Aims: Local varieties of “Hönüsü” and “Horozkarası” red grapes have been evaluated for the production of red wine and characterized33 for their chemical and sensory characteristics. Study Design: This research was initiated by the Food microbiology researcher and Applications Uni...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2022/v26i6664
Background and Aim: Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are important for the recognition of pathogen-associated molecular patterns. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within TLRs have a potential impact on the alteration of susceptibility or resistance to inflammatory diseases. This...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2022/v26i5661
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic disorder involving progressive muscle deterioration leading to loss of mobility, cardiomyopathy, and respiratory complications leading to an early death by the fourth decade of life. Males are affected more often as DMD results from...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2022/v26i6662
Background: The purpose of this research was to compare the effect of duration of cement dust on the liver organ of albino rats. In this study, a glass house animal exposure chamber was fabricated using a plexi-glass and two blowing fans of adjustable revolution. Methodology: A t...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2022/v26i6663
Aims: The peel and the kernel of mangoes of KENT and KEIT varieties, although presenting enormous nutritive and technological potentialities, are considered as waste and, as a result, rejected in nature causing environmental pollution. This study therefore set itself the general...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2022/v26i5660
Aims: Entomopathogenic nematode (EPN) and its symbiotic bacterium are used worldwide as microbial control agents. Toxins from EPN symbiotic bacteria were isolated and provided basis for using this potential resource as biocontrol agent against vegetable diseases and pests. Study...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2022/v26i5659
Clerodendrum splendens (Lamiaceae) is a plant with therapeutic properties, traditionally used in several countries for the treatment of several diseases. The objective of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant and immunomodulatory activity of the total aqueous extract obtaine...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2022/v26i5658
Currently, Monkeypox is a threatening viral disease terminology around the world that worries the global community after the Coronavirus pandemic. Beyond the woods of central Africa, where cases were first discovered, the geographic distribution of monkeypox cases has extended to...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2022/v26i5657
Polygalacturonase (PG or PGase) and Pectin lyase (PL) are depolymerase enzymes that split the α-1, 4-glycosidic linkages in the backbone of homogalacturonans. They are produced by microorganisms degrading pectin-containing substrates. PG and PL were produced in the solid-state fe...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2022/v26i4656
Molecular-genetic diagnostics of polygenic diseases is a new and interesting area in laboratory diagnostics, especially in the area of cardiovascular diseases, as one of the leading causes of mortality in the world population. Aims: The aim of the paper was to analyse variants of...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2022/v26i4654
During the summer growing seasons of 2021 and 2022, two field experiments were conducted at Ismailia Agricultural Research Center Station(Latitude 30ᵒ 35′ 41.901″ N and Longitude 32ᵒ 16′ 45. 843″E) to study the effect of cyanobacterial inoculation (Anabaena oryzae (A. oryzae) and...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2022/v26i4655
Rao Saad Rehman, Hassan Bashir, Syed Ali Zafar, Mujahid Ali, Abdullah Javed, Naveed Ali Ashraf, Muzammal Hussain & Ayesha Hussain·Biotechnology Journal International·2022
A well-coordinated process is required to construct a complicated structure like the cell wall, which consists of several elements that must be joined appropriately from various sources inside the cell. In order to successfully moderate dynamic responses to developmental and envi...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2022/v26i4653
Komi Lucien Domedjui, Kodjo Djidjolé Etse, Koffi Apeti Gbogbo, Kossi Essotina Kpemoua, Ekanao Tedihou, Rassimwaï Pitekelabou, Tchaou B. P. I. Bodjona, N’pagyendou Lare, Essowè Palanga & Koffi Akpagana·Biotechnology Journal International·2022
Aims: To study the diversity of fungal pathogens associated with cashew mycoses in Togo. Study Design: This research project was initiated by the Mycology Research and Applications Unit of the Botany and Plant Ecology Laboratory (LBEV) in order to have adequate information on cas...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2022/v26i4652
Bioethanol has a greater promise for environmental safety and energy security than fossil fuels. The alternate source required to meet the fuel's requirements can be provided by bioethanol. Untapped sugar-rich sources, like cellulose-rich household wastes, industrial wastes, and...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2022/v26i3650
Aims: The aqueous extract of cashew apple cakes, rich in molecules of pharmacological interest, could be used against many diseases. Thus, the aim of the present work is to evaluate its hepatoprotective activity in rats and mice. Methodology: Two batches of rats weighing between...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2022/v26i3651