Aims: To purify and characterize a novel chito-specific lectin from Benincasa hispida fruit. Study Design: Protein purification and characterization using biochemical and biophysical techniques under various denaturing conditions. Place and Duration of Study: Biochemical Sciences...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/23270
Background: Oxidative stress is involved in the developing of several diseases including diabetes followed by the majority of severe acute illness and/or contra complications. Current studies indicated increasing plasma viscosity with progressing microangiopathy among diabetic ca...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/22998
The modulatory effect of different concentrations of ethanol extract of matured leaves of M. esculenta, Crantz at 200, 600, 1000 and 1400 µg/ml was investigated in vitro on mitochondrial membrane permeability transition pore in liver, kidney and heart of diabetic animals in the a...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/23378
Aims: This work aimed to investigate the effects of Bauhinia monandra ethanolic extract (E) on blood glucose levels (G), insulin and lipids of control (C) and prenatal malnourished (M) rats. Samples: Animals (from 90 days) were on standard or isocaloric high glucose diet (67%, w/...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/22434
The high cost of feed ingredients such as corn is one of the most important factors in livestock production. If agricultural by-products such as Vigna unguiculata husk could replace corn starch in animal feed, the cost of raising livestock would be cheaper. Some indices of carboh...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/23174
Introduction: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are economically burdening and are globally projected to increase deaths upto 75% by 2030. With the cause partly attributed to unhealthy diets, the major contributing factor is production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in bi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/22547
Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common solid malignancy worldwide and causes more than 600,000 deaths annually. Many risk factors predispose to HCC, these risk factors may present individually or collectively depending on the environmental situations....
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/22158
World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends the use of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) as drug of choice for the treatment of malaria in endemic regions of the world. This study was designed to evaluate the effects of therapeutic doses of ACTs: Artesunate (Artesunat...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/22846
Background: Retinopathy is a serious ocular complication of diabetes. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is massively unregulated in diabetic retinopathy. The objective of this study was to investigate the G + 405 C polymorphism in the 5′-untranslated region and the I/D po...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/22421
Introduction: A wide number of pesticides such as diazinon (DZN) have deteriorating effect on fauna and flora by inducing oxidative stress and cell damage. The aim of current study was to investigate the protective effect of D. glabrum against the subchronic effect of DZN on seru...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/21998