Asian Journal of Biological and Life sciences
Volume 5, Issue 3
2016 · pp. 233–311 · 13 articles
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 3
- Published
- 2016
- Pages
- 233–311
- Articles
- 13
- Sections
- 1
- ISSN
- e-ISSN: 2278-5957 | p-ISSN: 2278-747X
- Journal
- AJBLS
In this issue
Research Article
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Jayson T. Francisco, Mylene M. Uy
pp. 233–236 · 2016
Marine sponges contain unique secondary metabolites that are known to exhibit significant biological properties and can be used for various applications. In this study, five (5) marine sponges were collected off the coas…
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Jamuna Devi Jayaraman, Santhosh Sigamani, Hemalatha Venkatachalam, Dhandapani Ramamurthy
pp. 237–244 · 2016
The three brown algae Sargassum wightii, Padina tetrastromatica and Dictyota sp., collected from CS-MCRI, CSIR Institute, Mandapam coast, Rameshwaram, India. Extraction was carried out using HCl extraction method .The ma…
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Danti Kumari Mysarla, Aparna Yerra, Anitha Mamillapalli
pp. 245–247 · 2016
Silkworms synthesize silk from the beginning of larval stages but, predominant production takes place during 5th instar larval stage. Silk is produced by a specialized organ of silkworms called as silk gland. Silk produc…
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Felmer S. Latayada, Mylene M. Uy
pp. 248–252 · 2016
The antimicrobial activities and cytotoxic potentials of the ethanol, hexane, chloroform and aqueous extracts of the Philippine medicinal plant F. nota was evaluated using disc diffusion assay and brine shrimp lethality …
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Fatima Azzahra Delmani, Adnan Jaran, José Torreblanca, Javier Moreno, Gregorio García-Herdugo, Rosario Vilaplana, Francisco González-Víltchez
pp. 253–259 · 2016
In this study we investigated the effect of the new antitumor complex trans-[RuLCl2]H.4H2O (RAD) on cultured TG cells (a human ovarian cell line), we found that RAD was cytotoxic to these cells. RAD was shown to interact…
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Payel Paul, Monoranjan Chowdhury
pp. 260–262 · 2016
Present work spotted a small bushy habitat of, Persicaria chinensis (Linnaeus) H. Gross var. hispida (Hooker f.) Kantachot, a less known member of family Polygonaceae A. Jussieu on the hilly slops at Kalimpong of Darjeel…
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Sumitava Roy, Raktim Mukherjee, Surjyo Jyoti Biswas, Susanta Roy Karmakar
pp. 263–268 · 2016
The present study was conducted to find out the deleterious effects of Auramine by studying cytogenetical parameters, namely chromosome aberration (CA), mitotic indices (MI) and sperm head anomaly (SHA) in mice. Two diff…
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Amal F. Abdelkader, Adnan M. Aldughaish, Fatemah K. Al-hanout
pp. 269–275 · 2016
The objective of the present study was investigating impacts of popular drugs on the metabolic fingerprinting of two edible plants, D. carota root and P. sativum leaves under synthetic stomach conditions regarding temper…
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Kezia Kuruvilla
pp. 276–281 · 2016
Wetlands are one of the most threatened habitats due to their vulnerability and scope for their inclusion in developmental changes and urbanization process. They provide home for a variety of wildlife. The study area is …
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Rajendra B. Pujar, Chandrashekhar G. Patil
pp. 282–290 · 2016
Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) belongs to an angiosperm family Pedaliaceae. It is an ancient oilseed crop known to mankind and it is a diploid species. Its oil is highly priced as it consists of natural antioxidants. S. ind…
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Kavoos Keshavarz, Shahab Mirinejad, Nematallah Mortazavi Keveshk
pp. 291–299 · 2016
Wilting, dieback, decline and death of citrus trees have spread out extensively in tropical areas of South of Iran. The aim of this study was identifying the causative agent, dispersion and prevalence of this disease in …
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Bulganin Mitra, Sankarsan Roy, Subhrajit Bhaumik, Souradip Roy, Sumana Halder, Anirban Chakraborty
pp. 300–304 · 2016
A total of 18 species of three genera under two subfamilies of the family Therevidae belonging to the order Diptera are reported from India which is only 1.57 % of total global therevid fauna. Among these, nine species h…
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Esmat Arabzadeh, Reza Fotuhi Ghazviny, Hedayat Zakizadeh, Saeed Eshghy, Mohammad Saadatian
pp. 305–311 · 2016
Seasonal changes cause an array of physiological, biochemical and morphological changes in plants, thereby affecting plant growth and development. The measurement of some biochemical indexes is a method for the evaluatio…