Aims: This study explores the total quantity of sulfur secondary metabolites in the plant organs of garlic and ramsons, the content of total phenol and their correlation to the antioxidant capacity (AOC). There are different reports about correlation of secondary sulfur compounds...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/13977
Aims: Screening total alkaloidal extract from Alstonia boonei root bark for antimicrobial and wound healing activity. Methodology: The anti-microbial screening was performed using the agar well diffusion method and the excision wound model was employed for the wound healing exper...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/13952
Background: Silver nanoparticles (SNPs) rapid involvement in industry and nanomedicine increased human exposure to variable forms of these particles, with possible potential risk on human health. Aims: The aim of this study is to investigate the biochemical changes induced by var...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/14666
Aims: Metformin Hydrochloride, a biguanide, is an orally active antihyperglycemic agent, used in the treatment of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). It has relatively short plasma half life, low absolute bioavailability. Extended release formulation of Metformin Hyd...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/14013
Objective: To investigate the anti-diarrhoea property of aqueous leaves extract of Psidium guajava (red apple guava leaves) in castor oil-induced diarrhoea in rats. Methods: Five groups of five rats each orally received the following treatment; groups II, III & IV received 10...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/13297
Biomedical investigations still rely on the use of laboratory animals, mice and rats are the most commonly used on experimentations. Past experimentations with these animals showed that they could be affected by environmental conditions and infections, causing interferences on re...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/14294
Aim: The application of factorial experimental design to evaluate the effect of particle size, capsule surface coating and binder concentration on the in vitro controlled release profile of metronidazole from encapsulated granules. Methodology: Metronidazole granules were prepare...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/7076
Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the antidiabetic potential of Pergularia daemiamethanolic extract (PD) on alloxan-induced diabetic mice. Methods: Diabetes was induced using alloxan (150mg/kg). Different doses of the methanolic extract of P. daemia were...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/13101
This paper presents a simple way of computing Adomian polynomials by applying the decomposition of positive integers as a subscript of the variable ‘u’ for nonlinear terms much similarly motivated by Abbaoui et al. through the use of MATLAB software. The proposed MATLAB program e...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/14067
In this paper, the bi-level large scale quadratic programming problem with stochastic parameters in the constraints (SBLLSQPP) is solved. Randomness is assumed only on the right-hand side of the constraints and the random variables are assumed to be normally distributed. The main...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/14371
This work looked into the finite element analysis of Bamboo frame bicycle using commonly used Computer Aided Design softwares. A solid model of the frame was created and a finite element analysis (FEA) was conducted using the ASTM standard as a guide, with appropriate mechanical...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/13451
The exp(−Φ(ξ)) -expansion method is an efficient method for obtaining exact traveling wave solutions of nonlinear evolution equations. In this paper, the exp(−Φ(ξ)) -expansion method is applied to construct exact traveling wave solutions of the simplified MCH equation. The travel...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/10800
Achintya N. Dey, Anna Grigoryan, Soyoun Park, Stephen R. Benoit, Deborah Gould & Umed A. Ajani·Advances in Research·2014
Background: Recent national surveys indicate that 5% of ambulatory care visits involved patients with mental disorder diagnosis. Objective: The objective of this study is to demonstrate the use of automated surveillance data for describing the burden of co-morbidity among patient...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/13710
This work aimed at evaluation of the qualities of water sources in Abakaliki for domestic uses. The water sources used were rain water, borehole water, Ebonyi River and bottled water. The water samples from these sources were taken to laboratory for analysis of SO42-, Cl-, NO3-,...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/12960
Sharifah Norkhadijah S. Ismail, Muhammad S. Othman, Dora E. Jamaluddin, Sarva M. Praveena, Ho Y. Bin, Emilia Z. Abidin, Aini Syuhaida A. Wahab & A. Haryati·Advances in Research·2014
Aims: To determine the respiratory inflammation among children living near to non-sanitary municipal solid waste landfill area and the concentration of Interleukin-6 cytokine. Study Design: A cross-sectional comparative study design. Place and Duration of Study: Sample: Pajam, Ne...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/14478