abstract：:Salt stress, which is dominant among environmental stresses, poses challenges to global agriculture. We studied the role of exogenous application of sodium chloride (NaCl) in three arid and three semi-arid genotypes of mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] by examining some physiological and biochemical stress indicat...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Alharby HF,Al-Zahrani HS,Hakeem KR,Iqbal M

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochar has vital importance as soil additives due to its characteristics, which are responsible for alleviating environmental problems and climate change. These additives should be evaluated to understand their physico-chemical properties and their ecotoxicological effects on plant growth. Therefore, this study aimed...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Al-Wabel MI,Rafique MI,Ahmad M,Ahmad M,Hussain A,Usman ARA

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fish kidneys are sensitive to chemical changes in the freshwater ecosystem because they are directly and constantly exposed to chemicals dissolved in the water. This study evaluated nephrotoxicity in Wallago attu and Cirrhinus mrigala harvested from the Chenab River in an area of industrial and sewage waste disposal. ...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Hussain B,Fatima M,Al-Ghanim KA,Mahboob S

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate cadmium stress induced changes in the growth, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant activity of Bassia indica associated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and their amelioration by calcium application. Cadmium stress can cause alterations in the physiological and biochemical pr...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Hashem A,Abd Allah EF,Alqarawi AA,Malik JA,Wirth S,Egamberdieva D

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have aimed to investigate the expression of genes related to rosmarinic acid (RA) synthesis and rosmarinic acid content in 2 Ocimum basilicum cultivars, green (cinnamon) and purple (red rubin) basil. Specifically, genes related to rosmarinic acid biosynthesis were cloned and characterized for O. basilicum. We obtai...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Kwon DY,Li X,Kim JK,Park SU

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracts prepared from various areal parts of the Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult. (Family: Apocynaceae) including leaves, fruit and seeds ethanolic extracts and seed aqueous extract were evaluated against MCF-7 cells in order to investigate its potential of cytogenotoxicity and induction of apoptosis. The...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Ali AQ,Farah MA,Abou-Tarboush FM,Al-Anazi KM,Ali MA,Lee J,Hailan WAQ,Mahmoud AH

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inoculation and biochar amendment has been reported to improve growth of several crop plants however their role in stress amelioration individually as well as in combination has not been worked out. This experiment was conducted to evaluate the application of AMF and biochar on the p...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Hashem A,Kumar A,Al-Dbass AM,Alqarawi AA,Al-Arjani AF,Singh G,Farooq M,Abd Allah EF

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considering the potentiality of honey in combating diseases, the present study was carried out aiming to assess the in vitro antiprotozoal activity of several honeys (Ziziphus spina-christi, Acacia nilotica, Acacia seyal, and Cucurbita maxima) against Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia by employing the sub-cult...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Mohammed SEA,Kabbashi AS,Koko WS,Ansari MJ,Adgaba N,Al-Ghamdi A

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foodborne pathogens are one of the major cause of food-related diseases and food poisoning. Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (QS) mechanism of cell-cell communication have also been found to be associated with several outbreaks of foodborne diseases and are great threat to food safety. Therefore, In the present s...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Al-Shabib NA,Husain FM,Khan RA,Khan MS,Alam MZ,Ansari FA,Laeeq S,Zubair M,Shahzad SA,Khan JM,Alsalme A,Ahmad I

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feed ingredients used in swine diets contain various levels and availabilities of nutrients. Nutritional precision evaluation of each ingredient is necessary for formulating diets of pigs. Especially, phosphorous (P) is one of important nutrients for metabolism. However, current data of P digestibility were most appar...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Park S,Cho E,Chung H,Cho K,Sa S,Balasubramanian B,Choi T,Jeong Y

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A level of water quality intended for human consumption does not seem necessary for domestic uses such as irrigation of green spaces. Alternative water supplies like the use of greywater (GW) can thus be considered. However, GW contains pathogenic microorganisms and organic compounds which can cause environmental and ...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Laaffat J,Aziz F,Ouazzani N,Mandi L

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dried plant material of medicinally important Anthemis deserti Boiss. (family: Asteraceae) especially when it remains in the powdered form often look similar to Anthemis melampodina Del.; and therefore, difficult to distinguish, finally lead to chances of adulteration. The adulteration in medicinal plants effects ...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Ajmal Ali M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to elucidate the impact of lactation stage on milk composition, hematological and biochemical parameters of dairy Baladi goats under Egyptian conditions. Forty-eight Baladi goats (32.8 ± 2.9 kg of BW) were enrolled in the current study. The lactation period has been divided into three s...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： El-Tarabany MS,El-Tarabany AA,Roushdy EM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In forensic science, the human identification is the major goal in criminal cases and in paternity dispute, based on DNA profiling of individual. Analysis of short tandem repeat (STRs) markers used as a reliable technique for this purpose. In this study the main objective was to develop a human identification based on...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Zahra A,Hussain B,Jamil A,Ahmed Z,Mahboob S

