The study was envisaged for elucidating the effect of immunosuppression on the pathology and pathogenesis of experimental respiratory absidiomycosis in rabbits. Seventy rabbits used in the experiment were divided into different groups viz. non-immunosuppressed, immunosuppressed with cyclophosphamide and immunosuppressed with methylprednisolone respectively, and a control group. The experiment w...

Aim: High free fatty acids (FFA) content of cocoa beans is high lead to alter quality butter fraction and chocolate manufactured. During primary post-harvest processing, harbor lipase producing mold speciess could trigger the accumulation FFA. This study investigated improvement raw material sourced from Côte d’Ivoire regarding its FFA concentration.
 Methods: Fermented dry were sampled on...

Centrifugation in sucrose density gradients of partially purified extracts from six species of fungi, i.e., Rhizopus stolonifer, Phycomyces nitens, Absidia glauca (Phycomycetes), Aspergillus nidulans (Ascomycetes), Coprinus lagopus, and Ustilago maydis (Basidiomycetes), indicate that the five enzymes catalyzing steps two to six in the prechorismic acid part of the polyaromatic synthetic pathway...

Endophytic fungal isolates (139 no.) were obtained from 143 (62 roots, 18 fruits and 54 leaves) samples of 15 different varieties banana collected 10 sites in Assam, India during 2018-2019. Overall isolation frequency surface-sterilized tissue ranged 10%-80% (as per site) 6%-70% variety banana). All segregated into 40 types on the basis macromorphological micro morphological characteristics. Fo...