v. 7 n. 15 (2020)

Publicado: abril 30, 2020

Artigos

  1. Olive oil quality influenced by biostimulant foliar fertilizers

    Imen Zouari, Beligh Mechri, Meriem Tekaya, Olfa Dabbaghi, Imed Cheraief, Amel Mguidiche, Khouloud Annabi, Foued Laabidi, Faouzi Attia, Mohamed Hammami, Mouna Aïachi Mezghani

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    Foliar fertilization has been used as an important tool to meet the tree nutrient demand and to be an environmental beneficial with the use of little quantities. Actually modern fruit trees physiology is focused on the stimulation of plant cell development and fruit production using biostimulants. In olive trees,...

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21472/bjbs(2020)071501

  2. Biochemical changes in Mucuna sloanei (ukpo) seeds induced by six pathogenic fungi and comparative analysis of the pathogenic fungi

    U. N. Emiri, E. B. Enaregha

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    Biochemical changes in Mucuna sloanei Fawc. & Rendle (Fabaceae) seeds induced by six pathogenic fungi and comparative analysis of the pathogenic fungi were investigated. The fungal pathogens isolated from partially rotted seeds of M. sloanei seeds include Rhizopus stolonifer, Aspergilus flavus, Aspergillus...

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21472/bjbs(2020)071502

  3. Growth behaviour and metal accumulation of two varieties of maize Zea mays L. sown on a soil obtained from a mining site

    Sylvanus Efetobor Abiya, Germaine Akinola Ogunwole, Bridget Onoshagbe Odiyi, Aderonke Blessing Olanrewaju

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    A screen house study was conducted to evaluate the effect of gemstone mining on the growth behaviour of maize Zea mays L. A completely randomized design involving two samples of soil (FUTA (control) and Ijero (mined soil)), two varieties of the maize (TMZ234 and Sammarz 39) was used. The seeds were sown into...

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21472/bjbs(2020)071503

  4. Defensive behaviors of Tropidurus catalanensis Gudynas & Skuk, 1983 (Squamata, Tropiduridae)

    Thiago Maia-Carneiro, Simone Langie-Santos, Carlos Arturo Navas

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    Tropidurus catalanensis Gudynas & Skuk, 1983 (Squamata, Tropiduridae) is a lizard species found in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil. Here, we present defensive behaviors performed by T. catalanensis, adding information about how these lizards avoid predation. Our observations were in an introduced...

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21472/bjbs(2020)071504

  5. Nutritional, phytoconstituents, and free radical scavenging potentials of Cola lepidota K. Schum. and Irvingia gabonensis (Aubry-Lecomte ex O’Rorke) Baill. leaves

    Agada Adaeze Bob-Chile, Peter Uchenna Amadi

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    This study was carried out to determine the essential oil components, protein qualities, fatty acid composition, and free radical scavenging potentials of leaves of Cola lepidota K. Schum. (Malvaceae) and Irvingia gabonensis (Aubry-Lecomte ex O’Rorke) Baill. (Irvingiaceae) using chromatographic and...

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21472/bjbs(2020)071505

  6. Impact of Murraya koenigii (L.) Sprengel (Rutaceae) extracts on lifespan and oxidative stress markers in Drosophila melanogaster Meigen, 1830 (Diptera)

    Dinesh Kumar, Sunita, Veer Bhan

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    The free radicals (ROS and RNS) damage to proteins, DNA, lipids of the cell. These free radicals creates the imbalance in physiological functions and acts as a prevalent cause of various diseases such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, aging, oxidative stress and metabolic syndrome by dysfunction of...

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21472/bjbs(2020)071506

  7. Pregnant mice submitted to Surgical Embryo Euthanasia (SEE) induce loss of expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase isoform and NO concentration in the maternal-fetal interface

    Lidia Jacinta Nunes Fernandes, Eliana Mara Oliveira Lippe

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    The well-succeeded pregnancy in humans and rodents is the consequence of close interaction between maternal and fetal cells with intervening of cytokines and chemical mediators. In this process a pregnant uterus subset NK cells - uterine Natural Killer cells (uNK cells) play a pivotal modulatory role under the...

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21472/bjbs(2020)071507

  8. Violence against women as an obstacle to women’s productivity in Nigeria: A challenge to recreate contemporary Nigerian society

    Christian Chima Chukwu, Ignatius Sunday Ume

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    Women’s lives and their bodies have been the unacknowledged casualties of men for too long. As a result of violence perpetrated against them, their productivity in workplaces have decreased over time. Understanding that productivity improvement is a key objective for industries, the thrust of the study is,...

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21472/bjbs(2020)071508