Anemia is a medical condition in which the red blood cells count is less than normal. This study looked at the effect of Talinum triangulare extract (TTE) on phenylhydrazine (PHZ) induced anemic Wistar rats. 30 Female Wistar rats grouped into 5 rats per group were used; group 1 w...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2026/v41i22373
This study was done to determine the level of iron in selected indigenous vegetables (grown in Ede, Osun State, Nigeria) using colorimetric method. The six indigenous and three common ones selected for the study are; Basella alba (Amunututu), Ocimum gratissium (Efirin), Talinum...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i430209
This study reports a modified SDS extraction technique for isolation of DNA from root tubers namely Dioscorea (yam), Manihot esculenta (cassava) and Colocasia esculenta (cocoyam). DNA extraction in many plants is very difficult because of secondary metabolites that interfere with...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i230189
Introduction: Nigeria, like most countries worldwide find insect pest control a problem, unfortunately, the insecticides available are somewhat costly to the general populace, hence the dependence on the cheaply produced and widely available local insecticide famously called ‘Ota...
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Research Article10.9734/acri/2019/v18i430144
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
Banana fruit (Musa sp.) is consumed as a major source of carbohydrate for millions of people mostly in the tropics and subtropics. Worldwide, banana is the most wasted fruit; postharvest of the banana fruit records up to 40-60% loss, and this loss may be prevented by converting t...
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Research Article10.9734/AFSJ/2019/45792
Malaria is a disease that kills millions of people worldwide every year and demographic studies tell us of the resilient or resistant nature of the malaria parasite to orthodox drugs. Agunmu iba is a herbal concoction made locally to cure or prevent malaria in Africa. Agunmu iba...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2018/44452
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