Volume 2, Issue 3

Prerna Vohra, K.S Khera

pp. 185–189 · 2013

DNAbarcoding is a molecular-based identification system, recently introduced in the scientific community. This method is not new to science, but the real innovation is not in the discrimination system itself. DNA barcodi…

Fabio Rossano Dario

pp. 190–195 · 2013

Vegetation is one of the most important characteristics of the environment because it supports animal life. Any interfering with the vegetation produces direct effects on the fauna through the increase, decrease, or alte…

Nibha Sagar, Madhukar Saxena

pp. 196–200 · 2013

Glycogen synthase kinase (GSK-3) is a ubiquitously expressed, highly conserved serine/threonine protein kinase found in all eukaryotes. The GSK-3 was first characterized for its role in glycogen metabolism by phosphoryla…

Dushyant Singh Chauhan, Vivek Pratap Singh, Sudhanshu Mishra, Sandeep Tripathi, Mukesh Tiwari, Anurag Tomar

pp. 201–206 · 2013

The main objective of the present study was to explore the influence of fluoride exposure on reproductive hormones in different stages of fluorosis. Since, fluoride has been reported to be a causative factor for reduced …

Shabdin Mohd. Long, Nor Yasmin Kasim

pp. 207–211 · 2013

Freshwater nematode surveys were carried out at Rayu River (Matang Wildlife Centre) and Cina River (Kubah National Park) to identify the species of freshwater nematodes that inhabited both rivers and to determine the rel…

Quazi S. Haque, Farrukh Jamal, Sangram Singh, Rakesh K. Singh, S.K. Rastogi

pp. 212–218 · 2013

Organophosphorus pesticides are the most commonly used pesticides in Mal and Malihabad areas of Lucknow. The agricultural workers, sprayers, formulators and applicators are exposed to occupational hazards of pesticides d…

Areshidze D. A., Timchenko L. D.

pp. 223–226 · 2013

We investigated the developmental changes of the information parameters of the renal tubular system which displays the level of adaptive resources. It was found a cyclic variation of the studied parameters. Ontogenetic p…

Chavan J. A., Gaikwad Y. B, Bhawane G. P.

pp. 227–233 · 2013

The effect of Beauveria bassiana and subsequent treatment of ethanolic plant extracts and dusting of plant powder on concentration of the haemolymph proteins were examined in the larvae of Bombyx mori PM race on the 3rd …

Somanatha Jena, Ram Chandra Jena, Rasmita Bhol

pp. 234–240 · 2013

Amethod has been developed for the regeneration of the Orchid cultivar Acampe papillosa Lindl. The present study reports a research carried out with different concentrations and combinations of auxins and cytokinins to a…

Anitha Rani. A, K.P. Sanjayan

pp. 241–246 · 2013

The community composition of dung beetles inhibiting the scrub jungle ecosystem was recorded by sampling beetles associated with dung pads. The survey period of two years yield 62159 individuals comprising of 33 dung bee…

Chitra Bhattacharya, Bhawana Pandey, Seema Paroha

pp. 254–257 · 2013

Sesamum is widely spread world and is cultivated for its edible seed and oil. It was made to determine the differences in physicochemical properties of Sesame varieties with different seed coat colours viz white, black, …

Festus, O.O., Agbo, G.E., Ihongbe, J.C., Osadolor, H.B., Okodua, M.A., Nwaopara, A.O., Unuabonah, F.H.

pp. 258–263 · 2013

The excessive consumption of Yaji and its additives in Nigeria has raised a growing concern especially as it remains the sauce for the meat delicacy called 'Suya', leaving the liver, the main organ of metabolism at risk.…

Festus, O. O., Ovie, E. G., Osadolor, H. B., Ihongbe, J. C., Osagie, E. V., Unuabonah, F. H., Eidangbe A. P.

pp. 264–269 · 2013

Serum creatinine and creatinine clearance are widely used clinically as an index of renal function to diagnose, treat and follow up renal diseases. One of the factors influencing the creatinine and its clearance is said …

Prasad M. P., Rekha Sethi

pp. 270–274 · 2013

Mushroom can be defined as a macrofungus with a distinctive fruiting body. Mushrooms are recognized as natural and healthy foods and credited to be the third largest macro-fungus cultivated for food and industrial purpos…

Ramanand Mishra, Anand K. Singh, V. Manju Vani, B. K. Singh, Harit Kumar, B.V. Rajkumar

pp. 275–278 · 2013

Combining ability effects were estimated for seven different characters in brinjal comprising of thirty six hybrids obtained by crossing twelve lines and three testers by line × tester matting design. Significant differe…

Anitha Rani. A, K. P. Sanjayan

pp. 219–222 · 2013

The two year survey of microsporidia parasitizing dung beetles in a natural scrub jungle ecosystem of Tamil Nadu indicated twelve of the thirty three species of dung beetles to be infected with Nosema sp. whereas five sp…

Saeed-Ur-Rashid Nazir, Rehan Mustafa, Naveed Akhtar, Misbah Sultana, Attique ur Rahman Mufti, Naveed Ahmad, M. Nadeem, M. Amer, Muhammad Naeem Qaisar, Abdul Malik, Ghulam Mustafa

pp. 247–253 · 2013

To prevail over the irrational use of commercial skin lightening creams, this study assessed the de-pigmenting efficacy of various branded skin-lightening creams. Four well known branded creams were selected for this pur…

Shanti Lal Choubisa, Zulfiya Sheikh

pp. 279–281 · 2013

During survey of terrestrial and aquatic snail fauna in southern Rajasthan, a number of giant African snails Achatina fulica Bowdich, were recovered from Din Dayal Upadhyay garden in Udaipur. This garden is situated in c…