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agarwood (Oudh), is often used by people in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Oudh has been mentioned in the Hadith and is traditionally used for its aroma (perfuming smell) and potential medicinal applications. The aim of the study was to isolate mycotoxigenic fungi that grow on agarwood and the factors and storage co...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Al-Hindi RR,Aly SE,Hathout AS,Alharbi MG,Al-Masaudi S,Al-Jaouni SK,Harakeh SM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rice ragged stunt virus (RRSV) is a very important virus that infects rice and causes serious yield losses in Asian countries and other major rice planting areas. Thus, it is urgent to establish an efficient and practical approach for identification and diagnosis in the field. Our results indicated that reverse transc...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Lai D,Zhang Y,Huang Q,Yin G,Pennerman KK,Liu Z,Guo A

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Writing and publishing a scientific paper in academic journals is a highly competitive, time-consuming stepwise process. The road to scientific writing and publication is rarely straightforward. Scientific writing has uniform format, which is perplexing for the novice science writers due to its inflexible anatomy (str...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Meo SA

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Food borne diseases are a major public health concern worldwide. Staphylococcus aureus is one of the potential food borne pathogens which causes nosocomial and community acquired infections. In the present study, 74 representative strains of S. aureus isolated and characterized in previous study from different milk sa...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Akindolire MA,Kumar A,Ateba CN

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Halophilic microbes are studied to understand the metabolic pathways adopted by organisms in such extreme environment and for their biotechnological exploitation. In thallosohaline environments worldwide, the autotrophic alga Dunaliella salina Teodoresco is omnipresent, but it is being recently realised that the heter...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Keerthi S,Koduru UD,Nittala SS,Parine NR

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artemisinin is the first-line drugs for the treatment of malaria. In recent years, a large number of reports showed that artemisinin exhibit anti-tumor activity. In this study, we used C6 glioma cells and rat C6 brain-glioma model to study anti-tumor activity of artemisinin in vivo and in vitro. We found that artemisi...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Chen J,Zhang L,Hao M

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A field study was conducted to investigate the impact of different patterns of raking and baling operations on the dry matter (DM) and quality losses of the produced alfalfa (Medicago sativa) hay. The experimental work was carried out on a 50 ha center pivot irrigated alfalfa field in a commercial farm located in the ...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Al-Gaadi KA

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a global health burden due to lifestyle modifications that have a strong association with a high incidence of diseases, such as dyslipidemia, glucose intolerance, nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases, diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease and cancer. The aim of the present study is to investigate the ...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Bharathi V,Rengarajan RL,Radhakrishnan R,Hashem A,Abd Allah EF,Alqarawi AA,Anand AV

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pterocarpus a high-end, expensive furniture materials collectively. Pterocarpus and Pterocarpus products have a certain human health function. Therefore, this paper to Pterocarpus pedatus Pierre as an example, to study its extract on human health beneficial health care ingredients. FT-IR analysis showed that the infra...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Chen J

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to assess the antitumor efficacy and safety of lobaplatin-based regimens as the second line of treatment in patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) resistant to anthracyclines and taxanes, compared with that of cisplatin-based regimens. During August 2012 to April 2015, 87 patients who ...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Wang Z,Xu L,Wang H,Li Z,Lu L,Li X,Zhang Q

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men worldwide. This study focused to clarify the roles of Metadherin (MTDH) and miR-342-3p in prostate cancer. We identified that MTDH was up-regulated and miR-342-3p was down-regulated in the prostate tissues, and there is an inverse correlation between MTDH and miR...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Hu K,Mu X,Kolibaba H,Yin Q,Liu C,Liang X,Lu J

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lethal and sub lethal effects of fresh and old residues of azadirachtin, spinosad, Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki (Bt var. k), and deltamethrin, were evaluated at their recommended field doses against adult and immature stages of Trichogramma brassicae under in vitro conditions. The experiments were carried out ...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Thubru DP,Firake DM,Behere GT

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver fibrosis is a major health concern that results in significant morbidity and mortality. Up-to-date, there is no standard treatment for fibrosis because of its complex pathogenesis. Crocin is one of the main nutraceuticals isolated from the stigma of Crocus sativus with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activitie...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Algandaby MM

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autologous bone grafting and ilizarov technique are the preferred mode of treatment for bone nonunion, studies suggest that bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells can be effective in treatment of tibial non-union where there is length of bone defect. The current study investigates the beneficial clinical outcome o...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Zhang H,Xue F,Jun Xiao H

