—The effect of heat treatments on the microbial population of plantain chips and roasted groundnut using microwave sterilization was carried out with the aim of improving food safety of various ready-to-eat street vended Nigerian snack foods. The samples were purchased from different food snacks vendors within Auchi Metropolis and immediately taken to the laboratory for analysis. The samples were divided into four parts and subjected to microwave heat treatments at 72 o C for 10, 20 and 30 minutes with the control not treated with any form of heat. Thereafter, each sample were analysed for their microbial density and quality using standard microbiological procedures. The results revealed a reduction in the microbial density of the samples as heat treatment time increased especially among the bacteria population, but the fungal load was not as linear . The microbial quality analysis showed that plantain chips contained some microorganisms which survived the heat treatment and could be of public health importance, although their numbers were within the recommended tolerable limits for ready-to-eat foods. It is therefore imperative to educate and sensitize food producers especially ready-to-eat street vended snack food handlers on the necessary sanitary protocols needed to assure food safety during food preparations.
{"title":"Microwave Heat Treatment Effects on the Microbial Profile of Some Ready-To-Eat Street Vended Snacks","authors":"Oleghe P.O., Orhewere R.D.A., Orhewere V.A., Oboh J.E.","doi":"10.26438/ijsrbs/v9i2.7683","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26438/ijsrbs/v9i2.7683","url":null,"abstract":"—The effect of heat treatments on the microbial population of plantain chips and roasted groundnut using microwave sterilization was carried out with the aim of improving food safety of various ready-to-eat street vended Nigerian snack foods. The samples were purchased from different food snacks vendors within Auchi Metropolis and immediately taken to the laboratory for analysis. The samples were divided into four parts and subjected to microwave heat treatments at 72 o C for 10, 20 and 30 minutes with the control not treated with any form of heat. Thereafter, each sample were analysed for their microbial density and quality using standard microbiological procedures. The results revealed a reduction in the microbial density of the samples as heat treatment time increased especially among the bacteria population, but the fungal load was not as linear . The microbial quality analysis showed that plantain chips contained some microorganisms which survived the heat treatment and could be of public health importance, although their numbers were within the recommended tolerable limits for ready-to-eat foods. It is therefore imperative to educate and sensitize food producers especially ready-to-eat street vended snack food handlers on the necessary sanitary protocols needed to assure food safety during food preparations.","PeriodicalId":14378,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences","volume":"130 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73091977","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}
Pub Date : 2022-02-28DOI: 10.26438/ijsrbs/v9i1.1116
A. Sreenath, B. Rao
{"title":"Six species of Fissidens Hedw. (Fissidentaceae Dicranales Bryopsida), additions to Bryoflora of Andhra Pradesh","authors":"A. Sreenath, B. Rao","doi":"10.26438/ijsrbs/v9i1.1116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26438/ijsrbs/v9i1.1116","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14378,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences","volume":"115 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89569080","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}
Pub Date : 2022-02-28DOI: 10.26438/ijsrbs/v9i1.110
Jasper O.G. Elechi, Emmanuel J. Oboh, Eno-Obong Abia Sampson, I. U. Nwiyi, A. S.
{"title":"Assessment of Microbial Safety of Bread Production Process in Some Selected Bakeries in Lafia Metropolis, Nasarawa State, Nigeria","authors":"Jasper O.G. Elechi, Emmanuel J. Oboh, Eno-Obong Abia Sampson, I. U. Nwiyi, A. S.","doi":"10.26438/ijsrbs/v9i1.110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26438/ijsrbs/v9i1.110","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14378,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82776115","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}
Pub Date : 2021-12-31DOI: 10.26438/ijsrbs/v8i6.915
Purva Mishra, A. Poddar
{"title":"Genotoxic impacts of long term exposure of Arsenic and Fluoride to Cat Fish, Clarias batrachus","authors":"Purva Mishra, A. Poddar","doi":"10.26438/ijsrbs/v8i6.915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26438/ijsrbs/v8i6.915","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14378,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83549441","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}
- Biochemical study provides an early warning to potentially damaging alterations in stressed animals. Animal’s health is influenced by the fluctuations or alterations in metabolic processes taking place in its body’s tissues. So, the objective of this study to investigate the impact of sub lethal concentrations of paper mill effluent on nucleic acids content in vital organs of fresh water snake headed fish, Channa punctatus (Bloch). A significant decrease in nucleic acids (DNA & RNA) content in heart, muscles, kidney, liver and gill of test fish after 15 days exposure to the effluent as compared with control. Although 10% paper mill effluent may not be lethal for Channa punctatus but it affects the growth and survival of entire population and community of fishes as the sublethal becomes lethal in the long term.
