Volume 22 No. 2 March – April, 2017

ROMANIAN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL LETTERS

– an international journal –

CONTENTS

1.	CRISTINA MARIA GOANŢĂ, DANIELA CIRPACIU, M. TUSALIU, MĂDĂLINA GEORGESCU, LIA-MARA DIŢU, V. A. BUDUProbiotics as a therapeutic option to reduce the duration of upper respiratory tract infections in children	……………	12329
2.	LUMINIŢA VIŞAN, RICUŢA-VASILICĂ DOBRINOIU, RADIANA TAMBA-BEREHOIUStudies on chromatic characteristics variation of grapes and red wines depending on the variety and ecopedoclimatic conditions	……………	12334
3.	FLORIN BOGDAN EPUREANU, HORIA PĂUNESCU, LAURENȚIU COMAN, ION FULGA, OANA ANDREIA COMANPossible antidepressant effects of some non-opioid analgesics	……………	12340
4.	DANIEL NIŢĂ, MAGDALENA GURZUN, LIVIU CHIRIAC, ADELA ILEANA CÎRSTEA, RALUCA IRINEL PAREPA, ADRIAN GHEORGHE BARBILIANImpact of stent diameter and length on in-stent restenosis after bare metal stent implantation	……………	12347
5.	DANIEL SIMEANU, ȘTEOFIL CREANGĂ, IOAN-MIRCEA POP, VALERICA GÎLCĂ, GHEORGHE STAN, CRISTINEL ȘONEAInfluence of the diet structure on the development of certain organs of the domestic rabbit male genital system	……………	12352
6.	CRISTINA ZLĂTESCU-MARTON, RADU HARȘA, MIHAI SURCEL, EDINA KINGA BARTHA,DARIA POP (GROZA), EMOKE PALL, ROMEO MICUImportance of embryo transfer duration in human assisted reproduction techniques	……………	12360
7.	RAMZI A. MOTHANA, MANSOUR S. AL-SAID, MOHAMMAD RAISH, JAMAL M. KHALED, NAIYF S. ALHARBI, ABDULRAHMAN ALATAR, AJAZ AHMAD, MOHAMMED AL-SOHAIBANI, MOHAMMED AL-YAHYA, SYED RAFATULLAHChemical composition, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities of the essential oil of Piper cubeba L	……………	12366
8.	GÖKHAN ORUÇ, ZEYNEL DALKILIÇPollen characteristics of blood oranges and determination of hybrids with SRAP markers	……………	12377
9.	EMİNUR ELÇİ, TUĞÇE HANÇER, KADRİYE ÇAĞLAYANMolecular Identification of Fig Cryptic Virus and Fig Fleck-Associated Virus in Turkey	……………	12383
10.	HAMID D. HEYDARZADEH, GHASEM NAJAFPOUR, ALIASGHAR GHOREISHI, HABIBOLLAH YOUNESIBioremediation of hydrogen sulfide from gas stream in continuous culture with cell recycle	……………	12391
11.	NICOLETA IANOVICI, ADELINA LATIŞ, ALEXANDRU RĂDACFoliar traits of Juglans regia, Aesculus hippocastanum and Tilia platyphyllos in urban habitat	……………	12400
12.	OBINNA C. NWINYI, OLUKAYODE O. AMUND, SHALOM N. CHINEDU, NWANKWO M. CHIOMAPhysiological behavior of newly isolated Bacterium CB1 and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain CB2 on Chrysene, Pyrene, Naphthalene and Fluoranthene	……………	12409
13.	ADINA ELENA STANCIU, ADINA ZAMFIR CHIRU ANTON, MARCEL MARIAN STANCIU, CRISTIAN RADU POPESCU, DAN CRISTIAN GHEORGHE, CORNELIA NITIPIRSerum matrix metalloproteinase-2 in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma is associated with tumor differentiation	……………	12419
14.	ÁLVARO DOMÍNGUEZ REBOLLEDO, GENY VARGAS MANZANERO, ALBERTO ALCARAZ ROMERO, JORGE QUINTAL FRANCO, JUAN BAEZA RODRIGUEZ, JUAN RIVERA LORCA, JULIO RAMÓN UGALDEFollicular population at the onset of a superovulatory treatment and ovarian response in hair ewes	……………	12427
15.	DIANA-LARISA VLĂDOIU, VASILE OSTAFE, ADRIANA ISVORANComputational Analysis of the Effects of Mutations on Catalytic Cavity of Chitinases A	……………	12432
16.	FLORIN TROFIN, ALIN CIOBICA, CEZAR HONCERIU, SABINA IOANA COJOCARU, BOGDAN STOICA, DUMITRU COJOCARU, ELENA CIORNEA, DANIEL TIMOFTEModulatory effects of vitamin C on the relation between physical exercising and oxidative stress at young smokers	……………	12439
17.	FELICIA TUTULESCU, ANGELAPOPA, SINA NICULINA COSMULESCUInfluence of Pesticides on the Micro-MyceliaPresent upon the Grape’ Surface	……………	12448
18.	SHAKIR ULLAH, AISH MUHAMMAD, IQBAL HUSSIAN, HAFEEZ-UR-RAHMAN, MUHAMMAD ZEESHAN HYDERGeneticalysis of economically important apricot cultivars in gilgit baltistan based on SSR molecular markers	……………	12456
19.	SAVA P. VRBNICANIN, DRAGANA M. BOZIC, DANIJELA M. PAVLOVIC, MARIJA M. SARIC-KRSMANOVIC, DARKO STOJICEVIC, AHMET ULUDAGFitness studies on invasive weedy sunflower populations from Serbia	……………	12464
20.	MARIAN CONSTANTIN, CRISTIAN BOGDAN IANCU, DANIELA IANCU, DOREL AUGUSTIN MANU, ROZALIA MAGDA MOŢOC, LIGIA GABRIELA GHEŢEAExpression of some inflammatory and angiogenic factors in oropharyngeal and laryngeal squamous cell carcinomas	……………	12473
21.	CORALIA BLEOTU, MARIANA CARMEN CHIFIRIUC, DIANA MIRCIOAGĂ, OANA SĂNDULESCU, IOANA MĂDĂLINA ALDEA, OTILIA BANU, DANIELA ION, CARMEN CRISTINA DIACONU, FLORICA MARINESCU, VERONICA LAZĂRThe influence of nutrient culture media on Escherichia coli adhesion and biofilm formation ability		12483
22.	ALINA CRISTINA NEGUŢ, ANCA STREINU-CERCEL, OANA SĂNDULESCU, MARIA MAGDALENA MOŢOI, IOANA BERCIU, MIRCEA IOAN POPA, ADRIAN STREINU-CERCELBacteriophages – novel biotechnology tools available in clinical practice in Romania		12492
23.	DANIELA EŞIAN, ADRIAN MAN, LILIANA BURLIBAȘA, MIHAI BURLIBAȘA, MĂDĂLINA VIOLETA PERIEANU, CRISTINA BICĂSalivary level of Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus spp. related to a high a risk of caries disease		12496

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