Abu Mohammed Taufiqual Islam, Md. Ashraf Uddin Chowdhury, Muhammad Erfan Uddin, Md. Mominur Rahman, Md. Razibul Habib, Md. Golam Mezbah Uddin & M. Atiar Rahman·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2013
Aims: This research investigated the Protective effect of methanolic extract of Hylocereus Polyrhizus fruits on carbon tetra chloride-induced hepatotoxicity in Swiss-albino rat. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pharmacy, IIUC, Chittagong, Bangladesh and Functional Food...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/5090
Aim: To evaluate the long term (24 weeks) anti-diabetic, anti-hyperlipidaemic and anti-atherogenic effects of aqueous leaf extract of Carica papaya in streptozotocin (STZ) diabetic rats. Study Design: The effect of daily oral administration of C. papaya aqueous leaf extract in st...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/4097
Aims: To determine the antioxidant, antiglycation and antibacterial activity of two selected plants found wild in Pakistan (Ziziphus oxyphylla and Cedrela serrata). Study Design: In vitro assessment of antioxidant assays, phenolic and flavonoid content, protein-glycation inhibiti...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/4890
Olubobokun Titilope Helen, Aluko Esther Olusola, Iyare Eghosa E., Anyaehie Ugochukwu Bond & Atang Dara Ezekiel·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2013
Aim: Obesity is a global epidemic and increased awareness of the association between chronic disease and excess body weight has motivated consumers to seek weight loss and management aids that are safe and effective. Ipomoea batatas L. (Sweet potato) is among the most nutritious...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/4673
Aims: To investigate the degradation of 4-chlorophenol by a moderately halophilic bacterial consortium and to study the effect of nitrogen sources on the degradation of 4- chlorophenol. Study Design: 4-chlorophenol degradation by moderate halophiles. Place and Duration of Study:...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/3171
Nevine Fam, Doaa Gamal, Manal El Said, Inas El Defrawy, Ehab El Dadei, Soheir El Attar, Ashraf Sorur, Salwa Ahmed & John Klena·Microbiology Research Journal International·2013
Aims: To determine the prevalence of acquired pAmpCs in clinically important and relevant enterobacterial species and to characterize the molecular types of pAmpC present in our geographic area. Methodology: Sixty Enterobacterial clinical isolates resistant to third generation ce...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/4653
The study investigated the impact of sawmill activities in the accumulation of heavy metals in soil around some selected sawmill industries in Ekiti State. Soil samples were collected at 5cm and 20cm depth; at interval of 10m, 20m, 30m, and 40m away from the site. The results obt...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2013/4024
M. A. Rakib, M. E. Huda, S. M. Hossain, K. Naher, Rahat Khan, M. S. Sultana, M. S. Akter, Mohammad A. H. Bhuiyan & Masum A Patwary·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2013
Nuclear reactor based Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) method was applied for the determination of arsenic content in human scalp hair, nail and water samples at the south western part of Bangladesh. Average Arsenic (As) content in male and female hair samples were 0.93 μg/g and...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2013/3091
Carbon monoxide measurement was carried out in some selected area in Lagos State using carbon monoxide detector (Model DSM 8922). Some of the results are shown in Table 1. CO emission with minimum value of 45 ppm to a maximum value of 835 ppm. The values vary from time to time an...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2013/3223
Aims: In the present work we explore magnetic properties especially spin glass, antiferromagnetic and paramagnetic states of diluted magnetic semiconductors (A1-xMnxA' (A = Zn, Cd and A' = S, Te, Se)). Place: Department of physics, College of natural sciences, Addis Ababa Univers...
The paper presents a framework for the construction of an elementary proof of the infinitude of twin primes. It starts from the fact that all positive integers can be divided into numbers that can lead directly to a pair of twin primes (called twin ranks) and numbers (called non-...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2013/4358
In this paper, the hydromagnetic stability of homogeneous shear flows in sea straits type region of arbitrary cross section has been discussed. A weak magnetic field is applied parallel to the flow of incompressible fluid. Different bounds of unstable modes have been obtained.
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2013/4592
Multi-hop WiMAX networks has the potential of easily providing high-speed wireless broadband access to areas with little or no existing wired infrastructure. IEEE 802.16 incorporates the quality of service (QoS) mechanisms at the Media Access Control (MAC) level, but it doesn’t d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2013/4729
The aim of the special issue “Interactions of Forests, Climate, Water Resources, and Humans in a Changing Environment” is to present case studies on the influences of natural and human disturbances on forest water resources under a changing climate. Studies in this collection of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2013/6212
It has been observed, in many Mediterranean countries, that human activities-engineering works, such as large dams and reservoirs construction (hydroelectric power dams, irrigation dams and water supply dams), artificial river diversion projects, channelization, etc., may serious...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2013/1954