Browsing Biological & Environmental Sciences by Title
Now showing items 352-371 of 791
-
Growth performance, intestinal histomorphology, gut microflora and ghrelin gene expression analysis of broiler by supplementing natural growth promoters: A nutrigenomics approach
( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article)In an epoch of escalating number of antibiotic-resistance bacteria, there is a dire need to develop efficient and novel feeding strategies for animal nutrition as alternatives to antibiotics. Here, implicating nutrigenomic ... -
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of adsorption isotherm models: A review
( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)Adsorption process is considered as one of the most used separation and purification processes, in which adsorption occurs by the formation of the physical or chemical bonds between a porous solid medium and a mixture of ... -
The Gulf: A young sea in decline
( Elsevier Ltd. , 2009 , Article)This review examines the substantial changes that have taken place in marine habitats and resources of the Gulf over the past decade. The habitats are especially interesting because of the naturally high levels of temperature ... -
Gut Microbiota and Health: Understanding the Role of Diet
( Scientific Research Publishing , 2019 , Article Review)Microbiome now is considered as an organ within our system to regulate metabolism, cellular immune response and eventually maintain the health. Gut microbiota has been studied extensively in the recent past due to the ... -
Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis and Their Impact on Biochemical and Inflammatory Profiles in Cafeteria Diet Fed Sprague Dawley Rats
( Scientific Research Publishing , 2019 , Article)Gut microbiota plays a major role in regulating the host metabolism and immune system. However, the structure of microbiome population is altered constantly by diverse factors including diet and environment. In particular, ... -
Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis in Cafeteria Diet Fed Sprague Dawley Rats
( Scientific Research Publishing , 2018 , Article)Diet plays a major role in the body physiology and metabolism. The quantity, nature and stability of the macronutrients present in the diet have a major impact on the composition of gut microbiota. Gut microbiota plays a ... -
Habitat-specific benthic metabolism in a Mediterranean-type intermittent stream
( EDP Sciences , 2016 , Article)A modified flow-through chamber method was used to measure gross primary production (GPP), net primary production (NPP), community respiration (CR) and associated environmental variables in an intermittent Mediterranean-type ... -
Haematococcus pluvialis Microalgae Extract Inhibits Proliferation, Invasion, and Induces Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Cells
( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2022 , Article)Breast cancer (BC) is the most common malignant cancer in females worldwide. Drug resistance, toxicity, and the failure of current therapies to completely cure BC has challenged conventional medicine. Consequently, ... -
Halophytes as important sources of antioxidants and anti-cholinesterase compounds
( Springer International Publishing , 2021 , Book chapter)Halophytes are plants adapted to high salinity, and they are common in many places around the world where environmental conditions are inconvenient for the growth of conventional plants. Normally, plants exposed to harsh ... -
Health risk assessment of methyl mercury from fish consumption in a sample of adult Qatari residents
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2023 , Article)Fish constitutes an essential source of high-quality protein and is, at the same time, the source of exposure to many hazardous contaminants, namely mercury and methyl mercury (MeHg). This study aims at assessing the risk ... -
Health risk assessment of Patulin intake through apples and apple-based foods sold in Qatar
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)This is the first report on assessing the non-carcinogenic health risk associated with Patulin exposure in Qatar. The concentrations of Patulin, as determined in previous studies, in apples, apple juice, and apple-based ... -
Heat-stress-induced changes in enzymatic antioxidant activities and biochemical processes in bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) seedlings
( Turkiye Klinikleri , 2023 , Article)Heat stress (HS) is expected to become a significant abiotic stressor with the continued rise in global temperatures, severely limiting the development and production of bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.), especially in arid ... -
Hedgehogs on the move: Testing the effects of land use change on home range size and movement patterns of free-ranging Ethiopian hedgehogs
( Public Library of Science , 2017 , Article)Degradation and alteration of natural environments because of agriculture and other land uses have major consequences on vertebrate populations, particularly on spatial organization and movement patterns. We used GPS ... -
Helminth parasite larvae collected from Arabian Gulf fish II. first record of some trybanorhynch cestode from economically important fish
( Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States , 1999 , Article)Metacestodes of 14 different trypanorhynch larvae were found infesting Arabian Gulf economically important fish along the coasts of the United Arab Emirates. Except for Grillotia and Pterobothrium, all other larvae were ... -
Helminth parasite larvae collected from Arabian Gulf fish III. first report on genus Dasyrhynchs Pintner 1928 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) with a key depending on morphology of plerocercoid larva
( Universita Di Messina, Istituto Di Parassitologia Medica , 2003 , Article)Two trypanorhynchan cestode larvae related to genus Dasyrhynchus are reported for the first time from Emirati coastal waters, Arabian Gulf. The first is Dasyhynchus sp. collected as encysted. larvae from body cavity of ... -
Helminth parasite larvae collected from Arabian Gulf Fish. 4. description of 4 larvae including two metacercarae, one didymozoid and one acanthocephalan from Emirati coasts
( Arabian Gulf University , 2005 , Article)Four hilminth larvae from different fish hosts caught from Emirati coasts are described. Two are metacercariae related to genus Stephanostomum, type (I) and (II). Type (I) was found encycsted in body cavities of the Indian ... -
Helminth parasites of fishes from the Arabian Gulf 9. some hemiurids (Digenea) from fishes of Qatari waters
( Istituto di Parassitologia Medica , 2001 , Article)Four Hemiurids collected from some marine fishes caught off Qatari waters int he Arabian Gulf are described and compared with related species previously reported from the Arabian Gulf and the Indian Ocean. These include ... -
Helminth parasites of fishes from two inland lakes in Egypt
( Nihon Kiseichu Gakkai , 1990 , Article)Results of helminthological examination of 1243 fishes, caught from two inland lakes, with unique and contrasting hydrobiological features at Fayoum Governate in Egypt, are presented. General incidence of trematodes, ... -
Heterologous expression and secretion of an antifungal Bacillus subtilis chitosanase (CSNV26) in Escherichia coli
( Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg , 2013 , Article)The aims of the study were the production improvement, the purification, the characterization and the activity investigation of chitosanase CSNV26 of Bacillus subtilis (V26). The gene csnV26 encoding for this protein was ... -
Hiding in the background: community-level patterns in invertebrate herbivory across the tundra biome
( Springer Verlag , 2019 , Article)Invertebrate herbivores depend on external temperature for growth and metabolism. Continued warming in tundra ecosystems is proposed to result in increased invertebrate herbivory. However, empirical data about how current ...