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Annona muricata Linnaeus, popularly known as "graviola" and also called soursop, is a species typical of countries with a tropical climate, and it is used in folk medicine as an anticancer, analgesic and antispasmodic agent. The aim of the present study was to validate the gastroprotective activity of the hydroalcohol...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Bento EB,Júnior FEB,de Oliveira DR,Fernandes CN,de Araújo Delmondes G,Cesário FRAS,Rodrigues CKS,Sales VDS,de Figueiredo FRSDN,Lemos ICS,Monteiro ÁB,de Menezes IRA,da Costa JGM,Kerntopf MR

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Employing the antibacterial property of industrial bamboo vinegar (IBV) and the photocatalytic degradation of TiO2, bamboo macromolecules were pretreated and processed into nonvolatile and antibacterial bio board (NVABB). The NVABB was then analyzed by conducting Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimet...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Ge S,Wang L,Liu Z,Jiang S,Yang X,Yang W,Peng W,Cai T

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bamboo macromolecules were pretreated with bamboo vinegar, which has an antibacterial property, and processed into antibacterial bioboard (ABB) by hot pressing. The ABB was then analyzed by conducting Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis and differential thermal analysis. Results showed ...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Wang L,Ge S,Liu Z,Zhou Y,Yang X,Yang W,Li D,Peng W

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, application of Ecklonia maxima extract (Kelpak SL - a water soluble concentrate) was optimized and its impact on yield, nutraceutical and nutritional potential of Phaseolus vulgaris L. (var. Aura and Toska) was measured. The study was carried out in 2012 and 2013 in Poland. During the growing sea...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Kocira A,Świeca M,Kocira S,Złotek U,Jakubczyk A

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to present an integrated process that can be used to produce biomedical and biological active components from the fruit shell of Camellia oleifera Abel. Through the Foss method, Aldehyde, acid compounds, acyl and alcohol compounds account for 22.7, 15.93, 0.24 and 61.13% of the extractives which were e...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Xie Y,Ge S,Jiang S,Liu Z,Chen L,Wang L,Chen J,Qin L,Peng W

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conservation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is relatively young, yet have made considerable gains in conservation through strategic proclamation and reintroductions. Changes in land use, illegal hunting and competition with domestic stock has decimated the native ungulates, meaning that the survival of the native ungu...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Barichievy C,Sheldon R,Wacher T,Llewellyn O,Al-Mutairy M,Alagaili A

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intention of the present wok is to provide an account on the pollen morphological features of Lamiaceae in Saudi Arabia as a basis for future studies of Lamiaceae pollens in the region. Pollen morphology of 20 species belong to 16 genera of the Lamiaceae has been investigated using Light Microscope (LM) and Scanni...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Doaigey AR,El-Zaidy M,Alfarhan A,Milagy AE,Jacob T

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to estimate the proximate, phenolic and flavonoids contents and phytochemicals present in seeds of twenty four soybeans (Glycine max (L.) Merr) genotypes to explore their nutritional and medicinal values. Crude protein composition ranged between 35.63 and 43.13% in Argentinian and USA (Clark) genotype...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Alghamdi SS,Khan MA,El-Harty EH,Ammar MH,Farooq M,Migdadi HM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to investigate the contents of glucosinolates (GSLs) and carotenoids in eleven varieties of Chinese cabbage in relation to the expression level of the important transcription factors. MS and HPLC analysis identified the presence of 13 GSLs (progoitrin, sinigrin, glucoalyssin, gluconapoleiferin,...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Chun JH,Kim NH,Seo MS,Jin M,Park SU,Arasu MV,Kim SJ,Al-Dhabi NA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Birds' nests may be refuges for various species of fungi including that which are potentially phytopathogenic and zoopathogenic. Among the 2449 isolates of fungi obtained from nests of Marsh harriers 96.8% belonged to filamentous fungi. In total, 37 genera were identified from 63 fungi species. Within the mycobiotas o...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Kornillowicz-Kowalska T,Kitowski I

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is designed to discuss the relationship between the expression of chemokine receptor 7 (chemokine receptor 7, CXCR7) and nuclear transcription factor-κB (nuclear factor kappa B, NF-κB) and the occurrence of the breast cancer and lymphatic metastasis. METHOD:80 samples were excised and confirmed as breast cancer th...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Yuan CL,Liu ZH,Zou N,Wang YL,Chen ZY

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objectives:Comparison of Ticagrelor vs clopidogrel in antiplatelet therapeutic effect of acute myocardial infarction patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Methods:The study focused on 2000 acute myocardial infarction patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in our hospital from Ja...

journal_title：Saudi journal of biological sciences

authors： Yao G,Su G,Li K,Li B,Dong H

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00