The micro-fungal flora of heavy metals contaminated peri-urban agricultural fields of Pakistan were investigated in terms of their diversity by soil serial dilution method. A total of 30 micro-fungi were isolated from 6 sampling sites. Of these isolates 24 belong to phylum Ascomycota, 3 to phylum Zygomycota, 2 to phylum Basidiomycota and 1 to phylum Deuteromycota. The most widespread genus was ...

Efavirenz is a drug with an absorption window. Its oral bioavailability is 40-50%. The aim of this work was to formulate solid self-emulsifying drug delivery system to improve the solubility and bioavailability of efavirenz. Solubility of Efavirenz was determined in various vehicles like oils, surfactants and co surfactants. Which, upon dilution with aqueous media, spontaneously form fine oil i...

Lignin is the second most abundant biopolymer after cellulose. It has long been obtained as a by-product of cellulose production in pulp and paper production, but had rather low added-value applications. A changing paper market and the emergence of biorefinery projects should generate vast amounts of lignin with the potential of value addition. Nanomaterials offer unique properties and the prep...

Bambusa vulgaris is a world-famous medicinal plant used in Benin to treat typhoid fever, malaria, diarrhea, fatigue. The leaves have been investigated for their antioxidant, anti-shigella and anti-salmonella properties. Similarly, the phytochemical screening of ethyl hydroethanolic extracts from was done according Harborne method with some modifications revealed presence alkaloids, phenolic com...

Microneutralization tests for detection of antibody in bovine serum to three bovine viruses are described. The Madin-Darby bovine kidney cell line was used with parainfluenza 3 virus (PI 3), whereas serially cultivated bovine embryonic kidney cells were used for infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus and bovine virus diarrhea virus. Comparison of micro-hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) with mic...

We present a technique for the fast screening of the lead concentration in whole blood samples using laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). The whole blood sample is deposited on a polymeric surface and wiped across a set of micro-grooves previously engraved into the surface. The engraving of the micro-grooves was accomplished with the same laser system used fo...