Background: The use of medicinal plants has always been part of human culture and is common in Africa. Amongst the medicinal plants commonly used in Nigeria for management/ treatment of various types of ailments is Morinda lucida Benth. Aims: This research work was designed to in...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2018/46182
H. B. Akpan, O. D. Omotoso, A. R. Olapade, E. Ogbonna, M. N. Negedu, A. A. Akande, A. O. Adedeji, F. E. Oladipupo & P. K. Orisadiran·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2018
Background: Cadmium is a carcinogenic agent in humans, and therefore, a cancer causing substance. In the body it is extensively circulated, but it is bound mainly to erythrocytes. Though cadmium binds to various macromolecules and proteins in the body, it is not well metabolized....
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2018/22753
Background: Cadmium is a heavy metal that causes generation of free radicals that have been discovered to cause damage to cells and tissues in the body. This research work examined the damaging effects of cadmium, and the recuperative effect of Carica papaya aqueous extract to re...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2017/16430
H. B. Akpan, O. D. Omotoso, E. Ogbonna, M. N. Negedu, S. A. Adelakun, F. E. Oladipupo, A. O. Adedeji, A. A. Akande, A. R. Olapade & P. K. Orisadiran·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2018
Background: This research investigated the recuperative (restorative) effect of aqueous extract of Carica papaya fruit on cadmium induced prefrontal-cortex damaged in adult Wistar rats (Rattus norvegicus). Previous research reports have confirmed that cadmium toxicity results in...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2018/16429