Cryptococcosis is a fungal infection caused by the encapsulated yeast, Cryptococcus neoformans. Its incidence is increasing in patients, especially those with defects of cellmediated immunity(l). The usual route of entry is probably via the lungs, where mostly the infection goes unnoticed and has a strong predilection for the central nervous system (CNS). The disease primarily presents as a sub...

RNA recognition motifs as important regulators of gene expression are highly conserved in animals and plants. The FCA floral promotion gene in Arabidopsis encodes a protein, containing two RNA recognition motifs (RRM) and a WW protein interaction domain. Here we isolated FCA cDNA from rice. FCA in rice (rFCA) was homologous to FCA-gamma of Arabidopsis and contained conserved domains. To investi...

Two garlic subspecies (n = 11), Allium sativum L. var. opioscorodon (hardneck) and Allium sativum L. var. sativum (softneck), were evaluated for their free amino acid composition. The free amino acid content of garlic samples analyzed ranged from 1121.7 to 3106.1 mg/100 g of fresh weight (mean = 2130.7 +/- 681.5 mg/100 g). Hardneck garlic had greater methiin, alliin, and total free amino acids ...

INTRODUCTION Protein-energy malnutrition is among the most serious problems tropical developing countries are facing today. This can be attributed mainly to the ever-increasing population as well as to the enhanced dependence on a cereal – based diet, scarcity of fertile land and degradation of natural resources [1,2]. It has been estimated that 800 million malnourished people exist in some of ...

INTRODUCTION Cyclopid copepods are known to be good mosquito controllers, specially as regards the larvae of the dengue vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus. MATERIAL AND METHOD The objective of the study was to survey the local copepod fauna and search for new strains of M. longisetus var. longisetus, comparing the potential of the samples found with the current strain ML-01 against Ae. ...

The herbicide cilluron containing cyhalofop-butyl (10%) is an active ingredient. Cyhalofop-butyl has low oral, dermal and inhalation toxicity. In the present study the antigenotoxic effects of Brassica oleracea L. var. italica was evaluated using Allium cepa root chromosomal aberration assay against ciluron. Three types of treatments were given to roots in pre-treatment roots were first treated...