Proximate, phytochemical and antimicrobial studies of leaf, fruit and root of Solanum macrocarpon L. were evaluated using standard methods. Protein, fat, ash, fibre and moisture as well as bioactive compounds (alkaloid, flavonoid, saponin and tannin) were present in the plant par...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/27922
Proximate, vitamin, mineral and anatomical studies were carried out on various parts (Leaf, stem, root and petiole) of Vitex chrysocarpa using standard techniques. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was employed in data analysis. The proximate study indicated that the various parts con...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/28301
A survey was conducted to study the biodiversity as well as the distribution of wild mushrooms, which naturally grow, in different localities, at different seasons, in the southern region of Bangladesh. A total 24 species of mushrooms belonging to 17 genera and 14 families were i...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/27711
The spate of resistance to conventional antibiotics is becoming worrisome. As alternatives, plants are investigated for bioactive components with antimicrobial activity. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate the nutrients and anti-nutrients composition, phytochemical...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/28291
Aim: A comparative study of three ornamental plants species in the remediation of cadmium polluted soil was investigated. Duration and Place of Study: A 12 week phytoextraction trial was conducted at the Centre for Ecological Studies, University of Port Harcourt. Study Design: 20...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/27744
Aim: Studying Phospholipase A2 is increasingly needful because of the enzyme’s biotechnological potentials and involvement in the pathogenicity of Trypanosoma species. This work was therefore designed to study some of the structural features of putative PLA2 from T. brucei. Plac...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/28443
Aims: The aim of this study was to compare the histo-architectural variation (if any) on hypothalamus of both Rat (Rattus norvegicus) and Bat (Eidolon helvum). Study Design: The histological and histochemical investigations into the hypothalamus of two mammalian species were stu...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/27102
The objective of this study was to assess mean performance, heterosis and combining ability and their interrelationships in six maize inbreds and their 15 diallel F1 crosses under elevated plant density (D). Three experiments were carried out in each season of 2013 and 2014, usin...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/28127
Aims: Lignocellulose is one of the most abundant sources of organic material in the world and it is a polysaccharide which consisted of cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin. Cellulases are group of hydrolytic enzymes capable of degrading cellulose to smaller sugar components such...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/27831
Hybrid gold and silver nanoparticles (AuNPs and AgNPs) are known as chemically or biologically engineered nanomaterials that have size dimension in the range of 1-100 nm. Nanosized materials are exhibited various novel properties like site-specific reactivity, greater sensing cap...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/27734