Harvesting light as the primary source of energy is one of the major phenomena behind life on earth which is mediated by several photoreceptors. Photoreceptors are critical for several physiological phenomena viz. ...
Culturable bacterial profile, bacterial chromium tolerance, chromium removal efficiency, their role in plant well-being and environmental cleaning were investigated in this study. The literature survey revealed that the ...
Global infestation of invasive hydrophyte waterhyacinth [Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms-Laub. (Pontederiaceae)], has led to an intensive investigation of several methods for its control. Among the most eco-friendly ...
The RNA genome containing Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), remains an enigma due to the presence of many genotypes and quasispecies. To understand genotypic differences of HCV glycoprotein E2, 29 nucleotide sequences of genotypes ...
Zooplankton play pivotal role in estuarine ecosystem. The relative importance of different environmental parameters in determining the diversity and ecology of zooplankton have been investigated from Sundarban Estuarine ...
Structure of meiobenthic assemblage was assessed for the first time from world’s largest mangrove ecosystem, Sundarbans, focusing on free living nematode species composition (~ 90% of the total population). The present ...
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is considered as health hazard with respect to short and long term adverse effect on maternal and neonatal health. On the background of fragmented knowledge, present study aimed to analyze ...
Agriculture (with industry and household sector) is one of three major sectors of human consumption in this Anthropocene era. For assessment of sustainability of agricultural water resource consumption, various methods ...
Bamboos belong to the subfamily Bambusoideae, family Poaceae and are phylogenetically close to the reference monocot rice (O. sativa). They display extensive variations with respect to flowering time, which may extend upto ...
In rapidly proliferating cancer cells, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) tends to be overloaded with unfolded and misfolded proteins due to high metabolic demand. With the limited protein folding capacity of ER, cancer cells ...
Plants are generating an ever increasing interest due to their effectiveness, low cost and minimum side effects associated with drugs derived from them.Nowadays infection from common pathogens are mostly resistant to several ...
With the increase in life expectancy neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer s disease (AD) and Parkinson s disease (PD) are on the rise. While neurodegeneration has been studied in the context of various pathological ...
The endocrine regulation of gonadal development and annual variation of key sex steroids is the basic knowledge to understand the reproductive cycle of teleost fish. Present study was aimed to investigate the levels of ...
Flowering is one of the most important adaptations in the history of plant evolution. Our current understanding of flowering and the genes involved in the regulation of flowering time are based on the studies conducted on ...
Schoolbag carriage among children is an intriguing cause of concern since it generates multiple manifestation of stress. Several studies have reported escalation in subjective parameters like pain occurrence and severity. ...
Background: In order to explore the traditional medicine practised by the ethnic communities residing in the Purulia district of West Bengal, India, a quantitative ethnobiological approach was adopted. Three medicinal ...
Nowadays, the problem of cardiovascular diseases is a major burden and a leading causes of morbidity and mortality in humans, globally. A proper understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms of heart failure has ...