Asian Journal of Biological and Life sciences
Volume 4, Issue 2
2015 · pp. 81–182 · 15 articles
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 2
- Published
- 2015
- Pages
- 81–182
- Articles
- 15
- Sections
- 1
- ISSN
- e-ISSN: 2278-5957 | p-ISSN: 2278-747X
- Journal
- AJBLS
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Mylene M. Uy, Princess T. Pundogar
pp. 81–86 · 2015
Decoction and various extracts (hexane, chloroform and aqueous) were prepared from the leaves of P. grisea. These extracts were subjected to evaluation of toxicity using the brine shrimp lethality test and their antioxid…
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Thaís Dalzochio, Cristina Deuner Muller, Rodrigo Staggemeier, Tabata Spellmeier Lange, Eloisa Bianchi, Günther Gehlen, Gustavo Muller Lara, Fernando Rosado Spilki, Luciane Rosa Feksa, Daiane Bolzan Berlese
pp. 87–94 · 2015
The involvement of enteroviruses in the development of type 1 diabetes (T1D) has been long studied, since they may affect the insulin producing β cells directly or may act in the pathology through the development of auto…
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Tapas kumar das, Anita ghosh, Susanta kumar chakraborty
pp. 95–103 · 2015
The present paper has attempted to highlight the transmission of bio-chemicals especially the omega-3 fatty acids from selected coastal mangrove leaf detritus in the process of foraging activities of Uca acuta acuta, a v…
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Annabelle V. Briones, Toshinori Sato
pp. 104–108 · 2015
This study is about the cytotoxicity of Philippine carrageenan (kappa, iota and lambda type) in COS-7 cells (African green monkey cell line producing T antigen of SV40). Results showed that among the carrageenan samples …
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Iman Takalloo, Ali Mohamadi Sani
pp. 109–113 · 2015
In this study, aflatoxin M1 (AFM1), heavy metals (As, Pb, Hg, Cd, Al) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), were evaluated in 90% demineralized whey powder (DWP-90), produced from sweet whey. For this purpose, 12 DWP-90 …
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Thyavanahally Hanumaiah Shankarappa, Gurunath Shirnalli Geeta, Mudigere Javaraiah Manju, Chandragouda Rudragouda Patil, Hirematha Vamadevaiah, Kavi Shivalingappa Jagadeesh
pp. 114–121 · 2015
Five agro-residues viz. sugarcane bagasse, sugarcane tops, sugarcane trash, corn husk and corn stover were alkali pretreated using 3.0% NaOH for 8 hours under ambient condition and then autoclaved at 1210C, 15 lbs pressu…
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Sivasankar Murugan, Stephen M.L. Raj
pp. 122–131 · 2015
Tuberculosis the well-known infectious disease in human beings is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The major antigens produced by M. tuberculosis during infection is CFP10, ESAT6, Ag85. Present study focuses on CFP1…
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Prathyusha Piska, Rajitha Sri Anipeddi Bramhani, Satya Prasad Katta
pp. 132–138 · 2015
Twenty Four foliar endophytic fungal species were isolated from the living leaves of 37 medicinal plants from Bhadrachalam dry deciduous forest localised along the river Godavari of Khammam district, Telangana state, Ind…
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Suman SundarMohanty, Karam Vir Singh, Phool Chand Kanojia, Shiv Kumr Bansal
pp. 139–142 · 2015
In India, Aedes aegypti is the principal vector of the dengue viruses. Dengue viruses require a stipulated time to replicate and disseminate inside the mosquito’s body before transmission to naı¨ve hosts can occur. Gluco…
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Jehane I. Eid
pp. 143–149 · 2015
Bisphenol A (BPA), one of the most prevalent xenoestrogens for daily use, has been reported to induce developmental neurotoxicity, but its mechanism is poorly understood. Animal studies suggest that the early exposure du…
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Jaswant Singh, Murari Lal Thakur, H.S. Banyal
pp. 150–155 · 2015
Present investigations revealed the presence of 3 species of reptiles, and 1 species each of fish and amphibian in Prashar area of Mandi district (Himachal Pradesh). The area supports a good population of species like Co…
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Chitra Balasubramanian, Brindha Pemiah
pp. 156–163 · 2015
Herbal medicine is as primordial as mankind and has appreciably contributed to the health care of the human society. In array to ascertain new bioactive compounds from plant sources which may possibly become new-fangled …
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Fahad I Al-Saikhan, Mohamed A Abd-Elaziz, Ramadan I. Al-Shdefat, Fakhrul Ahsan
pp. 164–168 · 2015
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive life-threatening disease. Information about the incidence and prevalence of PH in Saudi Arabia remains limited.The aims of the present study were to estimate prevale…
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Frederick R. Masangkay
pp. 169–177 · 2015
To identify common organism colonizing the cervico-vaginal mucosa of normal spontaneous intraoperative delivery patientsswabs were collected from 50 subjects prior to child birth. Swabs were used for Gram-stained slide p…
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Sandhya Iyer, Caesar Sengupta, A. Velumani
pp. 178–182 · 2015
Vitamin D or the sunshine vitamin is a very critical nutrient and the best mode to obtain this vital factor is through direct exposure to the UVB rays of sunlight. However, deficiency of this easily obtainable nutriment …