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...
Aims: This study was done to investigate the effects of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles application on foxtail millet in water stress conditions. Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was conducted at the Agricultural Research Center of Islamic Azad University, Birjand branc...
Aims: Use of natural feed additives to improve the milk production of buffalos. Place and Duration of Study: National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India between May 2011 and July 2012. Methodology: Garlic Powder (GRP) at 2, 4, and 6% of DMI was incubated for 24h in diluted r...
Aims: To determine the secondary plant metabolites present in Albizia zygia (DC) stem-bark and investigate its antioxidant, antimicrobial and toxicity activities. Study Design: Methanol (polar) and hexane (non-polar) were used to extract the dried stem bark of A. zygia and biolog...
Aims: The aim of the present study is establish a correlation between the abiotic factors and infection rate of Fasciola gigantica and their effect on the reproduction of vector snail Lymnaea acuminata. Place and Duration of Study: Malacology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, DD...
Aims: This study was carried out to evaluate effects of dietary inclusion of ground pits of date palm (DP) (Phoenix dactylifera) supplemented with a bacterial endo-xylanase (Nutrase®) on performance of laying hens, egg quality traits and blood parameters. Study Design: Data were...
Aims: In this study, the ameliorative activity of sulfonolipid extracted from a local isolate of Salinibacter ruber was investigated against sodium arsenitetoxication on sperm quality, testosterone level and histological structure of rat testis. The treatment was applied for twen...
The purpose of this work was to monitor nutrient enrichment around a fish farm site in Igoumenitsa Bay (NW Greece). Seasonal samples were collected from the waters and benthos surrounding fish farms in Igoumenitsa Bay, NW Greece. The study was carried out in Igoumenitsa bay betwe...
Legumes have been used in agriculture since ancient times. Legume seeds or pulses were among the first sources of human food and their domestication and cultivation in many areas occurred at the same time as that of the major cereals. Nutritionally they are 2-3 times richer in pr...
Aims: The lifespan of an organism depends on intertwined mechanisms, difficult to fully unravel. 5-HT (serotonin) receptors are known to be involved in aging process and wound healing which is significantly slowed down through aging. The present research aims to unravel if Ketans...
Phenomenon of pathogenicity is the polyfunctional biological potency of germs that are realized by factors (determinants) of pathogenicity [1]. Bacterial pathogenicity is an ability of bacteria to induce and develop infectious diseases in multi-cellular organisms (human, animals...