André Perfusion Amang, Christophe Mezui, Gaël Siwe Tchokomeni, Ernestine Nkwengoua Zondengoumba, George Enow-Orock Enonchong & Paul Vernyuy Tan·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2017
Aims: Information provided by practitioners of Cameroonian ethnomedicine suggested that Eremomastax speciosa (E. speciosa) possesses antiulcer activity. This led us to evaluate the prophylactic and healing effects of this plant. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Animal B...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/32652
Introduction: Pollution caused by crude oil and its products is the most prevalent and widespread problem in soil and water environments and is increasingly being implicated as being responsible for the global warming menace being battled worldwide Aims: This study was carried ou...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/28024
Cassava is the most important tropical root crop; its starchy roots are a major source of dietary energy for more than 700 million people. To combat the poor protein content of cassava and help with the malnutrition faced by the millions of people who consume cassava, the bulk of...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/31955
The natural occurrence of Citrus tristeza clostero virus (CTV) in the main citrus producing regions of Sudan was further substantiated by using a nested RT-PCR approach. Two-thirds of the test samples collected from mandarin, sweet orange, grapefruit, and lime trees reacted posit...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/31333
Taro leaf blight disease caused by Phytophtora colocasiae is a potential economic disease of the taro crop growing regions of Cameroon and other humid tropical regions of West and Central Africa. Studies were conducted at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/16479
This study evaluates the effect of raw baobab seed meal (RBSM) on the performance of 40 weaned rabbits with an average weight of 683.00 ± 0.12 g. The rabbits were randomly allotted to four diets with five replicates in a completely randomized design containing 0%, 10%, 20% and 30...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/31931
Biotechnology is a science that makes use of biological organisms, or their sub-cellular components in health, agriculture, manufacturing and service industries, and in environmental management. It is increasingly clear that commercial products of modern biotechnology cannot be o...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/32160
A bacterial strain (Pseudomonas aeruginosa) having a high capacity for rapid decolourization of the azo dye Cibacron Red was isolated and identified by 16s-rRNA gene sequencing method. The decolorization of cibacron reactive red by free cell under experimental conditions was inve...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/31332
The purpose of this work was to determine the growth response of Clarias gariepinus post fingerlings to four protein level (25%, 30%, 35% and 40%) by two energy level (2800 and 3000 Kcal/kg) so as to be able to estimate the response of the various fish fed with the diets containi...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/31608
The objective of this study was to assess the role of scab-infected seed tubers in contamination of land and progeny of clean potato stock with common scab. The experiment was conducted over two consecutive years using the white-skinned cultivar ‘Diamant’ and the red-skinned ‘Pek...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/31267