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The Benefits of Exogenous Xylanase in Wheat–Soy Based Broiler Chicken Diets, Consisting of Different Soluble Non-Starch Polysaccharides Content (2023)
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Four wheat-based diets with either a low soluble content of non-starch polysaccharides (NSPs, 13 g/kg); low viscosity, LV) or a high content of NSPs (33.5 g/kg; high viscosity, HV), with and without exogenous xylanase (XYL), were fed to male Ross 308... Read More about The Benefits of Exogenous Xylanase in Wheat–Soy Based Broiler Chicken Diets, Consisting of Different Soluble Non-Starch Polysaccharides Content.

Feeding graded levels of dried Sea buckthorn (Hippophaes rhamnoides) berries to broiler chickens (2023)
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Geographical Variation of Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profiles of Adult Flies and Empty Puparia Amongst Three Populations of Calliphora vicina (Diptera: Calliphoridae). (2023)
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Blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) are of great importance in forensic entomology and in determining the minimum post-mortem interval, as they may be the first group of insects to colonize decomposing remains. Reliable species identification is an es... Read More about Geographical Variation of Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profiles of Adult Flies and Empty Puparia Amongst Three Populations of Calliphora vicina (Diptera: Calliphoridae)..

In vivo antihyperglycaemic and antihyperlipidemic activities and chemical constituents of Solanum anomalum (2022)
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Solanum anomalum is a plant used ethnomedically for the treatment of diabetes. The study was aimed to validate ethnomedical claims in rat model and identify the likely antidiabetic compounds. Leaf extract (70–210 mg/kg/day) and fractions (140 mg/kg/d... Read More about In vivo antihyperglycaemic and antihyperlipidemic activities and chemical constituents of Solanum anomalum.

In vitro and in vivo antimalarial activity and chemical profiling of sugarcane leaves. (2022)
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Saccharum officinarum Linn. (sugarcane, Family-Poaceae) is employed in Ibibio traditional medicine for the treatment of various infections and diseases such as malaria. We This study aims to assess the antiplasmodial effect of the leaf extract and fr... Read More about In vitro and in vivo antimalarial activity and chemical profiling of sugarcane leaves..

Biotransformation of artemisinin to a novel derivative via ring rearrangement by Aspergillus niger. (2022)
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Artemisinin is a component part of current frontline medicines for the treatment of malaria. The aim of this study is to make analogues of artemisinin using microbial transformation and evaluate their in vitro antimalarial activity. A panel of microo... Read More about Biotransformation of artemisinin to a novel derivative via ring rearrangement by Aspergillus niger..

Cuticular hydrocarbons for the identification and geographic assignment of empty puparia of forensically important flies. (2022)
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Research in social insects has shown that hydrocarbons on their cuticle are species-specific. This has also been proven for Diptera and is a promising tool for identifying important fly taxa in Forensic Entomology. Sometimes the empty puparia, in whi... Read More about Cuticular hydrocarbons for the identification and geographic assignment of empty puparia of forensically important flies..

Exploiting Thrips Aggregation Pheromones to Develop a Lure-and-Kill Strategy for the Management of the Bean Flower Thrips (2021)
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The potential of semiochemicals to lure insect pests to a trap where they can be killed with biopesticides has been demonstrated as an eco-friendly pest management alternative. In this study, we tested two recently characterized male-produced aggrega... Read More about Exploiting Thrips Aggregation Pheromones to Develop a Lure-and-Kill Strategy for the Management of the Bean Flower Thrips.

Effect of rearing temperature on physiological measures and antioxidant status of broiler chickens fed stevia (Stevia rebaudiana B.) leaf meal and exogenous xylanase (2021)
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Background The global climate is warming. Heat stress, as a result of high ambient temperatures, may negatively impact physiology and reduce growth performance of poultry. Stevia is a perennial shrub indigenous to South America where its phytochemica... Read More about Effect of rearing temperature on physiological measures and antioxidant status of broiler chickens fed stevia (Stevia rebaudiana B.) leaf meal and exogenous xylanase.

