Some cyanobacteria have therapeutic properties related to anticancer, antioxidant and antibacterial activity. The aim of the present study was to determine the polyphenol content together with antioxidant and anticancer activity against Ehrlich Ehrlich Ascites Carcinoma cell line...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/34457
Aim: To determine radical scavenging capacity and efficacy of Myristica fragrans metabolites on fungi of food origin. Study of Design: Pretreatment and processing of Myristica fragrans, solvent extraction technique, phytochemical screening, radical scavenging activity, total phen...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/31962
Aim: This study evaluates the antioxidant and antibacterial activity of Acalypha wilkesiana and Terminalia catappa methanolic leaf extracts. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in the Biochemistry and Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Science Laboratory Te...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/32761
Parkia speciosa (P. speciosa) is traditionally consumed medicinal plant for liver disease, oedema, kidney inflammation, diabetes and as anthelmintic. Recently, there are many reports on antioxidant, antidiabetic, anti-hypertensive, antitumor, antiulcer and antimicrobial potential...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/30997
Aim: To investigate the antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of aqueous garlic (Allium sativum) extract against Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Methods: Determination of Proximate Composition, DPPH radical-scavenging activities, qualitative and quantitative...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/24095
Baphia nitida Lodd. (Family Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) is a tropical plant used in African folkloric medicine for the treatment of infections and inflammatory conditions. This study therefore seeks to investigate the biological activities including antimicrobial, antioxidant and...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/22459
India is known for its rich biodiversity and traditional healers have used flora to cure various human ailments. The same plants are still being used today for the benefit of mankind. Since the beginning of this century, there has been an increasing interest in the study of tradi...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/21571
A. K. M. Riasat-ul-Islam, Prawej Ansari, Awale Yusuf Mousa, S. M. Nazmul Haque, Nasrin Sultana, Md. Nasir Uddin & Mahmuda Sultana·Microbiology Research Journal International·2015
Scoparia dulcis belongs to the family Plantaginaceae. It is a flowering plant and locally common in the treatment of gastrointestinal upset and malaria. The aim of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial, antitumor and antioxidant activity of methanolic leaf extract of S....
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/19437
Aims: Astaxanthin, especially natural astaxanthin, is a powerful antioxidant, which is used as a nutraceutical and a common coloring agent in aquaculture. The present study was carried out to investigate the ability of astaxanthin production from the red yeast Rhodosporidium sp....
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/19368
Mangiferin is a 1,3,6,7-tetrahydroxyxanthone-C2-β-D-glucoside that has been reported to occur naturally in several genera. It exhibits a wide array of biological activities and also in several cases is responsible for the traditional use of its natural sources. It has been shown...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/12669
Aim: This study was designed to investigate the possible curative effect of Rhodotorula glutinis (R. glutinis) and its two mutants (Col-1R1 and Col-1R3) against hepatorenal toxicity induced by ochratoxin (OA) in rat. Methods: The strains of yeast Col- 1R1 and Col- 1R3 have been g...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/10805
Aim: The current research was designed to evaluate the biological and antioxidant activities of Chrysanthemum coronarium. Methodology: Two main experiments were designed to evaluate the biological activity of ethanolic extract Chrysanthemum coronarium first one concerned with hep...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/10112
Yaxuan Sun, Ting Liu, Xueling Dai, Zhaofen Jiang, Zhaolan Gao, Mei Zhang, Dong Wang & Qiusheng Zheng·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2014
Aims: The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential neuroprotective effects of Dracocephalum moldavica L. total flavonoids (DMTF) on cerebral oxidative stress and damage as well as apoptosis induced by transient cerebral ischemia in rats. Methodology: Wistar rats...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/8970
Spermatogenesis is an extremely active replicative process capable of generating approximately 1000 sperms a second with correspondingly high rates of mitochondrial oxygen consumption by the germinal epithelium. This process generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) through reactio...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/4453
The antioxidant effects of selected vegetables and spices were assessed in the lungs of albino rats exposed to industrial pollutants. Albino rats grouped into six containing 18 rats each were exposed to cement dust at 200 m from a cement plant in Nigeria. Group one was the contro...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5440