This study evaluated the effects of four natural spices used as dietary additives on selected gut microbial populations in cockerels. A total of 126 Isa Brown cockerels, aged 8 weeks, were assigned to seven dietary treatments in a completely randomised design, with three replicat...
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Research Article10.9734/ajravs/2026/v9i3424
Background: The recent COVID 19 pandemic has negatively affected health care systems in developed and developing countries. The weak health systems in Nigeria with low Human Resource for Health (HRH) poses a threat to mitigating this pandemic with the rising number of COVID 19 ca...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i730456
Background: Elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) requires adequate and continuous use of family planning commodities among women of reproductive age. This can be made possible by reducing the proportion of HIV positive women wi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2020/v18i330191
Sawdust is a bi-product from wood processing industries. In the recent time, pyrolysis of organic waste is an emerging technology where biochar can be produced and used for carbon sequestration. In that respect, the aim of the present work was to ascertaining optimum pyrolysis co...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2021/v40i4031597
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of fermented soya bean supplements on thyroid profile and serum electrolytes of high fat diet-induced type 2 diabetes in rabbits. Twenty rabbits weighing between 1 kg – 1.5 kg were used for the study. Diabetes was induced by feedi...
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Research Article10.9734/JPRI/2017/35680
This study assessed the quantity of Shea nut Assessed, collected and processed using improved Shea nut processing technologies in Niger State. The specific objectives of study were to; describe the socio economic characteristics of the Shea nut processors, determine the quantitie...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/24444
Aims: To carry out the antistaphylococcal activity of n-butanol and aqueous sub-fractions of Alchornea cordifolia (Schumach. And Thonn.) Müll. Arg. leaf extract against multidrug resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Study Design: Characterization and antibiotic susceptibility determi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2012/1727
This research work deals with estimation of Curie point depth isotherm using aeromagnetic data of part of middle Benue Trough, North-East, Nigeria. The study area lies within the Longitude 9ºE – 10ºE and Latitude 8ºN – 9.50ºN with an estimated total area of 18150km2. Regional/Res...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2018/38651
Search for effective biological strain for use to remedy water pollution has been limited. This study was performed to search for effective bacteria capable of extracting nitrate from wastewater. Samples from abattoir inside (Abi) and abattoir outside (Abt), fishpond of kwalkwala...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2020/v23i1230204
Aim: To evaluate the effect and identify the bioactive constituents of Carica papaya seed with potency against potassium bromate –induced nephrotoxicity and oxidative stress in renal tissue of rat. Study Design: For each state of polarity, twenty male Wistar rats were divided int...
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is among the major global public health problems and its prevalence is currently increasing at an alarming rate. According to the International Diabetes Federation, about 366 million people are living with diabetes and this figure is projected to i...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/25986
U. Abubakar, S. M. Marafa, V. K. ` Nwodo, A. A. Sadiq, G. M. Akpaniwo, A. Mohammed, D. Mohammed, I. I. Yusuf & A. D. Gurama·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2019
Objectives: To evaluate and document common findings in ultrasound examination of the liver and kidneys in Sokoto metropolis and to reveal gender and age distribution of the findings in these organs. Materials and Methods: The data was collected retrospectively from the hospital...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v15i330121
Objectives: To determine the quality of chest radiographs of adult patients x-rayed at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH) in accordance with Committee of European Commission (CEC) guidelines on quality criteria and to determine the most common factor that affec...
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Research Article10.9734/jamps/2019/v21i130120
Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) and physicochemical analysis techniques were carried out at TifinmadzaMokwa to investigate the degree and impact of the waste dumpsite on the quality status of soil and groundwater. Thirty Vertical Electrical Sounding points were investigated. T...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2018/45413
Background: The significant indicator to access to effective treatment is the constant availability of essential drugs in health facilities and the accessibility to essential drugs is part of the fulfilment of the right to the highest attainable standard of health, that is, the r...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/39854
Alstonia boonei, a plant locally called ‘Egbu’ in South Eastern Nigeria is used traditionally in the treatment of malaria in the region. This research was carried out to evaluate in vitro antimalarial activity of different solvents extract (aqueous, methanol, ethyl acetate, chlor...
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Research Article10.9734/JPRI/2017/36236
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of crude and aqueous fraction of Acacia nilotica on diabetic Wistar Rats. Alloxan at a dose of 150 mg/kg body weight was administered to the rats intraperitoneally to induce diabetes. Thirty rats divided into six groups of five a...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2015/18350
A. J. Alhassan, I. U. Muhammad, M. S. Sule, M. A. Dangambo, A. M. Gadanya, Y. Umar, Misbahu A. Dangambo, A. Mohammed & M. Syed·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2019
Correlational study and evaluation of pollution indices of toxic metals distribution in soil and crops of a population are imperative for assessing the risk of chronic diseases associated with these metals. Correlational analysis for the distribution of; lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd),...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2019/v32i330086
Ficus polita Vahl is a tropical African evergreen shrub or small tree belonging to the family Moraceae, and usually growing up to 15 metres tall. Extracts from different part of the plant had been demonstrated to exhibit various medicinal activities. Qualitative phytochemical scr...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRIMPS/2017/38032
A. A. Imam, M. D. Ezema, I. U. Muhammad, M. K. Atiku, A. J. Alhassan, A. Idi, H. Abdullahi & A. Mohammed·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2017
Alstonia boonei, a plant locally called ‘Egbu’ in South Eastern Nigeria is used traditionally in the treatment of malaria in the region. This research was carried out to evaluate in vivo antimalarial activity of different solvents extract (aqueous, methanol and chloroform) of Als...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/36235
A. J. Alhassan, I. U. Muhammad, M. S. Sule, A. M. Wudil, A. A. Imam, A. Idi, A. Muhammad, A. Mohammed, I. Alexander & A. Nasir·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2017
Khaya senegalensis A. Juss (Meliaceae), is regarded as the most popular medicinal meliaceous plant. The present study was conducted to evaluate anti-diabetic potentials of column chromatography fractions (FI-FVII) from ethyl acetate extract of Khaya senegalensis stem bark and det...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/35908
D. C. Ejiogu, Y. Tanko, N. S. Emmanuel, E. A. Alex, M. Olubiyi, R. A. Abdulrauf, C. N. Chima, H. D. Muhammad, M. Yahuza, A. E. Ogweje, E. C. Umeh & A. Mohammed·International Journal of Biochemistry Research & Review·2018
Aim: Lipids are referred to as one of the primary targets of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The main sources of oxidative stress in diabetes mellitus comprise various enzymatic pathways, non-enzymatic pathways and mitochondrial pathways. This study was designed to evaluate the ef...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2018/44232