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Asian Journal of Biological and Life sciences

Volume 1, Issue 3

Sep-Dec 2024 · pp. 86–134 · 23 articles

Volume
1
Issue
3
Published
Sep-Dec 2024
Pages
86–134
Articles
23
Sections
5
ISSN
e-ISSN: 2278-5957 | p-ISSN: 2278-747X
Journal
AJBLS

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ReviewReview Article

  1. Article

    Improvement in Productivity of Wheat with Crop Residue and Nitrogen -A Review

    Avtar Singh, Meenakshi Kaushal, Harmeet Singh

    pp. 139–146 · DOI: · Published 31 December 2012

    Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the world's number one cereal crop in all the six continents of the world. It is the staple food of billions of people and is widely treated as cash crop because it produce good yield per …

Short Communication

  1. Communication

    Seasonal Variability of Some Enteromorpha Species in Kanyakumari Region, the Southern Coast of Tamil Nadu

    John Peter Paul J, Patric Raja D.

    pp. 147–149 · DOI: · Published 31 December 2012

    The present report deals with the study of seasonal variation of some Enteromorpha species in Kanyakumari region, the southern coast of Tamil Nadu. Kanyakumari region was divided in to four stations namely Kanyakumari, C…

  2. Communication

    Evaluation of Selective Nutritional and Antinutritional Components in Underground Storage Organs

    S.Chidambaram Pillai, N. Suresh, M. Padmasree

    pp. 150–153 · DOI: · Published 31 December 2012

    A study on selected nutritional and antinutritional contents in the edible parts of ten domesticated underground storage organs was carried out. Their quantitative data obtained have been depicted and compared with other…

Original Article

  1. Article

    Study on the Impact of Site Specific Nutrient Management Technologies in Rice Under Irrigated Domains of Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh

    K.V. Ramanaiah, G. Dhanalakshmi, G.Rajender Reddy, A.Krishna Murthy, M. Sudhakar

    pp. 154–158 · DOI: · Published 31 December 2012

    Frontline demonstrations were conducted from 2007 to 2011 in irrigated domains of Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh to know the usefulness and economic advantage of soil test based nutrient management technology in rice a…

  2. Article

    Documenting Angiosperm Diversity and Assigning Economic and Conservation Value of Kaan Forests: Traditionally Managed Climax Sacred Landscapes in Sagar Taluk of Central Western Ghats, India

    Shrikant Gunaga, Rajeshwari N, Vasudeva R.

    pp. 164–173 · DOI: · Published 31 December 2012

    The present study attempts to explore the traditionally managed Kaan forests in Sagar taluk of Central Western Ghats, Karnataka floristically. These Kaan forests are climax forest patches distributed along with agricultu…

  3. Article

    Distribution of Complement Component 4 (C4) Isotype -A Null Phenotype (C4AQ0) in Normal Healthy North Indian Subjects

    Riyaz Alam Mansoori, Monika Gandhi

    pp. 178–180 · DOI: · Published 31 December 2012

    Complement system is a part of innate immunity and plays a very active role in protecting against various infections and disorders. C4 component is an important part of complement. The great genetic diversity and quantit…

  4. Article

    Prevalence of Thinness Among Rural Pre-school Children of East Midnapur, West Bengal, India.

    Gopal Chandra Mandal, Atanu Acharya, Kaushik Bose

    pp. 181–185 · DOI: · Published 31 December 2012

    Nutrition during the first five years has not only an impact on growth and morbidity during childhood, but also acts as a determinant of nutritional status in adolescent and adult life. India has the highest occurrence o…

  5. Article

    Detection of Bla CTX-M gene on Resistant Salmonella enterica serovar from a Hospital in Southeast Nigeria

    Adeleke, O.E., Onyenwe, N.E., Mbata, T.I.

    pp. 186–190 · DOI: · Published 31 December 2012

    Typhoid fever appears to be a disease that has been associated with man since close to the first appearance of hominids. A total of twenty-five clinical isolates of Salmonella enterica serovars recovered between July-Sep…

  6. Article

    Effect of Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy on Serum Glycoproteins of Gynecological Cancers

    Subramanyam Dasari, Raju Naidu DS, Rajendra Wudyagiri, Lokanatha Valluru

    pp. 197–203 · DOI: · Published 31 December 2012

    Glycoproteins are end moieties of the carbohydrate chains are biologically important and essential for functions of glycoconjugates and are reported to be altered in cancer patients. The effect of chemotherapy and radiot…

Research Article

  1. Article

    Effect of Malathion on Physio-Biological Aspects of Notopterus notopterus (Pallas)

    Manoj kumar Ahirwar, Q . J . Shammi, Salman Raouf Chalko, Gh. Nabi Lone

    pp. 159–163 · DOI: · Published 10 May 2012

    During the present experiment, N. notopterus were exposed to lethal concentration (0.1 ppm) of malathion for a period of 03 hours in triplicates. A marked reduction in the opercular beat frequency (92.3 to 45.3) and tail…

  2. Article

    Optimization of PCR Conditions to Amplify Mitochondrial COI Gene fragments of Wildlife Species in Kenya

    Edinah Song'oro, Ann Muigai, Charles Kimwele, Erastus Gatebe, Mercy Mwaniki, Julius Kinuthia, Zipporah Osiemo

    pp. 191–196 · DOI: · Published 31 December 2012

    PCR has been extensively used for amplification of DNAsequences. We conducted a study to obtain the best amplification conditions for cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) gene fragments of some of the targeted wildlife species i…

