The betel leaf (Tambula patra brint) is extensively cultivated in warm moist parts of India for its leaves; the antifertility properties of the betel plant were studied in both male and female rats. It was suggested that the contraceptive effect of the extract of leaf stalk of pi...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/11560
This study investigated the protective and anti-oxidative effects of silymarin on rats treated with MgO NPs. Number of 32 male wistar rats were used in this experiment, assigned to four groups; one, the control group and the three others were treatment groups. The treated groups...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/10949
Background: Considerable attention is focused on effects of static magnetic field (SMF) and its increasing use in everyday life. Appliances and various equipments are sources of static magnetic fields with awide – range of technical characteristics. Objective: In this study we in...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/11323
Our review confirms that stem density is affected by seed factors, seedbed conditions and planting methods. Physiologically old seed tubers develop into a ‘weak’ stem density. A loose friable soil that is warm and moist increases sprout emergence leading to a high stem number per...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/9973
The diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella (L.), is recognized as a widely distributed destructive insect pest of Brassicaceae. The frequency and severity of P. xylostella outbreaks has increased in recent years, due to climate changes, high production of host plants (vegeta...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/11834
Luis Sánchez Solano, Luis A. Chel Guerrero`, Maira R. Segura Campos, David A. Betancur Ancona & Arturo F. Castellanos Ruelas·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2014
Aims: Raw tropical legumes have abundant amounts of tannins and saponins which are usually eliminated with high temperature once they are cooked. These biomolecules may represent new alternatives, to allopathic medicine, in order to prevent the accumulation of free radicals affec...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/12485
Saponins are secondary metabolites with high molecular weight. They present in a wide range of plant species and are distributed throughout the bark, leaves, stems, roots and even flowers. Saponins are bitter in taste and in recent years, they have received considerable attention...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/11674
A 22 year old female patient had excruciating pain and a history of root canal treatment in relation to the left mandibular first molar. Upon clinical and radiographic evaluation; it was found having separated instrument fragments in the mesio-buccal canal of the left mandibular...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/13259
Olorunfemi A. Eseyin, Goodnews Charlie Etiemmana, Monday Enobong, Aniekan Ebong, Iweh Etim, Sunday A. Udobre, Ekarika Johnson, Emmanuel Attih & Asanga Effiong·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2014
Aims: To evaluate the antioxidant components and also antioxidant activities of ten local vegetables commonly consumed in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/13439
Aims: Bacillus thuringiensis is distinguished by its production of proteinaceous parasporal inclusion bodies during sporulation, which when ingested by susceptible insects, are activated in the midgut into toxins. B. thuringiensis can be isolated from numerous sources; however, t...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/11565