Reviews

Victoria Adaora Jideani and Israel Afam Jideani

A model for education and promoting food science and technology among high school students and the public

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4826-4835

 

Fariha Hasan, Aamer Ali Shah, Sundus Javed and Abdul Hameed

Enzymes used in detergents: Lipases

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4836-4844

 

Adenkola, A. Y. and Ayo, J. O.

Physiological and behavioural responses of livestock to road transportation stress: A review

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4845-4856

 

 

 

Research Articles

 

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 

Wang Min, Li Run-zhi, Yang Wan-ming and Du Wei-jun

Assessing the genetic diversity of cultivars and wild soybeans using SSR
markers

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4857-4866

 

Syed Aneel Gilani, Rizwana Aleem Qureshi, Amir M. Khan and Daniel Potter

A molecular phylogeny of selected species of genus Prunus L. (Rosaceae) from Pakistan using the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) spacer DNA

         [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4867-4872

 

Yongke Sun, Yuai Yang, Dongmei Xi, Xiao Gou, Huaming Mao and Weidong Deng

Molecular cloning and characterization of two genes - PHKG2 and IRAK4 from black-boned sheep (Ovis aries)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4873-4879

 

 

 

PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 

Godswill N. Anyasor, K. Olusola Ogunwenmo, Olatunji A. Oyelana and Blessing E. Akpofunure

Phytochemical constituents and antioxidant activities of aqueous and methanol stem extracts of Costus afer Ker Gawl. (Costaceae)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4880-4884

 

Omoruyi G. Idemudia and Peter A. Ajibade

Antibacterial activity of metal complexes of antifolate drug pyrimethamine

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4885-4889

 

A. A. Onilude, R. O. Igbinadolor and S. M. Wakil

Effect of varying relative humidity on the rancidity of cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) kernel oil by lipolytic organisms

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4890-4896

 

Mansour Salati, Wong Mui Yun, Sariah Meon and H. Nik Masdek

Host range evaluation and morphological characterization of Pseudoperonospora cubensis, the causal agent of cucurbit downy mildew in Malaysia

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4897-4903

 

Upendra Kumar, Ishwar Singh, Priyanka and Y. Vimala

In vitro salt stress induced production of gymnemic acid in callus cultures of Gymnema sylvestre R.Br.

        [Abstract] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 4904-4909

 

Shouping Zhao, Xuezhu Ye, Yongzhi Zhang and Jici Zheng

The contribution of bnnrt1 and bnnrt2 to nitrate accumulation varied according to genotypes in Chinese cabbage

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4910-4917

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

Tolga Ozturk and Muhittin Inan

Comparisons of environmental effects and productivity by road construction machines in forest areas in Turkey
[Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4918-4925

 

Meisam Tabatabaei, Mohd Rafein Zakaria, Raha Abdul Rahim, Norhani Abdullah andré-Denis G. Wright, Yoshihito Shirai, Mehdi Shamsara, Kenji Sakai and Mohd Ali Hassan

Comparative study of methods for extraction and purification of environmental DNA from high-strength wastewater sludge
[Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4926-4937

 

Ebrahim Rahimi, Mazyar Hajisalehi, Hamid Reza Kazemeini, Ali Chakeri, Amin Khodabakhsh, Mohammad Derakhshesh, Mahdi Mirdamadi, Abdol Ghaffar Ebadi, Seyed Ali Rezvani and Maryam Fallah Kashkahi

Analysis and determination of mercury, cadmium and lead in canned tuna fish marketed in Iran

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4938-4941

 

 

 

INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 

Kun Cheng, Fu-Ping Lu, Ming Li, Li-Li Liu and Xiao-Mei Liang

Purification and biochemical characterization of a serine alkaline protease TC4 from a new isolated Bacillus alcalophilus TCCC11004 in detergent formulations

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4942-4953

 

Yanqiu Su, Wei Li, Weihua Zhu, Rongqing Yu, Baojing Fei, Tao Wen, Yi Cao and Dairong Qiao

Characterization of xylose reductase from Candida tropicalis immobilized on chitosan bead

         [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4954-4965

 

E. A. Ophori, B. N. Eriagbonye and P. Ugbodaga

Antimicrobial activity of propolis against Streptococcus mutans

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4966-4969

 

 

 

FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 

Dong-xiao Chen, Tian-gui Niu and Hui-nong Cai

Optimizing culture medium for debittering constitutive enzyme naringinase production by Aspergillus oryzae JMU316

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4970-4978

 

Jun Fang, Rao Li-qun, Tian Yun, Xiangyang Lu and Hongmei Jiang

Oxygen radical-scavenging capacities of peptides from swine blood

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4979-4987

 

 

 

APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY

 

Tomoyuki Toyoda and Kazuhisa Ohtaguchi

The properties of Kluyveromyces lactis for the production of D-arabitol from lactose

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4988-4992

 

 

 

MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Udobi, C. E. and Onaolapo, J. A.

Cell kill pattern and acute toxicity studies of the aqueous fraction of the methanolic extract of parts of Parkia biglobosa

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4993-4998

 

Visa Thongrakard and Tewin Tencomnao

Modulatory effects of Thai medicinal plant extract on proinflammatory cytokines-induced apoptosis in human keratinocyte HaCaT cells

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 4999-5003

 

M. Abdollahi, A. B. Z. Zuki, Y. M. Goh, Rezaeizadeh A. and M. M. Noordin

The effects of Momordica charantia on the liver in streptozotocin-induced diabetes in neonatal rats

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5004-5012

 

Yun Jin, Ding Luo, Aijun Hua and Jiahong Dong

Effects of RNAi-mediated cathepsin L gene silencing on bionomics of hepatoma carcinoma cells

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5013-5021

 

 

 

FISHERIES SCIENCE

 

Chioma G. Achionye-Nzeh

Growth response of juveniles of Clarias bidorsalis to imported floating feed and cost implication in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5022-5024

 

 

 

BIOTECHNIQUES

 

Afshin Barazesh, Jafar Majidi, Esmaeel Fallah, Rasul Jamali, Jalal Abdolalizade and Reza Gholikhani

Designing of enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit for diagnosis copro-antigens of Giardia lamblia

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5025-5027

 

 

 

PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE

 

J. F. Akinrinmade and O. A. Oyeleye

Antimicrobial efficacy and tissue reaction of Euphorbia hirta ethanolic extract oncanine wounds

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5028-5031

 

Farrukh Hussain, Bashir Ahmad, Ishfaq Hameed, Ghulam Dastagir, Parveen Sanaullah and Sadiq Azam

Antibacterial, antifungal and insecticidal activities of some selected medicinal plants of polygonaceae

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5032-5036

 

Mahesh Chand Meena, Ramraj Meena and Vidya Patni

High frequency plant regeneration from shoot tip explants of Citrullus colocynthis (Linn.) Schrad. – An important medicinal herb

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 5037-5041