Protease production under solid state fermentation (SSF) was investigated using isolated Aspergillus flavus. Different agroindustrial waste products were evaluated to check the possibility of potential utilization of substrates in SSF for protease production by Aspergillus flavus using wheat bran as a substrate. The results showed that the optimum conditions for maximum protease production were...

Adsorption behavior of chromium, Cr(VI) from wastewater has been investigated using clarified sludge (a steel plant waste material), rice husk ash and sawdust as non-conventional adsorbents. The studies were carried out at room temperature (30C) following batch adsorption technique in a reciprocating shaker. Factors affecting the adsorption characteristics such as agitation time, initial metal ...

Gloriosa superba is a medicinal plant used in traditional medicine for the treatment of various diseases. The tuber of Gloriosa superba is a rich source of colchicine which is used for the treatment of gout, cirrhosis and also used in plant breeding studies to produce polyploidy. Optimization of various extraction parameters using response surface methodology (RSM) was performed to assess maxim...

A bacterial strain GSM3, capable of decolorizing an azo dye Reactive Red 2 was isolated from dye contaminated soil sample collected from Ammu dyeing industry, Bellary, India. Based on phenotypic characteristics and 16S rDNA sequencing, strain GSM3 was identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa GSM3. Isolate GSM3 showed 97% decolorization of Reactive Red 2 (300 mgL) within 10 h, while maximally it cou...

BACKGROUND MicroRNA (miRNA) expression is known to be deregulated in ovarian carcinomas. However, limited data is available about the miRNA expression pattern for the benign or borderline ovarian tumors as well as differential miRNA expression pattern associated with histological types, grades or clinical stages in ovarian carcinomas. We defined patterns of microRNA expression in tissues from n...

Biofilms are made of biopolymers. In the casting technique, biofilms are obtained by the drying of a polymer suspension in the final stage of processing. The aim of the present paper was to analyze the effect of this drying process on the mechanical properties of films produced with amaranth flour. Variables considered include glycerol content (30, 35 and 40%, g/g dry flour) and air-drying cond...

Analysis of fructose and glucose from glucose isomerization process using immobilised glucose isomerase (IGI), {Sweetzyme from Novozymes} are often performed by HPLC methods with refractive index (RI) detector. This study is focused on developing new methods of measuring glucose and fructose using a specific carbohydrate column. The importance of this research, primarily based on the performanc...

Salsola drummondii Ulbr. is a perennial halophyte found in salt deserts of southern Balochistan, Pakistan. Experiments were conducted to study the effects of salinity (0, 200, 400, 600, 800 and 1000 mM NaCl), thermoperiod (10/20, 15/25, 20/30 and 25/35C), light (12-h photoperiod and dark) and dormancy regulating chemicals (DRCs) on germination, recovery and viability of the seeds of S. drummond...

Xylanolytic and cellulolytic potential of a soil isolate, Aspergillus fumigatus (MS16) was studied by growing it on a variety of lignocellulosics, purified cellulose and xylan supplemented media. It was noted that carboxymethyl cellulose, salicin and xylan induce the production of endoglucanase, β-glucosidase and xylanase, respectively. The study revealed that Aspergillus fumigatus (MS16) co-se...

Introduction Abrupt increase in environmental temperature induces the expression of a variety of small heat shock protein (sHSP) genes. sHSP is a family of proteins having an αcrystalline domain and suppressing the thermal aggregation of other proteins. sHSP19.9 and sHSP20.8 are two of six sHSPs from the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Each is composed of identical polypeptides, and each of polypeptides...