  3. Article

    Isolation, Screening and Identification of Organophosphate Pesticide Degrading Bacterium, Kocuria sp

    N. Nagavardhanam, Z. Vishnuvardhan

    pp. 204–207 · DOI: · Published 31 December 2012

    Chlorpyrifos is an insecticide that has been one of the pesticides most used worldwide since 1965. Asoil bacterium capable of utilizing chlorpyrifos as sole carbon source was isolated by selective enrichment on mineral m…

  4. Article

    Reactivity of Digestive Mucins in freshwater Snail Bellamya bengalensis (l) Against Copper sulphate Induction

    N A Kamble, S B Kamble

    pp. 208–212 · DOI: · Published 31 December 2012

    Freshwater snail Bellamya bengalensis was used for the toxicological study against copper sulphate in pre-determined LC50 concentrations (0.56ppm) up to 96 hrs. Histopathology was investigated by using standard H-E (Hema…

  5. Article

    Nitrogen fixation by the Native Azospirillum spp. Ssolated from Rhizosphere and Non-Rhizosphere of foxtail Millet

    Mokula Md. Raffi, P.B.B.N. Charyulu

    pp. 213–218 · DOI: · Published 31 December 2012

    Experiments were conducted to isolate Azospirillum spp. from the rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soil of foxtail millet grown in native black loamy soils of Anantapur district. A total of 100 strains of Azospirillum were…

  6. Article

    Antibacterial Activity of Seaweed (Gracilaria species) Extracts Against Infectious Pathogens

    Prasad M. P., Shekhar Sushant, Rindhe Ganesh

    pp. 219–222 · DOI: · Published 31 December 2012

    Pathogenic microorganisms currently resistant to drugs cause innumerable mortality in human population which creates need for searching new antibacterial agents from easily available unexplored natural sources such as se…

  7. Article

    Back Extensor Endurance: A Comparison Between Normal Healthy Indian Adults

    Rashmi Bhaval, Deepak Anap, Keerthi Rao, Chandra Iyer, S.M. Khatri

    pp. 223–225 · DOI: · Published 31 December 2012

    The spinal muscles are the main proportion of human musculature and foundation of correct posture and are a huge group. Basically, back extensors play an important role in prevention and treatment of low back pain and ar…

  8. Article

    Vegetational Diversity of Shrub Across Different Habitat in Garhwal Himalaya

    Jagdish Chandra, Vardan Singh Rawat, Y. S. Rawat

    pp. 226–232 · DOI: · Published 31 December 2012

    Shrub species richness, shrub density, shrubs diversity, shrub canopy cover and distribution pattern were investigation in low disturbance stands of temperate forest of West Pinder region of Garhwal Himalaya. Four sites …

  9. Article

    Antiulcer Activity of Dodonaea viscosa Leaf Extract in Aspirin Induced Albino rats

    K. Sathya, G. Prasanna

    pp. 233–237 · DOI: · Published 31 December 2012

    Dodonaea viscosa is being used in Ayurvedic and Malay traditional medicine for the treatment of various diseases including gastric ulcer. Considering the above claims, the present work was undertaken to validate the anti…

  10. Article

    Acute Toxicity of Cadmium and Lead to Adult Toad Bufo maculatus

    Alex Ajeh Enuneku, Lawrence Ikechukwu Ezemonye

    pp. 238–241 · DOI: · Published 31 December 2012

    The toxicity of cadmium and lead to Bufo maculatus were assessed using acute toxicity assays in the laboratory. Mortality and behavioral changes were used as measurement end points for acute toxicity. The Organization fo…

  11. Article

    Nutritional Composition, Phytochemical screening and Antimicrobial Properties of the Leaf of Ficus exasperata (Vahl)

    Ajayi, O.B., Oluyege, J.O., Olalemi, O.M., Ilesanmi, T.M

    pp. 242–246 · DOI: · Published 31 December 2012

    The leaf of Ficus exasperata was studied for proximate , mineral , antinutrients, phytochemical composition and antimicrobial activity. Results obtained for proximate composition showed that the leaf was rich in carbohyd…

  12. Article

    Investigation of the Anxiolytic and Antidepressant Activity of Athanolic Extract of Whole Plant of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), a Popular Medicinal Plant of Indian Subcontinent

    Ninadh Malrina D'Costa, Mehdi Bin Samad, Ashraf-ul Kabir, JMA Hannan

    pp. 247–251 · DOI: · Published 31 December 2012

    Withania somnifera is a very popular medicinal plant used in countries of Indian subcontinent especially in Bangladesh and India by local healers and manufacturers of traditional medicines. The whole plant or its parts a…

  13. Article

    Antibacterial Activity Monascus purpureus (Red pigment) Isolated from Rice Malt

    Ajay kumar, Usha verma, Heena sharma

    pp. 252–255 · DOI: · Published 31 December 2012

    Biopigments are such microbial product which has greater impact over chemically synthetic pigments. Certain organism like Monascus purpureus has the ability to produce monascidin Acompound which are red coloured pigments…

OriginalOriginal Article

  1. Article

    Bacteria Associated with Septicemia in Children and their Antimicrobial Sensitivity Pattern, Kano, Nigeria

    Kashibu E, Ihesiulor G.U, Adeleke S. I, Tasabeeh M.H

    pp. 174–177 · DOI: · Published 31 December 2012

    The study is associated with childhood septicemia and their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern. A total of 2446 samples of blood culture of patients age less than 12 years were cultured from patients admitted into paed…