Aim: To evaluate antibacterial effect of haemolymph in edible snail against multi-drug resistant bacterial isolates. Study Design: This was an experimental study involving susceptibility testing of bacterial isolates to haemolymph extracts of edible snail. Place and Duration of S...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/33964
Pimple, acne, sunburn mark and pigmentation are issues that affected every individual at least once during life time. Consumers have begun to search for a product that can cure the skin issue and grant them with a good and healthy skin such as anti-acne cream. Nevertheless, most...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/36467
Aims: To assess lipid profile among HIV patients on ART, ART-naïve patients and controls in our environment. Study Design: This is a cross-sectional study of 120 participants consisting of 40 HIV patients on ART, 40 ART-naïve patients and 40 negative controls. Place and Duration...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/35688
Claudine Tekounegning Tiogué, Simplice François Noumeu Kendi, Guegang Tekou & Minette Eyango Tomedi –Tabi·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2017
Aims: Compensatory growth in the fry of Cyprinus carpio was assessed to improve the aquaculture production Place and Duration of Study: The trial was conducted between April 25 and June 19, 2015 in the Westhern Cameroon Highlands. Study Design: For this purpose, four (04) food re...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/36559
Aims: To assess the renal function among type 2 diabetics in Sokoto, Nigeria. Study Design: The cross-sectional study involved 100 diabetic patients and 50 apparently healthy (normoglycaemic) controls. Place and Duration of Study: General Out Patient Department (GOPD), Specialist...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/35689
Aims: The aim of this study is to evaluate the resistance status and detoxification enzymes activities of important malaria vector (Anopheles gambae) to WHO recommended pyretheroids insecticides in a highly malaria endemic country like Nigeria. Study Design: Mosquitoes larvae col...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/36025
Previous studies showed that the dopamine receptor D2 (DRD2) may be associated with drug dependence. This study aimed to determine the role of DRD2 in development of substance dependence in Iranian-Azeri heroin-dependent patients. Materials and Methods: 160 heroin-dependent subje...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/36287
Aim: Mitochondrial Membrane Permeability Transition (MMPT) pore has emerged as a promising target for drug development because the release of cytochrome c upon the opening of the pore is a point of no return for mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis to occur. Heliotropium indicum (HI)...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/36334
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
Backbone torsion angles ɸ, ψ of a vast majority of nonglycine residues in proteins lay within the peculiar insulated regions in the (ɸ,ψ) space assigned to the conformations allowed for nonglycine residues that embrace the conformations with negative and positive values of ɸ sepa...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/36163