{"title":"Effect of Paper mill effluent on Nucleic acid content in Vital Organs of Snake Headed Fish, Channa punctatus (Bloch,1793)","authors":"S. Prakash","doi":"10.26438/ijsrbs/v8i3.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26438/ijsrbs/v8i3.14","url":null,"abstract":"- Biochemical study provides an early warning to potentially damaging alterations in stressed animals. Animal’s health is influenced by the fluctuations or alterations in metabolic processes taking place in its body’s tissues. So, the objective of this study to investigate the impact of sub lethal concentrations of paper mill effluent on nucleic acids content in vital organs of fresh water snake headed fish, Channa punctatus (Bloch). A significant decrease in nucleic acids (DNA & RNA) content in heart, muscles, kidney, liver and gill of test fish after 15 days exposure to the effluent as compared with control. Although 10% paper mill effluent may not be lethal for Channa punctatus but it affects the growth and survival of entire population and community of fishes as the sublethal becomes lethal in the long term.","PeriodicalId":14378,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90292153","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}
Pub Date : 2021-06-30DOI: 10.26438/ijsrbs/v8i3.1418
Firdaus R, A. K, Kodati V, Hasan Q2, . .
{"title":"Association of Col6a3 Missense Variants with Uterine Leiomyomata.","authors":"Firdaus R, A. K, Kodati V, Hasan Q2, . .","doi":"10.26438/ijsrbs/v8i3.1418","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26438/ijsrbs/v8i3.1418","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14378,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences","volume":"86 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79953551","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}
- Fascioliasis is a serious parasitic zoonotic disease caused by Fasciola . The carrier of Fasciola is a freshwater host snail Indoplanorbis exustus . The population of snail control is may be an effective technique for the control of fascioliasis infections. Synthetic molluscicides are effective for control of snail population but their cause’s adverse effect on non-target organisms and aquatic environment. Some plant families are potent sources of molluscicides. The present studies were designed for the evaluation of the molluscicidal efficacy of the medicinal plant Solanum surattense against snail I. exustus . Toxicity experiment of dried leaf powder of S. surattense and their organic extracts (ether, chloroform, methanol, acetone, and ethanol) and column purified was exposed against I. exustus and observed up to 96 hours (96h) at different concentrations of the treatments. Toxicity against I. exustus was noted at 24h interval up to 96h exposure and calculates lethal values and different parameters. Lethal Concentrations (LC 50 ) of leaf powder of S. surattense were 24h exposure 185.26mg/l and at 96h 180.30 mg/l. The ethanolic extracts of dried leaf powder of S. surattense were more toxic against I. exustus among all the extracts. The present study shows that the S. surattense is a potent source of molluscicides and their different preparations revealed the new approaches that how the active components of this plant perform mode of action in the snail body.
{"title":"Toxicity of Solanum surattense against freshwater host snail Indoplanorbis exustus","authors":"Pradeep Kumar","doi":"10.26438/ijsrbs/v8i3.58","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26438/ijsrbs/v8i3.58","url":null,"abstract":"- Fascioliasis is a serious parasitic zoonotic disease caused by Fasciola . The carrier of Fasciola is a freshwater host snail Indoplanorbis exustus . The population of snail control is may be an effective technique for the control of fascioliasis infections. Synthetic molluscicides are effective for control of snail population but their cause’s adverse effect on non-target organisms and aquatic environment. Some plant families are potent sources of molluscicides. The present studies were designed for the evaluation of the molluscicidal efficacy of the medicinal plant Solanum surattense against snail I. exustus . Toxicity experiment of dried leaf powder of S. surattense and their organic extracts (ether, chloroform, methanol, acetone, and ethanol) and column purified was exposed against I. exustus and observed up to 96 hours (96h) at different concentrations of the treatments. Toxicity against I. exustus was noted at 24h interval up to 96h exposure and calculates lethal values and different parameters. Lethal Concentrations (LC 50 ) of leaf powder of S. surattense were 24h exposure 185.26mg/l and at 96h 180.30 mg/l. The ethanolic extracts of dried leaf powder of S. surattense were more toxic against I. exustus among all the extracts. The present study shows that the S. surattense is a potent source of molluscicides and their different preparations revealed the new approaches that how the active components of this plant perform mode of action in the snail body.","PeriodicalId":14378,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83700303","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}
Pub Date : 2021-06-30DOI: 10.26438/ijsrbs/v8i3.913
D. Moro
{"title":"Bacteriological examination of children diagnosed of meningitis in Lagos, Nigeria","authors":"D. Moro","doi":"10.26438/ijsrbs/v8i3.913","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26438/ijsrbs/v8i3.913","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14378,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences","volume":"79 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86199651","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}
: Mononchs play a vital role in reducing phytophagous nematode population. The present study deals with the diversity of Parahadronchus in Mizoram. Various soil samples were collected from different parts of Mizoram along with the GPS location. Upon processing and examination, three known species of the genera Parahadronchus were found, viz., Parahadronchus siroii , Parahadronchus marami and Parahadronchus shakili . P. siroii is distinguishable from P. shakili in its smaller body, short oesophagus, lesser number of vulval papillae, small lip, etc. P. marami has narrower buccal cavity, thinner body with three subventral denticles. P. shakili has larger body, broader buccal cavity with 3-6 subventral teeth.
