Background: Uterine fibroids are benign (non-cancerous) tumours that develop in the uterus [1,2]. They have been and still are a major reproductive threat to women of child-bearing age especially to those of the African race [3,4]. Ginger has been reported to have anti-tumor, ant...
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Research Article10.9734/JCTI/2017/35217
Background: Uterine fibroids, also referred to as uterine myomas, leiomyomas, myomatas, or simply fibroid are benign soft-tissue tumors that arise from uterine smooth muscle tissue (myometrium). They have been described numerously to be hormone-dependent and uterine structure-dam...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2017/35226
Cannabis and caffeine are two psychoactive substances often abused. Cannabis is illegal in many countries, yet it constitutes a social menace as individuals still abuse the substance. Caffeine on the other hand is legal and used almost without restrictions in most countries. It i...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2017/34165
Caffeine ingestion during pregnancy requires attention and investigation towards assessing the level of safety and possible effects on the brain and mental health. Caffeine ingestion during pregnancy has been discouraged despite concerns about lack of adequate facts to support th...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/26543
Caffeine and Cannabis Effects on the Cerebellar Cortex of Juvenile Rats Caffeine and cannabis are two of the world most popularly consumed psychoactive substances. While caffeine is consumed with little or no regulation and restrictions in moist of the countries of the world; can...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/36943
Solanum macrocarpon is a plant with edible fruit and its potentials as a medicinal herb have also been investigated. Its leaf extract had been suggested to have effects that could ameliorate myocardial infarction. In the current investigation, S. macrocarpon leaf aqueous extract...
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Research Article10.9734/JOCAMR/2016/26867
Caffeine is a neurostimulant that is globally consumed with little or no restrictions by various groups of people. Though concerns have been raised over the possible effects of caffeine exposure during intrauterine life or pregnancy; there are not enough empirical evidences to es...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/26545
Cannabis is the most widely abused illegal substance in many countries of the world presently. It acts on the higher nerve centers and produces a feeling of intoxication with hallucination. Its main component, delta-tetrahydrocannabinol, produces the ‘high’ feeling that most user...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/34164