Asian Journal of Biological and Life sciences
Volume 9, Issue 3
2020 · pp. 268–430 · 25 articles
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 3
- Published
- 2020
- Pages
- 268–430
- Articles
- 25
- Sections
- 4
- ISSN
- e-ISSN: 2278-5957 | p-ISSN: 2278-747X
- Journal
- AJBLS
In this issue
Review Article
- Review
Impact of Royal Jelly on Infertility: A Review
Chethana V. Chalapathy, Architha Chatterjee, Uday Jayaramaiah, Kirankumar Shivasharanappa, Jayashree V. Hanchinalmath, Sharangouda J. Patil
pp. 268–273 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.41 · Published 30 December 2020
Royal Jelly (RJ) is most wanted healthy food supplement that makes lots of health benefits. One of the benefits include that it can act as potent supplement for healthy egg to help women with infertility. This review is …
- Review
A Review on Recognition of Plant Disease using Intelligent Image Retrieval Techniques
Gulbir Singh, Kuldeep Kumar Yogi
pp. 274–285 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.42 · Published 30 December 2020
Today, crops face many characteristics/diseases. Insect damage is one of the main characteristics/ diseases. Insecticides are not always effective because they can be toxic to some birds. A common practice of plant scien…
- Review
Molecular Insights of Diabetic Complications and Future Targets for Therapy
Swathi Putta, Eswar Kumar Kilari
pp. 286–293 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.43 · Published 30 December 2020
In Diabetes, hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, oxidative stress and inflammation are the known associates for the loss of β cell function. Indeed, number other factors influencing many other molecular mechanisms are inv…
- Review
Physiological Role of Intestinotropic Glucagon Like Peptides in Health and Disease
Swathi Putta, Sri Rekha Vudara, Eswar Kumar Kilari
pp. 294–301 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.44 · Published 30 December 2020
Gastrointestinal hormones are the set of hormones which are secreted from the enteroendocrine cells of gastrointestinal tract. They coordinate functions like nutrient assimilation, food intake and signal transduction of …
Research Article
- Article
Cytotoxic Effects of Luteolin Isolated from Feronia limonia Linn.
Jayashree Hanchinalmath, Ramesh Londonkar, Kirankumar Shivasharanappa
pp. 302–305 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.45 · Published 30 December 2020
Aim:To evaluate cytotoxic properties ofFeronia limoniaLinn. in different test systems.Methods:In the present study, we have evaluated germination of green grams, viability of yeasts and potato disc assay for rapid and in…
- Article
Effect of Vanillic Acid in Streptozotocin Induced Diabetic Neuropathy
Shubham Khairnar, Shubhangi Pawar, Vinod Patil, Mithun Rudrapal
pp. 306–312 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.46 · Published 30 December 2020
Diabetic neuropathy is a one of the usual complications of both type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus. Lesion to or diseases of somatosensory system may lead to neuropathic pain which are severally painful. Apart from other eti…
- Article
Preliminary Study of Euryale ferox Salisb. Seed Coat as a Potential Antioxidant and Antibacterial Source
Manali Kadu, Rashmin Maknojia, Subhashini Maharana
pp. 313–320 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.47 · Published 30 December 2020
Agro-industrial waste generated each year causes detrimental effects on the environment and economy, but is a rich source of bioactive compounds. These compounds when recovered have various applications in food, pharmace…
- Article
Wallago attu (Bl.) and its Parasitic Monogenea Mizelleus indicus (Jain, 1957), Pandey et al., 2003: A Model Towards Histopathological Studies for Host Parasite Interaction
Priya Vrat Arya, Hridaya Shanker Singh
pp. 321–325 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.48 · Published 30 December 2020
Host Parasite model study essentially reflect cruelty of parasite on the host through various means depending upon the site and degree of infection. Gill parasitic monogenea presents an excellent opportunity to look this…
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Medicinal Plants used by the Manobo Tribe of Prosperidad, Agusan Del Sur, Philippines-an Ethnobotanical Survey
Lyn Dela Rosa Paraguison, Danilo Niem Tandang, Grecebio Jonathan Duran Alejandro