{"title":"Three known species of the genus Parahadronchus First report from Mizoram, India","authors":"S. Sushilkumar, S. Mexico, N. Mohilal","doi":"10.26438/ijsrbs/v8i2.16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26438/ijsrbs/v8i2.16","url":null,"abstract":": Mononchs play a vital role in reducing phytophagous nematode population. The present study deals with the diversity of Parahadronchus in Mizoram. Various soil samples were collected from different parts of Mizoram along with the GPS location. Upon processing and examination, three known species of the genera Parahadronchus were found, viz., Parahadronchus siroii , Parahadronchus marami and Parahadronchus shakili . P. siroii is distinguishable from P. shakili in its smaller body, short oesophagus, lesser number of vulval papillae, small lip, etc. P. marami has narrower buccal cavity, thinner body with three subventral denticles. P. shakili has larger body, broader buccal cavity with 3-6 subventral teeth.","PeriodicalId":14378,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences","volume":"120 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89237850","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}
Pub Date : 2021-02-28DOI: 10.26438/ijsrbs/v8i1.512
A. Bhuvaneswari, K. Kalaivanan, S. Durairaj, G. Selladurai
Abstract: Vermicompost has been appropriate alternative for the best hygienic and cost effective disposal of wastes. Since the vermitechnology is considered as one of the best methods, the largely available tea waste was taken to the present work to study the efficiency the Eudrilus eugeniae in the management of such waste by converting it into vermicompost. The efficiency of the conversion of Tea waste into compost in the form minerals N, P, K and Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu by Eudrilus eugeniae has been analyzed on 15 th and 30 th days. Physical characteristic were also analyzed simultaneously to understand the efficiency of earthworm in maintaining the physical status of the soil. Macro and micro nutrients were increased significantly on 15 th and 30 th days. FTIR spectrum was recorded for the control and experimental compost. The variation of spectrum was noted. The Spectrum of experimental consisted of nitrogen rich peak. The control system has no N-H stretching peak whereas tea waste spectra has N-H stretching peak. The peak at Bisphenol-A leads to large number of hydrogen group i.e., the mixture has more moisture than the control system. The tea waste has flavonoids which also exhibit the OH group at the same system. To understand the anatomy, histology of the different parts of the earthworm was studied. Histology of the tested anterior region of Earthworm reveals that the cuticle is not much damaged. The dorsal and ventral blood vessel ruined largely. The control animal of clitellar region showed intact structure of internal organs. The coelom and Blood vessels are well marked. In the experimental animal, the clitellar region showed slight modification of the anatomy. The pigment cells are prominent in the waste treatment with Bisphenol-A. In some places, the circular muscles are disorganized. In middle region, the cuticle and the epidermis are intact. The study reveals the impact of the Bisphenol on the conversion of tea waste into compost.
{"title":"Effect of Bisphenol-A on the Bioconversion of Tea Waste into Vermicompost by Eudrilus Eugeniae (Kinberg, 1867) at Different Intervals","authors":"A. Bhuvaneswari, K. Kalaivanan, S. Durairaj, G. Selladurai","doi":"10.26438/ijsrbs/v8i1.512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26438/ijsrbs/v8i1.512","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Vermicompost has been appropriate alternative for the best hygienic and cost effective disposal of wastes. Since the vermitechnology is considered as one of the best methods, the largely available tea waste was taken to the present work to study the efficiency the Eudrilus eugeniae in the management of such waste by converting it into vermicompost. The efficiency of the conversion of Tea waste into compost in the form minerals N, P, K and Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu by Eudrilus eugeniae has been analyzed on 15 th and 30 th days. Physical characteristic were also analyzed simultaneously to understand the efficiency of earthworm in maintaining the physical status of the soil. Macro and micro nutrients were increased significantly on 15 th and 30 th days. FTIR spectrum was recorded for the control and experimental compost. The variation of spectrum was noted. The Spectrum of experimental consisted of nitrogen rich peak. The control system has no N-H stretching peak whereas tea waste spectra has N-H stretching peak. The peak at Bisphenol-A leads to large number of hydrogen group i.e., the mixture has more moisture than the control system. The tea waste has flavonoids which also exhibit the OH group at the same system. To understand the anatomy, histology of the different parts of the earthworm was studied. Histology of the tested anterior region of Earthworm reveals that the cuticle is not much damaged. The dorsal and ventral blood vessel ruined largely. The control animal of clitellar region showed intact structure of internal organs. The coelom and Blood vessels are well marked. In the experimental animal, the clitellar region showed slight modification of the anatomy. The pigment cells are prominent in the waste treatment with Bisphenol-A. In some places, the circular muscles are disorganized. In middle region, the cuticle and the epidermis are intact. The study reveals the impact of the Bisphenol on the conversion of tea waste into compost.","PeriodicalId":14378,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84293552","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}
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