Aims: The aim of this study is to evaluate and compare the antifungal activity of different extracts of Aloe vera plant on the growth of Aspergillus flavus. Study Design: Considering the wide dispersal of Aspergillus flavus across the globe and its massive contamination on feed a...
M. Shafiur Rahman, K. Saiful Islam, Md. Sabir Hossain, M. Ibrahim Hossain, Md. Fuad Hossain & Md. Ibrahim Khalil·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2013
Aims: Low birth weight (LBW) is a major health problem and a significant contributor to neonatal death in both industrialised and developing countries. To examine the birth-weight status of newborns and to identity the relationship between birth-weight and other anthropometric pa...
Copeptin is a novel neuroendocrine peptide recently introduced to the field of acute medicine biomarkers. It is 39 amino acids glycopeptide cosynthesized with arginine vasopressin (AVP) and released together in stoichiometric pattern from the hypothalamus upon stimulation of AVP...
Aims: The main objective of the present study was to investigate the larvicidal effect of some biological control agents like Beauveria bassiana and Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (B.t.i.) and some natural control agents as Diflubenzuron, Azadirachtin and Emamectin benzo...
Mature wheat grain contain 8-20% proteins. The storage proteins of wheat determine the characteristics and unique properties of its flour in the process of pasta and bread-making and eventually the quality of the finished products obtained. The storage proteins play an integral r...
Bioremediation is considered as one of the safer, cleaner, cost effective and environmental friendly technology for decontaminating sites which are contaminated with wide range of pollutants. Various industrial and anthropogenic activities resulted in increased contaminated sites...
Purpose of Review: Diabetic Neuropathies are a heterogeneous by their symptoms, pattern of neurologic involvement, course, risk covariates, pathologic alterations, and underlying mechanisms that result into mono- and polyneuropathies, plexopathies and radiculopathies. It also ran...
Isolates of the entomopathogenic fungus, Nomuraea rileyi and spinosad were tested against the corn insect pests: Ostrinia nubilalis, Chilo agamemnon and Sesamia cretica under laboratory and field conditions. Results obtained showed that the LC50 of N. rileyi for O. nubilalis, C....
Effluent samples from an electroplating industry located at Madurai, India were collected and analysed for chosen physico-chemical parameters. Among the heavy metals tested, zinc exhibited highest level with 739 ppm with a pH of 4.83. The bacterial strain isolated from the efflue...
Aims: This study was conducted to evaluate the influence of adding commercial probiotics and prebiotic to diet on performance of laying hens, egg traits and some blood parameters. Study Design: Data of feed intake (FI), egg production (EP), egg mass (EM), and calculated feed conv...