Armand Kouassi Kanga, Djary Michel Koffi, Bernard Téhi Sea, Jaures Oscar Gbotognon & Lucien Patrice Kouamé·Biotechnology Journal International·2021
Polygalacturonases constitute the major part of pectinase preparations for many bioprocess purposes. Investigation on the digestive juice of snail Limicolaria flammea led to purification of two polygalacturonases named PG1 and PG2. Properties of these enzymes were examined to exp...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2021/v25i130133
Lucineide Teixeira Vieira, Márcia Pinheiro da Silva, José Dobles Dias dos Reis Júnior, Carlos Antônio Couto Lima & Anderson Oliveira Souza·Biotechnology Journal International·2021
The use of medicinal plants reflects the reality of a part of human history. The Brazilian population with limited access to public health programs led to the development and conservation of ethnobotanical knowledge-rich information regarding medicinal plants. However, popular wi...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2021/v25i130132
Aims: To evaluate the phytochemical constituents and antioxidant properties of two selected mushrooms in Ibadan, Nigeria. Study Design: An experimental and descriptive study was conducted using the fruit bodies of Ganoderma lucidum collected from the Botanical garden University o...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2021/v25i130131
Sludge samples were collected from a wastewater treatment plant in Nigeria for characterization and evaluation for agricultural applications. Conventional and Molecular techniques were adopted for the isolation and identification of indigenous microorganisms and resulting isolate...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2021/v25i130130
Aims: The objective of this work is to evaluate the effect of (aqueous (EAq) and methanolic (ME)) extracts of Thevetia peruviana on the in vitro development of Rigidoporus lignosus. Study Design: A synthetic fungicide (Onazol 100), two extracts at differents concentrations: C1 =...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2021/v25i130127
Carposina sasakii is one of the most important pests on the quality of stone and pome fruits. Investigation of a gene expression level in the species is hampered because of the gap of validated reference genes. The expression variation in the transcription levels of eight candida...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i630124
The crops belonging to the family Leguminosae are the second to cereal crops of agricultural significance due to their high nutritional value. Soybean is native to East Asia and was originated in China while common bean is native to Central and Southern America originated in Peru...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i630125
Aims: This study aims to identify the best surface sterilization and evaluate the effect of haustorium suppression on in vitro germination of coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) zygotic embryos. Study Design: Survival rate and contamination rate of zygotic embryos after different su...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i630122
Recombinant collagen and collagen-like products are increasingly replacing animal-sourced collagen that is difficult to produce in safe and standard quality. In this study to produce hydroxylated collagen, a 400 base pair collagen fragment of the bovine COL1A1 gene was co-express...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i630123
Kazi Mahmuda Akter, Tanjum Tushi, Sabrina Jahan Mily, Rashenda Aziz Mohona, Samin Anis, Adittya Kishor Chakraborty, Elmee Tabassum, Tahmid Ul Islam, Ozifatun Jannat Akhi, Israt Sultana Nishe, Badrun Nahar Laxy, Sanjida Sultana Zerin, Abdiqani Jama Roble, Md. Imran Hossain, Sharmin Ahmed & Salauddin Al Azad·Biotechnology Journal International·2020
Background: SARS-CoV-2 is a type of coronavirus shows bizarre features with fatality rates at 34.4%. The clinical and non-clinical features of COVID-19 might be causative factors for more rapid community spreading compared to MERS and SARS-CoV-1. Objectives: To study the efficacy...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i630121
The photosynthetic physiological characteristics of Rorippa amphilia and Rorippa sylvestris were studied by pot experiment under Cd stress, and 7 Cd treatments were 0, 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 200（mg·kg-1）respectively. The results showed that, (1) The Chla, chlb, and Ch(la+b) changed...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i630120
The Amazon forest has the largest biome on the planet, and it is estimated that only 16 to 20% of the identified animal, and plant biodiversity. Considering plant diversity, we will highlight the biological properties of the fruits extracts of Arecaceae, Caryocaraceae, Malvaceae,...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i630119
Pesticides are toxic substance used to reduce or kill pests but the deposits on soil environment can remain there for long period of time causing adverse effects on soil microorganisms which are responsible for soil health conditions. This study was carried out to determine the i...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i630118
Luciferase is an enzyme that catalyses a reaction to produce a visible light using an oxidative process, a chemical reaction that is typically referred to as bioluminescent. Insects, bacterial origin or microorganism of marine nature were considered as the mainly sources of disco...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i530117
Aims: By studying the response of seed germination and seedling growth of invasive plants, Rorippa amphibia and Rorippa sylvestris, to temperature, the influence of temperature on the invasive ability of two species of Rorippa were further analyzed, which provided a theoretical b...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2020/v24i530116