Volume 16 No. 2 March – April, 2011

ROMANIAN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL LETTERS

– an international journal –

CONTENTS

1.	ARINA OANA ANTOCE, IOAN CONSTANTIN NĂMOLOŞANU, FLORENTINA MATEI RADOIComparative study regarding the ethanol resistance of some yeast strains isolated from Romanian vineyards	……………	5981
2.	RAHELA CARPA, LUCIAN BARBU-TUDORANInvestigation of the poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) producing in mountain bacterial strains by transmission electron microscopy	……………	5989
3.	IOAN-MARIAN RIŞCA, ALIN IONAŞ, IONEL MANGALAGIUUnexpected effect of some dinitrophenyl derivatives on yeast fermentation	……………	5996
4.	G. PAUN, P. ROTINBERG, C. MIHAI , E. NEAGU AND G.L. RADUCytostatic Activity of Viscum album L. Extract Processed by Microfiltration and Ultrafiltration	……………	6000
5.	RODICA MARIA PICU, MIA LAMOR, GABRIEL-LUCIAN RADUEvaluation of urinary steroid profile after administration of pharmaceutical preparations	……………	6008
6.	GINA MARINESCU, ANTONETA STOICESCU, LIVIA PATRASCUThe preparation of mayonnaise containing spent brewer’s yeast β- glucan as a fat replacer	……………	6017
7.	NEDELCIU ECATERINA,SIMON-GRUITA ALEXANDRA, CONSTANTIN NICOLETA, DUTA CORNESCU GEORGIANA, POPESCU MARIA, ANASTASIU PAULINA, RATI VIOREL, RATI LUMINIŢA, STOIAN VERONICAGenomic DNA isolation from Hippophaë rhamnoides subsp. Carpatica rousi for RAPD fingerprinting	……………	6026
8.	LEVIĆ JOVANKA, ČABARKAPA IVANA, TODOROVIĆ GORAN, PAVKOV SAVA, SREDANOVIĆ SLAVICA, COGHILL-GALONJA TAMARA, KOSTADINOVIĆ LJILJANAIn vitro antibacterial activity of essential oils from plant family Lamiaceae	……………	6034
9.	DAN LETITIA, TALMACI RODICA, FELEKI XENIA, CORIU DANIEL, VLADAREANU FLORENTINA, KLEANTHOUS MARINA, TECUCEANU CIPRIAN, GAVRILĂ LUCIANA novel β-globin gene CAP site mutation in association with the 92+1G>A mutation was found in a thalassemia intermedia patient	……………	6042
10.	LAURA-DORINA DINU, PETRE STELIAN MATEI, STEFANA JURCOANE, ILEANA STOICABiodegradation of karathane using adapted Pseudomonas aeruginosa in scale up process	……………	6048
11.	MIHAI CENARIU, IOAN GROZA, PALL EMOKE, LIVIU BOGDAN, IANCU MORAR, SIMONA CIUPE, RAUL POPSexing of Bovine Embryos Using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization (FISH)	……………	6055
12.	ANCA POPESCU, ANA BICHO AND CONSTANTA GANEAEffects of Quercetin on Muscle-Type Nicotinic Receptor Activation and Desensitization	……………	6062
13.	GABRIELA TANASIE, FLORINA BOJIN, VALENTIN ORDODI,  ALEXANDRA GRUIA, OANA GAVRILIUC, MIRABELA CRISTEA, ATENA GALUSCAN, CRISTINA DEHELEAN, ROXANA VINTILA, CALIN TATU, CARMEN BUNU PANAITESCU, VIRGIL PAUNESCUEpithelization of skin lesions in animal model treated with mesenchymal stem cells and derivatives	……………	6072
14.	LAURA OLARIU, BRANDUSA DUMITRIU, ANCUTA NETOIU, MARIANA CONSTANTINOVICI, NATALIA ROSOIUIN VITRO activity of β-amirinic phytocompounds – a basic screening for breast cancer therapy	……………	6080
15.	LILIANA LUNGU, CLAUDIA-VALENTINA POPA, JOHN MORRIS, MANUELA SAVOIUEvaluation of phytotoxic activity of Melia azedarach L. extracts on Lactuca sativa L.	……………	6089
16.	MARIAN BARBU, SERGIU CARAMAN, GABRIELA BAHRIM, DANIELA CARPResults regarding the control of the dissolved oxygen concentration in wastewater treatment processes	……………	6096
17.	MONICA MIRONESCU, ION DAN MIRONESCURheological behaviour of a novel microbial polysaccharide	……………	6105
18.	G. PREDOI, C. BELU, B. GEORGESCU, I. DUMITRESCU, PETRONELA ROŞU, CARMEN BIŢOIUMorpho-topographic study of the head lymphocenters in small ruminants	……………	6115
19.	SHASHI BIDAWAT, RUCHI NAG AND T. N. NAGAntimicrobial principles from tissue cultures of Balanites aegyptiaca	……………	6120
20.	RICUTA DOBRINOIU, STEFANA JURCOANE, SILVANA DANAILA-GUIDEA, MARIA MORARU, MARIN DUMBRAVA, ANA ROSUThe impact of new technological approaches upon establishing production components and yield randament in Carthamus tinctorium L  culture	……………	6125

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