Asian Journal of Biological and Life sciences
Volume 5, Issue 1
2016 · pp. 1–102 · 17 articles
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 1
- Published
- 2016
- Pages
- 1–102
- Articles
- 17
- Sections
- 1
- ISSN
- e-ISSN: 2278-5957 | p-ISSN: 2278-747X
- Journal
- AJBLS
In this issue
Research Article
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Juzavil V. Juario, Olga M. Nuñeza, Aimee Lynn B. Dupo
pp. 1–8 · 2016
The study was conducted to determine species diversity and guild structure of spiders inTawi-tawi and Basilan. Opportunistic sampling was conducted using a combination of pitfall trapping, aerial and ground collection, v…
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Annabelle V. Briones, Toshinori Sato
pp. 9–14 · 2016
Philippine carrageenan, was interacted with pDNA/PEI and pDNA/chitosan nanoparticles to study its effect on DNA condensation for potential use in non-viral gene delivery. Complexation and DNA condensation was monitored b…
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Safia Hassana, Ghazala Siddiquia, Yanyan Zhaob, Xinhong Wangb
pp. 15–20 · 2016
Imposex is a well-documented sexual abnormality in female gastropods caused by tributyltins and triphenyltins leached into the marine environment from antifouling paints applied on submerged marine structures such as fis…
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Myra L. Tansengco, David L. Herrera, Judith C. Tejano, Reynaldo L. Esguerra
pp. 21–27 · 2016
Laws that govern solid waste management in the Philippines promote composting as an environment-friendly technology. Generally, biodegradable waste constitutes a big portion of solid waste. Composting, therefore, is a po…
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Lilibeth A. Cajuday, Ida Francia H. Revale
pp. 28–31 · 2016
The acute and sub-chronic toxicity of cooked taro leaves (pinangat) and smoked fish (tinapa) were assessed in mice. In the acute oral toxicity study, animals received a dose of pinangat and tinapa at 400, 800, 1600 and 3…
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Saikat Naskar, Puja Baidya
pp. 32–39 · 2016
The cultivated varieties of Capsicum from three southern districts of West Bengal have been characterised on the basis of gross morphological characters. At first the species of cultivated varieties have been roughly ide…
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Keshaw Ram Aadil, Rajan Jha, Harit Jha
pp. 40–45 · 2016
The present study is focused on the synthesis of ecofriendly adhesives based on Acacia lignin. Alkali lignin extracted from Acacia wood was used for preparation of bio-based resin. Resin was synthesized using lignin as t…
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Jyotsaroop Kaur, Rajender Kumar Gupta
pp. 46–50 · 2016
Fertilization of organic manure and provision of supplementary feed with additives such as mineral and vitamin premix has a positive influence on the growth of Indian major carps that contributed to high fish production.…
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Mohan V.R, Paulpriya K, Tresina Soris P.
pp. 51–57 · 2016
In vitro antioxidant activity of petroleum ether, benzene, ethyl acetate, methanol and ethanol extracts of Asystasia travancorica (Acanthaceae) was evaluated by studying 1, 1-diphenyl – 2- picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical s…
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Lawmzuali Renthlei, Nongmaithem Mohondas Singh, ST Lalruatfela, Kshetrimayum Birla Singh
pp. 58–61 · 2016
There is high prevalence of urolithiasis in the natives of the North Eastern part of India and required urgent attention. The present study was conducted with an aim to assess the state of oxidative stress and antioxidan…
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Shashi Aggarwal, Nidhi Rana
pp. 62–65 · 2016
The present study assessed the effect of high fluoride ingestion on expression levels of Type I Collagen gene (COL1A1) in skeletal muscle of rats. Thirty Wistar albino rats of both sexes were randomly assigned to three g…
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Ray R, Rina Rani
pp. 66–70 · 2016
A bacterial strain was isolated from the top soil of an iron mine and was identified as Klebsiella variicola. The bacterial strain was found to achieve its maximal growth at 34°C and at a pH of 8.5 and attained stationar…
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Ashwini S, Raghavendra M.P
pp. 71–77 · 2016
Isolation and screening of Aspergillus foetidus strains for the biosynthesis of high yield multi enzymes such as amylase, protease, xylanase and pectinase was conducted using solid state fermentation wherein agrowaste ri…
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Deepa M.R., Sheema Dharmapal, P.S. Udayan
pp. 78–87 · 2016
Sacred groves are the remnants of forest patches which is protected and conserved based on religious beliefs. It acts as repositories of many RET, medicinal and economically important plant species. An exploratory survey…
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Bulganin Mitra, Sumana Halder, Sankarsan Roy, Subhrajit Bhaumik
pp. 88–92 · 2016
A total of 11 species belonging to the single genus Dixa Meigen of the family Dixidae of the order Diptera are reported from India, which is 5.58% of the total world fauna of Dixidae. Among these, only a lone species is …
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Jaiswal Alok, Bhatnagar Tripti, Aggarwal Meetu
pp. 93–96 · 2016
Butanol has been considered as a potential fuel or fuel additive and an alternate to Ethanol addition to fuel. Single-culture Clostridial fermentation was conducted to obtain Butanol from Citrus fruit waste as a low cost…
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Oloruntola O.D., Ayodele S.O., Agbede J.O., Asaniyan E.K.
pp. 97–102 · 2016
One hundred and forty four (144) day old broiler chicks were used to determine the effect of Gliricidia sepium leaf meal (GLM) on performance and apparent digestibility of broiler starter. A basal diet (0 g/kg GLM) was f…