The study was carried out to determine the micromorphological structure and quantify the phytochemical components of Cleome rutidosperma Linn. The study revealed the presence of five stomatal types (anomocytic, staurocytic, tetracytic, anisocytic and isotricytic) and polar contig...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/31028
The effects of Biotronics SER (an acidifier) in a blood meal-based diet on haematology and serum indices of broiler finishers were assessed in this study. One hundred and eighty, one-day old broiler chicks were randomly allotted to four treatments in triplicates of 15 birds per r...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/30227
Aims: The aim of this study was to develop whey protein edible films, characterize the film for structural and physical properties and food preservation or shelf life improvement studies. Study Design: Development, characterization and food preservation of edible film. Place and...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/29136
Eurydice Flore Tiepma Ngongang, Bernard Tiencheu, Bertrand Tatsinkou Fossi, Gordon Takop Nchanji, Dzelafen Marcel Shiynyuy, Félicité Tchouanguep Mbiapo & Zambou Ngoufack François·Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology·2016
Aim: The aim of the present work was to study the cholesterol lowering effects of probiotic yeasts isolated from raffia (Raffia mambillensis) wine. Study Design: Collection of fermented raffia wine samples, culture, isolation, identification on culture media and selection of chol...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/30469
Aims: The study evaluated the proximate composition and the occurrence of antibiotic resistant Listeria species from fura-de-nunu sold in Port Harcourt metropolis. Study Design: The experiment was conducted in duplicate and mean values calculated. Place and Duration of Study: Dep...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/30655
At a waste water treatment facility, secondary treatment process algae species Cladophora glomerata and Vaucheria is growing in a trickling filter. This study investigates the role of the algae and its potential for phosphor removal. Phosphorus removed by algae in the trickling f...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/29979
Insect host preference by the larval pupal endoparasitoid Opius. pallipes was studied in Ojilate region in western Libya using broad bean (Vecia faba) as a host plant and the two leafmininig species, the American serpentine leaf miner Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) and the tomato...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/28859
The sub-Saharan African feed industry is encumbered with competitors for the conventional feed ingredients. The competition most often increases the prices of these ingredients and invariably the cost of animal production. The use of agro industrial by-products after fungal biode...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/28680
Improvement of agro industrial by-products via microbial biodegradation in order to subside nutritional challenges cannot be over flogged. This study was conducted to investigate the possible improvement in nutritional quality of brewer dried grains (BDG) using Aspergillus flavus...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/28681
Postharvest infections are among the chief reasons for the worsening of horticultural products in the sequence of storage and delivery. The occurrence of postharvest infections and subsequent diseases can influence the value of the fresh food products and also hamper the shelf li...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/30212
Aims: To study the effect of process parameters on lipase production of B. sonorensis 4R for improved lipase yield. Place and Duration of Study: School of Life Sciences, SRTM University, Nanded, between Feb 2016 and April 2016. Methodology: In the present study, the individual an...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/29166
Aims: In the present study, sugarcane bagasse was evaluated as an inert support for the production of kojic acid under solid state fermentation using two different production medium as moistening agents for the maximum production of kojic acid. Different parameters such as fermen...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/30454
Historically, the science of biotechnology started through domestication of plants and animals by early men and selective plant breeding which subsequently led to transgenesis. Fermentation of grains and fruits using yeast was initiated in Egypt and other ancient parts of the wor...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/29092
This era is definitely an era of renewable energy generated from resources which are naturally replenished on a human time scale. This study provides information that initiates to reveal correct mechanisms involved with electron transfer to microbial fuel cell (MFC) electrodes us...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/30927
Aims: Wood decaying fungi are very good candidate for industrial processes like; enzymes productions, dyes biodegradation and wastewater decolorization. Many studies have been conducted to explore their potential for successful industrialization. There is still need to isolate mo...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/29724