Trakia Journal of Sciences
The Scientific Serial of Trakia University

CONTENTS

Original Contributions
Chemistry:
HEXAMETHYLPARAROSALININE CHLORIDE (CRYSTAL VIOLET) OXIDATION BY
CHLORATE IONS IN AQUEOUS ACIDIC MEDIUM : KINETIC APPROACH TO THE
MECHANISM OF REACTION
Y. Mohammed, A. C. Etonihu, V. A. Tsaku

INVESTIGATION ON BLOOD ECOLOGICAL OXIDATIVE BALANCE IN RATS AFTER
TREATMENT WITH RIMIFON
N. Georgieva

Biology:
POSSIBILITIES FOR PROVIDING BEE PASTURE FROM NECTARIFEROUS PLANTS IN
SINITE KAMANI NATURAL PARK - SLIVEN
N. Grozeva

ESTIMATION OF SOME METAL ELEMENTS AND PROXIMATE PROPERTIES OF
BOLETUS EDULIS(fr), A WILD MUSHROOM SPECIES IN THE NIGERIAN SAVANNAH
S.D.Gyar, G. Owaku

STUDIES ON Gymnema sylvestre – A MEDICINALLY IMPORTANT PLANT OF THE
FAMILY ASCLEPIADACEAE
S. Najafi, S.S.Deokule

ANTIBIOTIC-PRODUCING FUNGI PRESENT IN THE SOIL ENVIRONMENT OF KEFFI
METROPOLIS, NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA
M.D.Makut, O.A.Owolewa

Medicine:
PREVALENCE OF HIV/AIDS AMONG TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS SEEN IN A RURAL
CLINIC IN NIGERIA
G. R. Pennap,  S. Makpa, S. Ogbu

FETAL HYPOXIA AND MECONIUM IN PRETERM DELIVERIES  AND STILLBIRTH
D. Staribratova, V. Belovejdov

Plant-growing:
INCREASE RESISTANCE TO DEOXYNIVALENOL IN TRANSFORMED TOBACCO
EXPRESSING ENGINEERED TOMATO RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L3 (LERPL3)
S. Shahbazi, A. Mousavi , N. Safaie, A. Alizadeh, F. Sanjarian

EFFECT OF VARIOUS TREATMENTS ON SEED GERMINATION AND DORMANCY
BREAKING IN FERULA ASSA  FOETIDA L.(ASAFETIDA), A THREATENED
MEDICINAL HERB
A. R. Zare, M. Solouki, M. Omidi, N. Irvani, A. Oladzad Abasabadi,  N. Mahdi Nezad

ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC DIVERSITY AMONG SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM
POPULATIONS IN CANOLA FIELDS BY REP-PCR
E. Karimi, N. Safaie, M. Shams-bakhsh

Animal husbandry and Veterinary medicine:
BREED, GENDER AND SEASONAL VARIATIONS OF  BLOOD PHAGOCYTIC
ACTIVITY IN LOCAL SHEEP BREEDS REARED IN BULGARIA
V. Semerdjiev

STUDY OF GENETIC DIVERSITY OF DASHTIARI, KHAZAK AND ZABOL
CHICKENS USING MICROSATELLITE MARKERS
M. Alipanah, A. Torkamanzehi, Z. Amiry, F. Rabani

SEROEPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF DONKEYS’ BLOOD FOR DETECTION OF
SOME VIRUS INFECTIONS ON UNGULATES
Iv. Chenchev, N. Rusenova, N. Sandev

DETECTION OF ANTIBODIES AGAINST AVIAN ISOLATE OF INFLUENZA A
VIRUS H6N2 IN TURKEY POULTS AFTER INFECTION VIA DIFFERENT ROUTES
Iv. Zarkov, I. Tsachev

Scientific Communication_________________________________________________
STUDY ON THE DEGREE OF PARASITISM OF RHINONYSSID NASAL MITES
(PARASITIFORMES: GAMASINA) ON BIRDS IN THE LENINGRAD PROVINCE
DURING  THE SPRING AND SUMMER SEASONS
I. Dimov