Aims: The experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of herbal supplement on laying performance and antioxidant status of serum and egg yolk of laying birds. Study Design: The experiment employed a completely randomised design, all data generated were subjected to analy...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/41401
Aims: Invasion of alien species has become a global problem. Many invaders appear to thrive even with low levels of sequence-based genetic variation, and genetic patterns might congruent with the spatial arrangement of populations. Study Design: The genetic diversity of giant rag...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/41343
A rapid, effective and efficient method to identify the innumerable white rot fungal strains is of utmost importance. Mycelia of the unknown as well as know isolates of WRF, after alternative washing with TE buffer and sterile water, were suspended in TE buffer. Fungi in solution...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/42191
This study investigated the reproductive performance of pawpaw (Carica papaya) seeds, hibiscus plant (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) leaves and sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) leaves on some reproductive parameters (ovary weight, mean egg diameter and egg fecundity) in female African cat...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/42026
Pelepo M. Coulibaly, Bernadette G. Goualié, Lamine Samagaci, Honoré G. Ouattara & Sébastien L. Niamké·Biotechnology Journal International·2018
Aims: This work intends to screen and to identify thermotolerant acetic acid bacteria with acetic acid production capacity at high temperature in cocoa beans fermentation from six cocoa producing regions of Côte d’Ivoire. Study Design: Thermotolerant acetic acid bacteria were iso...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/41147
The need for improved livestock waste management in developing countries has been emphasized by various researchers. Consideration has been given globally to advocacy for a transition from fossil energy system to Renewable Energy (RE), based on several socio-economic and environm...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/40814
Cassava is an important African food crop, where it is a staple to about 250 Million people. It is a household name in Nigeria, the world largest producer of the root crop. It is propagated from stem cuttings and well known for its adaptation to wide range of adapho-climatic cond...
Introduction: Investigations of Ramalina farinaceae and its isolated compounds had reportedly shown appreciable anti-RSV activity albeit within a slim therapeutic window. Sekikaic acid represent one of such compounds. In this present study, sekikaic acid in very low dose was eval...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/40802
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometric (GC-MS) was used to investigate the chemical constituents of the essential oil from fresh leaves of Nicotiana tabacum L. The result revealed thirty six (36) compounds representing 100% of the essential oil characterized from the leaves of Nic...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/29911
Aim: The study of laccase production by Trametes pubescens cultured on cladode extractive residues alone, and as co-carbon source with wheat, using submerged fermentation condition. Place and Duration of Study: Biotechnology Laboratory, Durban University of Technology, Durban, So...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/39647
Seedlessness is a major objective in Morocco Citrus improvement programmes. Triploidy has played an important role in the development of new seedless mandarin cultivars for fresh fruit market and has received increasing attention for the consumers. For that, many series of diploi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/40063
Rabia Alghazeer, Sana Elgahmasi, Abdul Hakim Elnfati, Mohamed Elhensheri, Mohamed A. Al-Griw, Nuri Awayn & Mariuma El- Nami·Biotechnology Journal International·2018
Flavonoids have been shown to have antioxidant factors and effective against hepatotoxicity. This in vivo study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of flavonoids rich extracts in a model of chemical-induced liver cell injury. Materials and Methods: Flavonoids were extracted from leav...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/39528
Michele Alves Sanches, Ralyvan Araujo dos Santos, Ana Cláudia Alves Cortez, Richy Mariner & João Vicente Braga de Souza·Biotechnology Journal International·2018
Aim: The aim of this work was to find new fungal sources of biosurfactants via bioprospecting and to produce biosurfactants from fungal isolates using inexpensive culture media. Methodology: Bioprocess tests were conducted with five fungal species isolated from soil from the Ama...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/39405
Background: In breeding programs, the selection of parental lines based on their phenotypic traits along with genetic variation at their DNA level is the better option in directional breeding as specific DNA profiles would be useful in producing reliable estimates of genetic iden...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2017/35046
Infections caused by Aspergillus have grown in importance in the last decade. Outbreaks which are caused by Aspergillus flavus appeared to be related to the single or closely related fungal strains. The fungi produce a compound known as aflatoxin which is reputed to be the most t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2017/33951