Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of using Moringa oleifera seed powder, filtered cold water extract, and autoclaved cold water extract to induce sedimentation of Chlorella variabilis NIES 2541 cells without pH adjustment. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Plant Science and...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/43608
Aims: This study was carried out to test for the antibacterial effects of Diplazium sammatii and Pneumatopteris afra plant leaves extracts on some pathogenic bacteria isolates. Study Design: This study was carried out in triplicates and the results presented are mean values of th...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/35164
The growth of water hyacinths under outdoor and controlled laboratory conditions was examined using diluted cow manure as the chosen supplier of nutrients. The study showed that water hyacinth can be used for water purification. Ammonia appears to be the preferred source of nitro...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/42741
This study evaluated the ameliorating effect of honey on caffeine-induced sperm toxicity in male albino rats. Thirty healthy male albino rats of 12 weeks old were divided into five groups with six rats in each group using a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). The experimental ani...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/43249
The metallic keyboards of automated teller machines situated within Calabar metropolis were investigated for microbial contamination due to their vast dermal contact by multiple users. Swab sticks soaked with normal sterile saline were used to collect specimens from the keypads....
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/42855
Drought stress during seed germination may act as selection criteria for drought tolerance in wheat. An experiment was done at University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) under a controlled condition to investigate germination of ten Egyptian wheat varieties under a stressful amount of...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/43111
Background: Down-regulation of connexin-43 gap-junction protein is involved in primary tumor formation as well as metastasis in breast cancer patients and restoration of gap-junction intercellular communication by up-regulation of connexins has been shown to restore normal phenot...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/42330
Background: Artemisinin (ART) resistance is a problem that may compromise the elimination of malaria. It is associated with point mutations in the kelch gene PF3D7_1343700 or K13 propeller (pfk13). A recent worldwide map of pfk13 polymorphisms revealed more than 100 non-synonymou...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/42872
Plant biomass is a major renewable natural resource of the world and represents a major source of renewable organic matter. Cassava peels which constitute a nuisance to the community can be utilized by microorganisms to produce valuable products like organic acid yet they remain...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/41522
The study investigated effect of Afrostyrax lepidophyllus (Af) and Afromomum melegueta (Am) seed powders and their mixtures on aspects of the cowpea bruchid Callosobruchus maculatus Fabr biology. Twenty grams each of the cowpea seeds were placed in 5 transparent plastic container...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2018/39666