Publications

floral scent chemistry of mangrove plants.	the flowers of mangrove plants are pollinated by a variety of pollinators including birds, bats, and insects. this study analyzed the floral scent chemistry of mangroves on iriomote island (located near taiwan) including bruguiera gymnorrhiza (l.) lamk. (rhizophoraceae), kandelia candel (l.) druce (rhizophoraceae), rhizophora stylosa griff. (rhizophoraceae), sonneratia alba j. smith (sonneratiaceae), nypa fruticans (thunb.) wurmb. (palmae), lumnitzera racemosa willd. (combretaceae), avicennia ma ...	2002	12884048
commercial activities and subsistence utilization of mangrove forests around the wouri estuary and the douala-edea reserve (cameroon).	worldwide there is growing research interest in the ethnobiology of mangrove forests. notwithstanding that, little information has been published about ethnobiology of mangrove forests in cameroon. the aims of this study were a) to analyze the harvesting methods and the local selling of mangrove wood products by loggers in the vicinity of wouri estuary and b) to investigate the patterns of subsistence uses of mangrove wood products around the douala-edea reserve.	2009	19919680
burkholderia vietnamiensis isolated from root tissues of nipa palm (nypa fruticans) in sarawak, malaysia, proved to be its major endophytic nitrogen-fixing bacterium.	root-associating bacteria of the nipa palm (nypa fruticans), preferring brackish-water affected mud in sarawak, malaysia, were investigated. in a comparison of rhizobacterial microbiota between the nipa and the sago (metroxylon sagu) palm, it was found that the nipa palm possessed a group of burkholderia vietnamiensis as its main active nitrogen-fixing endophytic bacterium. acetylene reduction by the various isolates of b. vietnamiensis was constant (44 to 68 nmol h(-1) in ethylene production ra ...	2010	20834139
anti-hyperglycemic and antinociceptive activity of methanol leaf and stem extract of nypa fruticans wurmb.	nypa fruticans wurmb. (arecaceae) is a mangrove palm well-known for its traditional uses by the local practitioners against different ailments in southern regions of bangladesh. however, the plant is yet to be scientifically studied. the present study was done to evaluate the anti-hyperglycemic and antinociceptive potential of methanolic extract of leaf and stem of nypa fruticans wurmb. (menf). the anti-hyperglycemic activity was tested on glucose loaded hyperglycemic mice whereas antinociceptiv ...	2011	21959809
assessing forest products usage and local residents' perception of environmental changes in peri-urban and rural mangroves of cameroon, central africa.	deforestation is one of the most ubiquitous forms of land degradation worldwide. although remote sensing and aerial photographs can supply valuable information on land/use cover changes, they may not regularly be available for some tropical coasts (e.g., cameroon estuary) where cloud cover is frequent. with respect to mangroves, researchers are now employing local knowledge as an alternative means of understanding forest disturbances. this paper was primarily aimed at assessing the mangrove fore ...	2011	22146073
discovery of potential anti-infectives against staphylococcus aureus using a caenorhabditis elegans infection model.	the limited antibiotic options for effective control of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections has led to calls for new therapeutic approaches to combat this human pathogen. an alternative approach to control mrsa is through the use of anti-infective agents that selectively disrupt virulence-mediated pathways without affecting microbial cell viability or by modulating the host natural immune defenses to combat the pathogen.	2014	24393217
effect of ethanol stress on fermentation performance of saccharomyces cerevisiae cells immobilized on nypa fruticans leaf sheath pieces.	the yeast cells of saccharomyces cerevisiae immobilized on nypa fruticans leaf sheath pieces were tested for ethanol tolerance (0, 23.7, 47.4, 71.0 and 94.7 g/l). increase in the initial ethanol concentration from 23.7 to 94.7 g/l decreased the average growth rate and concentration of ethanol produced by the immobilized yeast by 5.2 and 4.1 times, respectively. however, in the medium with initial ethanol concentration of 94.7 g/l, the average growth rate, glucose uptake rate and ethanol formatio ...	2015	27904338