Volume 5, Issue 3

Research Article

1. Article

   Toxicity and Antioxidant Potential Screening of Extracts from Five Marine Sponges Collected off Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines

   Jayson T. Francisco, Mylene M. Uy

   pp. 233–236 · DOI: · Published Sep-Dec 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…

2. Article

   Extraction and Purification of Sulfated Polysaccharide from Brown Algae and its Efficacy in Preventing Blood Clotting

   Jamuna Devi Jayaraman, Santhosh Sigamani, Hemalatha Venkatachalam, Dhandapani Ramamurthy

   pp. 237–244 · DOI: · Published Sep-Dec 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…

3. Article

   Polyamine Binding Studies with Silk gland and Testicular DNA of Bombyx mori. L (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae)

   Danti Kumari Mysarla, Aparna Yerra, Anitha Mamillapalli

   pp. 245–247 · DOI: · Published Sep-Dec 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…

4. Article

   Antimicrobial Activities and Toxicities of the Leaf Extracts of Ficus nota (Blanco) Merr.

   Felmer S. Latayada, Mylene M. Uy

   pp. 248–252 · DOI: · Published Sep-Dec 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 …

5. Article

   Biological Activity of the Water Soluble Complex trans-dichloro-1,2-propylenediamine-N,N,N,N-Tetraacetato Ruthenium (III) (RAD)

   Fatima Azzahra Delmani, Adnan Jaran, José Torreblanca, Javier Moreno, Gregorio García-Herdugo, Rosario Vilaplana, Francisco González-Víltchez

   pp. 253–259 · DOI: · Published Sep-Dec 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…

6. Article

   Persicaria chinensis (Linnaeus) H. Gross var. Hispida (Hooker f.) Kantachot (Polygonaceae): A New Distributional Record for West Bengal, India

   Payel Paul, Monoranjan Chowdhury

   pp. 260–262 · DOI: · Published

   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…

7. Article

   Dose-Dependent Genotoxic and Cytotoxic Activity of Auramine in Mice: A Preliminary Study

   Sumitava Roy, Raktim Mukherjee, Surjyo Jyoti Biswas, Susanta Roy Karmakar

   pp. 263–268 · DOI: · Published

   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…

8. Article

   Experimental Approach: FTIR and 1HNMR Based Metabolic Fingerprinting Detect Drugs Interactions with Physiological Pathways of Incubated Edible Plants in Acidic Medium

   Amal F. Abdelkader, Adnan M. Aldughaish, Fatemah K. Al-hanout

   pp. 269–275 · DOI: · Published

   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…

9. Article

   Effect of Habitat Alteration on the Avian Inhabitants of a Water Body with Special Reference to Dendrocygna javanica

   Kezia Kuruvilla

   pp. 276–281 · DOI: · Published

   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 …

10. Article

    Analysis of Genetic Diversity in Sesame (Sesamum indicum l.) Germplasm using RAPD Markers and Disease Resistance Screening Through RGA Markers

    Rajendra B. Pujar, Chandrashekhar G. Patil

    pp. 282–290 · DOI: · Published

    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…

11. Article

    First Report of Dieback of Citrus Trees Caused by Nattrassia mangiferae in South of Iran

    Kavoos Keshavarz, Shahab Mirinejad, Nematallah Mortazavi Keveshk

    pp. 291–299 · DOI: · Published

    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 …

12. Article

    Current Scenario of Stiletto Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Therevidae) in India

    Bulganin Mitra, Sankarsan Roy, Subhrajit Bhaumik, Souradip Roy, Sumana Halder, Anirban Chakraborty

    pp. 300–304 · DOI: · Published

    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…

13. Article

    The Effects of Seasonal Changes on Biochemical Changes of some Citrus Species

    Esmat Arabzadeh, Reza Fotuhi Ghazviny, Hedayat Zakizadeh, Saeed Eshghy, Mohammad Saadatian

    pp. 305–311 · DOI: · Published

    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…