Volume 10, Issue 1

2021 · pp. 1–224 · 31 articles

Volume: 10
Issue: 1
Published: 2021
Pages: 1–224
Articles: 31
Sections: 2
ISSN: e-ISSN: 2278-5957 | p-ISSN: 2278-747X
Journal: AJBLS

Review Article Research Article

In this issue

Review Article

Review
Chemistry of Molecular Assemblies: Macrocyclic Compounds and their Applications
Ajay L. Desai, Kavit S. Mehta, Jaymin Parikh, Keyur D. Bhatt
pp. 1–4 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.1 · Published
The review is stanch to supramolecular chemistry and theirvaious molecular assemblies. It mainly deals with applications of calix system, non-covalent interaction, fluorescence sensor, biosensor, nano biosensor. Recognit…
Review
Quorum Sensing Signaling in Bacteria - from Mechanism to Future Prospects: A Terse Literature Review
Chika Crescence Ogueke, Ijeoma Maureen Agunwah, Chigozie Emmanuel Ofoedu, Charles Odilichukwu R Okpala, Małgorzata Korzeniowska
pp. 5–14 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.2 · Published
Quorum sensing is when a sufficient population of micro-organisms, such as bacteria, situated in a given environment can trigger a system of cell-cell communication in these micro-organisms. Researchers, increasingly, ha…
Review
Pathobiology of Multidrug Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: An update
Sunil Kumar, Mukesh Yadav, Nirmala Sehrawat, Rakesh R, Jihad Alrehaili, Razique Anwer
pp. 15–26 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.3 · Published
Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic nosocomial pathogen responsible for mortality and mobidity asscoaited with hospital acquired infections worldwide. Antimicrobial resistance due to natural and acquired modes fa…

