{"title":"The Effects for Extracellular Polymeric Sustances of Cladophora glomerata under Different Culture pH and Salinities","authors":"Yi-Chao Lee, Hwey-Lin Sheu, Shuiping Chang","doi":"10.17706/IJBBB.2019.9.3.150-157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17706/IJBBB.2019.9.3.150-157","url":null,"abstract":"The extracellular polymeric sustances (EPS) of algae have been studied as high-value natural resources for a number of application. Cladophora glomerata is the most abundant algae in freshwater throughout the world. This study discovered that under algal favoured pH environment, changing culture salinity can induce C. glomerata to secrete massive amount of EPS. Under pH 7.0 and pH 8.0, the total EPS increased from 3.10 mg g-1 fresh algae to 6.47 mg g-1 fresh algae, the protein to polysaccharide ratio (P/S) decreased from 0.31 to 0.21 with the increase in the salinity from 0 ‰ to 30.0‰. For pH 5.0, 6.0 and pH 9.0, 10.0 culture conditions, the total EPS between1.17 mg g-1 fresh algae to 4.32 mg g-1 fresh algae, the P/S ratio between 0.24 to 0.29 with the increase in the salinity from 0 ‰ to 30.0‰. Therefore, the total EPS and P/S ratio are influenced by culture salinity and pH obviously.","PeriodicalId":13816,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83875005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study of Calcium Distribution in Alzheimer’s Disease Using Finite Element Technique","authors":"Devanshi D. Dave, B. Jha","doi":"10.17706/IJBBB.2019.9.1.35-41","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17706/IJBBB.2019.9.1.35-41","url":null,"abstract":"Alzheimer’s disease is the most common neurodegenerative disorder that is prevailing worldwide. Out of many reasons that may have their roles in prevailing this dementia, higher level of calcium concentration is one of them. There are various parameters that have their hands in maintaining the calcium level of the cytosol. Here we have taken into consideration the buffers and voltage gated calcium channel (VGCC) and used a two dimensional mathematical model to get the desired results. Finite element method (FEM) is employed to carry out the computations. Exogenous buffers like EGTA and BAPTA, which lower down the calcium concentration, have been used in addition to VGCC, which increases the calcium flux at the cytosolic level, to study the impact of calcium in Alzheimer’s disease. The obtained results show that there is increase in calcium concentration level of Alzheimer’s affected cell which render toxicity to the cell followed by cell death in AD.","PeriodicalId":13816,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82277387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of the antifungal activities of extracts of garlic (Allium sativum) on fungi isolated from guinea corn","authors":"Adamu Bb, A. Tt","doi":"10.33545/26646536.2019.v1.i2a.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33545/26646536.2019.v1.i2a.11","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13816,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83715191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Nasir, Asuka Kikuchi, S. Watanuki, M. Miyake, M. Tashiro, H. Watabe
{"title":"Registration of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Image and Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) Data","authors":"F. Nasir, Asuka Kikuchi, S. Watanuki, M. Miyake, M. Tashiro, H. Watabe","doi":"10.17706/IJBBB.2019.9.1.9-19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17706/IJBBB.2019.9.1.9-19","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13816,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83144287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vallaris solanacea: A rich source for biopharmaceuticals","authors":"A. .","doi":"10.33545/26646536.2019.v1.i1a.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33545/26646536.2019.v1.i1a.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13816,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics","volume":"83 13","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91454970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Heavy metals, and their effects on human health","authors":"A. .","doi":"10.33545/26646536.2019.v1.i1a.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33545/26646536.2019.v1.i1a.2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13816,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81436306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Oyedokun N, Ideh R, Ahmadu H, A. Tt, Adamu Bb, Oyewole Oa
