Volume 1, Issue 1

Quality and Yields of Black Tea Camellia Sinensis L. O. Kuntze in Responses to Harvesting in Kenya: A Review

P. Okinda Owuor, Bowa O. Kwach

pp. 1–7 · DOI: · Published 10 May 2012

Tea beverages, from tender shoots of Camellia sinensis L., are the most widely consumed fluids after water. The young tender shoots of the plant are harvested using various plucking methods. Incorrect plucking leads to y…

Evaluation of Foliar Analysis as a Diagnostic Tool of Predicting Nutrients Deficiencies of Clonal Tea in Kenya

Bowa O. Kwach, P. Okinda Owuor, David M. Kamau, John K. Wanyoko

pp. 8–18 · DOI: · Published 10 May 2012

Tea is a high value cash crop grown in countries with varying environmental conditions. High demand for the commodity led to development of high yielding varieties leading to nutrients loss with harvested crop. For conti…

Characterization of the Alterations in the Thylakoid Pigment Proteins Under Cold Stress in the Intact Cells of the Cyanobacterium; Spirulina Platensis

Praveen Kumar, Bhogavalli B, Prabhakar P, Thota T, Murthy. S.D.S

pp. 19–23 · DOI: · Published 10 May 2012

The response of Spirulina platensis to cold stress (10°C) for 12h was investigated by incubating the intact cells in light of moderate intensity. It inhibits energy transfer from phycocyanin to chlorophyll a and specific…

Isolation, Screening and Identification of Benzene Degrading Bacterium, Pseudomonas putida

Gangula Sai Ramalinga Reddy, Koona Subramanyam, Rajasekhar Pinnamaneni

pp. 24–28 · DOI: · Published 10 May 2012

The BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene) compounds are hydrocarbon pollutants that are considered as significant threat to the health and environment. Among BTEX, benzene is of major concern, because it is s…

Performance of Response Surface Model for Increase of Dextransucrase Production by Leuconostoc Mesenteroides FT 045B Under Different Experimental Conditions

Mary Helen Palmuti Braga Vettori, Cristian Jaques Boner de Lima, Kate Cristina Blanco, Mariana Cortezi, Jonas Contiero

pp. 29–35 · DOI: · Published 10 May 2012

Optimization of the medium for dextransucrase production by Leuconostoc mesenteroides FT 045B was carried out using response surface methodology. A central composite design was employed to determine maximal dextransucras…

Effect of Glycyrrhiza Glabra on the Liver of Growing Embryo of Mice

M Pandey, S.K Pandey, Y.B. Tripathi

pp. 36–38 · DOI: · Published 10 May 2012

In the present study the Swiss white female mice were obtained from the department of Anatomy and the central animal house, Institute of medical sciences, Banaras Hindu University. Each group of experimental animal recei…

In vitro Antibacterial Activity of Water and Ethanol Extract of Tribulus terrestris on the Growth of Bacillus by Disc Diffusion Test

Vishal Kumar Deshwal

pp. 39–40 · DOI: · Published 10 May 2013

The present study was conducted to determine the antibacterial activity of Tribulus terrestris against Bacillus which is a potent pathogen whose various species are responsible for causing a number of diseases. Two extra…

Study of Acute and Chronic Treatment of Tetracycline on Total Lipid Contents in Various Tissues of Freshwater Mussels, Lamellidens corrianus (Lea) & Parreysia cylindrica (Annandale & Prashad)

H.P. Nandurkar, S.P. Zambare

pp. 41–44 · DOI: · Published 10 May 2012

Freshwater bivalves, Lamellidens corrianus were exposed to acute dose of tetracycline one of the broad spectrum antibiotics, 369.10PPM, and Parreysia cylindrica 166.54PPM up to 96 h. In Lamellidens corrianus the concentr…

Preliminary Studies of White Rot Fungi, Brown Rot Fungi and Soft Rot Fungi for Coffee Pulp Degradation

K. Parani, M. Eyini

pp. 45–50 · DOI: · Published 10 May 2012

Out of six species of Pleurotus showed wide variation in their linear downward growth and mycelial density. P. flabellatus and P. sajor-caju showed fast growth (linear downward growth 12-13 days). P.florida grew slower t…

Trace Elements and Nitrosamines Concentration in Black Sea Elasmobranch Species

Rudneva I.I., Kuz'minova N.S., Omelchenko S.O.

pp. 51–57 · DOI: · Published 10 May 2012

The trace elements (Pb, Cu, Zn, Cd, As and Hg) and nitrosamine (NA) concentrations were determined in tissues of three Black Sea elasmobranch species Atlantic spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias, buckler skate Raja clavata a…

Age Trend in Thinness among Birhor Children and Adolescents of Purulia: A Primitive Tribe of West Bengal, India.

Subal Das, Mileva Mahata, Kaushik Bose

pp. 58–60 · DOI: · Published 10 May 2012

The present cross-sectional study was undertaken among one of the smallest primitive tribes of West Bengal, the Birhors. This study is the first, to investigate thinness using body mass index (BMI) among (2 18 years) chi…

Evaluation of General Behavioral Activities of Aloe vera (L) burm.f

Nuzhat Sultana, Rahila Najam

pp. 61–65 · DOI: · Published 10 May 2012

Anxiety is the natural human response to motivate to solve the problems. Under pressure, person is facing a stressful situation in anxiety. Although it is a normal human emotion but symptoms escalate into anxiety attack,…

Hematological Evaluation of Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f and Vitamin E

Nuzhat Sultana, Rahila Najam

pp. 66–71 · DOI: · Published 10 May 2012

Aloe vera and vitamin E (natural antioxidants) are traditional medicine used to treat various disorders. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the hematological profile of herbal drugs. Drugs were showing the signific…

Phytochemical Investigation and Pharmacological Activity in the Roots of Thottea siliquosa lam.

Merrine Raju, Ramesh. B

pp. 72–75 · DOI: · Published 10 May 2012

The main aim of the research work is to investigate the in vitro antioxidant and cytotoxic activity in the root of medicinal plant Thottea siliquosa Lam. (Synonym: Apama siliquosa Lam.) the member of Aristolochiaceae fam…

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Munazzah Tasleem

pp. 42–45 · DOI: · Published Jan-Apr 2024