Volume 16, Issue 1 (2016) | OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences

Proposed Insights in the Pharmaco-Dynamic Theory of Ascorbate Pro-Oxidant Activity

Kheir Eddine Kerboua — 2015-11-24

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 24 November 2015; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2016.1.9

Ascorbate pro-drug theory promising possible effective and nontoxic treatment is intensively examined and centered on the importance of both extracellular and intra-cellular effects of ascorbate. In t...

Winter Energy Budget of Larva of Indian Tropical Tasar Silk Insect Antheraea mylitta Drury Living in the Host Plant Shorea robusta

Amulya Kumar Dash — 2015-11-26

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 26 November 2015; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2016.10.16

Energy budget of larva of Antheraea mylitta Drury living in Shorea robusta Gaertn host plant was prepared in winter season. During fifth instar the rate of food energy consumption, absorption, body gr...

Effect of In Vitro Nitrogen Nutrition to Phalaenopsis deliciosa Seedling Growth

Chieh Wean Choong — 2015-12-16

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 16 December 2015; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2016.17.25

In a continuous effort to conserve Phalaenopsis species, the optimization of a previously designed defined medium was carried out to understand the effect of in vitro nitrogen nutrition on Phalaenopsi...

Chemotaxonomy of Indonesian Citrus maxima based on Leaf Essential Oils

Ratna Susandarini — 2015-12-29

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 29 December 2015; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2016.26.33

Pummelo (Citrus maxima) is one of true citrus species originated from South East Asian regions. Pummelo is known as having high morphological diversity, but lacking of comprehensive publications docum...

Development of Phage Display Technology: A Bibliometric Assessment

Alexander Ilyichev — 2016-01-11

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 11 January 2016; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2016.34.42

The paper presents results of bibliometric analysis of papers on phage display technology written in the past 30 years. More than 2000 Scopus-indexed papers have been published in 638 journals. 73.95%...

Physicochemical Characteristics and Sub Chronic Oral Toxicity of Pistacia lentiscus L. Vegetable Oil in Rabbits

Maameri Zineb — 2016-01-13

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 13 January 2016; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2016.43.48

Pistacia lentiscus vegetable oil is a well known natural product in Algerian traditional medicine. It is widely used in the treatment of back pain, respiratory problems and skin burns. The aim of this...

The Study on the Roles of Predators on Asian Corn Stem Borer, Ostrinia furnacalis Guenee (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

La Daha — 2016-01-23

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 23 January 2016; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2016.49.55

The study aimed to investigate the role of predators in preying the larvae and pupae of corn stem borer, Ostrinia furnacalis Guenee (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) was conducted in the farmer corn field duri...

Development, Polymorphism and Cross-Species Transferability of Genomic SSR Markers in Duabanga Moluccana, an Indigenous Tree Species from Sarawak

Kit-Siong Liew — 2016-01-26

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 26 January 2016; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2016.56.70

In this study, we used ISSR-suppression methods to develop a set of SSR markers for Duabanga moluccana. It is an indigenous fast growing tropical tree species. A total of 44 SSR regions were identifie...

Comparative Genomics of Domesticated and Wild Sunflower: Complete Chloroplast and Mitochondrial Genomes

M. S. Makarenko — 2016-02-29

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 29 February 2016; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2016.71.75

The entire chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes of domesticated and wild type sunflower were sequenced. The comparative analysis of chloroplast genomes revealed 43 variant sites, including 21 polymor...

Effects of Salt Stress on Ion Balance at Vegetative Stage in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Kirill V. Azarin — 2016-03-21

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Published online: 21 March 2016; doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2016.76.81

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) plants were subjected to NaCl stress within 35 days. The shoot dry weight, root dry weight, total survival percentage and contents of inorganic ions in dry samples of stressed ...