Heteropneustes fossilis, commonly known as stinging catfish is a freshwater fish of high nutritional and ethno-medicinal value, traditionally consumed in Manipur and across Northeast India for its health-promoting properties. Despite its importance, little is known about the anti...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i92996
Laishram Lenin Singh, Bijayalakshmi Devi Nongmaithem, Lakshmikanta Khundrakpam, Laiphrakpam Pinky Chanu, Khangembam Brajamani Meetei & Ajit Kumar Ngangbam·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2025
This study investigates the nutritional, ethno-medicinal, and socioeconomic relevance of Brotia costula, a freshwater snail species widely consumed in Manipur, India. A community-based survey involving 300 respondents across six districts assessed traditional knowledge, consumpti...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i72593
The growing need for sustainable aquafeeds has accelerated the quest for alternative protein sources to substitute fishmeal, which is expensive and eco-unfriendly. Molluscan and crustacean byproducts such as snail and shrimp shell, clam, crab meal, and mussel shell and powder pro...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2025/v47i33341
Aquaculture is a growing industry that contributes to the food supply both locally and regionally. The industry has to contend with serious issues such as antibiotic-resistant bacteria and other infections which pose severe economic threats. In aquaculture, bacteriophage therapy,...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i32140
Antioxidants are compounds that protect cells from oxidative stress generated by free radicals, which are unstable molecules that can harm cells and lead to aging and development of chronic diseases. The study evaluates the antioxidant activity of three edible insect species (Ano...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i52296
Ethnoentomology offers important critical analysis of the cultures, nutrition, and ecology of insects to indigenous societies, especially in biodiversity hotspots such as Northeast India. One edible insect, the predaceous diving beetle, Cybister tripunctatus (Coleoptera: Dytiscid...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2026/v29i2763
The small indigenous fish species Puntius sophore is an important raw material used in the preparation of Ngari, a traditional fermented fish product of Manipur, India. Fresh adult P. sophore were collected from Loktak Lake, Manipur, during August to September 2025 and processed...
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Research Article10.9734/air/2026/v27i51732