The growing use of biological toxins, biotechnology and bio-engineering may have, by commensurate measure, contributed to bio-terrorism under what is called agro/bio-terrorism. Agro-products finally end up on the tables as food or on the shelves as medicine, and thus any form of...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/34167
The increasing incidence of diabetes mellitus in all over the world is considered as a serious threat for human health. Oxidative stress is responsible for occurrence of diabetes by generation of oxygen free-radical, glycosylation of non-enzymatic protein, auto-oxidation of gluco...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/35478
The unique characteristics of the early changes in vascular haemostasis during the development of metabolic syndrome are still unclear. This study aimed to examine the development of vascular dysfunction in experimentally induced metabolic syndrome. The study used 61 male Wistar...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/34936
This study was carried out to analyze the trend of cassava (Manihot esculenta) products and impacts on the livelihood of value chain actors in the Centre Region of Cameroon. Thus, surveys were carried out in 2016, in six localities (Yaounde, Bafia, Obala, Ngoumou, Mbankomo and Mb...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/34163
Toxicity effects of Cyfluthrin insecticide on Agrotis ipsilon (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) immature stages were studied with respect to temperature thresholds and thermal requirements for each stage. The bioassays were carried out by applying the recommended concentration, its half a...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/35076
Aims: Effects of crushed date pits (DP) on growth performance, carcass traits and nutrient digestibility were studied on forty Baladi goat kids. Methodology: All kids were male with an average body weight of 20 kg (S.D. = 0.27) at the beginning of the experiment. Animals were ran...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/33784
The experimental material for the present investigation was comprised of 38 genotypes of onion. These genotypes were sown in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications, to estimate the genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance. Observations were recorded...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/35384
The effects of dimethoate on pituitary prolactin cells of Heteropneustes fossilis was investigated in this study. The fish Heteropneustes fossilis were subjected to sub-lethal concentration of dimethoate - 2.24 mg/l i.e. 75% of 96 h LC50 for short-term (24, 48, 72 and 96 h), and...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/35503
Autoxidation is considered as one of the main factors responsible for deterioration which occurs during manufacturing, storage, distribution and final preparation of foods. Changes caused by lipid oxidation not only resulting to off-flavor, but also resulting to loss of color, de...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/35155
In order to assess the suitability of the Ukkadam lake (Lat. 10.99° N and Long. 76.96° E) and the Singanallur lake (Lat. 10.59° N and Long. 77.88° E) of Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu, India) for inland aquaculture, the species diversity and density of zooplankton were assessed for a per...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/34749