The study assessed the antiplasmodial activity of the ethanolic leaf extract of Cymbopogon citratus on chloroquine sensitive Plasmodium berghei in mice. Standard methods were used to determine the bioactive components of the leaf extract, acute toxicity test and antiplasmodial ac...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2020/v8i330193
The study was carried out in March-May 2019 to investigate the prevalence of fascioliasis and dicrocoeliasis in cattle slaughtered in parts of Akure abattoir, Ondo State, Nigeria. Two hundred (200) bile samples from cattle were collected from both male and female cattle. The para...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2019/v3i230092
Aims: Diarrhoea is more common in rural area and in low-income countries like Nigeria, where children experience an average three episodes of diarrhoea every year. Bryophyllum pinnatum (Crassulaceae) is a widely used medicinal plant in a traditional system with a wide range of bi...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2018/43047
The incidence of severe anaemia in malaria as a result of Plasmodium infection, has necessitated the need for discovery and development of plant extract that could stimulates the production of red blood cells (erythropoiesis) and boost the immune system to fight the parasite. Acu...
Antiplasmodial activity of the ethanolic leaf extract of Tithonia diversifolia was studied in Swiss albino mice infected with Plasmodium berghei (NK65). The study was carried out at the Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria between April a...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/28803
Study was carried out to determine the antiplasmodial activity of raw ethanolic seed extract of Tetracarpidium conophorum, in swiss albino mice infected with Plasmodium berghei (NK65). Standard methods were employed to determine the acute toxicity test, antiplasmodial activity an...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/26789
A study was carried out to determine the prevalence of bacteriuria among primary school children in The Federal University of Technology, Akure. One hundred and fifty (150) Mid-Stream Urine (MSU) samples were collected from both male and female pupils aged 5-11. Samples were exam...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/24730
Study was carried out on the prevalence of dracunculiasis (Guineaworm disease), in parts of Akoko area of Ondo State, Nigeria between 1999 and 2004. People were examined for the presence of papules, pre-emergent and emergent worms. Information on age, sex occupation, re-infection...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2016/16988
The prevalence of malaria and its co-infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) was investigated in Owena, Idanre Local Government Area and State Hospital Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. A total of 150 blood samples (Total number at, Owena = 88 and the State Hospital = 62) wer...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/16987
This study was carried out to determine the haematological and biochemical effects of ethanolic leaf extract of Cymbopogon citratus in swiss albino mice infected with Plasmodium berghei (NK65). A total of 16 albino mice were randomized into four groups of four mice each for acute...
The leaf, stem and bark of Eucalyptus citriodora are combined for use in the treatment of malaria in Anyigba, North Central, Nigeria. However, no scientific investigations have been carried out to know the effect of this plant on biochemical parameters of experimental mice. Thus,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2019/v2i230069
Aim: Prevalence of human intestinal parasitic infections among school age children in Ogbese town, Akure North,Nigeria was investigated between January and June 2015. Study Design: This was a prospective cross sectional study. Information about sex, age and other epidemiological...
Irrespective of the decreased in incidence and prevalence, malaria remains a major public health problem. Evolution and spread of resistance to the available antimalarial drugs endanger all the recent gains in malaria control. This issue makes the development of novel drugs a nec...
Malaria is a life-threatening disease and emergence of malaria parasite resistance to antimalarial drugs, has necessitated the need for discovery and development of an alternative to malaria medicine. This study assessed the ethanolic leaf extract of Eucalyptus citriodora for the...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2018/v2i229251
The emergence of antibiotic resistance bacteria, necessitated the discovery and development of alternative therapy to bacterial infections. This work assessed the inhibitory property of ethanolic leaf extract of Eucalyptus citriodora against clinical isolate and E. coli ATCC 3521...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2018/v2i129234
This study was aimed to determine the antiplasmodial, biochemical and histopathological activities of hydroethanolic leaf extract of Tithonia diversifolia in Swiss albino mice infected with P. berghei NK65. Thirty (30) mice were randomly distributed into six groups of five mice e...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/34048
Study was carried out to determine the heamatological and histopathological effects of raw ethanolic seed extract of Tetracarpidium conophorum in swiss albino mice infected with Plasmodium berghei (NK65). Standard methods were employed to determine the heamatological, histopathol...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2017/33244