Aim: Corchorus olitorius is indubitably one of the most important vegetables in Benin. It is grown in most regions of the country and also in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world, particularly in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Therefore, the aim was to determine th...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/17642
Aims: Marine environment is a vast but represents a largely untapped source for isolation of new microorganism having ability to produce novel bioactive compound(s). The present study was designed with an aim to discover and identify marine bacterial strain producing antibacteria...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/15907
Aims: The current study aimed at purifying and determining general characteristics of proteases produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens 35s isolated from the soil of Nile Delta of Egypt and to study its applications in environmental and industrial purposes. Study Design: The produ...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/15504
Aims: To purify, characterize, and apply the laccase produced by submerged fermentation using an edible mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus ARC280. Study Design: Laccase purification and characterization were designed using the most recent approaches and statistical studies of triplica...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/11218
Aim: The study aimed at purification and characterization of β-mannanase from Penicillium italicum. Study Design: The first experiment, β-mannanase from Penicillium italicum was produced in basal medium supplemented with Locust Bean Gum (LBG). The second described the purificatio...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/6555
Aim: For a simpler, more rapid and more accurate method of characterizing new isolates of Newcastle disease virus (NDV), agglutination of mammalian erythrocytes (HA) plus heat stability test and agglutination of mammalian erythrocytes plus erythrocytes elution time (EET)...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/7128
Aims: Monkey kola is a common name given to some edible wild relatives of West African kolanut, viz Cola lateritia K. Schum, C. lepidota K. Schum and C. pachycarpa K. Schum. These are underutilized indigenous tropical fruit species found growing in the humid West and Central Afri...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/8066
Ali Mohamed Elshafei, Mohamed Mohamed Hassan1, Nadia Hussein Ali, Mohamed Abd-Elmontasr Abouzeid, Dalia Ali Mahmoud & Dina Helmy Elghonemy·Microbiology Research Journal International·2013
Aim: The aims of the present study were to purify and characterize L-glutaminase from Penicillium brevicompactum NRC 829; and to evaluate the antitumor activity of the purified enzyme against different tumor human cell lines. Study Design: Testing of antitumor activity of L-gluta...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/5098