Tapirira guianensis (Stick pigeon), a widely-used herbal medicine, has been reported to possess various biological activities. The aim of this study was the phytochemical analysis of the fractions of extracts of T. guianensis and the investigation of the action of these extracts...
We studied the ellipticity and the dependence on the phase lag (lead) (between the semi major and the semi minor axes of the field components) of the photoelectron angular distribution (PAD) in the non resonant three photon ionization of atomic hydrogen. The exact analytical expr...
Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is an autoimmune blistering disorder associated with a gluten-sensitive enteropathy (GSE), and is generally accepted as a cutaneous manifestation of celiac disease and is characterized by grouped excoriations; erythematous, urticarial plaques; and pa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2011/364
Background: The objective of this study was to reveal patterns in the treatment of urinary lithiasis in the Littoral Region, Cameroon, based on data on the use of plants, from traditional healers and patients under primary health care, and to demonstrate the efficiency of some of...
Aim: The haematinic activity and subchronic toxicity of Sphenocentrum jollyanum (Menispermaceae) seed oil was evaluated and compared with the control. Materials and Methods: In acute toxicity study the animals tolerated up to 16 g/kg body weight (bw) of the extract in 2 % Tween 8...
Rapid socio-economic changes in some developing countries like India, China, etc., are influencing dramatically the fuel consumption pattern world over. An increase of 880 TWh of electricity consumption in transport in 2030 compared with the Reference Scenario, of which 90% occur...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2011/206
The objective of this study was to estimate natural, fishing and total mortality, survival and exploitation rates of Clupeonella cultriventris in the southern Caspian Sea. Survival rate and natural mortality were calculated using catch curve and Pauly methods, respectively. Natur...
The objective of this study is host-parasite relationship among Loranthaceae flowering shrubs, Myrmecophytic fruit trees and ants. The study was conducted in 2009 in the garden plots and orchards of houses in the Logbessou district of Douala, Cameroon. We inventoried a total of 1...
The fore limb or pectoral limb of Pariah kite (Milvus migrans) was studied for gross morphometry. It was procured from Department of Wildlife Health and Management, Veterinary College, Jabalpur, (M.P.), India. The pectoral limb of Pariah kite was comprised of following bones; Hum...
Objectives: This investigation focuses on the excited state aquation reactions of a series of [Cr(N)xCly](3-y)+ [(N)x = (en)2, (pn)2, (tn)2, (dien), (trien) and (tetren)] complexes in binary solvent(methanol/water) media. The main objective of this paper is to study the quantum y...
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the treatment of HIV/AIDS with locally available medicinal plants and its opportunistic infections, mainly skin diseases, in the population of Mezam Division, North-West Cameroon. Methods: Information was gathered from 3 target gr...
This review aims to sensitize researchers, regulators and other stakeholders to the centrality of clinical research to drug development from herbs used in Traditional Medicine (TM). The review uncovered and dwelt on the fact that: while clinical trials of chemical medicines (phar...
Harmonic Analysis technique has been employed in predicting the hourly air temperature variations over Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria. The variations in hourly air temperatures over the two stations are periodic and thus have strong tendency of being repeated the next day, if all other...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2011/353
Preliminary studies of the estimates of the horizontal dilution potential of air pollutants over some cities in Nigeria have been carried out using wind impact area diagrams, obtained by using standard deviation to calculate angles of spread of the pollutants, whose concentration...