Aims: For an effective potato breeding strategy, knowledge of the genetic parameters of traits, such as heritabilities and genetic correlations are essential, hence the need to assess the genetic variability estimates of yield-related traits in Irish potato mutants Study Design:...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/44850
This work focused on isolating Lactic Acid Bacteria from fermented local milk, assaying the enzymes produced by the organisms, using them as starters in the fermentation of fresh milk and monitoring their bio-preservative activities. Fresh milk samples pasteurized at 85°C for 15...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/42971
Background: Assessment of iron status in clinical studies is often based on a single blood sample, Thus if diurnal variations in serum iron levels is large (morning samples were assumed to be higher than afternoon or evening levels).This may lead to the individual iron status may...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/28141
Aims: Rheumatoid arthritis is a self-immunity, progressive, and chronic disease the cause of which is still not clear. This disorder is mainly characterized with non-exclusive inflammation of local joints or joints inflammation, morning stiffness, destruction of articular tissues...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/11680
Aims: Coffee, cocoa, kola and cashew shells and cashew pulp, all agricultural waste were evaluated as potential raw materials for cultivating Pleurotus ostreatus and to determine the influence of substrate on mushroom nutritional quality. Methodology: Composted substrates were ba...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/24346
Aim: The study was to evaluate the antibacterial activity and phytochemical screening of Guiera senegalensis extracts against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Place and Duration of Study: A total of 70 samples of wound, High Vaginal Swab (HVS) and Skin were c...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/31155
The main objective of this study was to show the different ways medicinal plants are used by the indigenous people of Oguru-ama town in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. Another objective was to document the medicinal plants used in this area and enumerate th...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/13576
Introduction: Tissue regeneration and biomedical engineering are the goals of modern research that have made tremendous strides in recent years. Dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) have been demonstrated to exhibit functional multipotency, differentiating into neurons, adipocytes, and...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/44215
Milk samples of 39 lactating West African Dwarf does in selected households in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State were analyzed to study the genetic polymorphism of α-lactalbumin and lactoferrin and their effect on milk fat content. Genetic variants of milk protein were...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/34580
Aims: This study was conducted to evaluate the genotoxic effects of fruit and leaf ethanolic extracts of Ecaballium elateruim on clinical and reference strains of E. coli (E. coli ATCC 25922). Methodology: The genotoxic effects of fruit and leaf ethanolic extracts were determined...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/43882
Aims: To study the capacity of cassava genotypes in Côte d'Ivoire to induce somatic embryos and to regenerate plants from immature leaves Study Design: In-vitro, laboratory-based study. Place and Duration of Study: National Center for Agronomic Research (CNRA), between January 20...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/44027
Egeria radiata is a freshwater clam endemic in some large water bodies in West Africa where it serves the native communities as source of protein, income, etc. Studies on characterisation of exploited species can provide information helpful in predicting their availability, espec...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/43313
The use of nitrogen-fixing bacteria as an alternate N resource would play an important role in environmental protection by providing an eco-friendly and cost-effective inputs for farmers. The present investigation was carried out in the experimental field of Agric. Res. Stat. of...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/43784
Acute and Sub-acute Toxicity Evaluation of Commelina benghalensis (Commelinacaea) and Newbouldia laevis (Bignoniaceae) Ethanol Leaf Extracts in Wistar Rats Aim: Commelina benghalensis and Newbouldia laevis are tropical plants which are widely used in ethnomedicine. Acute and suba...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/40523
A comparative study was conducted to determine the effect of field application of the starter cultures Bacillus subtilis strains 3B and BC4333 on the quality of fermented Parkia biglobosa seeds. The proximate composition, microbial load, and other physicochemical properties of th...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/33678