1574-1576

 

 

 

INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 

Hong-Bin Zhang, Ya-Jie Wang, Xue-Qin Hu, Hui-Xia Zhu and Zhao-Jun Wei

Effect of different culture conditions for dextransucrase production in Escherichia coli using lactose as inducer

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1577-1582

 

Tao Dong, Lin Zhao, Yu Huang, Xin Tan

Optimization of biomass-producing conditions of Micrococcus sp. S-11 for L-cysteine production

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1583-1590

 

Li-Hua Zhou, Yi-Qiong Zhang, Ruo-Jun Wang, Xue-Ling Shen, Yong-Quan Li and Wen-Jun Guan

Optimization of mycelial biomass and protease production by Laccocephalum mylittae in submerged fermentation

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1591-1601

 

S. T. Bilgi, B. Mericli Yapici and A. N. Yapici

Determination of bacterial and fungal numbers in floats of pre-tanning operations

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1602-1607

 

Khwanchai Khucharoenphaisan, Shinji Tokuyama, Khanok Ratanakhanokchai and Vichein Kitpreechavanich

A comparative study of Thermomyces lanuginosus strains on thermostable xylanase production

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1608-1614

 

 

 

FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 

Barka Mohammed Kabeir, Shuhaimi Mustafa, Stephenie Wong and Nazamid Saari, Abdul Manap Yazid

Heat adaptation towards improve survival of Bifidobacterium longum BB536 during the spray drying of Sudanese fermented Medida

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1615-1618

 

Lewu, M. N., Adebola, P. O. and Afolayan, A. J.

Effect of cooking on the proximate composition of the leaves of some accessions of Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott in KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1619-1622

 

Nebbache Salim, Chibani Abdelwaheb, Chadli Rabah and Bouznad Ahcene

Chemical composition of Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) fruit

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1623-1624

 

 

 

APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 

Alam Zeb and Ijaz Malook

Biochemical characterization of sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L. spp. turkestanica) seed

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1625-1629

 

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

Antioxidant studies on the ethanolic extract of Commiphora spp.

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1630-1636

 

D. B. James, O. A. Owolabi, N. Elebo, S. Hassan and L. Odemene

Glucose tolerance test and some biochemical effect of Phyllanthus amarus aquoeus extacts on normaglycemic albino rats

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1637-1642

 

 

PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE

 

Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, Mir Ajab Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad, Muhammad Zafar, Hamayun Khan, Niaz Muhammad and Shazia Sultana

Medicinal plants used for the treatment of jaundice and hepatitis based on socio-economic documentation

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1643-1650

 

Cyprian O. Onyeji, Sharon I. Omoruyi, Francis A. Oladimeji and Julius O. Soyinka

Physicochemical characterization and dissolution properties of binary systems of pyrimethamine and 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1651-1659

 

David A. Akinpelu, Olayinka A. Aiyegoro and Anthony I. Okoh

The bioactive potentials of two medicinal plants commonly used as folklore remedies among some tribes in West Africa

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1660-1664

 

 

WOOD TECHNOLOGY

 

Derya Sevim Korkut, Ilter Bekar and Ertugrul Oztekin

Application of preventive maintenance planning in a parquet enterprise

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1665-1671

 

Murat Ozalp, Osman Percin and Suleyman Korkut

The effect of sea water on laminated wooden material

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1672-1679

 

Murat Ozalp, Mustafa Ordu and Süleyman Korkut

The effect of open air conditions on the properties of wooden material

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1680-1688

 

Murat Ozalp, Idris Gezer and Süleyman Korkut

The investigation of heat treatment with water-based varnish double components in varnish applications of wood material

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   NOT AVAILABLE

 

Murat Özalp and Süleyman Korkut

The effect of air dried conditions on mechanical and physical properties of laminated and impregnated wood

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1695-1702

 

Alper Aytekin, Gökhan Gündüz, Bülent Kaygın, Süleyman Korkut and S. Murat Onat

Drying schedules calculation of Camiyani Black Pine (Pinus nigra Arn. subsp. pallasiana var. pallasiana) by computer programming

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1703-1712

 

 

FISHERY SCIENCE

 

L. O. Chukwu and O. F. Lawson

Physiological stress response of Macrobrachium vollenhoevenii (Herklots 1857) to interacting effects of binary mixtures of industrial effluents

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1713-1719

 

 

BIOTECHNIQUES

 

Derya Sevim Korkut, Nevzat Cakıcıer, E.Seda Erdinler, Göksel Ulay and Ahmet Muhlis Doğan

5S activities and its application at a sample company

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1720-1728

 

 

ANIMAL SCIENCE

 

İşisağ Üçüncü, Sema, Karayazı, Ödül and İşisağ, Aydın

Thyroidal angiogenesis in zebrafish (Danio rerio) exposed to high perchlorate concentration

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1729-1733