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Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAntihypertensive Effects of Brazilian FruitsAugusto Altoé Puppin, Christiane Mileib Vasconcelos, Mirian de Almeida Silva et al.Cardiovascular disease is a health problem that generates economic and social impacts worldwide and hypertension is a major risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease. Currently, conventional medicine offers treatments that control and regulate blood pressure through medication, but the traditional medicines of different cultures have used plants and foods to treat and prevent this type of disease for … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 20, Issue 2 · 19 Jun 2020 · 7,187 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBiochemical Composition and Nutraceutical Perspectives Red Sea SeaweedsEman A. AlwaleedSeaweeds are marketed as “nutraceuticals” owing to their highly bioactive ingredients as well as food supplements in order to relinquish physiological conditions and resist diseases. In the current study, the biochemical compositions (total protein, carbohydrate, lipid, fatty acids, amino acid, minerals and dietary fibers) of the seaweeds Caulerpa racemosa, Digenea simplex, Sargassum polycystum and Cystoseria myrica were evaluated. Digenea simplex … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Issue 12 · 23 Jan 2020 · 7,600 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNatural Repellent Anthraquinone Applied on Cereal Grain Seeds and Seedlings Against Pigeons (Columba livia) in CaptivityKan Khoomsab, Itsara TangsuwanThis research aims to test the effects of cassia leaf extract on the eating behavior of pigeons for application as a natural repellent. Senna siamea (Cassia) leaves were oven-dried and blended into fine pieces and processed by the simplest extraction method (maceration) with ethyl alcohol 70% solution and were then extracted with hot continuous extraction (Soxhlet extraction) with ethyl alcohol … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 1 · 16 Dec 2019 · 7,456 accessesView PDF Cite

InvestigationOpen accessIn the abstractThe Influence of Bioorganic Preparations and Mineral Fertilizers to the Productivity and Quality of Beetroot in the Subsurface Irrigation in the South-East of KazakhstanTemirzhan Yerkassovich Aitbayev, Bekzat Abiyevich Turegeldiyev, Laura Abdireevna Buribayeva et al.Vegetables are valuable sources of vitamins, organic acids and mineral salts. In Kazakhstan, the consumption rate of vegetables per person is 120 kg per year, where 8 kg is beetroot. Beetroot cultivated area is 7,000 hectares. The yield is 150,000 tons, and the demand is 144,000 tons. Beetroot is one of the most popular and all year round vegetable that … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 18, Issue 3 · 10 Jan 2018 · 7,564 accessesView PDF Cite

InvestigationOpen accessIn the abstractThe Effect of Adding Zeolite in the Feed of Chickens Cobb 500Angel Roberto Sánchez Quinche, Faviola Margarita Pindo Nagua, Oliverio Napoleón Vargas González et al.The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the addition of zeolite on the feeding of Cobb 500 chickens in the productive parameters. The work was carried out in an integral farm of Ecuador, adopting the standards of biosafety and animal welfare for the breeding of poultry; no vaccines or drugs were administered. 200 chickens (1-day old) … …American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 3 · 25 Sep 2017 · 8,661 accessesView PDF Cite

EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractAn Opportunity for the Agricultural Sector: The Renewable Energy SourcesRiccardo Testa, Salvatore TudiscaToday, among the most important issue for energy decisions by policymakers, there are security challenges and environmental impacts on climate change and economic aspects. Since the seventies, in fact, global warming and environmental issues have had an increasing importance in international debate, attracting the attention of several scientific studies (Landi and Benelli, 2016). Many of these studies denoted that over … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 6 Sep 2016 · 8,092 accessesView PDF Cite

EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractProtecting crop species from biotic and abiotic constraints in the era of Global Change: are we ready for this challenge?Marco Landi, Giovanni BenelliReliable and affordable supply of food is of crucial importance to the progress and stability of human societies. During the last century, we have assisted to an extraordinary increase of crop yields, especially for the most widespread and consumed crop species, such as rice, wheat, corn and soybean. The Broadbalk experiment, one of the oldest continuous agronomic experiments in the … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 2 · 4 Jun 2016 · 8,399 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractWinter Energy Budget of Larva of Indian Tropical Tasar Silk Insect Antheraea mylitta Drury Living in the Host Plant Shorea robustaAmulya Kumar DashEnergy 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 growth, silk gland growth and respiration increased suddenly in comparison to other instars. The amount of consumption, absorption, body tissue growth and silk gland growth during fifth instar only … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 16, Issue 1 · 26 Nov 2015 · 7,284 accessesView PDF Cite

EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractON THE CHALLENGES OF THE USE AND INTEGRATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCESMariano MartínOverview: Although renewable energy sources are plentiful, their availability is highly volatile in time and distributed across regions while and the processes that transform them into useful power or chemicals are underdeveloped. In this work we discuss on the scope for the use and integration of renewable energy sources and the future development of the alternatives. Energy, the sources and … …Energy Research Journal, Vol. 5, Issue 1 · 11 Sep 2014 · 7,540 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPOLLEN-FRUIT SYNDROMES: A CASE WITH BIRCH-APPLE-CARROT ASSOCIATIONJ. Minov, J. Karadzinska-Bislimovska, S. Stoleski et al.Subjects with sensitivities to certain pollen can experience oral or systemic allergic symptoms associated with ingestion of various fruits, vegetables and nuts. In this case report a birch-apple-carrot association in 23-year-old man suffering from pollinosis who experienced few episodes of oral allergy syndrome, generalized urticaria and bronchospasm immediately time after ingestion of fresh and cooked apple and carrot is presented. … …American Journal of Immunology, Vol. 10, Issue 2 · 10 May 2014 · 7,168 accessesView PDF Cite