Volume 16 No. 2 March – April, 2011

ROMANIAN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL LETTERS

– an international journal –

CONTENTS

Cover: The Bucharest University Building

1.	ARINA OANA ANTOCE, IOAN CONSTANTIN NĂMOLOŞANU, FLORENTINA MATEI RADOI Comparative study regarding the ethanol resistance of some yeast strains isolated from Romanian vineyards	……………	5981
2.	RAHELA CARPA, LUCIAN BARBU-TUDORAN Investigation of the poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) producing in mountain bacterial strains by transmission electron microscopy	……………	5989
3.	IOAN-MARIAN RIŞCA, ALIN IONAŞ, IONEL MANGALAGIU Unexpected effect of some dinitrophenyl derivatives on yeast fermentation	……………	5996
4.	G. PAUN, P. ROTINBERG, C. MIHAI , E. NEAGU AND G.L. RADU Cytostatic Activity of Viscum album L. Extract Processed by Microfiltration and Ultrafiltration	……………	6000
5.	RODICA MARIA PICU, MIA LAMOR, GABRIEL-LUCIAN RADU Evaluation of urinary steroid profile after administration of pharmaceutical preparations	……………	6008
6.	GINA MARINESCU, ANTONETA STOICESCU, LIVIA PATRASCU The 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 VERONICA Genomic 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 LJILJANA In 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 LUCIAN A 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 STOICA Biodegradation 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 POP Sexing of Bovine Embryos Using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization (FISH)	……………	6055
12.	ANCA POPESCU, ANA BICHO AND CONSTANTA GANEA Effects 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 PAUNESCU Epithelization of skin lesions in animal model treated with mesenchymal stem cells and derivatives	……………	6072
14.	LAURA OLARIU, BRANDUSA DUMITRIU, ANCUTA NETOIU, MARIANA CONSTANTINOVICI, NATALIA ROSOIU IN VITRO activity of β-amirinic phytocompounds – a basic screening for breast cancer therapy	……………	6080
15.	LILIANA LUNGU, CLAUDIA-VALENTINA POPA, JOHN MORRIS, MANUELA SAVOIU Evaluation of phytotoxic activity of Melia azedarach L. extracts on Lactuca sativa L.	……………	6089
16.	MARIAN BARBU, SERGIU CARAMAN, GABRIELA BAHRIM, DANIELA CARP Results regarding the control of the dissolved oxygen concentration in wastewater treatment processes	……………	6096
17.	MONICA MIRONESCU, ION DAN MIRONESCU Rheological behaviour of a novel microbial polysaccharide	……………	6105
18.	G. PREDOI, C. BELU, B. GEORGESCU, I. DUMITRESCU, PETRONELA ROŞU, CARMEN BIŢOIU Morpho-topographic study of the head lymphocenters in small ruminants	……………	6115
19.	SHASHI BIDAWAT, RUCHI NAG AND T. N. NAG Antimicrobial principles from tissue cultures of Balanites aegyptiaca	……………	6120
20.	RICUTA DOBRINOIU, STEFANA JURCOANE, SILVANA DANAILA-GUIDEA, MARIA MORARU, MARIN DUMBRAVA, ANA ROSU The impact of new technological approaches upon establishing production components and yield randament in Carthamus tinctorium L culture	……………	6125