Background: Ocimum gratissimum is an ethnopharmacological plant with numerous healing potentials. But there is paucity in scientific literature on its impact on the blood cells. Aim and Objective: The present study was intended to evaluate the dose and time-dependent effect of aq...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2019/v27i230111
Aim: Long term consumption of dietary oils has been implicated in the etiology of hypertension. This study seeks to compare the effects of long term consumption of fresh palm oil (FPO) and thermoxidized palm oil (TPO) on baroreceptor reflex sensitivity (BRS), which is responsible...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17257
Edible vegetable oils which include red palm oil, coconut oil, groundnut oil, sesame oil (Beniseed oil), soybean oil, palm kernel oil, etc. are derived from seeds or fruits of different plants. These oils are consumed not only for their supply of lipids in the diets but for their...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2014/12489
Aims: This study investigates the effect of consumption of an edible seafood - Egeria Radiata (Clam) on hematological parameters in rats. Study Design: Albino Wistar rats were assigned to 3 groups of 5 rats each. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Physiology, University o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6612
This study sought to elucidate the impact of consumption of crude extract of an edible seafood, Thais coronata (rock snail), on hematological parameters in male rats of albino Wistar strain. Crude extract of T. coronata was prepared from fresh edible samples, and its protein cont...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/12583