Corrigendum to “Biological nitrogen fixation in peatlands: Comparison between acetylene reduction assay and 15N2 assimilation methods” [Soil Biology and Biochemistry 131 (2019) 157–165] (2021)
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Biological nitrogen fixation in peatlands: Comparison between acetylene reduction assay and N-15(2) assimilation methods (vol 13, pg 157, 2019)

Cuticular hydrocarbons for identifying Sarcophagidae (Diptera). (2021)
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The composition and quantity of insect cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) can be species-specific as well as sexually dimorphic within species. CHC analysis has been previously used for identification and ageing purposes for several insect orders includin... Read More about Cuticular hydrocarbons for identifying Sarcophagidae (Diptera)..

Chronic Atmospheric Reactive Nitrogen Deposition Suppresses Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Peatlands. (2021)
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Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) represents the natural pathway by which mosses meet their demands for bioavailable/reactive nitrogen (Nr) in peatlands. However, following intensification of nitrogen fertilizer and fossil fuel use, atmospheric Nr d... Read More about Chronic Atmospheric Reactive Nitrogen Deposition Suppresses Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Peatlands..

Cuticular hydrocarbons as a tool for determining the age ofChrysomya rufifacies(Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae (2020)
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Calliphoridae are one of the most important insect groups encountered as evidence collected from a crime scene. Age determination of the immature stages of these necrophagous flies is an important step toward estimating the time of colonization and i... Read More about Cuticular hydrocarbons as a tool for determining the age ofChrysomya rufifacies(Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae.

The evolution of sexually dimorphic cuticular hydrocarbons in blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae). (2020)
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Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) are organic compounds found on the cuticles of all insects which can act as close-contact pheromones, while also providing a hydrophobic barrier to water loss. Given their widespread importance in sexual behaviour and su... Read More about The evolution of sexually dimorphic cuticular hydrocarbons in blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae)..

Major Transitions in Cuticular Hydrocarbon Expression Coincide with Sexual Maturity in a Blowfly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) (2020)
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In many animals, there is a prolonged pre-reproductive period prior to sexual maturity. To avoid premature mating attempts, it is common for phenotypic changes to occur during this period that signal the onset of reproductive viability. Among the ins... Read More about Major Transitions in Cuticular Hydrocarbon Expression Coincide with Sexual Maturity in a Blowfly (Diptera: Calliphoridae).

Revealing chlorinated ethene transformation hotspots in a nitrate-impacted hyporheic zone (2019)
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Hyporheic zones are increasingly thought of as natural bioreactors, capable of transforming and attenuating groundwater pollutants present in diffuse baseflow. An underappreciated scenario in the understanding of contaminant fate hyporheic zones is t... Read More about Revealing chlorinated ethene transformation hotspots in a nitrate-impacted hyporheic zone.

Phenotypic Plasticity of Nest-Mate Recognition Cues in Formica exsecta Ants. (2019)
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It is well established that many ant species have evolved qualitatively distinct species-specific chemical profile that are stable over large geographical distances. Within these species profiles quantitative variations in the chemical profile allows... Read More about Phenotypic Plasticity of Nest-Mate Recognition Cues in Formica exsecta Ants..

Discovery, synthesis and antibacterial evaluation of phenolic compounds from Cylicodiscus gabunensis (2019)
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BACKGROUND Cylicodiscus gabunensis Harms (Family Leguminosae) (CG) is an African medicinal plant used as a treatment of various ailments including malaria, liver diseases, and gastrointestinal disturbances. Its extracts showed potent in vitro antiba... Read More about Discovery, synthesis and antibacterial evaluation of phenolic compounds from Cylicodiscus gabunensis.

Catalytic performance of microporous materials for the production of renewable fuels (2019)
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ETS-10, zeolite A and sepiolite based nano-structured materials were prepared and modified with potassium containing compounds using ion-exchange or impregnation and evaluated as basic catalysts for transesterification of vegetable oils using microwa... Read More about Catalytic performance of microporous materials for the production of renewable fuels.

Biological nitrogen fixation in peatlands: Comparison between acetylene reduction assay and 15N2 assimilation methods (2019)
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Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF) is an essential microbial process supplying available nitrogen (N) to Sphagnum mosses in ombrotrophic peatlands. Acetylene Reduction Assay (ARA) and the 15N2 assimilation are the main methods used for the measuremen... Read More about Biological nitrogen fixation in peatlands: Comparison between acetylene reduction assay and 15N2 assimilation methods.