Aims: This study was designed to investigate a common polymorphism in the exon 5 of the solute carrier SLC30A4 (ZNT4) gene 915 T-C in a group of mothers with neural tube defects (NTDs) babies compared to healthy controls in Setif region of Algeria, as well as the detection of a p...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/40106
Background: Corneal blindness resulting from various medical condition affects millions worldwide. The rapid developing field of tissue engineering offers the potential to develop a tissue-engineered cornea that adheres very closely to the native cornea for transplantation. The d...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/39648
The aim of the study was to determine the serum antibodies and coproantigens for Cryptosporidium spp. in brown rats from Grenada. Intestinal contents from 99 and serum from 169 brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) during May to July 2017 were examined for coproantigens and antibodies f...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/39602
Several environmental conditions were identified to influence the growth and morphogenesis of Candida albicans. The present study quantitatively examined the growth rate and described the kinetic profile of C. albicans under different pH, temperature, and culture medium. When C....
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/40071
Insecticidal nematodes or entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) in the genera Heterorhabditis and Steinernema are lethal obligate parasites of insect pests. These nematodes carry specific pathogenic bacteria which are released into the insect hemocoel after penetration of the insect...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/39779
Aim: This study was designed to explore the phytochemical and antimicrobial screening of the stem and root extracts of Crateva adansonii. Place and Duration of Study: Sample: Iyesi village, Ota, Ogun State, and analysis carried out at Department of Chemistry and Department of Bio...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/39314
Seyed Mohammad Taghi Tabatabai, Mahmood Seleuki, Baratali Fakheri, Mohsen Ismail-Zadeh Moghadam & Nafisa Mehdinezhad·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2018
In order to study the diversity of related characteristics of bakery quality in 167 bread wheat genotypes (SeriM82 / Babax), along with their parents, were evaluated based on two replications. The measured traits including protein content, zeolite sediment volume, bread volume, m...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/38989
Newborn calves are still often registered to have dyspepsia or acute hypoxia. These disturbances are very often accompanied by the development of hemostasiopathy. There are no definite approaches to its correction yet. Aim: To determine activity dynamics of coagulation hemostasis...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/39952
Length-frequencies and length-weight relationships of the four economically important fish species Encrasicholina heteroloba (Rüppel 1837), E. punctifer Fowler 1938, Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus 1758) and Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier 1816) were analysed to assess the condition...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/39999
Background: Salinity is one of the major factors affecting agriculture. To grow in saline environments, bacteria and plants have to adjust their turgor pressure by accumulating compatible solutes as glycine betaine and proline. Inoculation of plants of economic interest, mainly w...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/39690