Volume 12, Issue 2 (2016) | American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Is RNA Binding in the Rossmann Fold Essential for GAPDH Intranuclear Functions?

Natalia Krynetskaia — 2016-06-14

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 14 June 2016; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2016.86.94

In addition to its prominent enzymatic activity, GAPDH is an enigmatic component of multiple unrelated biochemical entities. In this study, we explored a series of mutated GAPDH and fusion EGFP-GAPDH ...

Oxidative Status of Boar Semen during Storage

Eraldo Zanella — 2016-05-31

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 31 May 2016; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2016.95.101

The intensification of the use of artificial insemination in the swine industry has increased the interest to develop proper conditions to store semen better for longer periods of time without affecti...

Biotechnological Approaches for Production of High Value Compounds from Bread Waste

Saima Haroon — 2016-06-14

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 14 June 2016; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2016.102.109

A growing global population has led to an increasing demand for food processing industries and consequently the generation of large amounts of food waste. This problem has intensified due to slow prog...

Essential Oil Chemical Composition of Myrtle Growing in Northeastern Algeria and Estimation of its Antibacterial Effectiveness

Barhouchi Badra — 2016-04-05

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 5 April 2016; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2016.110.121

The aim of this study is to determine the antibacterial effectiveness of leaves essential oil extracted from myrtle growing in Algeria. A cluster analysis of soil and water was effectuated for perform...

Simultaneous Detection of Nitrite and Nitrate in Celeries and Carrots

Dongwu Liu — 2016-05-14

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 14 May 2016; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2016.122.126

In this study, the anions nitrite ion (NO2-) and nitrate ion (NO3-) in celeries and carrots were detected with the technique of ion chromatography. A Dionex ICS-2000 ion chromatograph was used to dete...

Binding Mechanism of Bovine Serum Albumin to Troxerutin by Synchronous Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Chemometrics

Tianhu Wang — 2016-05-14

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 14 May 2016; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2016.127.132

Previous works have reported the binding of Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) to troxerutin by absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. In order to extend the investigation of their binding characteristics,...

Economic Evaluation of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Culture Media

Victor Morais — 2016-05-27

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 27 May 2016; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2016.133.138

Streptococcus pneumoniae, a major bacterial pathogen worldwide, requires a complex medium for culture, which complicates harvesting of antigens for vaccine production. Here we present an economic eval...

The Bioactivity of Fucoxanthin from Undaria pinnatifida in Vitro

Yiting Li — 2016-06-07

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 7 June 2016; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2016.139.148

Fucoxanthin, a marine carotenoid, can be found in marine algae and some marine invertebrates, has remarkable biological properties for human health. It is known that fucoxanthin has anti-cancer activi...