12 articles in this issue
Ksenija Taški-Ajdukovic, Nevena Nagl, Zivko Curcic, Miroslav Zoric
Background: Genetic diversity studies are important for the selection of parents with a greater combination capacity that, when crossed, increase the chances of obtaining superior genotypes. Thus, 26 polymorphic simple sequence repeat (SSR) primers were u... see more
Qian Lin, Dongni Li, Huizhen Qin
Background: GABA (?-aminobutyric acid) is a four-carbon nonprotein amino acid that has hypotensive, diuretic, and tranquilizing properties. Glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) is the key enzyme to generate GABA. A simple and economical method of preparing and i... see more
Song Yang, Meng-Meng Ding, Fang Chen, Ying Xu
Background: Jatropha curcas is a wide-spreading latex-rich biodiesel plant with high oil content in seeds that have always been under intense studies. However, studies are lacking on the latex component that is considered rich in proteins with potentially... see more
Anna M. Kot, Stanislaw Blazejak, Agnieszka Kurcz, Joanna Brys, Iwona Gientka, Anna Bzducha-Wróbel, Magdalena Maliszewska, Lidia Reczek
Background: Rhodotorula glutinis is capable of synthesizing numerous valuable metabolites with extensive potential industrial usage. This paper reports the effect of initial culture medium pH on growth and protein, lipid, and carotenoid biosynthesis by R.... see more
Sirichai Adisakwattana, Thavaree Thilavech, Weerachat Sompong, Porntip Pasukamonset
Background: Dietary plant-based foods contain combinations of various bioactive compounds such as phytochemical compounds and vitamins. The combined effect of these vitamins and phytochemicals remains unknown, especially in the prevention of diabetes and ... see more
Dandan Niu, Xiaojing Tian, Nokuthula Peace Mchunu, Chao Jia, Suren Singh, Xiaoguang Liu, Bernard A. Prior, Fuping Lu
Background: ß-Galactosidases catalyze both hydrolytic and transgalactosylation reactions and therefore have many applications in food, medical, and biotechnological fields. Aspergillus niger has been a main source of ß-galactosidase, but the properties of... see more
Lidia Stasiak-Rózanska, Stanislaw Blazejak, Iwona Gientka, Anna Bzducha-Wróbel, Edyta Lipinska
Background: Depletion of petroleum resources has enforced the search for alternative sources of renewable energy. Introduction of biofuels into the market was expected to become a solution to this disadvantageous situation. Attempts to cover fuel demand h... see more
Hesty Heryani, Meilana Dharma Putra
Background: Surfactants are one of the most important raw materials used in various industrial fields as emulsifiers, corrosion inhibitors, foaming agents, detergent products, and so on. However, commercial surfactant production is costly, and its demand ... see more
Veronica Avello, Bethzabeth Tapia, Mauricio Vergara, Cristian Acevedo, Julio Berrios, Juan G. Reyes, Claudia Altamirano
Background: To reduce costs associated with productivity of recombinant proteins in the biopharmaceutical industry, research has been focused on regulatory principals of growth and survival during the production phases of the cell culture. The main strate... see more
Jian-Hui Xie, Ting-Ting Chai, Ran Xu, Dan Liu, Yu-Xiu Yang, Zhi-Cheng Deng, Hua Jin, Hong He
Background: Defense-related anti-oxidative response is a vital defense mechanism of plants against pathogen invasion. Ralstonia solanacearum is an important phytopathogen. Bacterial wilt caused by R. solanacearum is the most destructive disease and causes... see more
Kessara Seneesrisakul, Saadet Albayrak Guralp, Erdogan Gulari, Sumaeth Chavadej
Background: Endoglucanase plays a major role in initiating cellulose hydrolysis. Various wild-type strains were searched to produce this enzyme, but mostly low extracellular enzyme activities were obtained. To improve extracellular enzyme production for p... see more
Saleh A. Mohamed, Majed H. Al-Harbi, Yaaser Q. Almulaiky, Ibrahim H. Ibrahim, Reda M. El-Shishtawy
Background: Iron magnetic nanoparticles have attracted much attention. They have been used in enzyme immobilization because of their properties such as product is easily separated from the medium by magnetic separation. The present work was designed to im... see more