Properties of Amyloglucosidase in the Digestive Tract of Periplaneta americana L. (Blattodea: Blattidae) Aim: Partial purification and characterization of amyloglucosidase from an insect were carried out to determine the physicochemical properties of the enzyme. Study Design: It...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/13499
Aims: The present study was undertaken to find the levels of aspartate transaminases (AST), creatine kinase (CK-MB) and arginase in serum sample of patients under study and check effectiveness of arginase as a marker in acute coronary syndrome (ACS), and to find the correlation b...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/11870
Tissue Standards Using Stain Free Gels as a Superior Approach for Aging Research A good loading control is critical for accurate comparison of tissue protein levels in aged and young tissue. After reviewing the literature we discovered that the housekeeping proteins commonly used...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/8940
The new acyclic Schiff base [L] ligand: 3,3'-(1E,1'E)-1,1'-(2,2'-azanediylbis (ethane-2,1-diyl)bis(azan-1-yl-1-ylidene))bis(ethan-1-yl-1-ylidene) bis(4-hydroxy-6-methyl-2H-pyran-2-one) derived from condensation of one mole diethylene diamine triamine (dien) with two moles of dehy...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/7866
Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of chronic exposure to petroleum hydrocarbon pollution (PHC) on some biochemical parameters of the fruit juice of Citrus sinensis. Place and Duration of study: This study was carried out at Ebocha-Egbema and Uvuru Mbaise in...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/11260
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