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Review Article
Kumari Nishi, Swarndeep Singh Hundal, Vinoth Prasanna Gunasekaran
pp. 83-88 · 2013
Endogenous circadian rhythms play an important role in effective functioning of complex organisms to enhance their survival. The master clock or suprachiasmatic nucleus in the ventral hypothalamus helps synchronize all i…
Ahmed Farooq, Usman Waheed
pp. 89-91 · 2013
The discipline of forensic science is pivotal to the criminal justice system but still considered as a new science in Pakistan and sounds unfamiliar word. The future of Forensics is very bright but requires a lot of effo…
Sunutcha Suntrarachun, Surasak Akesowan, Pechjin Khwanpech
pp. 92-95 · 2013
EV and WNV are mosquito-borne flaviviruses that associated with both human and equine encephalitis worldwide. They cause similar symptoms ranging from asymptomatic to lethal encephalitis. JEV and WNV can emerge and reeme…
E. Okrikata, E. D. Oruonye
pp. 96-99 · 2013
Azadirachta indica (A) Juss which is commonly called Neem was introduced to Nigeria from Ghana, and was first grown from the seeds in Maiduguri, in the then Bornu province (Now Borno State), Nigeria in 1928. Aside its me…
Research Article
Prajwala P. Sawant, Swapnaja A. Mohite
pp. 100-106 · 2013
Clams form the major resources in the estuaries. Among the clam resources of the south west coast of Maharashtra, M. meretrix, is one of the major exploited bivalve resources of commercial significance. Seasonal variatio…
A. Sheeba Christina
pp. 107-110 · 2013
Carcinoma of breast is a common disease that kills more number of women worldwide. Asensitive and specific serum marker would be of great help in early diagnosis of malignancy as well as in monitoring the response of can…
Deepika K. Chandawat, Pradeep U. Verma, H.A. Solanki
pp. 111-113 · 2013
Plants are necessary for all life on Earth. As a critical part of the ecosystem, plants provide oxygen for organisms to survive. They are able to reduce the problem of pollution, by using carbon dioxide and releasing oxy…
Trinayani Bordoloi, A.K. Kapoor
pp. 114-118 · 2013
Cardiovascular diseases become increasingly common with advancing age. As a person gets older, the heart undergoes subtle physiologic changes. The present study was conducted in a biologically isolated group viz. Kalita,…
Rajiv Agrawal, H. K. Garg, Udita Garg, S.K. Singh
pp. 119-121 · 2013
Prosopis spicigera Sm. (Leguminasae) is a commonly used plant in Indian traditional medicine. In the current study anti-inflammatory activity of ethanolic extract of P. spicigera Seeds was investigated using different an…
G.U. Ihesiulor, E. Kashibu, O. Azeez-Akande, M. Imoru
pp. 122-126 · 2013
An epidemiological survey of helminths of the gastrointestinal tract among school aged children drawn from four schools within Kano metropolis with mean age of 12.6 years was carried out by examining their stool samples …
Mrinmoy Guria, Prasenjit Mitra, Tanaya Ghosh, Ravindernath Salhan, Takhelmayum Amumachi Singh, Amit Chakrabarti, Prasanta Kumar Mitra
pp. 127-129 · 2013
Ageratum conyzoides Linn. is known as plant growth inhibitor. To know whether the plant can inhibit growth of animal also, male albino rats were divided into two groups. First group of animals took normal diet while the …
Amani B.A. Abdelmaged, Osman S.A. Mohamed, Ahmed Abdel Raheim Jameel
pp. 130-133 · 2013
The sequential development of the clinical signs and lesions in the organs of Nubian goat kids drenched with cyfluthrin at 500, 250 and 125 mg/kg/day b.w. was investigated. Salivation, tremors which end with choreoatheto…
Ashraf M. M. Essa, Refat M. Ali, Bahget E. Ali
pp. 134-141 · 2013
Soil salinity has a great impact on decreasing yield potentials of the cultivated crops. The effect of presoaking Zea mays grains in the crude extract of the halotolerant alga Dunaliella bardawil on growth and some metab…
Reza kazemi Darsanaki, Morteza Azizollahi Aliabadi, Mohammad Mohammad Doost Chakoosari, Abolfazl Amini, Fatemeh (Elham) Alikhani
pp. 142-145 · 2013
Probiotics are live microbial food supplements that are considered to be beneficial for humans and animals. Many researchers have showed that probiotic bacteria can be effective to decrease cancer risk. In this study, An…
S. Sarkar, S. Chaudhuri
pp. 146-151 · 2013
Bacterial wilt, caused by the soil-borne pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum is an important disease of tomatoes, causing plant death and significant yield losses. The three known antagonistic organisms Bacillus subtilis, Ps…
Sanindhar Shreedhar Gaikwad, Nitin Anandrao Kamble
pp. 152-162 · 2013
Day by day aquatic ecosystem develops as challenging environment for sustainability of aquatic flora and fauna, due to unstability created by continuously changing water quality. Deterioration of water quality by natural…
A. V. Briones, T. Sato
pp. 163-169 · 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine the capability of chitosan/carrageenan complex formed by electrostatic interaction as a carrier system for protein delivery. Chitosan/carrageenan complex was formulated at charge …
Aina D. O., Malik M.
pp. 170-175 · 2013
Stomata complex and transpiration rates in Eucalyptus torelliana, E. camaldulensis (Myrtaceae); Citrus limon and C. sinensis (Rubiaceae) were studied, using standard methods. All plant species used in this experiment wer…
Praveen P. Balgir, Dinesh Kalra
pp. 176-184 · 2013
Coniferyl aldehyde dehydrogenase gene (calB) oxidises coniferyl aldehyde into ferulic acid, the last step in the metabolic pathway of eugenol to ferulic acid. It occurs in various bacterial strains like Pseudomonas nitro…