Volume 3, Issue 2

Sudha Ramalingam, Harshavardhan TS, Meenu. S, Ranjani. S, Deepa. R, Shanthakumari. S

pp. 77–80 · 2014

Breast Cancer is one of the common cancers that is on the rise globally. Many risk factors have been implicated for the occurrence of the breast cancer. Recent studies show evidence towards a disruption in the circadian …

Mina Nasiri Moslem, Maryam Tavakoli Lakeh, Zahra Lozoumi, Fahimeh Issapour, Maryam Irani

pp. 133–136 · 2014

Probiotic microorganisms are naturally present in milk and fermented milk products such as different kinds of yogurt, cheese, butter, etc. Probiotic bacteria are microbial food supplements with beneficial properties on h…

B. Gowramma, G.S. Avadhani, M. Rafi, K.V. Chamundeswaramma, D.Muralidhara Rao

pp. 81–89 · 2014

In the present study, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were synthesized from C. glutamicum and their antibacterial activity has been investigated. Dried biomass of C. glutamicum was challenged with aqueous Diamine silver ([A…

Roshan Clarence D'Souza, Raghunandan P. Athalye

pp. 90–96 · 2014

Cantharis Q has a long history in both folk and traditional medicine being used as an aphrodisiac. It is a crude alcoholic extract of blister beetle Lytta vesicatoria commonly known as Spanish fly having cantharidin, a v…

Aswathi Krishna R., Haseena Bhaskar

pp. 97–101 · 2014

The studies on the development and life history traits of T. urticae were conducted in the Acarology laboratory following leaf disc method. The life cycle of T. urticae Koch consisted of egg, larva, protonymph, deutonymp…

Vijai Malik, Seema Anand

pp. 102–107 · 2014

An overview on morphotaxonomic observations of juvenile stages and seedlings in 3 species of Leucas upto 5th leaf stages have been enumerated in the present paper. Morphological features of seedling like collet, hypocoty…

K. Vasanta Bhanu, V. Jhansi Lakshmi, G. Katti, A. Vishnuvardhan Reddy

pp. 108–113 · 2014

Brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (Stal.) is a major pest in rice production. Development of BPH-resistant varieties is an economical and effective way to control this pest. In the present investigation, 15 ric…

Florence Lasalita-Zapico, Adrian Peńaflorida, Catherine Hazel Aguilar, Lyn Jean Laniton, Eillen Gay Palarpalar

pp. 114–119 · 2014

This paper presents family histories of ten families with newborn babies having non-syndromic cleft lip with/without cleft palate (CL/P). Through guided interviews, information about recurrence of CL/P within the familie…

ShabdinMohd. Long, Norhadi Ismail, Lee Nyanti ak Chukong, NurAtiqah Mohamad Yusoff, Harold Tinggang Ngau

pp. 120–124 · 2014

Bakun Dam was fully reached its supply level of 228 m above sea level (ASL) on 9th March 2012. Ever since the forming of Bakun dam as a reservoir, no report on zooplankton is published. Therefore, an initiative has been …

D. Kumarimanimuthuveeral

pp. 125–127 · 2014

Field experiments were conducted to evaluate the direct and residual effects of lignite flyash at four levels viz., 10, 15 and 20t ha with or without pressmud an agro industrial by product on Sugarcane CoC 95071 during 2…

Kughur P.G., Daudu S., Akua E.M.

pp. 128–132 · 2014

The research examined the influence of sources of information on adoption behaviour of farmers in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. Structured interview questionnaire was administered on 105 respondents randomly…

Fabio Rossano Dario

pp. 137–142 · 2014

Animal dispersers are the key in the configuration of plant communities and expanding existing populations. Knowledge about how frugivory and seed deposition are spatially distributed is valuable to understand the role o…

Archana Moon, Pallavi Sahare, Komal Talreja

pp. 143–148 · 2014

Herpes has been known for at least 2000 years and it is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases (STD) worldwide. Herpes belong to the family Herpesviridae, which includes dsDNA viruses causing diseases in an…

Ahmad Ashfaq, Amna Khatoon

pp. 149–151 · 2014

Dye wastes are considered as the most problematic group of pollutants. Most of them are non-biodegradable and highly toxic in nature. Some of them are carcinogenic also like aromatic amines. This paper provides an overvi…