Volume 13, Issue 1 (2013) | OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences

IN SILICO DESIGN OF THE M2 PROTON CHANNEL INHIBITORS OF H1N1 VIRUS

Usman Sumo Friend Tambunan — 2013-01-05

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 5 January 2013; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2013.1.12

M2 proton channel of H1N1 Influenza A virus is the target protein anti-flu drugs amantadine and rimantadine. However, the two once powerful adamantane-based drugs lost their 90% bioactivity because of...

THE PROBABLE MEDICINAL USAGE OF CASSIA TORA: AN OVERVIEW

Santosh Kumar Shukla — 2013-01-17

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 17 January 2013; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2013.13.17

Cassia tora (C. tora) is a small shrub budding as weed in Asian and African countries. It is a known edible leafy vegetable taken up by Asians. From time immemorial, different parts of C. tora have fo...

BIOCHEMICAL, NUTRIENT AND INHIBITORY CHARACTERISTICS OF STREPTOMYCES CULTURED FROM A HYPERSALINE ESTUARY, THE LAGUNA MADRE (TEXAS)

Luis E. Espinoza — 2013-02-07

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 7 February 2013; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2013.18.27

Streptomyces are common soil bacteria that produce secondary metabolites, including several antibiotics; however, the characteristics of marine Streptomyces are largely unknown. Sediment samples were ...

ACUTE TOXICITY STUDY OF TOMATO POMACE EXTRACT IN RODENT

Supaporn Muchimapura — 2013-02-24

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 24 February 2013; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2013.28.34

Tomato and tomato products are considered to be healthy food for the human diet. Although tomatoes have been widely studied for their phenolic content, less emphasize has been laid on toxicological ef...