11 articles in this issue
Chief Editor
The editorial team of the journal would like to thank the reviewers for their work in referring manuscripts during 2015.
Mawahib E . M. ElNour, Magda M . A, Lana T. Ezzdeen
The research was under taken to investigate the antifungal activity of seeds , leaves and callus extracts of Jatropha curcas L. , using methanol and petroleum ether solvents. Callus was induced from hypocotyls and cotyledons explants in MS medium suppleme... see more
Hui Zhang, Meng Li, Qing Sun
Aim: To explore the neuroprotective effects of electroacupuncture on the expression of p53 in newborn rats following hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE).Method: The hypoxic-ischemic models were made in new-born SD rats aged 7 days by colligating bilater... see more
Milton Norman Dejadena Medina, Analyn Anzano Cabras, Reagan Joseph Torayno Villanueva
Description of the male Risiocnemismoroensis (Hamalanen, 1991) is provided with confirmation of the taxon into appendiculata group is presented
SATHEESH NATARAJAN, FRANK BROMBACHER
B-lymphocytes are considered to play a minimal role in host defense against Leishmania major. In BALB/c mice, susceptibility to infection with the intracellular parasite Leishmania major is driven largely by the development of T helper 2 (Th2) responses a... see more
Dana Carmen Zaha, Felicia Cioara, Ramona Suciu, Lucia Daina
Introduction. Breast cancer may be classified into distinct molecular subtypes based on gene expression profiling or immunohistochemical methods. These molecular subtypes are prognostically significant, but their etiologic profiles have not been well esta... see more
Agnieszka Wolinska, Anna Szafranek-Nakonieczna, Urszula Zielenkiewicz, Karolina Tomczyk-zak
Soil biological activity is extremely important for sustaining high soil fertility, crop yields, and therefore can effect economy. Poland is particularly relevant example where approx. 60% of land is used for crop cultivation. It is expected that agricult... see more
Mawahib Ahmed ELsiddig AbdAlla, Salah ELTom ELamin, Saif ELdin Mohamed Khair, Nayla E. Haroun, Ekhlas Hussein Mohamed
Trials were initiated in 2007 to evaluate systems of weed management in peanut using herbicides. Two trials were conducted at Sudan University of Science and Technology, College of Agricultural Studies and Research Farm of University of Khartoum, Faculty ... see more
Ana Cristina Jacobowski, Ana Laura Colin-Gonzalez, Ariana Lizbeth Paz-Loyola, Abel Santamaria, Maria LigiaRodrigues Macedo
Acrocomia aculeata is a plant species with high levels of antioxidant compounds, rich in carotenoids with high bioavailability and monounsaturated fatty acids. This study was designed to investigate the biological effect of Acrocomia aculeata pulp oil (Aa... see more
Joshua Osuigwe Madu, Raphael Emuebie Okonji, Nkem Torimiro, Femi Kayode Agboola
This study investigated the properties of pectinase from Bacillus licheniformis. The pectinase secreted by the microorganism was purified using ion exchange and gel filtration chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex and Sephadex G-200 respectively. A purification... see more
Bassiouni I. Beltagy, Gehan A. Omar
Environmental pollution of air, water, soil and food became a threat for the sustainability of several plant and animal communities and may ultimately threaten the human survival. The present study was carried out to evaluate the effect(s) of some polluta... see more