pp. 326–333 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.49 · Published 30 December 2020
Objectives:The Philippine Manobo tribe is historically rich in ethnomedicinal practices and known to use local names as “Lunas” (meaning cure) of most medicinal plants. The purpose of this study is to record the traditio…
- Article
Zanthoxylum rhesta Crude Protein has Promising Pro-apoptotic and Anti-angiogenic Properties
Priyanka Naik Parrikar, Balaji Kyathegowdanadoddi Srinivas, Dharmappa Kattepura Krishnappa, Shankar Jayarama
pp. 334–341 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.50 · Published 30 December 2020
Zanthoxylum rhesta is a spice tree normally found in the Western Ghats and Asian countries, its fruits are commonly incorporated in regional cuisines as flavoring agents. In this study, the edible nature of this plant ha…
- Article
Screening of Protease Inhibitors with Antibacterial Property from Mangroves of Kerala
Sapna Kesav, Basim Karayil Saidalavi, Manzur Ali Pannippara, Ammanamveetil Abdulla Mohamed Hatha
pp. 342–347 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.51 · Published 30 December 2020
Plants have long been used as a source of therapeutic agents. They are thought to be important ingredients in many prophylactic medicines. The aim of this study was to screen mangrove plants of Kerala for protease inhibi…
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Evaluation of Antispasmodic Potential of Polyherbal Formulation
Prashant Shamkuwar
pp. 348–351 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.52 · Published 30 December 2020
The aim of the present study was to investigate the antispasmodic efficacy of polyherbal formulation prepared using extract of Apium graveolens, Helicteres isora and Mentha piperita with excipients. Antispasmodic effecti…
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Computational Profiling of Non-coding RNAs–viable Targets and Restorative Candidates of Influenza Viral Infection with Bioconductor Packages
Aishwarya Sekar, Krishnasamy Gunasekaran
pp. 352–359 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.53 · Published 30 December 2020
The advent of recent small non-coding RNA research enabled investigations of various non-coding factors like miRNAs, siRNAs and lncRNAs as post transcriptional modulators of viral pathogenesis either on a positive or neg…
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Nutritional Analysis of Few Edible Microgreens in Variable Growth Medium using XRF Technique
Aischarya Mohanty, Gyanranjan Mahahlik, Sagarika Parida
pp. 360–364 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.54 · Published 30 December 2020
The aim of this study is to quantify different elements present in three different Microgreen species using XRF technique. Seeds of three species namely Vigna radiata L., Brassica nigra L., Trigonella foenum graecum L. w…
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Antiplasmodial Assessment of Artemether- Lumefantrine/Ivermectin on Mice Infected with Plasmodium berghei
Udeme Owunari Georgewill, Ebiladei Liverpool, Elias Adikwu
pp. 365–370 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.55 · Published 30 December 2020
Substantial progress made in the fight against malaria has been undermined by challenges including drug resistance instigating the search for new antimalarial drugs or the repurposing of already approved drugs. This stud…
- Article
Assessment of Macroinvertebrates as Bioindicators of Water Quality in the Littoral Zone of Lake Mainit, Philippines
Jesiel Cris Chatto Paylangco, Eve Fernandez Gamalinda, Romell Alope Seronay, Joycelyn Cagatin Jumawan
pp. 371–378 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.56 · Published 30 December 2020
Water quality in the lake littoral zone influence habitat complexity. This study determined the relationships of macroinvertebrates in response to water physicochemical parameters in ten littoral zone stations across fou…
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Phytochemicals, Antioxidant Profile and GC-MS Analysis of Ethanol Extract of Simarouba glauca Seeds
Haleshappa R, Sharangouda J Patil, Usha T, KR Siddalinga Murthy
pp. 379–385 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.57 · Published 30 December 2020
