Some chemical compounds have a significant effect on living organisms. This is shown in the physiological and biological changes that appear on some cells and tissues of the body. The current study aimed to investigate the effect of the dissolved MTBE in drinking water on the muc...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/35016
Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common metabolic disorder with disruption of glucose and lipid metabolism. Many herbal extracts are used for treatment of diabetes. Allium sativum, (garlic), is one of a plant that is routinely used in Iranian population. In this study we i...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/34448
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of African Mistletoe leaf meal (AMLM) as a feed additive for broiler chickens. 200 day-old chicks were randomly allotted into five treatments in a complete randomized design. Each group was further subdivided into five replicates o...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/35042
Mohammad Abu Sufian, Tahmida Khanom Chowdhury, Md. Mohsin Mian, Md. Mohiuddin, Sabiha Ferdowsy Koly, Md. Sahab Uddin & Md. Shahid Sarwar·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2017
Aims: Currently, there has been extensive interest in the study of medicinal plants owing to minor, less frequent side effects and potential therapeutic activity. Therefore the aim of the present study was to evaluate the thrombolytic and membrane stabilizing activities of crude...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/34776
Various solvents (distilled water, methanol, ethanol, acetone and chloroform) extracts of Daucus carota were scanned with UV – Visible spectrophotometer (Thermo - spectronic) and Perkin – Elmer FT – IR model (Spectrum BX) infra – red spectrometer. All the extracts though with dif...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/28617
Antuanett Mercedes Cornejo Lecaros, Marcelo Palinkas, Mariangela Salles Pereira Nassar, Paulo Batista de Vasconcelos, Bruno Ferreira, Selma Siéssere, Cristiane Aparecida Nogueira Bataglion, Simone Cecilio Hallak Regalo & César Bataglion·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2017
This study analyzed the impact of muscular temporomandibular disorder (TMD) on masseter and temporalis muscles’ thickness. Eighty subjects (aged 21–60, both male and female) with complete dentition were divided into study (those with muscular temporomandibular disorder, n=40) and...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/35330
The activity of cattle’s platelets is mostly connected with the level of their metabolic processes. It is especially important at the beginning of ontogenesis and can differ in different breeds. The aim of the study is to estimate platelets’ activity of healthy Holstein calves du...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/35214
Cassava mosaic disease (CMD) is an economically important disease limiting production of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in sub-Saharan Africa. Use of virus-free planting material is among the strategies for management of CMD. However, obtaining clean planting material for far...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/31482
Platelets, as one of the main elements of a body’s homeostasis, support it on the whole and especially blood system. Through the modulation of their activity in response to different impacts they can influence the microcirculation and the level of tissue metabolism. The aim of ou...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/35048
Background: A polymeric biguanide ‘PolyHexaMethylene Biguanide’ (PHMB) was evaluated for its Minimal Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) against ATCC reference laboratory strain of Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis). Methods: The MIC was determined using criteria’s laid down in DIN 5...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/34141