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Review Article
P. Okinda Owuor, Bowa O. Kwach
pp. 1-7 · 2012
Tea beverages, from tender shoots of Camellia sinensis L., are the most widely consumed fluids after water. The young tender shoots of the plant are harvested using various plucking methods. Incorrect plucking leads to y…
Research Article
Bowa O. Kwach, P. Okinda Owuor, David M. Kamau, John K. Wanyoko
pp. 8-18 · 2012
Tea is a high value cash crop grown in countries with varying environmental conditions. High demand for the commodity led to development of high yielding varieties leading to nutrients loss with harvested crop. For conti…
Praveen Kumar, Bhogavalli B, Prabhakar P, Thota T, Murthy. S.D.S
pp. 19-23 · 2012
The response of Spirulina platensis to cold stress (10°C) for 12h was investigated by incubating the intact cells in light of moderate intensity. It inhibits energy transfer from phycocyanin to chlorophyll a and specific…
Gangula Sai Ramalinga Reddy, Koona Subramanyam, Rajasekhar Pinnamaneni
pp. 24-28 · 2012
The BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene) compounds are hydrocarbon pollutants that are considered as significant threat to the health and environment. Among BTEX, benzene is of major concern, because it is s…
Mary Helen Palmuti Braga Vettori, Cristian Jaques Boner de Lima, Kate Cristina Blanco, Mariana Cortezi, Jonas Contiero
pp. 29-35 · 2012
Optimization of the medium for dextransucrase production by Leuconostoc mesenteroides FT 045B was carried out using response surface methodology. A central composite design was employed to determine maximal dextransucras…
M Pandey, S.K Pandey, Y.B. Tripathi
pp. 36-38 · 2012
In the present study the Swiss white female mice were obtained from the department of Anatomy and the central animal house, Institute of medical sciences, Banaras Hindu University. Each group of experimental animal recei…
Short Communication
Vishal Kumar Deshwal
pp. 39-40 · 2013
The present study was conducted to determine the antibacterial activity of Tribulus terrestris against Bacillus which is a potent pathogen whose various species are responsible for causing a number of diseases. Two extra…
H.P. Nandurkar, S.P. Zambare
pp. 41-44 · 2012
Freshwater bivalves, Lamellidens corrianus were exposed to acute dose of tetracycline one of the broad spectrum antibiotics, 369.10PPM, and Parreysia cylindrica 166.54PPM up to 96 h. In Lamellidens corrianus the concentr…
K. Parani, M. Eyini
pp. 45-50 · 2012
Out of six species of Pleurotus showed wide variation in their linear downward growth and mycelial density. P. flabellatus and P. sajor-caju showed fast growth (linear downward growth 12-13 days). P.florida grew slower t…
Rudneva I.I., Kuz'minova N.S., Omelchenko S.O.
pp. 51-57 · 2012
The trace elements (Pb, Cu, Zn, Cd, As and Hg) and nitrosamine (NA) concentrations were determined in tissues of three Black Sea elasmobranch species Atlantic spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias, buckler skate Raja clavata a…
Subal Das, Mileva Mahata, Kaushik Bose
pp. 58-60 · 2012
The present cross-sectional study was undertaken among one of the smallest primitive tribes of West Bengal, the Birhors. This study is the first, to investigate thinness using body mass index (BMI) among (2 18 years) chi…
Nuzhat Sultana, Rahila Najam
pp. 61-65 · 2012
Anxiety is the natural human response to motivate to solve the problems. Under pressure, person is facing a stressful situation in anxiety. Although it is a normal human emotion but symptoms escalate into anxiety attack,…
Nuzhat Sultana, Rahila Najam
pp. 66-71 · 2012
Aloe vera and vitamin E (natural antioxidants) are traditional medicine used to treat various disorders. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the hematological profile of herbal drugs. Drugs were showing the signific…
Merrine Raju, Ramesh. B
pp. 72-75 · 2012
The main aim of the research work is to investigate the in vitro antioxidant and cytotoxic activity in the root of medicinal plant Thottea siliquosa Lam. (Synonym: Apama siliquosa Lam.) the member of Aristolochiaceae fam…