Aims: To establish a cell suspension culture of Jatropha curcas, family Euphorbiaceae for the biotransformation of the diterpenoid anti-cancer compound paclitaxel. Study Design: The development and maintenance of callus lines from the leaves and petioles of J. curcas and the stud...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2013/2881
Three simple, sensitive and reproducible spectrometric methods for the selective determination of nalbuphine–HCl in presence of its oxidative degradate were investigated. The first method depended on the quantitative densitometric evaluation of thin layer chromatograms of the dru...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2013/2443
Ocimum sanctum Linn. (Tulsi), a sacred and traditional medicinal plant of India which belongs to the family Lamiaceae possesses innumerable health benefits and therefore regarded as the “Elixir of Life”. The entire plant body including its leaves, stem, root, inflorescence and se...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2013/2433
Cherenkov radiation is an electromagnetic Radiation that occurs in different medium depending on the physical properties of the medium”. The sufficient scientific condition for the phenomenon to be occurred is that the velocity of charged particles moving with should be greater t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/2826
Biostratigraphic work using palynology was undertaken in order to re-assess the lithofacies, chronostratigraphy and paleoenvironment of deposition of sediments in Murshe-1 well, Bornu Basin, northeastern Nigeria. Two hundred and ninety ditch cutting samples obtained from the expl...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/2665
A density functional theory (DFT) calculations were carried out to investigate the relative energies, equilibrium constants and dipole moments of 2-thiouracil in the gas phase and in solutions with different polarities. Solvent effects were examined by means of the self-consisten...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2013/2905
Aim: Objective of this study was to examine farnesol sensitivity of yeast to hyphae dimorphism in clinical isolates of Candida albicans. Study Design: Variations in virulence attributes contribute to variations in pathogenicity of C. albicans. Ability to switch from yeast to hyph...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2939
Aims: In hospitals, surfaces are often colonized by potentially pathogenic micro organisms which can remain alive for long periods of time, thus playing a major role in hospital-acquired infections. One way to overcome this drawback could be to use disinfectants with long-term ac...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2761
Aims: Topical drug delivery of fluconazole, an antifungal drug, in gel form was formulated to avoid the side effect of the oral route. Study Design: In this study I prepare different formulation from different polymers and select the best formulation to undergo further antifungal...
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Research Article10.9734/BJPR/2013/2775
Recent investigations have highlighted various mechanisms of interaction between the Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) parasite and the host, which are important for the understanding of the well-known protective effect by haemoglobinopathies like Sickle Cell Trait and α-Thal...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2427
Aims: To evaluate the symptomatic efficacy and safety of Lafaxid™ (lafutidine 10 mg) in Indian patients with Acid Peptic disorder (APD). Study Design: An observational, prospective, uncontrolled, open-label multi-centric study. Place and Duration of Study: Patients were recruited...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2328
The prefrontal lobe, which is more evolved in humans compared to other mammals, has extensive connections with many other areas of the brain including the thalamus, hypothalamus, hippocampus, and amygdala. The prefrontal lobe functions include ambition, cognition, emotions, infor...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2410
Aims: To present the case of a patient with early-onset demyelinating neuropathy due to a MPZ-mutation, associated with deafness and inclusion-body-myopathy. Methods: Nerve conduction studies, electromyography, muscle biopsy, genetic testing. Results and Discussion: In a 46yo mal...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/2944
We selected the medicine research papers in English language published from the year 2005 to the date to determine the clinical significance of Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) and to review the literature available on this condition. TA is a world-wide, chronic inflammatory disease of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/3150
Argyris Tzouvelekis, Panagiotis Skendros, Panagiotis Prassopoulos, Ioannis Mitroulis, Eirini Apostolidou, Adina Thomaidi, Konstantinos Ritis, Demosthenes Bouros & Anastasia Oikonomou·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2013
Aims: Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by vascular thrombosis. Pulmonary changes regarding interstitium and airways have not been described in APS. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of nonthrombotic pulmonary CT manifestations...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/3007