Phytochemical and Antioxidant Effect of Spathodea campanulata leaf Extracts Aim: Spathodea campanulata is a medicinal plant useful in traditional medicine for the treatment and prevention of some diseases of bacterial and non microbial origins. As a result of this, it becomes ver...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/16371
Aim: Carbendazim is a broad spectrum benzimidazole and metabolite of benomyl used to control farm pests. Unregulated use of pesticides inadvertently affects the ecosystem and loss of biodiversity with precipitous decline of some wildlife species. We investigated the toxicity of c...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/16715
Aim: This study was carried out to determine the phytochemical and antioxidant properties of extracts of Anthocleista nobilis. Methodology: Acetone and methanol stem bark extracts of A. nobilis were investigated for their free radical scavenging activity in the presence of 1,1-di...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/16107
Aims: To determine the effectiveness of a community-based fruit and vegetable education program and provision of fruits and vegetables on consumption of fruits, vegetables, antioxidants, and changes in biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress among overweight and obese adu...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/15994
Aims: To evaluate the antioxidant, antibacterial and tyrosinase inhibiting activities of the methanolic extracts of the leaf and fruit pericarp from Myristica fragrans. Study Design: In vitro assays. Place and Duration of Study: School of Biosciences, Taylor’s University (Jan – D...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/17296
Aim: To study antiradical and the reducing power activities in the leaves and stems methanol extracts of Lumnitzera racemosa mangrove species. Design: Soxhlet extraction of leaves and stems using methanol for in vitro antioxidant assay. Place and Duration of Study: Department of...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/16226
The potential health benefits of green tea sand herbal teas have led to an increased demand of specialty tea products in the food market. Aims: To determine the proximate composition, phytochemical compositions and hypoglycemic potentials of the methanol and hot water extracts of...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/17115
Aims: In this work the 95% ethanol extract of the Nigerian Piliostigma thonningii known traditionally to possess a number of medicinal properties was screened for antimicrobial and antioxidant potentials as well as identified its chemical constituents. It was to confirm its tradi...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/15485
Aim: To investigate the effect of Calpurnia aurea seeds extract on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), first phase regimens (Lamivudine + Efavirenz + Zidovudine) induced heamtotoxicity in rats. Study Design: Thirty adult healthy male albino wistar rats of weighing about...
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Research Article10.9734/IBRR/2015/15888
Hemayet Hossain, Proity Nayeeb Akbar, Shaikh Emdadur Rahman, Sabina Yeasmin, Tanzir Ahmed Khan, Md. Mahfuzur Rahman & Ismet Ara Jahan·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2015
The aim of this research was to investigate the antioxidant activity and HPLC fingerprinting profiles of the ethanolic leaf extract of Hibiscus tiliaceus growing in Bangladesh. Catechin, rutin hydrate, ellagic acid and quercetin contents were quantified in the sample by HPLC-DAD...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/14720
An overwhelming body of research has now firmly established that the dietary intake of berry fruits has a positive and profound impact on human health, performance, and disease. Evidence suggests that edible small and soft-fleshed berry fruits may have beneficial effects against...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/15289
Aims: This study aimed to determine the role of L-arginine on eNOS expression and its role on the level of some antioxidants as reduced glutathione and catalase in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Study Design: Ninety adult male albino rats were divided into three (3) groups of thi...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2015/13997
Aims: To determine the in vitro anti-elastase, anti-collagenase and antioxidant properties of two Asian herbs: Pueraria candollei Graham ex Benth. var. mirifica and Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt that were selected for their anti-aging properties according to their ethnobotanical an...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/14129
Much attention has been drawn to the toxic effect of bromate on the organs like liver, spleen etc. However, it is not clear whether or not the toxicity of bromate is related to other vital organs like the kidney. Hence, the present work is geared towards not only unraveling the t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/10008
Some Biochemical Effects of Methanolic Extract of Afzelia africana Seed in Rats Following Single or Repeated Carbon Tetrachloride Intoxication Aim: To establish the in vivo effects of the methanolic extract of Afzelia africana seed on CCl4- induced organ damage on some biochemica...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/13785