Newborn screening is a crucial public health program aimed at early detection of genetic, metabolic and endocrine disorders in infants, enabling prompt intervention to prevent long-term complications and improve outcomes. This study focuses on the importance of screening for cond...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2025/v17i3448
Aim: The present study assesses the levels of some heavy metals in artisans in Rivers State, Nigeria Study Design: This is a Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Automobile workshops, welding workshops, and painting workshops, located in Mile 3 mechanic garage, Ele...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2025/v17i3449
Background: Medicines made from Baccaurea motleyana are used to treat a wide range of illnesses. The current study targeted to investigate the methanolic extract of Baccaurea motleyana leaf's antidiabetic qualities. Results: The leaf extract of Baccaurea motleyana at a concentrat...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2025/v17i3447
This study aimed to develop and assess the effects of sprouted soybean/millet-based complementary food on gut health markers in rats. Four diets were formulated: sprouted millet (CFB), sprouted soybean (CFC), sprouted soybean/millet (CFD), and grasshopper-enriched sprouted soybea...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2025/v17i3446
Doxorubicin (DOX) can cause disruption in the lipid profile due to free radical process. The health benefits of avocado seeds stem from essential nutrients and phytochemicals. This study aimed to assess the effects of Persea americana seed extract on lipid profile, atherogenic an...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2025/v17i3445
Husham M Taha Aloob, Amal Alfatih Babeker Alhag, Abdelhakam H Ali, Samia S Mohamed Ismail, Amira H Arman, Ahmed AbdElhadi Abdlhamed Ibrahem, Wahaj.M.M & Waleed Abdelateif Hussein·Asian Journal of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology·2025
Background: Increasing reports on NDM-1 producing E. coli constitute a serious threat to global health since it is found to be highly resistant to most of the currently available antibiotics, including carbapenems family like Meropenem and Imipenem. Objective: This study aim to d...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2025/v17i3444
Sickle cell disease, which results from a single nucleotide substitution in the beta-globin gene (HBB) is recognized as a significant global health concern. Approximately 7.74 million people worldwide were living with sickle cell disease in 2021. Sub-Saharan Africa carries the hi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2025/v17i2443
Proximate composition and energy value, macro-mineral concentration, percentage daily value (%DV), nutrient rich index (NRI) and the effect of ethanol and aqueous extracts of Plukenetia conophora leaves on the body weight and blood glucose concentration of diabetic rats were dete...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2025/v17i2442
The Backyard poultry farming is an age-old practice in India and plays an important role to reduce poverty among the most under-privileged sections of the Jammu & Kashmir, particularly in far flung areas of rural J&K, India. There is not any specific arrangement required...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2025/v17i2441
Background: This study explored the effects of Vitamin A supplementation on glucose tolerance among female undergraduate students at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, adopting a comprehensive metabolic approach. Recent evidence has established that retinoid signaling pathways inte...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2025/v17i2439
Telfairia occidentalis Hook (Cucurbitaceae) is used in Ibibio ethnomedicine for the treatment of diverse diseases such as malaria, diabetes and gastrointestinal disorders. Evaluation of subacute administration of ethanol stem extract of Telfaira occidentalis for effect on hemato...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2025/v17i2440
The present study investigates the morphological, molecular, osteological, and evolutionary aspects of freshwater Bagrid catfish in the Western Ghats of India, focusing on the Cauvery River basin. Samples from three genera of the Bagridae family, namely Hemibagrus, Sperata, and M...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2025/v17i2438
There appeared not to have been a way of linking pre-zero-order kinetics to zero-order kinetics so as to garner key kinetic parameters at very high industrial concentrations of the substrate. The objectives were the derivation of equations that can be explored in relating pre-zer...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2025/v17i1437
Telfairia occidentalis Hook (Cucurbitaceae family) is a pumpkin widely used for dietary purposes and in traditional healthcare by Ibibios of Nigeria, as remedy for various diseases such as malaria, diabetes, pains among others. Telfairia occidentalis stem extract and fractions...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2025/v17i1436
In recent years, herbal plants have been widely used in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Centella asiatica (l.) urb is a significant medicinal plant renowned for its diverse ethnomedicinal applications. The present study evaluated biological activities for neuroprotec...
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