Backed by kinetic schemes, attempts have been made to derive equations for the calculation of all zero-order first-order rate constants (ZOFORC) for the activation of the enzyme-substrate (ES) complex and its deactivation. The values of ZOFORC, including the kind for the dissocia...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2023/v15i1327
Aim: Whip smut of sugarcane is the most serious and widely spread disease of sugarcane and causes a significant reduction in cane quantity and quality. This work aimed to assess the macroscopic and microscopic characteristics and the variability between isolates of Sporisorium sc...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2023/v15i1326
Aim: The study is designed to assess the perception and attitude towards the involvement of males in family planning practices in Nigeria. Methodology: This study design was a descriptive cross-sectional design, whose population were males (15-55 years), and selected via the conv...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2023/v15i1325
Purpose: Earlier on, it was reported that altered hepato-renal parameters and depletions of some nutrients co-existed at third trimester among the study participants. Yet the role low levels of nutrients played in altered hepato-renal axis (i.e. a possible association between the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2023/v15i1324
The genus Acacia is important economically to local communities in sub-Saharan Africa for its medicinal and beverage usage. The bark extract is used for making a coffee-like concoction, which is named by locals as ‘Wild coffee’ due to its brown color. The objective of this study...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2023/v15i1323
Background: Wetlands serve as breeding grounds for mosquitoes, the vector of malaria Plasmodium. Effective detection of Plasmodium infection requires a very sensitive method. Aim: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of malaria parasi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2023/v14i4322
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is an intricate and inadequately treatable metabolic disorder that requires modified treatment by identifying genetic variants as potential drug targets. In this study, we performed the system-level genetic analysis of the T2DM-related cDNA dataset...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2023/v14i4321
Diabetes is a serious, long-term condition with a major impact on the lives and wellbeing of individuals, families, and societies worldwide. This study aimed to investigate the impact of oxidative stress on individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and hypertension who wer...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2023/v14i4320
Renewable energy-related biotechnologies such as biofuels produced from low-cost residual sources that represent clean technologies have become a partial solution to environmental problems. We sought to optimize the cultivation parameters of the fungus Fusarium sp. EA1.3.1 and bi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2023/v14i4319
Aims: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the distribution, prevalence and determinants of obesity, overweight and abdominal obesity in Bayelsa State, Nigeria as well as associated IL-2 gene expression. Study Design: A community based cross sectional study design was emp...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2023/v14i4318
Background: The biomolecular technique namely Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) is very important in confirmation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) but in progressive infection and predication of the illness severity is not used. Objective: Therefore, the study ai...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2023/v14i3317
Aims: Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive multisystem disease caused by a mutation of the CFTR gene. To date, more than 1900 mutations of this gene are known. Studies have shown that the most common mutation is delF508. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the prevalence of individua...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2023/v14i3315
There is scanty information on tamarind’s genetic diversity in Easter Kenya. The objective of this study was to determine the genetic diversity of 64 tamarind accessions from Eastern Kenya using 12 Inter Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) markers. DNA was extracted from the young apic...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2023/v14i3316
Background: Serum creatinine is the most requested parameter in current practice in the context of functional exploration of the kidney. Its contribution to medical care is particularly decisive for kidney transplant patients. The aim of the study is to compare the colorimetric a...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2023/v14i3314
Souleymane Thiam, M. Toure, A. Samba, A. A. Ardja, A. Ndiaye, N. Coly, I. Y. Soumah, F. Diedhiou, H. H. H. Agossou, A. R. Tounkara, F. K. S. T. Dia, R. Ba, I. Faye, M. M. Gueye, N. N. Diouf, F. Cisse, A. Diatta & F. Diallo·Asian Journal of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology·2023
Oxidative stress appears very early in the history of type 2 diabetes complications. It is associated to glucose oxidation but also to lipid peroxidation. This stress can be accentuated by a decrease in the antioxidant capacities in diabetics, especially if there are other comorb...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2023/v14i3313