A laboratory experiment was undertaken to investigate the effects of storage temperature on storage life and quality of mangoes. The mango fruit cultivars Tommy Atkins, Haden, Kent and Keitt were used for the study in a completely randomized experimental design. The storage tempe...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/12174
The antifungal activities of cold and hot aqueous extract of C. odarata against four isolated fungi namely Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus glaucus, Aspergillus niger and Botryodiplodia theobromae causing post-harvest rot disease of yam tubers were investigated. All the concentrat...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2015/12139
Low available phosphorus (P) is one of the major hindrances to crop production in acid soils of western Kenya. Although considerable work has been done to establish P levels in the region, there is paucity of information on which to base fertilizer recommendations due to potentia...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13037
Indonesia possesses a rich biodiversity with abundant natural resources such as tropical rain and peat swamp forests, oil and gas deposits, and fertile soils just to name a few. The state policies on natural resource management were decentralized and the power and local autonomy...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/11848
Aim: To report a case of tuberculosis (TB) associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) presenting as rapid progressive bilateral severe granulomatous sclerouveitis. Presentation of Case: A 26-year-old Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) -infected male who was on...
Aim: Sequel to the report that Ficus sur ethanol leaves extract (FELE) has anti-diarrheal property and has been used in some parts of Nigeria for the treatment of the disease, this work examined the effect of Ficus sur ethanol leaves extract (FELE) on gastrointestinal motility....
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/11919
Lipase Production by Fungal Isolates Grown in Palm Oil Mill Effluent Aims: The present work is aimed at determining the optimum conditions of pH, temperature and nitrogen concentration for lipase production by Candida rugosa and Geotrichum candidum in POME. Methodology: Five mil...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/12854
Aims: The objective of the present research was to simultaneously determine the eight constituents in Portulaca oleracea L. from different locations by a sensitive and specific high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method, including caffeic acid (CA), p-coumaric acid (p-...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/13253
Shahinaz Mahajna, Mohammad Azab, Hilal Zaid, Basheer Abo Farich, Feras Al Battah, Shiri Mashner & Bashar Saad·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2014
Aim: Based on knowledge from traditional Greco-Arab herbal medicine, this in vitro study aims to evaluate the cytotoxicity and the anti-inflammatory mechanism of Peganum harmala (P. harmala) seeds by measuring the expression and release of both anti-inflammatory (IL-10) and pro-i...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/13267
Aims: The clinical effects of a Triticum vulgare-containing mouth gel on oral mucositis were evaluated. Presentation of Cases: Five children suffering from oral mucositis due to chemo/radiotherapy were treated with a Triticum vulgare-containing mouth gel, spreaded three times in...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/11798
Aim: A new reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) method for the quantitative determination of Esomeprazole and Naproxen in human plasma was developed and validated as per US-FDA guidelines. Methodology: The drug was spiked in the plasma and extracted with...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/10918
Aims: To identify stress and post traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in HIV patients on Antiretroviral therapy (ART) and further assess the possible relationship between stress, PTSS, immune function and ART medication adherence. Methods: After obtaining written informed consent, 1...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2014/13278
This paper introduces a new probability distribution referred to as a transformed triangular distribution (TTD) by using the average of the extreme values (minimum and maximum) of the triangular distribution. The TTD is being approximated by the continuous uniform distribution. T...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/12299
The development of any conjugate gradient method could be viewed from the perspective of approximating an objective function by a functional noting that the properties of the functional can be used to characterize the method. Using the functional , the new conjugate gradient meth...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2014/13361
In the paper [1], Pusz and Woronowicz first gave the geometric mean of two positive definite matrices. This mean has similar properties to those of the geometric mean of two positive numbers. In [2], Ando, Li and Mathias listed ten properties that a geometric mean of m positive d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2015/13026