Studies were carried out on the leaves of Cassia alata. A new isoflavone 5, 7- dihydroxy-3/, 4/-dimethoxy flavone was isolated from the leaves of Cassia alata with the help of column and thin layer chromatography using a gradient of organic solvents with increasing polarity. The...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/17522
Tobias Peter Pwajok Choji, Anthony Ajuluchukwu Ngokere, Samuel Ifedioranma Ogenyi & Peterside Rinle Kumbish·Biotechnology Journal International·2015
Aims: This work aims to reduce the time of tissue processing, exclude xylene from tissue processing as well as to reduce the total quantity of reagents used per cycle of paraffin wax processing technique. Study Design: Harvesting and fixation of tissues. Grossing into triplicates...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/18948
Khunsa Khakwani, Muhammad Rafiq Dogar, Muhammad Ahsan, Amir Hussain, Muhammad Asif, Ahsan Raza Malhi & Muhammad Altaf·Biotechnology Journal International·2015
The work on maize doubled haploid development has started at the Maize Research Station, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan during 2010 in collaboration with University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan. The aim of current study was to develop locally ad...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/18394
Aims: The study aims at mitigating pulp kappa number before bleaching to minimize pollution load. Study Design: An experimental study. Methodology: The various parameters of direct fungal (Coprinellus disseminatus MLK01) treatment (F-stage) of unbleached kraft pulp of Anthocephal...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/18845
Aim: A new efficient simple and robust liquid chromatographic method has been developed and validated for the simultaneous estimation of aspirin, atrovastatin and clopidogrel in human plasma sample. Study Design: The investigation was focused on studying the influence of organic...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2015/17269
Many people find scientific publishing is immune to fraud, but unfortunately this is not true. This paper reports some cases of scientific fraud detected in Brazil. It has to be pointed out that there is no crisis of ethics in Brazilian science, but since cases of misconduct have...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/18426
A rapid, rugged and reproducible, higher in sensitivity bio-analytical method was developed for quantification of Etravirine (EV) in rat plasma by LC-MS/MS. Etravirine15N2, 13C1 (EVIS) used as an internal standard (IS). Chromatography was performed with ZORBAX Eclipse Plus Phenyl...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/12219
Aims/ Objectives: We are interested in discovering the geometric, topological and physical properties of ellipsoids by analyzing curvature properties on ellipsoids. We begin with studying ellipsoids as a starting point. Our aim is to find a way to study geometric, topological and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/17178
Aims: The aim of the study is twofold; to determine how the resource inputs were efficiently used and describe how socio-economic characteristics of sugarcane farmers affected the efficiency of sugarcane producers in Kaduna state. Study Design: Primary data were collected for thi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/18630
Aims: To synthesize a new aromatic dialdehyde using 1equivalant of 2, 4, 5, 6-tetrachloro-1,3-bis(chloromethyl)benzene and 2 equivalant of 3-hydroxybenzaldehyde. The dialdehyde obtain is to be reacted with 2 equivalant of 2-aminophenol to obtain the corresponding di-imine from th...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/18611
The studies were conducted to evaluate the fish species diversity of two lakes viz: Kiri and Gyawana, at monthly intervals for the period of two years. Fish records were based entirely on the landings of fishermen. Fish were sorted into taxonomic groups, identified to family or s...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/16584
Inan Kaya, Haci Ahmet Deveci, Umit Volkan Ekinci, Mahmut Karapehlivan, Muge Mavioglu Kaya & Merve Alpay·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2015
Aims: In the present study was aimed to investigate the levels of Total Oxidant Status (TOS), Total Antioxidant Status (TAS) and Total Sialic Acid (TSA) in the testis of mice treated with sodium fluoride (NaF) and ellagic acid (EA). Methodology: Forty Swiss albino mice were rando...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/19327
Aims: Variability of wheat kernel size and color as well as the content of selected phytochemicals in wheat grain under the impact of selected biological and fungicide crop protection agents was investigated. Study Design: A randomized block method in quadruplicate. Plants spraye...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/18819
This study reports on the impact of a Tutor Work-Study Programme, within the Digital Academic Literacy Programme (DAL) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa. This study was prompted by the need to investigate the impact of peer (student) tutoring initiatives o...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/18995
Aims: Seemingly innocuous commercial cosmetic products have been responsible for serious overt and covert skin infections, which were often ignored as the sources or vehicles of transmission of pathogens. Materials and Methods: Three (3) popular brands of commercial cosmetic pro...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/14083