American Journal of Life Sciences

Volume 1, Issue 6, December 2013

  • Extraction of Some Secondary Metabolites &Thin Layer Chromatography from Different Parts of Centella Asiatica L. (URB)

    Sanjay R. Biradar, Bhagyashri D. Rachetti

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 6, December 2013
    Pages: 243-247
    Received: 30 August 2013
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    Published: 30 November 2013
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    Abstract: Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. known as Brahmi, Indian Pennywort and Mandookaparni is a small herbaceous annual plant of the family Apiaceae, It is used in traditional medicine for the treatment of various ailments & ayurvedic treatment for many diseases. Present study deals with the qualitative and quantitative analysis of ethanolic extract of root,... Show More
  • Alleviation of Salinity Stress in White Corn (Zea mays L.) Plant by Exogenous Application of Salicylic Acid

    Mona A. Ismail

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 6, December 2013
    Pages: 248-255
    Received: 13 November 2013
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    Published: 30 November 2013
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    Abstract: This experiment was conducted to study the effect of exogenous application of Salicylic Acid ( 200 ppm) to alleviate the damage in Zea mays L. plants under different NaCl doses (20, 40, 60 and 100 mMol). Shoot and root lengths, fresh and dry weights, leaf area, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total chlorophyll, chlorophyll stability index were measur... Show More
  • Prevalence of Cryptosporidium Parvum among Children in Iraq

    Abdulsadah A. Rahi, Magda A. Ali, Alaa H. Al-Charrakh

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 6, December 2013
    Pages: 256-260
    Received: 03 April 2013
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    Published: 10 December 2013
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    Abstract: Cryptosporidiosis is a parasitic disease caused by an apicomplexan protozoa of. Cryptosporidium parvum is the specific infective agent in human . The present study aimed to search for the presence of C. parvumand to determine the prevalence of this parasite among children in Kut city, Iraq. Six hundred stool samples were collected from children le... Show More
  • Morphology of Megalopae from Diogenidae Family (Decapoda, Anomura) in Veracruz, South-Western Gulf of Mexico: Identification Keys to Genus and Species

    Sergio Cházaro-Olvera, Ignacio Winfield Aguilar, Manuel Ortiz Touzet, Eduardo Cházaro-Martínez, Horacio Vázquez-López, Guillermo Javier Horta-Puga

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 6, December 2013
    Pages: 261-266
    Received: 13 November 2013
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    Published: 10 December 2013
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    Abstract: The morphology of Diogenidae megalopa collected in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico was analyzed; the characters considered were: number of segments from the flagellum of the antenna, size and shape of the carapace, number of setae of the scaphognathite of the maxilla, abdomen size, size and number of setae of the endopod and exopod of uropods and n... Show More
  • Use of Multiplex PCR Assay for Detection of Diarrheagenic Escherichia Coli in Street Vended Food Items

    Nishat Sarker, Sharmin Islam, Mehedi Hasan, Farzana Kabir, Md. Aftab Uddin, Rashed Noor

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 6, December 2013
    Pages: 267-272
    Received: 18 November 2013
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    Published: 20 December 2013
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    Abstract: Pathogenic forms of Escherichia coli are commonly known to cause a variety of diarrheal diseases in hosts. Present study was designed to identify such pathogenic E. coli isolates from 7 different groups of street vended foods including cream, egg, non fried dry food and fried dry food, salad, cooked and non cooked items. Among 400 samples studied, ... Show More
  • Study of Antioxidant, Antibacterial and Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Cinnamon (Cinamomum Tamala), Ginger (Zingiber Officinale) and Turmeric (Curcuma Longa)

    Ranjit Thakur, Kamlesh Yadav, Khim Bahadur Khadka

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 6, December 2013
    Pages: 273-277
    Received: 30 November 2013
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    Published: 20 December 2013
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    Abstract: Ethanol extract of ginger, turmeric and cinnamon was assessed for its antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activity. The antioxidant activity was determined by measuring FRAP (ferric reducing-antioxidant power) assay. The antibacterial efficacy was determined using paper disc method against different gram negative bacterial and sensitiv... Show More
  • A Study on Nutritional Status of the Adolescent Girls at Khagrachhari District in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh

    G. M. Mosarrof Hossain, Md. Tanvir Sarwar, M. Hafizur Rahman, Shakh M. A. Rouf, Salim Raza, Asad Ud- Daula, Sabir Hossain

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 6, December 2013
    Pages: 278-282
    Received: 25 November 2013
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    Published: 20 December 2013
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    Abstract: This study deals with the nutritional profile of adolescent girls on the basis of data collected from sample survey of 300 respondents from Khagrachhari district in Chittagong hill tracts region of Bangladesh by cross sectional method. This study found that about 66.00% of adolescent girls lived in rural and only 34.00% lived in urban area of Khagr... Show More