Plant biotechnology is the deliberate application of biotechnology tools such as protoplast fusion, DNA extraction, plant bioinformatics, PCR and cloning in creating plants with new, improved and desired traits for human benefits. Protoplasts are often referred to as plant cells...
Antioxidants are very important compounds that are very vital in human health and they have been proven to reduce the risk of diseases such as cancer in human health. Many researchers have used callus to produce antioxidant and most of them used different techniques to get reason...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2021/v24i930258
Gali Adamu Ishaku, Daniel Thakuma Tizhe, Raji Arabi Bamanga & Elizabeth Toyin Afolabi·Asian Plant Research Journal·2020
Drought stress in plants has become one of the major abiotic stress that limits the growth and development of plants which also contributes to low yields. Biotechnology which has new and emerging techniques can be use to solve the problem of drought stress in plants. This review...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2020/v5i230104
Aims: The aim of this study was In-Silico structural annotation of an amino acid sequence of Methylthioadenosine Nucleosidase Protein Zm00014a_031618 in Maize (Zea mays) retrieved from NCBI with the accession number PWZ58979. Study Design: The use of In-Silico studies for the str...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2019/v21i330108
Daniel Thakuma Tizhe, Gali Adamu Ishaku, Afiniki Yohanna, Dashe Dentsen Fortune & Aisha Salihu Jibrin·Biotechnology Journal International·2021
Malaria remains a threat to public healthcare system. In 2018, more than 200 million people were exposed to this disease globally. There have been reports of drug-resistance in the recommended therapy in some endemic regions. This called for relentless efforts in the search for p...
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Research Article10.9734/bji/2021/v25i430145
Balanites aegyptiaca is a medicinal plant that serves as a source of phytochemicals with antimicrobial effect. This work aimed at screening for phytochemical constituents and investigating the antifungal activity of B. aegyptiaca seed and callus extract against Candida albicans....
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2020/v4i430091
Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the antibacterial activity of extracts of fresh, dried and oil of Zinginber officinale on Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Minimum inhibitory concentrations of the extracts against test organisms were determined and their...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/43534
Isolation and Characterization of Bioflocculant-Producing Bacteria from Wastewater at Jimeta, Adamawa State Aim: The aim of this study is to isolate, identify and screen for bacteria capable of producing bioflocculant from three wastewater disposal sites; Jimeta Abattoir, Jimeta...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/36148
Aim: To examine the antimicrobial activity and evaluate the anti-mycobacterial potency of Pulicaria crispa and Scoparia dulcis whole plant extracts in solvents of different polarities (n-hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol. Study Design: Assessing the anti-microbial and anti-Mycob...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/25199