Review

Mycotoxins in food in West Africa: current situation and possibilities of controlling it    

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S.A. Bankole and A. Adebanjo

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Research Articles

Plant and Agricultural Technology

Mevastatin-induced inhibition of cell growth in avocado suspension cultures and reversal by isoprenoid compounds                                                                                                               

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Dudley I. Mitchell and A. Keith Cowan

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Phylogenetic and molecular evolutionary analyses of gypsy group retrotransposon families in the Egyptian cotton Gossypium barbadense                                                                

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Abdel Ghany A. Abdel Ghany and Essam A. Zaki

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Effects of sulphuric acid and hot water treatments on seed germination of tamarind (Tamarindus indica L)    

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S. Muhammad and N. A. Amusa

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Environmental Microbiology

Heavy metals concentrations and burden in the bivalves (Anadara (Senilia) senilis, Crassostrea tulipa and Perna perna) from lagoons in Ghana: Model to describe mechanism of accumulation/excretion               

280

Fred A. Otchere

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Petroleum degrading potentials of single and mixed microbial cultures isolated from rivers and refinery effluent in Nigeria                                                                                                   

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P.O. Okerentugba and O.U. Ezeronye

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Drilling fluid base oil biodegradation potential of a soil Staphylococcus species

293

C. O. Nweke and G. C. Okpokwasili

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Industrial Microbiology

Enzyme activity of a Phanerochaete chrysosporium cellobiohydrolase (CBHI.1) expressed as a heterologous protein from Escherichia coli                                                          

296

Howard R.L., Masoko P. and Abotsi E.

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Food Technology

Effect of ripening on the composition and the suitability for jam processing of different varieties of mango (Mangifera indica)                                                                                      

301

Germain Kansci, Benoit Bargui Koubala, Israel Mbome Lape

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Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Response of Tripanosoma brucei brucei–induced anaemia to a commercial herbal preparation

307

Patrick O Erah, Canice C Asonye and Augustine O Okhamafe

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The influence of African Herbal Formula on the haematological parameters of trypanosome infected rats   

312

Okochi VI, Okpuzor J, Okubena MO, Awoyemi AK

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In vitro trypanocidal effect of methanolic extract of some Nigerian savannah plants      

317

S.E. Atawodi, T. Bulus, S. Ibrahim, D.A. Ameh, A.J. Nok, M. Mamman, M. Galadima

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Plasmid profile of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 from apparently healthy animals  

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Smith SI, Aboaba OO, Odeigha P, Shodipo K, Adeyeye JA, Ibrahim A, Adebiyi T, Onibokun H and Odunukwe NN

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Larvaecidal effects of aqueous extracts of Azadirachta indica (neem) on the larvae of Anopheles mosquito    

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Aliero, B.L.

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