Xylanases are enzymes with a wide variety of biotechnological applications, such as in the bioconversion of lignocellulosic materials, improvement of feed digestibility, and bleaching kraft pulps to increase pulp brightness. Many studies have been conducted and published over the...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2019/v34i430160
F. M. Oluwatusin, A. O. Adekunmi, A. Ajiboye, S. O. W. Toluwase, F. O. Osundare & K. A. Abdu-Raheem·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2020
Aims: The study examined the farming households’ food demand in Nigeria by, identifying the socio-economic characteristics of the farming households, assessing the monthly expenditure share of various categories of food in the total households’ food budget, analyzing the expendit...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2019/v34i430158
Background: Lavender oil, Eruca sativa oil and Aloe vera oil contain different types of fatty acids in addition to minerals, vitamins and other compounds which have anti-tumour action and antioxidant properties also it has cure properties against many other diseases. Sodium carbo...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2019/v34i430157
Aim: Aims of this study were to assess the pattern of malocclusion in Erbil City, Kurdistan region- Iraq. Methods: A retrospective study includes 1212 patients (589 males and 623 females) that attended orthodontic department at the khanzad polyclinic teaching center / Erbil city,...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2019/v34i430156
Copepods are one of the main fish ectoparasites, commonly known among the parasitism world, due either to their special adaptive capacity or to induce stress in aquatic organisms, as well as the parasitism result is overall a physiological rate affecting the survival of host. Thi...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2019/v34i330159
Mahogany is the collective international trade name for the high-value tropical and subtropical timber tree species of the family Meliaceae. Mahogany species are noted for their deep red-brown heartwood and are widely used in the construction, boat building, interior decoration (...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2019/v34i330154
A study on the medical history of meat handlers and the occurrence of zoonotic Mycobacterium bovis infection in Imo State, Nigeria was carried out using one thousand two hundred respondents. A cross sectional survey was carried out in the three (3) senatorial zones Imo state Nige...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2019/v34i330153
Aims: The objective of this research was to find out the influence of papaya leaf extract to the in-vitro growth of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and in-vivo anthracnose disease occurrence at papaya fruit. Methodology: This research used completely randomized design with seven t...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2019/v34i330152
Aflatoxins (AFs) are dangerous mycotoxins, which include a great number of lipophilic molecules produced by aerobic microscopic fungi belonging to the genus Aspergillus causes health hazard including death to human and livestock. The objective of this study was to evaluate the ef...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2019/v34i330151
A. Y. K. M. Masud Rana, Md. Maruf Billah Prince, Darmin Chakma, Hedayetul Islam, Mahamodun Nabi & A. S. M. Saifullah·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2020
Furazolidone, a banned nitrofuran antibiotic, is still illegally used in aquaculture and livestock husbandry. A commercial Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) from Europroxima, The Netherlands is described, and validated for the screening of 3-amino-2-oxazolidinone (AOZ), m...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2019/v34i230150
Omer Adam Omer Ishag, Ayat A. Khalid, Amina Abdi, Ibrahim Yaagoub Erwa, Awadalla Babiker Omer & Azhari H. Nour·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2020
Aims: The aims of this study were to investigate the proximate composition of flaxseed; physiochemical properties and antioxidant activity of flaxseed. Study Design: Using standard analytical methods to determine the proximate composition of flaxseed, extraction of flaxseed in di...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2019/v34i230148
Md. Kamrul Islam Joy, Nazma Akhter, Rawnak Reza, Mst. Sayma Rahman Antara, Md. Shariful Islam, Celia-Vargas de la Cruz & Md. Rakibul Islam·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2020
Aims: Our study was carried out to appraise acetylcholinestrase (AChE) and butyrylcholinestrase (BChE) inhibitory activities of Grewia asiatica and Grewia tiliaefolia leaves extracts. Study Design: For the purpose of these experiments the extracts were subjected to an ex-vivo stu...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2019/v34i230149
Effects of perturbations during development can be due to environmental and/or genetic factors, resulting in increased developmental instability which in turn can be expressed as fluctuating asymmetry (FA), defined as the non-directional deviation (right-left differences) from bi...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2019/v34i230147
Background: The cultivated tetraploid cotton species (AD genomes) was originated from two ancestral diploid species (A and D genomes). While the ancestral A-genome species produce spinnable fibers, the D- genome species do not. Cotton fibers are unicellular trichomes originating...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2019/v34i230146
Background: Discrimination of Paphiopedilum species using floral morphology has been used effectively and commonly due to distinct features of their reproductive parts. Most classification references also focus on description of flower morphology and structure. Nevertheless speci...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2019/v34i130145