Aim: Smoking is an increasing problem in public health world-wide. Smoke from marijuana and cigarette have been shown to contain many toxins. This study investigated the effect of marijuana and cigarette smoking on hematology, blood chemistry and plasma dopamine level of smokers...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/41637
β-amylase (E.C.3.2.1.2) is a starch hydrolyzing enzyme fondly used in foods, pharmaceuticals, and brewing industries to convert starch into maltose. The aim of this study was to determine the physicochemical, kinetic, and thermodynamic properties, as well as the potential industr...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrb/2022/v11i1208
Bioactive compounds are the frontline potent agents in both nutraceuticals and pharmaceutical industries. The bioactive compounds are gaining much importance for their ability in enhancing resistance to various diseases and to improve the health of people both by traditional and...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2021/v32i630398
β-amylase is an enzyme that hydrolyzes the α-1,4-glucan bonds from the non-reducing ends of starch and other carbohydrate polymers reducing it to maltose units. Maltose has much application with food processing and pharmaceutical industries. The enzyme was purified to apparent ho...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2021/v30i130245
Alafia barteri leaves are valued for its efficacy in the traditional medicine system in Nigeria. It has been used over the years for the treatment of various diseases some of which include malaria, sickle cell anaemia, and eye infections. This has necessitated the evaluation of i...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2020/v29i930230
Three medicinal plants, were investigated based on their ethno-medicinal uses. Byrsocarpus coccineus (B.C), Terminalia avicennioides (T.A) and Anogeissus leiocarpus (A.L) are used traditionally in the treatment of various ailments in Nigeria. Proximate and mineral analyses were c...
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Research Article10.9734/ejnfs/2020/v12i930284
Animal model development of alcohol administration in rats is of crucial importance as it gives indirect information to effects of alcohol in humans. An indirect assessment of this would be the biochemical and histological data that could arise from such experiments. 20 Male Wist...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2019/v32i630102
DNA analysis using autosomal short tandem repeat (microsatellite) polymorphism is a useful tool for forensic purposes, such as individual identification, stain analysis and paternity testing. Analyses of such materials are carried out by the comparison of profiles from questioned...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/32783
Objective: Alcohol consumption is readily acceptable worldwide, and despite warnings and billions of dollars spent yearly on its deleterious effects; people still to the present day take copious amounts of it. The study investigated the comparative effects of pure and alcoholic...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2017/25624
C. E. Ukwade, O. A. T. Ebuehi, J. U Igietseme, S. Ouburg, J. A. Land, Y. Omosun, K. Joseph, J. Partin, Q. He, F. O. Eko, D. Ellerson, C. Bandea, S. A. Morre, G. Zhong & C. M. Black·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
The study is to investigate the effect of anti-caspase treatment on anti-chlamydia immune response in mice. Both the humoral and aspects of cell-mediated immune response against Chlamydia trachomatis were studied. Antibody response was measured using the ELISA technique to identi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23921
Background: The present study was designed to ascertain the effect of supplementation of bread with defatted soy flour on antioxidant, renal, hepatic and cardiovascular status in Wistar rats. Methods: Hard wheat flour was mixed with high quality defatted soy flour at several rati...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/22912