Medicinal plants acted as traditional medicine from the ancient time and recognized as scientific medicine in modern days. Simarouba glauca is an Indian traditional medicinal plant commonly called as “Paradise Tree or La…
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Diversity of Non-Heterocystous Filamentous Cyanobacteria from Freshwater Bodies of Bidhannagar, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal
Harisankar Dey, Sandip Chakraborty
pp. 386–390 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.58 · Published 30 December 2020
Cyanobacteria are morphologically diverse group of pioneer oxygenic phototrophic prokaryotes with characteristics in common to both bacteria and algae that originated 3.5 billion years ago and distributed in all possible…
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RETRACTED: Identification of Microbial Communities in Fermented Food using DNA Barcoding Technique and Development of Novel Method for DNA Isolation from Food Products
Karukuvel Raja Raja, Sanjay Prasad Selvaraj, Rekha Shanmugam, Bharadwaj Revuru, Sathishkumar Ramalingam
pp. 391–397 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.59 · Published 30 December 2020
The traditional use of fermented foods is based on native knowledge and the use of locally available plant or animal sources as substrates. Several microorganisms participate in fermentation which includes bacteria and f…
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Host Range of Psilenchus De Man, 1921 among Mostly Grown Crops in Kashmir and its Respective Population Build-up
Javaid Hassan Sheikh
pp. 398–401 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.60 · Published 30 December 2020
As a part of the project in 2019-2020, a general survey was conducted in all the ten districts of the Kashmir valley to investigate the occurrence of various plant parasitic nematodes on most commonly grown crops. Psilen…
- Article
Core Hopping of Bis-indole Derivatives to Identify an Effective Inhibitor for the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
Sivasubramaniam Shanthi Priya, Victor Arokia Doss
pp. 402–407 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.61 · Published 30 December 2020
Bipolar disorder is found to be one of the crucial mental disorders with severe side effects. The suicide rate among patients with bipolar disorder is likely greater than with patients of major depression and up to 17%-1…
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Preliminary Culture Studies of Microalgae Isolated from the Freshwater Tributaries of Carigara bay, Leyte, Philippines
Hernando Alice Geraldine Soriano, Baldia, Susana Fernando
pp. 408–415 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.62 · Published 30 December 2020
Phytoplankton is the base or the bottom of the aquatic food chain and serve as primary producers. Meanwhile, Carigara bay is one of the most successful fishing lands in the Philippines but there are still scarcity of lit…
Short Communication
- Communication
Non-invasive Prenatal Test - A Pilot Pan-India Experience of an Indian Laboratory
Prachi Sinkar, Sandhya Iyer, Kallathikumar Kallathiyan
pp. 416–420 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.63 · Published 30 December 2020
Background:Serum-based tests are considered to be a very affordable screening option for pregnant women. The non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT), among prenatal screening for chromosomal aneuploidies has a sensitivity of >…
Case Report
- Article
Double Chromosomal Anomalies in Turner Syndrome: Rare Co-existence of Robertsonian Translocation with Monosomy X and Isochromosome XQ
Prachi Sinkar, Sandhya Iyer
pp. 421–423 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.64 · Published 30 December 2020
Background and Aim:The co-existence of a Robertsonian translocation with Turner Syndrome (TS) or variant of Turner Syndrome (isochromosome Xq) is an uncommon phenomenon. In this report we present two cases with double ch…
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Antibacterial and Antifungal Activity of Coccinia grandis Leaves’ Extracts against Fish Pathogens
Muthulakshmi G, P. Neelanarayanan
pp. 424–430 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.65 · Published 30 December 2020
Coccinia grandis is used in India and other parts of the world as a medicinal plant. In the present study an attempt was made to identify the presence of phytochemicals in the Aqueous, Ethanol, Methanol and Petroleum eth…