Insect wing veins are important structures that easily respond to stressors like sidestream cigarette smoke. Developmental instability caused by these stressors can manifest as fluctuating asymmetry (FA), or random deviations ...

Recently, whole genome studies of certain lactic acid bacteria (LAB) described genes that encode for functional properties including probiotic properties, production of industrially important enzymes and immunomodulation ...

Fungal studies on soil have been done throughout the world to explore the effects of detrimental anthropogenic activities such as mining. The Causeway, a 5-kilometer landmass formed by thirty years of mine tailings and ...

The radioprotective potential of various concentrations (0, 50, 500 and 1000 mg/kg b. wt.) of orally-administered powdered Garcinia mangostana rind extract (GMRE) mixed in distilled water was studied in mice whole-body ...

Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) is a major crop among coastal regions in Asia including the Philippines. However, due to the decline in the economic production of coconut, the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) created a ...

This study conducted a genotoxicity and cytotoxicity assessment on the hemocytes of Perna viridis in diesel oil spill rehabilitated sites. Mussels were collected in Manila Bay along the Rosario, Tanza and Naic, Cavite. ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is known for being an opportunistic nosocomial pathogen that targets individuals with weakened and impaired immune systems (Poormasoomi, 2013). Due to its ability to employ many different antibiotic ...

Endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs), which include phenols, are known to elicit reproductive irregularities in fish. Domestic wastes channeled in Sampaloc Lake contain phenolic compounds that may be related to the ...

Five microliters of cell-free supernatant of Lactobacillus plantarum, Lb. delbrueckii, Lb. paracasei, Lb. easel, and Pediococcus acidilactici growth media (MRS) was spotted on the surface of TSA plates streak-inoculated ...

Probiotics have been shown to promote the endogenous host defense mechanisms by stabilization of the gut microflora. In this study, LP-3G3 chocolate, a locally- formulated milk chocolate drink containing 106 to 107 cfu/mL ...