{"title":"Evaluation of the antifungal activities of Zingiber officinale on fungi isolated from contaminated maize","authors":"Oyedokun N, Ideh R, Ahmadu H, A. Tt, Adamu Bb, Oyewole Oa","doi":"10.33545/26646536.2019.v1.i2a.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33545/26646536.2019.v1.i2a.10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13816,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77589720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel Miu, Diamanta Mihaela Visan, D. Bucur, Razvanliviu Petre
{"title":"Improving the Efficiency of Martial Arts by Studying the Fighting Techniques’ Biomechanics","authors":"Daniel Miu, Diamanta Mihaela Visan, D. Bucur, Razvanliviu Petre","doi":"10.17706/IJBBB.2019.9.2.90-99","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17706/IJBBB.2019.9.2.90-99","url":null,"abstract":"Considering that we live in a world where the number of aggressions is steadily increasing, it is becoming increasingly necessary to improve self-defense techniques that allow us to keep up with the existing threats. One way to achieve this goal is to study the biomechanics of the martial arts techniques. The present paper presents a comparative study on how to make Krav-Maga and Karate-Do martial arts techniques more effective, this being an extension of the results obtained by the authors and published in previous studies. Starting from the hypothesis that plantar pressure is a factor that can indicate the efficiency of a stroke in techniques which are characteristic of martial arts, it was intended to correlate it with the position of the executant, a position which influences the value of the punching and kicking speed. In order to verify this hypothesis, there were studied three types of techniques from the two martial arts, seven repetitions of each type. Techniques were studied both at the beginning of the training and after correcting the position of the athlete, this being possible after sustained training. The obtained results confirmed the hypothesis from which the study started, this fact leading to better efficiency of the studied techniques. It is obvious that the presented method can also be used in other martial arts, the performance of executants being greatly improved.","PeriodicalId":13816,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics","volume":"70 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73522568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Alvin, Ambita Dave, Batalon Jamie Louise, Aba Berna Lou, Cortes Angelbert, Macabecha Cherray Gabrielle, M. Andrew
{"title":"Growth of Escherichia coli in media containing different carbohydrates","authors":"R. Alvin, Ambita Dave, Batalon Jamie Louise, Aba Berna Lou, Cortes Angelbert, Macabecha Cherray Gabrielle, M. Andrew","doi":"10.33545/26646536.2019.v1.i1a.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33545/26646536.2019.v1.i1a.3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13816,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88518464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Three-Layer Microfluidic Kidney Chip for Drug Nephrotoxicity Test","authors":"L. Yin, Hongbo Zhang, Shih-Mo Yang, Wenjun Zhang","doi":"10.17706/ijbbb.2019.9.4.237-247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17706/ijbbb.2019.9.4.237-247","url":null,"abstract":"Nowadays, in the preclinical and clinical studies of drugs, cell culture in petri dishes and animal experiments still can’t adequately reflect the effects of new drugs on human kidneys, which highlights a great need to develop a model with high accuracy to recapitulate organ function in vitro. Here, a three-layer microfluidic kidney chip that can be used to mimic the structure and function of kidneys by integrating polydimethyl siloxy (PDMS) microfluidic channels and porous membranes. We also developed a supporting microfluidic culture platform for the long-term culture of kidney cells. On this basis, two types of cell lines (renal proximal tubular epithelial cells, RPTECs, and peritubular capillary endothelial cells, PCECs) and three types of drugs (ciplatin, DDP, gentamycin, GM, and cyclosporine A, CsA) were used for accurate assessment of drug-induced nephrotoxicity. Considered of the effects of time, we also tested two dosing regimens of GM. Cells were under the fluidic shear stress of continuous flow to mimic the pharmacokinetics of single injection and continuous infusion. Unlike in petri dishes, cells cultured in the microfluidic kidney chips had a better performance on both the cell growth and the drug nephrotoxicity evaluation. The microfluidic devices presented here may be useful to mimic the renal tubular system in vitro for evaluating drug nephrotoxicity during preclinical studies.","PeriodicalId":13816,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84619784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}