Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the protective effect of curcumin against aflatoxinB1 (AFB1) induced hepatotoxicity. Materials and Methods: Twenty-eight healthy adult male Wistar rats were divided into four groups. Rats of the first group received basal...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/12963
Partial-purification and Characterization of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitory Proteins from the Leaves and Seeds of Moringa oleifera Aim: To partially-purify, characterize and investigate the inhibition pattern of proteins from the leaves and seeds of Moringa oleifera. Me...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/12065
Radioiodination and Biological Evaluation of Epinephrine as a Possible Adrenergic Receptors Imaging Agent An adopted method for the preparation of high radiochemical purity [125I] iodoepinephrine was developed in order to characterize the binding properties of adrenergic receptor...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/10616
Aims: The objective of the present study was to evaluate the anti-obesity effects of unripe Rubus coreanus Miquel (uRC) in 3T3-L1 adipocytes and body weight, epididymal fat and perirenal fat weight, and lipid profiles in diet-induced obese (DIO) C57BL/6 mice. Methodology: The lip...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/12680
Aims: The presented research paper is aimed to prevalence of apoptosis for the first time by using in silico molecular docking and simulation using caspase-3 zymogen and zinc-coordinated compounds. Antioxidant activities of the coordinated complexes were compared to the positive...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/12979
Aims: This study was carried out to assess the antimicrobial effect of the volatile oil of Thaumatococcus danielli (Benn.) Benth. leaves against selected enteric pathogens and its possible inhibition against a partially purified and characterized extracellular protease of Shigell...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/8986
Adama Sow, Marcelin Zounongo Zabré, Mohamed Moctar Mouliom Mouiche, Justin Kouamo, Miguiri Kalandi, Aïssatou Bathily, Germain Jérôme Sawadogo & Georges Anicet Ouédraogo·International Journal of Biochemistry Research & Review·2014
Aims: This study aimed at establishing standard values of some biochemical parameters in Burkinabese small ruminants’ breeds and their changes due to the infection of trypanosomes. This work helps determine the prevalence of trypanosomosis in small ruminants in the study area. Ma...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2014/9962
Viruses are well known for their ability to hijack and manipulate the host cellular machinery to ensure immune evasion, viral survival and pathogenesis. Most animal viruses exhibit exclusive tropism and thus, infect only specific target cells. However, reports on the existence of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2014/9370
This study was aimed at evaluating the antimicrobial effect of tannin isolated from the leaf of Annona senegalensis on Shigella dysenteriae, Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhi. The study was carried out in the laboratory of Biochemistry department, Modibbo Adama University of...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2014/11882
As a part of our program to discover novel analoges of (1H-pyrrolo [2,3-b] pyridine) 7-azaindole having useful biological activities, a variety of 7-azaindole analogs 1-9 with variable substituents on phenyl ring of phenacyl moiety were synthesized and evaluated for their AChE, B...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2014/9721