Wastewater treatment using microalgae is an environmental friendly practice, involving various interactions among the micro and macro fauna and flora of treatment plant. The use of algal-bacterial con ... Read More
Medicinal plants are potent natural sources of drugs to treat different human inflammations since ancient time. Many of anticancer lead bioactive molecules such as vinca alkaloid, vinblastine, vincris ... Read More
With rapid advancement in science and technology in the last few centuries, modifications in every aspect of life are continuously occurring. No doubt, these modifications are improving life standards ... Read More
Thioacetamide (TAA) has been widely utilized in the development of animal models of hepatic damage by a number of researchers. The current investigation was designed to evaluate changes in tissue and ... Read More
This study was planned for the production of lipases by solid-state fermentation (SSF) using agro-industrial wastes as substrate. A total of 14 bacterial strains were isolated, screened and compared f ... Read More
During an investigation on helminth parasites of birds, a new species of trematode genus Heterotestophyes gibsoni sp. n. was recorded from the intestine of little tern (Sternula albifrons) collected f ... Read More
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is considered as second most common neurodegenerative disorder, occurring mostly in men. Almost 9 genes have been reported to be involved in the progression of PD, if mutated. ... Read More
New fossil remains of the Suid species, Propotamochoerus hysudricus are described in this paper on the basis of their morphometric characters. This is perhaps the only known species of the genus Propo ... Read More
The present study was aimed at to investigate the bioactive compounds from exudate of a fungus, Pleurotus ostreatus. Exudate as liquid droplets on the mycelium was checked for antimicrobial activity a ... Read More
Deltamethrin is a broad spectrum synthetic pyrethroid pesticide. It is considered less toxic as compared to organochlorine and organo-phosphate pesticides. Deltamethrin was selected to study the ioche ... Read More
This study was planned to investigate parasitic infection of imported ornamental fish, double tail goldfish, Carassius auratus. A total of 25 experimental fish were examined for parasitic infection. O ... Read More
Seven triplicate groups of fish (67 fish group-1) designated as T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6 and T7 were reared in fertilized (0.17 g N 100-1 wet fish weight daily) earthen ponds (0.012 ha) for 365 days. T ... Read More
Experiment on bioaccumulation of chromium (Cr) in the bodies of Catla catla, Labeo rohita and Cirrhinus mrigala was conducted from January through May, 2015. Water, sediment and fish samples were coll ... Read More
Keti Bunder is part of Indus Delta and situated at Thatha district, Sindh. The objectives of study were to assessment of avifauna diversity and also noted the threats to the birds of Keti Bunder. To k ... Read More
Chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) have been examined on common wild and captive birds of Hyderabad during 2013-2015, mainly from urban areas. Chewing lice of both suborders Amblycera ... Read More
The current work was aimed to find the effect of Bisphenol A (BPA) which is widely used in the manufacturing of epoxy resins and variety of plastics to which humans are exposed routinely. BPA (12.5%) ... Read More
The aim of present paper is to describe first record of genus Petasiger which was collected during systematic study of helminths of Little Cormorant, Phalacrocorax niger of District Sanghar, Sindh, Pa ... Read More
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory disease of the brain and spinal cord where it damages the myelin sheath protecting the neurons. Many environmental and genetic factors have been associated w ... Read More
A two year survey extending from June 2010 through May 2012 was conducted in Malakand, Dir and Swat districts in Malakand division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). Twenty two desert yellow bat (Scotoecus pa ... Read More
The activity of digestive enzymes was determined in ypophthalmichthys molitrix, Catla catla and Cyprinus carpio fed with different feed ingredients. There were two glass aquaria (3×2×2 ft) for each s ... Read More
In the present study, effects of the lunar cycle on the activities of three scorpion species, Hottentotta tamulus, Odontobuthus odonturus, and Androctonus finitimus, and their potential prey and preda ... Read More
