Aims: The purpose of this study was to measure antioxidant enzyme (polyphenol oxidase, peroxidase, catalase and superoxide dismutase) activities of crude extract of Rumex obtusifolius L. in order to gain insight about this plant’s antioxidant potential. Study Design: The study wa...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/29809
Aims: The present study was performed to evaluate the effect of recurrent insulin induced hypoglycemia (RIIH) on renal prostaglandin I2 (PGI2) and thromboxane A2 (TXA2) production during hypoglycemia-induced hypertension. Study Design: In the current study, renal microdialysis wa...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/29661
Mainasara Abdullah Sulaiman, Dahiru Shafi’u Gumel, Umar Zayyanu Usman, Anaja Peter Ocheni, Yakubu Abdulmumini, Rosemary Nwaelugo Adanze & Yeldu Mohammed Haruna·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2016
Leptin is a peptide hormone produced mainly by white adipose cells. It helps to regulate appetite, fat stores and predispose individual to type 2 diabetes mellitus and its complications. We aim to establish the variations in serum levels of Leptin in subject with type 2 diabetic...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/29570
Mahan Makado Romuald, Konan N’Guessan Ysidor, Sidibe Daouda, Coulibaly Adama & Biego Godi Henri Marius·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2016
This study aimed to evaluate mineral composition in the flour processed from new shoot tubers of Palmyra (B. aethiopum), and the powders of Moringa (M. oleifera) leaflets and Cowpea (V. unguiculata) beans for improving their valorization. Palmyra tubers and Cowpea beans were boug...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/28729
A cross – sectional study was conducted to investigate the relationship between ABO blood groups and malaria parasitaemia in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Thick and thin films made from venous blood samples collected from 1000 consenting outpatient study subjects, were st...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/29928
Nutrient enrichment of aquatic ecosystem can lead to increase in algae and aquatic plants and the loss of component species and ecosystem function. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of temperature and pH to nutrient uptake from nutrient media by immobilize...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/29116
This study was carried out in the dry season between the months of November 2013 and February 2014. The goal was to contribute to the conservation of mammals through the establishment of base line information on mammal population in Mbi Crater Game Reserve (MCGR). The recce- tran...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/28427
Data on the contributions of indigenous knowledge of gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli), chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti) and buffalo (Syncerus caffer) to conservation, in the Black Bush Area of Waindow (BBAW): Menchum south, North West Region of Cameroon, was collected from Au...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/28428
The Olero creek Zooplankton was sampled in wet season from 13 stations across a conductivity range of 150 µmhos to 8000 µmhos. The abundance of Copepods, some Cladocerans (Daphnia sp. and Ceriodaphna sp.) and Rotatoria did not vary together with conductivity in a correlation anal...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/28945
It is evident that high heavy metal concentrations in sediments are eventually magnified along the aquatic lives like fish hence affecting human health. The present study therefore sought to determine the concentration of some heavy metals in sediments and liver of Wild African C...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/28471
The textile industries wastewater is one of the most serious sources of environmental pollution due to presence of the textile dyes. In the present study, five bacteria and three fungi were isolated on Mineral Salt Medium (MSM) supplemented with 200 mg/l of Direct Blue 71 azo dye...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/28843
Studies related to the impact of the climate changes in plants have increased in recent decades, especially those related to carbon flux in different ecosystems. Brazilian savanna (Cerrado) is the second largest biome in the country, and supports different types of vegetation suc...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/28083
The reproductive biology of the common Coots (Fulica atra). Variation in dimension of nests (external diameter, internal diameter and height), water depth and vegetation height on nest size, clutch sizes, egg sizes and hatching success were investigated. The study was carried in...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/27217
Aim: The research was carried out to determine the role of renal function in susceptibility to anemia in rats infected with Trypanosoma congolense. Study Design: The study utilized a total of twenty-four (24) male albino rats, divided into two groups of eight (8) albino rats as c...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/23866
The present study was carried out to investigate histological changes in cuticle structure of the red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii and number of layers of carapace cuticle during different molting stages. The crayfish samples were collected alive from the River Nile tribut...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/28564