Research Article

Article
A Study on the Relationship between Polymorphism of the Selected Candidate Genes with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Lavanya Balakrishnan, Sharba Deepa Palanisami, Sindhya Joseph, Navitha Thanu Janarthanan, Praveen Ramachandran, Sharmila Srimathi Dhanaraj, Trisha Mary Pandipilly Antony, Arya Radhakrishnan Krishna, Swathy Krishna Jayalekshmi, Jayaprabha Chockalingam, Suganthi Ramasamy
pp. 27–33 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.4 · Published
Polycystic ovary syndrome the most common gynecological endocrinopathy, is characterized by chronic anovulation and hyperandrogenism. It is commonly noted that people with polycystic ovary syndrome are closely related to…
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Microbial Analysis of Street Vended Fruit Juices and the Hygienic Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Fruit Juice Vendors
Srisangavi Ramesh T, Sivapriya Thiyagarajan
pp. 34–39 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.5 · Published
Food borne diseases caused by improper food handling practices bring about dreadful diseases that has an adverse effect on human life. The study was conducted to assess the microbial quality of street vended fruit juices…
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Food and Feeding Behavior of Red Vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) and Role in Seed Dispersal at Urban Area, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Nadim Chishty, Rehana Parveen, Narayan Lal Choudhary, Pritesh Patel, Pushkar Kumawat
pp. 40–44 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.6 · Published
Red vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) was mostly forage on Lawsonia inermis, Delonix regia, Aurocaria species, Bouganvillia spectebilis, Asparagus racemosus, Psidum guovava, Lantana camara and Ziziphus nummularia and Zizi…
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Phytocontrol of Root Knot nematodes in Vegetable Crops of India
Sohini Singh, Charul Sharma
pp. 45–50 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.7 · Published
Meloidogyne spp. is a major pest of plants and causes yield loss all over the world in cultivated as well as wild plants. In India, also the major share of destruction of crops is caused by Meloidogyne. In the past few y…
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Prolactin Influences Different Aspects of Fish Biology
Indraneel Saha, Ashmita Chakraborty, Samar Das
pp. 51–56 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.8 · Published
Prolactin (PRL) is a 198 amino acid long polypeptide hormone, structurally similar to growth hormone, secreted by adenohypophysis in the vertebrates. The full-length amino acid sequence of PRL has been determined from a …
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Phytochemical and Pharmaceutical Importance of Ipomoea staphylina Roem. and Schult: A Medicinal Review
Kokila. G, Jeevan. P
pp. 57–61 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.9 · Published
Plant based remedies are best alternative to allopathic medicine. They have been contributed significantly to rural livelihoods. Apart from the traditional healers used herbal medicine, many people are involved in the co…
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Antibacterial, Antifungal and Anticorrosion Properties of Green Tea Polyphenols Extracted Using Different Solvents
ThirumalaiRaj Brindha, Ramasamy Rathinam, Sivakumar Dheenadhayalan
pp. 62–66 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.10 · Published
The purpose of this study was to examine the antibacterial, antifungal and anticorrosion properties of green tea polyphenols extracted using different solvents like water, 70% ethanol, 70% methanol and dimethyl form amid…
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Chlorpyrifos Effect on Vitellogenin, Ovarian Steroid in Adult and NR5A1 Expression in Fry of the Freshwater Catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794)
Abha Mishra, Abhisweta Singh
pp. 67–75 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.11 · Published
Aim:To study the interference of organophosphate pesticide chlorpyrifos (CPF) in gonad function at the steroidal and gene levels during prespawning adult and fry stage respectively of the freshwater stinging catfish, Het…
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Novel Index Value of Fibrinogen and Glucose in Risk Assessment with HOMA-IR
Kuppusamy Subramaniam Elango, Narasimhan Banu, Swaminathan Vijayalakshmi
pp. 76–80 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.12 · Published
In Type 2 diabetes, Insulin resistance leads to microvascular and macrovascular complications. Early diagnosis prevents this complication. Previous studies confirm the association between fibrinogen level and insulin sen…
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Systematic Review on the Status of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) in the Philippines: Challenges and Opportunities
Millen May Arellano, Jenette Minelle Abalos, Jamie Alessandra Cruz, Danah Marie Estacio, Franchesca Ramasola, Ronalaine Reyes, Angelu Satoya, Giovanni De Jesus Milanez
pp. 81–86 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.13 · Published
Sexually transmitted infections are considered a major global concern not only on a health perspective but more importantly for both the socio and economic status of a country. Articles covering the prevalence of sexuall…
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Mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) as Functional Food, Agronomic Importance and Breeding Approach for Development of Climate Resilience: Current Status and Future Perspectives
Nirmala Sehrawat, Mukesh Yadav, Anil Kumar Sharma, Sunil Kumar, Manoj Singh, Vikas Kumar, Rakesh R, Pooja Sharma, Raj Singh
pp. 87–92 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.14 · Published
Mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) is highly nutritive food, important feed and fodder crop throughout the world. It is an excellent source of nutrients, minerals and vitamins. Seeds and sprouts of mungbean are commonly…
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Current Status and Seasonal Distribution of Malacofaunal Assemblage in Poba Reserve Forest in Relation to Certain Physico-chemical Parameters
Jitu Chutia, Devid Kardong
pp. 93–100 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.15 · Published
A field survey was conducted for two consecutive years in the aquatic bodies of Poba reserve forest (PRF) to assess the diversity, distribution and status of freshwater mollusc’s species in relation to physico-chemical p…
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In vitro Antidiabetic, Antioxidant and Antiglycation Activity of Ethanolic Leaf Extract of Gomphrena globosa (Linn.)
Arsia Tarnam Yakoob Sherif
pp. 101–109 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.16 · Published
G. globosa L. is an everlasting tropical annual plant reported to possess several biological activities for curing ailments such as arthritis, diabetes, asthma, bronchitis and also known to possess anti tussive, anti-oxi…
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Thin Layer Chromatography and GC-MS Analysis of Bioactive Molecules of the Acacia ferruginea DC. Thorn Extract
Malathi H, Thamizhseran N
pp. 110–117 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.17 · Published
The aim of the current study is to investigate thethin layer chromatography (TLC) and gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy analysis (GC-MS) of methanolic extract of Acacia ferruginea thorns. The bioactive molecules w…
