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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…

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…

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…