Volume 18 No. 3 May – June, 2013

ROMANIAN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL LETTERS

– an international journal –

CONTENTS

Cover: The Bucharest University Building

1.	TAHEREH HASANLOO, MASUMEH AHMADI, SEYYED MOJTABA KHAYYAM NEKOEI AND GHOLAMREZA SALEHI JOUZANI Improvement of silymarin production in hairy root cultures of Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn using fungal elicitors	……………	8221
2.	CLAUDIA SIMONA STEFAN, RODICA DINICA, MÉRIEM ANOUTI, GETA CÂRÂC Pyrrolidinium Octanoate Carboxylate as PIL Agent in the Growth Mechanism of Lysozyme Spherulites	……………	8233
3.	IPATE IUDITH, STRASSER CONSTANTA, IONITA LUCIAN, STRATEANU AMALIA, STRASSER HORATIU, ENACHE LIVIU MIHAI Risk of scrapie for Romanian turcana sheep of prion protein genotype ARQ/ARQ	……………	8245
4.	IRINA MIRELA APETREI, CONSTANTIN APETREI Amperometric tyrosinaSE based biosensorS for serotonin detection	……………	8253
5.	OCTAVIAN BASTON, CAMELIA NEAGU (BONCIU) Establishing the optimal conditions for fructose production from chicory inulin	……………	8263
6.	GEORGIANA CRETU, EUGENIA EFTIMIE TOTU, ALEXANDRA RALUCA MIRON, AURELIA CRISTINA NECHIFOR Development of a quantitative high performance thin layer chromatographic method for analysis of caffeic acid and quercetin from cranberry extract	……………	8271
7.	CRISTIANA DIACONESCU, GINA FANTANERU, LAURA URDES, LIVIA VIDU, BACILA VASILE, DIACONESCUSTEFAN Influence of cooking methods over the heavy metal and lipid content of fish meat	……………	8279
8.	BRINDUSA GEORGIANA DUMITRIU, LAURA OLARIU, MANUELA DIANA ENE, NATALIA ROSOIU TGF-β modulation by natural active compounds from S. officinalis and C. officinalis	……………	8284
9.	TATJANA PAPIC BRANKOV, TATJANA SIBALIJA, KOVILJKO LOVRE, DRAGO CVIJANOVIC1, JONEL SUBIC The impact of biotechnology knowledge on the acceptance of genetically modified food in Serbia	……………	8295
10.	JAMSHID FARMANI, FARZIN ROOHVAND, MOHAMMAD SAFARI, MOHAMMAD REZA AGHASADEGHI, SEYYED HADI RAZAVI, FATEMEH MOTEVALLI Cell surface display of Propionibacterium acnes linoleic acid isomerase by Pichia pastoris	……………	8307
11.	ALEXANDRA JITĂREANU, IRINA BOZ, GABRIELA TĂTĂRÎNGĂ, ANA-MARIA ZBANCIOC, URSULA STĂNESCU The effects of some cinnamic acid derivatives on the architecture of Phaseolus vulgaris roots	……………	8317
12.	RAMONA STEF, CRISTIAN BOSTAN, ALINA BUTU, ALINA ORTAN, STELIANA RODINO, MARIAN BUTU Comparative characteristics of Lupinus perennis L. under allelochemical sorgoleone stress	……………	8327
13.	MARIUS MIHĂŞAN, CAPATINA LUMINITA, ELENA NEAGU, MARIUS STEFAN, LUCIAN HRITCU In-silico identification of 6-hydroxy-L-NICOTINE as a novel neuroprotective drug	……………	8333
14.	SANJA RADIČEVIĆ, DRAGAN NIKOLIĆ, RADOSAV CEROVIĆ, MILENA ĐORĐEVIĆ In vitro pollen germination and pollen grain morphology in some sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) cultivars	……………	8341
15.	SIMONA OANCEA, FLORIANA MOISEENCO, PIETRO TRALDI Total phenolics and anthocyanin profiles of Romanian wild and cultivated blueberries by direct infusion ESI-IT-MS/MS	……………	8350
16.	BOUDA, L.E. HERNANDEZ, M. BAAZIZ, F.F. DEL CAMPO, A. HADDIOUI Variability of Natural Populations of Atriplex Halimus L. in Morocco as Investigated by RAPD Markers	……………	8361
17.	ROBERTINA IONESCU, ANA-MARIA TANASE, TATIANA VASSU, DIANA PELINESCU, IULIA CHICIUDEAN, ORTANSA CSUTAK, ILEANA STOICA Characterization of Pseudomonas strains with hydrocarbons-degrading potential	……………	8372
18.	ANDREEA ANGELA ŞTEŢIU, MIHAELA OLEKSIK, VALENTIN OLEKSIK, RADU PETRUSE, MIRCEA ŞTEŢIU The mineral burr dimensioning of teeth preparations to be restored with biomaterials	……………	8381