Volume 4, Issue 3

Mylene M. Uy, Maryjane P. Villanueva

pp. 179–184 · 2015

Piper baccatum Blume was investigated for the possible presence of bioactive compounds. Ethanol (PbE), chloroform (PbC), hexane (PbH), aqueous (PbA) and decoction (PbD) extracts of P. baccatum were prepared and subjected…

Justina Ndirika Chikwendu, Joy Ugo Nwamarah, Vivian A. Uchegbu

pp. 185–188 · 2015

The study evaluated the effect of aqueous extract of Ficus capensis leaves in albino rats. The study specifically investigated the effect of the extract on some liver enzymes (aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine…

Noraya U. Elias, Olga M. Nuñeza

pp. 189–193 · 2015

Leaf-dwelling pholcidspiders do not eat plants but leaves serve as microhabitat necessary for their survival, proliferation, and diversification. This paper dealt with microhabitat utilization of leaf-dwelling pholcids i…

Samira Amiri, Ali Mohamadi Sani

pp. 194–197 · 2015

Due to the heat resistance of Bacillus cereus, its potential pathogenic character, the capability to grow in milk and reported diseases upon consumption of dairy products, the organism should be considered as hazardous i…

Sawinder kaur, Sushma gurumayum, Ipnavjot kaur maini

pp. 198–202 · 2015

The present study was aimed to select a suitable medium for enhanced pigment production by Fusarium sp. The fungus was isolated from air by plate exposure method using potato dextrose agar media. Different types of solid…

Vijaylaxmi Saxena, Supriya Dixit, Krati Shukla

pp. 203–207 · 2015

The human mitochondrial genome is extremely small compared with the nuclear genome and also have high rate of mutations which will lead to a disease like cancer, ageing and neurodegenerative disease. A major challenge fo…

Priti Patel, Shreyas Bhatt

pp. 208–211 · 2015

P-Nitrophenol is the potent contaminant in the environment. We have isolated and characterize the Nocardiodies nitrophenolicus strain use for degradation of P-Nitrophenol. Greatest degradation of PNP was observed at 35°C…

Anup Kumar Sarkar

pp. 217–220 · 2015

In order to better understand and manage forest ecosystems, it is important to study the diversity of plants in these ecosystems. Ecological studies are the measure of biodiversity status of any vegetation.This study was…

Philip Noel O. Banaag II, Olga M. Nuñeza

pp. 221–227 · 2015

Studies on the microhabitat preferences of leaf-dwelling pholcids are yet to be generated in the Philippines. In this study, the microhabitat preferences of the 150 specimens of three leaf-dwelling pholcid genera and the…

Mahsa Sahni, Reihaneh Ahmadzadeh Ghavidel, Sodabeh Ein Afshar

pp. 288–235 · 2015

The hawthorn is a fruit with antioxidant properties that make this fruit useful for the treatment of many diseases. In this study twelve hawthorn species were assayed for their antioxidant capacities evaluating total phe…

Reza Arianmanesh, Iraj Mehregan, Mostafa Assadi, Taher Nejadsatari

pp. 212–216 · 2015

The salt glands of halophytic plants are considered to be effective desalination devices and apparently maintain the salt balance in the leaves by the secretion of excess salts. These glands are also of particular intere…

Javed Ujjan, Maria Khushbakht, Tanveer Soomroa, Zan Linsen

pp. 236–241 · 2015

This paper introduces a series of phenotypic analyses done in parallel with genotypic analyses for the bovine meat quality. This has allowed new knowledge to be gained of the genetic, environment and management factors t…