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Mukesh Yadav, Nirmala Sehrawat, Manoj Singh, Sushil Kumar Upadhyay, Diwakar Aggarwal, Anil Kumar Sharma

pp. 1-5 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.1 · 2020

Flavonoids are natural phenolic compounds having wide range of biological activities and have great potential to be used in functional foods. Naringin (C27H32O14) is a well known flavonoid. Citrus fruits are naturally ri…

Suganthi Ramasamy, Jagadeshwari Akalu Srinath

pp. 6-14 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.2 · 2020

Biofilm forming food borne pathogens are a serious threat to food products and food industries as they have the capacity to attach to the substratum or to each other and covered by an exopolysaccharide matrix. Spoilage a…

Waqas Ashraf, Amer Habib, Muhammad Ahmad Zeshan, Amina Amin, Safdar Ali, Muhammad Mohsin, Atta ur Rehman Khan, Muhammad Usman Ghani, Awais Ahmed Khan, Syed Wasim Hassan

pp. 15-19 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.3 · 2020

Potato tuber (Solanum tuberosumL.), a main staple food ranked 4thin the world followed by rice, wheat and maize. Potato leaf roll virus (PLRV) is the most vital pathogen of potato in Pakistan that cause 90% losses and tr…

Swarna Bharathi Durairaj, Boopathy Raja Andiyappan

pp. 20-26 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.4 · 2020

To evaluate the antibacterial, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity of various extracts of Dictyota barteyresiana. Five strains of gram positive and gram negative bacteria such asProteus vulgaris,Pseudomonas aerugi…

Sandhya Iyer, Prachi Sinkar, Kallathikumar Kallathiyan, Caesar Sengupta

pp. 27-31 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.5 · 2020

Aim: High levels of cadmium in the human body may have severe adverse consequences affecting the pulmonary system and the kidneys. The purpose of this report was to assess the frequency of high Cd levels in a population …

Papari Devi, Chittaranjan Baruah, D.K. Sharma

pp. 32-41 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.6 · 2020

The present investigation has been carried out for DNA isolation, sequencing, sequence analysis, tertiary structure prediction and phylogenetic analysis of Glutathione S-transferase from two freshwater synbranchid eel sp…

Hitesh Vashrambhai Patel, Amit Vijaysinh Mangrola, Himanshu Shankarbhai Bariya, Jatin Dayabhai Patel

pp. 42-50 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.7 · 2020

The increased morbidity and mortality due to the resistance developed in the pathogenic microorganism against antibiotic drugs and mosquito-borne diseases is an emerging issue in medical research. We need to find the new…

Ayyakkannu Purushothaman, Panchanatham Sachdanandam

pp. 51-59 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.8 · 2020

Plants have proved to be an important source of anti-cancer drugs. Here we have investigated the anticancer activity of the herbal formulationShemamruthaain rat models. SM contains multiple phenolic compounds and seconda…

Laarni Hannah Lacorte, Michaela Gabrielle Amador, Hanz Kristen Carmona, Nicole De Vera, Ricah Mae Gabriel, Alphonsus Rey Manigbas, Diozelle Pascua, Azilana Yddet Leyble

pp. 60-67 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.9 · 2020

Introduction: Different changes in the environment drive the body to adapt for survival. Exposure to toxic agents can release free radicals from cellular metabolism that serve as a medium for a healthy cell to mutate. Le…

D.S.R.S. Prakash, M.Kiran Deedi

pp. 68-73 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.10 · 2020

Enzymes and micro-organisms can be used for the bioconversion of biological materials into useful products. A few reports are available in the literature on the production of tannase through biotechnological routes. A no…

Sushil Kumar Upadhyay, Sanjay Shamrao Nanware

pp. 74-78 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.11 · 2020

The parasites are helpful in providing information to population bioecology and pathogenesis to respective hosts. Furthermore, the parasites acquire a variety of specialized traits and lifehistoric strategies which enabl…

Jugajyoti Swain, Sanjeet Kumar, Sagarika Parida, Padan Kumar Jena

pp. 79-87 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.12 · 2020

Tuberous plants are the resources of many useful bioactive compounds. It suggests that they may probably protect the humans against microbial pathogens. Keeping this in view, an attempt has been made to analyze the micro…

Vaishnavi Sivakali, Lakshmi Thangavelu

pp. 88-91 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.13 · 2020

Aim: To evaluate the cytotoxic activity of Cardiospermum halicacabum L. against oral cancer cell lines (SCC25). Method: Oral cancer cells were plated in 96-well flat-bottom tissue culture plates at a density of approxima…

Praveen Ramachandran, Navitha Thanu Janarthanan, Lavanya Balakrishnan, Sharba Deepa Palanisami, Sindhya Joseph, Sharmila Srimathi Dhanaraj, Trisha Mary Pandipilly Antony, Suganthi Ramasamy

pp. 92-98 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.14 · 2020

The present work was delineated to isolate exopolysaccharide (EPS) producing lactic acid bacteria such as Staphylococcus epidermis and Staphylococcus capitis. The synthesis of exopolysaccharide was identified by growing …

Gundarapu Vidya Sagar Reddy, Chalamcherla Vijaya

pp. 99-102 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.15 · 2020

Preservation of fungi is an essential practice of any mycologist. A method of preservation of marine fungi in sterile marine water was evaluated using 16 marine isolates. The marine fungi were isolated using Malt Extract…

Giovanni De Jesus Milanez, Frederick Ramirez Masangkay

pp. 103-106 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.16 · 2020

Toxoplasma gondiihas been an emerging public health concern due to its ability to infect a wide range of mammalian and non-mammalian host. This study aimed to gather evidence on the presence ofT. gondiioocyst from feces …

Giovanni Milanez, Laarni Hannah Lacorte, Trixia Gabon, Inocencia Ahmad, Bernardino Hagosojos, Abel Alvarez, Myrna Quinto, Luzelle Anne Gonzales-Lim Ormita

pp. 107-110 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2020.9.17 · 2020

Helminth infection is a condition that is associated with socioeconomic status and the community’s ability to access clean water. This study aimed to use simple laboratory methods such as direct fecal examination to help…