During present survey, extending from June 2010 through May 2012 the greater short-nosed fruit bat Cynopterus sphinx (n = 1) and the fulvous fruit bat Rousettus leschenaultia (n = 22) were captured fr ... Read More
This study was carried out to describe the length-weight relationship (LWR), length-length relationships (LLRs) and condition factor (K) in 926 specimens belonging to 20 freshwater fish species of fam ... Read More
Fossil remains discussed in the present paper have been recovered from the Dhok Pathan Formation of the Middle Siwaliks in the Chakwal district, Punjab, Pakistan. The material was observed, compared w ... Read More
Human height is a quantitative trait with high heritability, controlled by many gene pairs. It is influenced by environmental factors such as nutrition, disease and lifestyle. A study was carried out ... Read More
In the present study, three insecticides viz. methamidophos @ 1.0lha, fenpropathrin @ 1.2l/ha and metasystox @ 1.4l/ha were tested for the control of aphid population on Brassica campestris. The exper ... Read More
Pyrethroids are modern synthetic insecticides commonly used for house hold and agriculture purposes and are extracted from the flowers of pyrethrums (Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium and C. coccineum) i ... Read More
Chitin has dive in various forms of life (bacteria to higher plants and animals) as one of the most durable, richest biopolymers distributed widely in nature both in the terrestrial and marine environ ... Read More
RNA interference is a powerful and rapid technique to knockout the gene expression by introducing either short interfering RNA or double stranded RNA fragments into targeted host. These RNA fragments ... Read More
Septicemia is a devastating medical condition encountered in many hospitals of developing countries. Hepatorenal dysfunction is traditionally viewed as late feature of septicemia due to its obvious ef ... Read More
Experiment on bioaccumulation of chromium (Cr) in the bodies of Catla catla, Labeo rohita and Cirrhinus mrigala was conducted from January through May, 2015. Water, sediment and fish samples were coll ... Read More
Activation of inflammatory pathways may contribute to the beginning and progression of many complications in the body. Current study was aimed to evaluate the status of acute phase response and inflam ... Read More
Odontobuthus odonturus (Pocock, 1897), and Androctonus finitimus (Pocock, 1897) inhabiting Punjab, Pakistan, was studied under laboratory and field conditions. Results of the study revealed that all t ... Read More
The adequate amounts of chromium (Cr) enhance the endocrine system and metabolism but its ridiculous use and bio-accumulation through food chain might be causing oxidative stress. That study was condu ... Read More
Five dental specimens are investigated as the member of Boselaphini (Bovidae) which belong to an extinct genus Selenoportax. All the samples are collected from well exposed strata of Late Miocene of H ... Read More
This study was conducted in different hospitals of Lahore and Sahiwal on patients who presented with symptomatic gallstones during the period 2011 to 2015. All the patients irrespective of their age, ... Read More
Pulp and paper industry consumes more resources as compared to any other industry around the globe. The toxicity of waste water (leachate) resulting from paper processing has become a serious issue no ... Read More
The present study was aimed to assess the optimum conditions to cultivate the yeast, Candida tropicalisSS1 for the single cell protein (SCP) production employing different fruit’s peels. The C. tropic ... Read More
Khapra beetle, Trogoderma granarium is one of the most notorious pests of stored grains. This study was aimed to evaluate the toxicity of phosphine to 4th, 6th instar larvae and adult beetle in phosph ... Read More
Nesting biology of Auplopus sp. in Vietnam is presented. Nesting site of A. sp. was on the wall corners or on the foundation of a desert house. The nest was constructed with a single row or two rows o ... Read More
In the present study, the efficiency of Taq DNA polymerase, an enzyme traditionally used in gene amplification, was compared with the newly developed amplification method, PuRe Taq Ready-To-Go PCR bea ... Read More
The present work concerned with the study of bacterial pathogens associated with irrigated wheat field water. Study was carried out to check the efficacy of heavy metals and antibiotics against five i ... Read More
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