Life Sciences

The purpose of the current work is to investigate the incorporation of olive leaves extract standardized for oleuropein which have antioxidant, anti inflammatory, skin protectant and anti-aging properties into stable topical moisturizing day cream formulations. The physiochemical and rheological properties, and accelerated stability tests of three cream formulas containing different concentrations (0.1%, 0.4% and 1.0% w/w) of olive leaf extracts were assessed and compared with commercial cream product containing no olive leaf extract.

Cooperatives are indispensable institutions for addressing structural problems facing Ethiopia, and are believed to play a prominent role in achieving goals of the broad development policy and strategy of the country.

Health and Human rights has explicit intrinsic connections and has emerged as powerful concepts. Health is a major instrument of social and economic development and it can play a very important role in the creation of a new world. The Extension of human life in the 21st century has been achieved due to a combination of improved medical, social and evolutionary factors, resulting in a growing number of ageing population in most countries of the world, including India. The graying world is also witnessing several other phenomena, one of which is that of ‘graying feminization of aging’.

Ascorbate (AsA) plays an important role in stress responses in plants as one of the highly abundant metabolites that scavenge reactive oxygen species (ROS). Under salt stress conditions, transgenic tobacco plants overexpressing acerola (Malpighia glabra) GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase (GGP) and phosphomannomutase (PMM) genes accumulated higher amount of AsA, exhibited reduced levels of lipid peroxidation, and maintained higher levels of chlorophyll compared with control plants.

This study was planned to determine the alterations in specific activities of two oxidative enzymes Peroxidase (E.C.1.11.1.7) and IAA Oxidase (E.C.1.13.16) in barley due to Drechslera graminea, causal agent of Leaf Stripe disease with the objective to investigate the role of these oxidative enzymes in host pathogen interactions. Healthy, naturally infected and artificially inoculated seeds and their seedlings at different time intervals after sowing of barley were used. Estimations of enzyme activities were done by using standard protocols.

The peak fishing season for the E. tetradactylum of the Pulicat Coasts from May to September. The maximum catch were recorded at station 2 and minimum catch were recorded at the station 6.The highest concentration of the fish is around the continental shelf .the fish are distributely continuously in waters of pulicat for their purpose of feeding, Nursery as well as breeding grounds. Pulicat Coast it acts as the best fishing ground of E. tetradactylum.

There is a growing appreciation of the relationship between livelihood, food security, vulnerability, copying strategies and poverty. This study paper seeks to share light on the linkages between vulnerability and agricultural practices and outcomes as well as the coping strategies based on the perception of households using Wa East as a case study. It was found that the distribution of social services creates preconditions for vulnerability and that the use of traditional farming practices is still predominant.

This study analyzed the incidence and severity of poverty among farm households in Plateau state, Nigeria. Secondary data obtained from Harmonized Nigeria Living Standard Survey conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics in 2009/2010 was used. Descriptive statistics was employed to describe the socioeconomic attributes and problems facing the farm households in the study area. Forster, Greer and Thorbecke poverty indices were used to decompose poverty while multiple regressions were used to estimate the socioeconomic determinants of household welfare in the study area.

Present study was undertaken to investigate the synergistic role of selenium and vitamin E in ameliorating the cigarette smoke induced biochemical alterations in albino rats. A total of thirty six (36) adult albino rats of the Wister strain were used, they were randomly divided into three sets of twelve rats each. Set A served as control (no exposure to cigarette smoke). While rats in set B were exposed to only cigarette smoke and rats in set C were exposed to cigarette smoke with pre-supplementation of selenium and vitamin E.

Citrus is a major fruit product in Vietnam. However, most of citrus cultivars are high number of seeds that curb in developing citrus production and fruit quality. Seedless is an important trait in Citrus. Hence, the objective of current study was to integrate the conventional breeding and biotechnological approaches for developing Citrus seedless cultivars in the country. By integration between conventional and biotechnological breeding approaches, 5 new seedless cultivars have been released and approved.