Reviews

S. K. O. Ntwampe, C. C. Williams and M. S. Sheldon

Water-immiscible dissolved oxygen carriers in combination with Pluronic F 68 in bioreactors

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1106-1114

 

Novosti Buta, Nicoline F. Tanih and Roland N. Ndip

Increasing trend of metronidazole resistance in the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection: A global challenge

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1115-1121

 

 

 

Research Articles

 

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 

Md. Shafiqul Islam Sikdar and Jung-Sup Kim

Functional analysis of a gene encoding threonine synthase from rice

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1122-1129

 

 

 

PLANT AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

 

Peter Mwaura, Thomas Dubois, Turoop Losenge1, Daniel Coyne2 and Esther Kahangi

Effect of endophytic Fusarium oxysporum on paralysis and mortality of Pratylenchus goodeyi

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1130-1134

 
Hewei Du, Huixia Wu, Jianbing Yan and Jiansheng Li

Effects of basal media, salt concentrations, antioxidant supplements and co-effects on the Agrobacterium-mediated transformation efficiency in maize

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1135-1143

 

Muhammad Babar, Aamir Fahad Mashhadi, Ambreen Mehvish, Atfah Naz Zahra, Raheela Waheed, Ammarah Hasnain, Sajid-ur-Rahman, Nazim Hussain, Muhammad Ali, Imran Khaliq and Abdul Aziz

Identification of rust resistance genes Lr10 and Sr9a in Pakistani wheat germplasm using PCR based molecular markers

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1144-1150

 

M. N. Barakat, Rania S. Abdel Fattah, M. Badr and M. G. El-Torky

In vitro culture and plant regeneration derived from ray florets of Chrysanthemum morifolium

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1151-1158

 

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

A. Meddad-Hamza, A. Beddiar, A. Gollotte, M. C. Lemoine, C. Kuszala and S. Gianinazzi

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improve the growth of olive trees and their resistance to transplantation stress

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1159-1167

 

 

 

INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY

 

Adegoke, S. A., Opata, O. M. and Olajide, J. E.

Antimicrobial activity of the aqueous, methanol and chloroform leaf extracts of Cissus multistriata

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1168-1172 

 

Sarfraz Ahmed, Safia Ahmed, Muhammad Farrukh Nisar, Khalid Hussain, Abdul Majeed, Pir Bakhsh Ghumroo, Shahid Afghan, Aamir Shahzad, Khalid Nawaz and Kazim Ali

Isolation and characterization of a bacterial strain for aniline degradation

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1173-1179 

Xiangzhao Mao, Xiaotong Liang, Shu Wang, Wei Dong, Yanlong Xing, Hualei Wang, Lizhong Guo and Dongzhi Wei

Enhanced production of intracellular dextran dextrinase from Gluconobacter oxydans using statistical experimental methods

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1180-1189

 

 

 

FOOD TECHNOLOGY

 

F. Ben Hammou, S. N. Skali, M. Idaomar and J. Abrini

Combinations of nisin with salt (NaCl) to control Listeria monocytogenes on sheep natural sausage casings stored at 6°C

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1190-1195

 

Olatoye, Isaac Olufemi

The incidence and antibiotics susceptibility of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from beef in Ibadan Municipal, Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1196-1199 

 

Salau, B. A., Ajani E .O., Odufuwa, K. T. , Adegbesan, B. O., and Soladoye, M. O.

Effect of processing on iodine content of some selected plants food

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1200-1204 

 

Otakar Rop, Jiri Mlcek, Daniela Kramarova and Tunde Jurikova

Selected cultivars of cornelian cherry (Cornus mas L.) as a new food source for human nutrition

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1205-1210

 

 

 

MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

 

Mohammad Karami, Farshad Naghshvar, Sodabah Saeidnia and Nada Omrani

Hepatoxicity of aqueous extract and fractionated methanol extract of Phytolacca americana by isolated rat liver perfusion system 

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1211-1217 

 

Salawu A. Oluwakanyinsola, Tijani Y. Adeniyi, James A. Akingbasote and Oga E. Florence

Acute and subacute toxicity study of ethanolic extract of the stem bark of Faidherbia albida (DEL) A. chev (Mimosoidae) in rats

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1218-1224

 

Anthony J. Afolayan, Oluseyi M. Aboyade, Adeolu A. Adedapo and Margaret O. Sofidiya

Anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity of the methanol extract of Malva parviflora Linn (Malvaceae) in rats

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1225-1229

 

Shahina Mumtaz, Jawad Ahmed and Liaqat Ali

Frequency of cryptosporidium infection in children under five years of age having diarrhea in the North West of Pakistan

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1230-1235

 

Gbadamosi Idayat Titilayo and Egunyomi Adeyemi

Phytochemical screening and in vitro anticandidal activity of
extracts and essential oil of Curculigo pilosa (Schum and Thonn)
Engl. Hypoxidaceae

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1236-1240

 

Muhammad Saeed, Haroon Khan, Murad Ali Khan, Shabana Usman Simjee,
Naveed Muhammad and Saeed Ahmad Khan

Phytotoxic, insecticidal and leishmanicidal activities of aerial
parts of Polygonatum verticillatum

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1241-1244 

 

Bisi-Johnson, M. A., Obi, C. L., Kambizi, L. and Nkomo, M.

A survey of indigenous herbal diarrhoeal remedies of O.R. Tambo
district, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1245-1254 

 

Sacide Pehlivan, Vahap Okan, Elif Guler, Mehmet Yilmaz, Tugce Sever, Ebru Dikensoy, Gaye Cankus, Ozcan Balat and Mustafa Pehlivan

Thalassemia mutations in Gaziantep, Turkey

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1255-1259

 

 

 

BIOTECHNIQUES

 

Eltayeb Elamin M. Eid, Ahmad Bustamam Abdul, Adel S. Al-Zubairi, Mohamed Aspollah Sukari and Rasedee Abdullah

Validated high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for analysis of zerumbone in plasma

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1260-1265

 

 

 

AQUACULTURE

 

Naihao Ye, Hongxia Wang, Zhengquan Gao and Guangce Wang

Laboratory studies on vegetative regeneration of the gametophyte of Bryopsis hypnoides Lamouroux (Chlorophyta, Bryopsidales)

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1266-1273 

 

 

 

PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE

 

Okoye, E. I. and Iwuagwu, M. A.

Physicochemical equivalence of some brands of Nifedipine retard tablets available in Nigeria

        [Abstract]  [Full Article - PDF]   pp. 1274-1279