Enhanced in vitro Seedling Recovery in Nothapodytes nimmoniana (J. Graham) Mabberly Nothapodytes nimmoniana is an endangered medicinal tree and regarded most convenient natural source for large scale isolation of anticancer alkaloid camptothecin. In order to meet pharmaceutical m...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/15368
A study was conducted to investigate the major biotic and abiotic production constraints of upland rice varieties in the three rice development hubs of Cameroon. Fifty randomly selected farmers from each rice hub namely Ndop, Lagdo and Mbam were interviewed using a structured que...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/15260
Aim: To Investigate the local livelihood of Adjoining communities of Yankari Game Reserve (YGR) Bauchi, Bauchi state-Nigeria. Study Design: Survey design was used for the study. Place and Duration of the Study: Study was conducted in four communities bordering the protected area...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/14267
Microalgae are great users of CO2 and can fix large amounts of this compound. In algal biomass production systems, the requirement of carbon is usually supplied by CO2, continuously or intermittently. The relative concentrations of inorganic carbon species determine the pH and, i...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/15350
Ni1-xCoxFe2O4 (x=0–1.0) ferrite nanoparticles were synthesized by using a hydrothermal process. The nanoparticles had average particle sizes of 14.8−29.4 nm and a narrow band gap of 1.75−1.91 eV, decreasing with increasing Co content. The nanoparticles showed an excellent sunligh...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/14764
The review covers different aspects of structural and functional features of magnetic nanoparticles. Especially those which are associated with their interaction with cells and cause development of oxidative stress, apoptosis disruption of DNA structure and cytoskeleton, changes...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2015/15179
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine some biomarkers of immunology and hematology in streptozotocin- induced diabetic wistar rats consuming Gongronema latifolium leaf diets in order to evaluate the involvement of the diet in the management of immunological and hematologica...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2015/14268
Background: Illnesses due to contaminated food, particularly food of animal origin, are perhaps the most widespread health problem in the contemporary world. Aims: To detect Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in food animals in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria and the possible risk...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/7352
Ascaris lumbricoides infestation remains the most common cause of eosinophilia. In addition, in cases of severe eosinophilia due to helminthinfestation, eosinophilic infiltration of several tissues may occur, and most likely to be clinically underestimated. If not early diagnosed...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/15678
The present study was aimed to evaluate the phytochemical constituents and antimicrobial activity of the leaf and stem extracts of Ricinus communis, Solanum nigrum, Clerodendrum infortunatum and Calotropis gigantea. The selected plants were made a comparative study of medicinal v...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/14805
The optimum conditions for ethanolic extraction of antioxidants from tea-ginger blend were determined using response surface modelling. The relationship between the colour, hue index and antioxidant properties of the extracts were also expressed as multivariate models using ordi...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/15802
Aim: To test and evaluate the anti–diabetic potential using binding energy and pharmacological interaction of glycyrrhizin using In-silico molecular interaction strategy against Pioglitazone, Roziglitazone and Miglitol. Study Design: In-silico molecular docking study and analysis...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/13855
Background: The skin, like all organs in the body is affected by several diseases in patients with HIV/AIDS. This is particularly so with viral skin disorders where impaired cellular immunity seems to be a common pathway of susceptibility. There are however few documented studies...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2015/15371
Aims: The study was designed to determine the frequency of HPV in school going children and also find out cytopathological changes in the oral mucosa resulting from HPV infection. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Samples of oral rinse were collect...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2015/14841
We evaluate the convolution sums using the theory of quasimodular forms and determine the number of representations of a positive integer n by some direct sum of the forms of discriminant -135 by modular forms. Moreover, we explain how to determine the number of representation...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/13973