Volume 6, Issue 3

Research Article

1. Article

   Intraspecific Morphological and Genetic Variations within the Populations of Calotropis gigantea (L) W.T. Aiton from Shivalik Hills of Himachal Pradesh, India

   Shabnam Thakur, Rachna Verma, Amita Kumari

   pp. 389–395 · DOI: · Published 30 December 2017

   Calotropis gigantea is an important medicinal, drought resistant wild plant of the Himalayas. Present study was aimed to elucidate the intraspecific morphological and genetic variations among the population of C. gigante…

2. Article

   Comparison of Techniques for Extracting Viral RNA in Plasma for Dengue Diagnosis by Reverse Transcriptase-PCR

   Aaron Jan S. Palmares, Veronica F. Chan, Michael O. Baclig

   pp. 396–400 · DOI: · Published 30 December 2017

   This study aims to determine if the rate of RT-PCR detection of Dengue virus from clinical plasma would vary between the RNA extracts of QIAamp® Viral RNA and TRIzol® LS in the first week of Dengue infection. Plasma samp…

3. Article

   Evaluating the Effectiveness of Integrated Pest Management with Farmer Field School (IPM/FFS) Approach in Iran

   Behrooz Hassanpour, Bijan Kavoosi, Karim Saeedi, Kavoos Keshavarz

   pp. 401–407 · DOI: · Published 30 December 2017

   Integrated pest management with farmer field school approach (IPM/FFS) is a participatory extension approach implemented in several years to protect the environment and control pests and plant diseases in the agricultura…

4. Article

   Bioethanol Production from Banana Peels using Different Pretreatments

   Yasir M. Yousif, Hind S. Abdulhay

   pp. 408–412 · DOI: · Published 30 December 2017

   Bioethanol is an attractive biofuel having a higher potential for energy security and environmental safety over fossil fuels. In this study, to obtain high concentration of ethanol from cellulosic materials, banana peels…

5. Article

   Viability of Probiotic Bacteria During Refrigerated Storage in Commercial Yogurt Marketed in Mashhad, Iran

   Masoume Sayyadi, Ali Mohamadi Sani

   pp. 413–416 · DOI: · Published 30 December 2017

   Probiotic yogurt is one of the most common and important probiotic products in the market. Researchers have revealed that the survival of probiotic organisms in yogurt during storage has often been low. This research aim…

6. Article

   Effect of Fungal Enzymes on Decolorization of Textile Dyeing Industry Effluent

   LATHIKA R.

   pp. 417–421 · DOI: · Published 30 December 2017

   Enzyme technology has been receiving increased attention in the latest development of biological remediation. The present study is aimed to explore the potential of the fungal species to decolorize the dyes from textile …

7. Article

   Hypocholesterolemic Effects of Cold and Hot-pressed linseed oil in A Wistar Rat Model

   Bandar H. Aloufi

   pp. 422–426 · DOI: · Published 30 December 2017

   Hypercholesterolemia is metabolic deregulation of cholesterol levels in the blood and the major risk factor that precipitate coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis.This study aimed to compare the efficiency of cold a…

8. Article

   Study on Extension of Shelf Life Tomato using Controlled Atmosphere Storage

   Mehdi Ghiafeh Davoodi

   pp. 427–435 · DOI: · Published 30 December 2017

   Investigations were carried out to study the effect of different gas compositions of Controlled Atmosphere (CA) on the shelf life and quality of tomato variety Red Cloud. Mature green tomatoes werehandpicked, sorted, was…

9. Article

   Green Synthesis of Selenium Nanoparticles using Allium sativum ExtractGreen Synthesis of Selenium Nanoparticles using Allium sativum Extract

   Jay Vyasa, Shafkat Ranab

   pp. 436–440 · DOI: · Published 30 December 2017

   The green synthesis of nanoparticles has recently gained the attention of researchers due to its eco-friendly, cost effective and non toxic nature. The present study on the reduction of Selenium ions to Selenium nanopart…

10. Article

    Extraction of Bioactive Compounds from Nepeta (Nepeta binaludensis Jamzad) by Novel Technologies

    Afsaneh Azimi Mahalleh, Seyed Ali Mortazavi, Parvin Sharayei, Elham Azarpazhooh, Razieh Niazmand

    pp. 441–446 · DOI: · Published 30 December 2017

    Expanded snack was prepared from whole oleaster powder (WOP) and navy bean powder (NBP). Design expert was used to investigate the effects of extrusion conditions including feed moisture content (15- 25%), screw rate (15…

11. Article

    Physical and Functional Evaluation of Puffed Snack Prepared from Whole Oleaster Powder and Navy Bean Powder

    Samane Gazerani, Sayed Ali Mortazavi, Elnaz Milani, AmirHosein Elhami Rad, Arash Koochaki

    pp. 447–454 · DOI: · Published 30 December 2017

    Expanded snack was prepared from whole oleaster powder (WOP) and navy bean powder (NBP). Design expert was used to investigate the effects of extrusion conditions including feed moisture content (15- 25%), screw rate (15…

12. Article

    Evaluation of Resistance to Conventional Antibiotics in Medicine by 5 Strains of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from the Stomach of Honey Bee

    Sepideh Gharehyakheh, Amir HosseinElhamirad, Leila Nateghi, Kambiz Varmira

    pp. 455–458 · DOI: · Published 30 December 2017

    This study describes the sensitivity of bacteria isolated from the stomach of the honey bee to conventional antibiotics in medicine. The bacteria include Lactobacillus pentosus (HM027640), Lactobacillus sp. Taj Naser-1 (…