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Anticancer Activity of Turbo brunneus, Cypraea annulus and Babylonia spirata on MCF-7 Cell Line
P Subavathy, C Shibana
pp. 118–122 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.18 · Published
Natural products have served as an important source of drugs since ancient times. Marine natural products isolated from molluscs have been tested for an extensive range of biological activities. Marine compounds are know…
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In vitro Evaluation of Purple Inflorescence of Gomphrena globosa (L.) Extracts for Antiinflammatory Activity and its GC/MS Profile
Arsia Tarnam Yakoob Sherif
pp. 123–131 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.19 · Published
The complex biological process that protects the body by triggering immune system for infection, injury or disease is called inflammation. When compared with acute inflammation, chronic inflammation lasts for weeks, mont…
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Sensitivity of Common Carp, Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus, 1758) to the Grey List Metal, Zinc under Laboratory Condition
Kishore Dhara, Shubhajit Saha, Nimai Chandra Saha
pp. 132–140 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.20 · Published
In the present investigation, acute toxicity of the grey list metal, Zinc was carried out under laboratory condition to Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus, 1758). The 96 h LC50 value of zinc with 95% confidence limits to C. carpi…
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Phytochemical and Pharmacological Investigation on Onosma bracteatum Wall.
Aruna M Rajapara, Vijay P Bhatt, Mamta B Shah
pp. 141–149 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.21 · Published
Introduction: Onosma bracteatum is one of the important species of genus Onosma growing in Himalayas in India that has been used traditionally as a beneficial remedy for many diseases yet in unexplored scientifically. Ob…
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Molecular Interactions of Cyanidin-3-glucoside with Bacterial Proteins Modulate the Virulence of Selected Pathogens in Caenorhabditis elegans
John Sylvester Nas, Annlyn Sanchez, Jenina Camille Bullago, Jhowel Ken Fatalla, Francisco Gellecanao Jr.
pp. 150–158 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.22 · Published
Anthocyanins are plant pigments known for their radical scavenging activity. However, the current understanding of the effects of anthocyanins in bacterial infection is limited to crude extracts. Additionally, most studi…
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Hypoglycemic Effect of Moringa oliefera Lam. Seed Oil Extract and Royal Jelly Composite Mixture in Alloxan-Induced Diabetes in Male Albino Wistar Rats
Romulo R. Macadangdang Jr., Albert Lorenz T. Orodio, Alison Green T. Calabio, Kristine Bernardeen V. Miciano, Alexandrine Coleen L. Tan
pp. 159–164 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.23 · Published
Artificial diabetes was introduced to healthy male albino wistar rats to establish the hypoglycemic effect of the combined Moringa oleifera Lam. seed oil (MOSO) extract with royal jelly (RJ). Moringa oleifera Lam. seed o…
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Antioxidant Studies, in vitro Cytotoxic and Cell Viability Assay of Flavonoids and Alkaloids of Leucas aspera (Wild.) Linn Leaves
Rajeev Ramachandra Kolgi, Haleshappa R, Sajeeda N, Keshamma E, Chandrakant S Karigar, Sharangouda J Patil
pp. 165–171 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.24 · Published
Emerging drug advancements for anticancer research is need of the hour using the natural product and their bioactive molecules, among these some are highly potential to fight against cancers and exhibiting as biological …
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Synthesis Bioactivities and Non-linear Optical Behavior of Angularly and Linearly Fused Pyridazino Quinoline Derivatives
Namitha Radhakrishnan, Selvi Gopal
pp. 172–182 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.25 · Published
Angularly and linearly fused pyridazino quinolines has been reported via the cyclisation of hydrazino quinoline with chloroacetyl chloride. The structure was characterized by IR and NMR studies. The synthesized chemical …
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Assessment of Earthworm Community Structure in Industrial and Non-industrial Soils
Falwinder Verma, Sharanpreet Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Salwinder Singh Dhaliwal, Chander Parkash
pp. 183–190 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.26 · Published
The trend of industrialization in all over the world significantly altered the assemblages of species and their surrounding environments in the soil. In the present study, the earthworm community structures were assessed…
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Evaluation of Therapeutic Effect of Mg doped ZnS Nano Particle and Bougainvillea glabra Flower Fraction on HepG2 Cell Lines
A. Boopathy Raja
pp. 191–196 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.27 · Published
Diabetes mellitus is chronic disease which causes ill effects on human health. Over many years, a number of research works undergone to control diabetes mellitus among humans. Most of the researchers contributed various …
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Isolation and Identification of Bacterial Strains with Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) Analysis
Pullannagari Sai Kirthi, Srinivasa Naidu, Parijatham Kanchana
pp. 197–201 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.28 · Published
Soil is an excellent source of micro-organisms, especially bacteria. In our present study, we isolated bacteria from a fertile agricultural soil IRCP (361) from Northern India and studied the morphological, cultural, and…
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Phytochemical Screening, in vitro Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory activity of Freeze-dried Borassus flabellifer L. Seed Powder
Saira Mariam Banu, Nora Vigasini, Shanmugapriya Surenderan
pp. 202–209 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.29 · Published
Palmyra palm tree, native to Tamil Nadu bears seasonal summer fruits (Nungu) with numerous health benefits. Preserving the fruit throughout the year is essential to enjoy its goodness and health benefits. With this focus…
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In vitro Antioxidant and Anticancer Activity of Ethanolic Extract of Defatted Rice Bran on MCF-7 (Breast) and A549 (Lung) Cancer Cell Lines
P Avanthi, Nora Vigasini
pp. 210–216 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.30 · Published
Rice bran, a by-product of milling industries is a nutrient dense material basically used as animal feed. Phytochemicals present in rice bran have potent bioactive compounds that can be used to prevent various non-commun…
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Antioxidant and Antidiabetic Activities of Ethanolic Extract of Hibiscus sabdariffa calyx and Stevia rebaudiana Leaf
Benoite T, Nora Vigasini
pp. 217–224 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2021.10.31 · Published
The prevalence of diabetes mellitus has increased tremendously in developing countries of tropical regions. The need for an effective and safe alternative is of importance as oral hypoglycaemic drugs have reported to cau…