In the present work, we report a simple synthetic strategy for fabricating ZnCuInS/ZnS–TPPS4 conjugates and study its cytotoxicity as a promising material for imaging and phototherapy applications. The quaternary QDs were synthesized using eco-friendly materials such as glutathio...
Aims: The current study aimed to explore in vitro antioxidant capacity and in vivo antidiabetic property of Citrus maxima leaf. Methods: Citrus maxima leaf extracts were prepared using methanol (MECML) and ethanol (EECML) in this study. Antioxidant capacity of both extracts was e...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2021/v20i230270
Aim: The traditional medicinal plant Bergenia ciliata was used to evaluate its antiplasmodial activity against Plasmodium falciparum in vitro and preventive and curative activity against Plasmodium berghei in vivo. The safety of the ethanolic leaf extract of Bergenia ciliata (ELE...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/29262
Aims: The mortality, morbidity and health cost have been increased due to multiple antimicrobial drug resistance in pathogens across the world. So it is important to discover new active compounds. This study was designed to screen the Chenab river actinomycetes for antimicrobial...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/28805
This study was carried out as a preliminary investigation into selected medicinal plants of Nigeria with the aim of discovering and developing a drug with anti-measles virus activity as an alternative measure in disease control. Ten parts of seven plants (Diospyros barteri leaf, ...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/16220
Recent studies have shown that wild birds may act as potential barometers of environmental pollution. We studied the effects of two environmental toxicants, cadmium (Cd) and paraquat (PQ), on the skin fibroblasts of three wild birds including, green-winged teal (Anas carolinensis...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/8478
Aims: The remarkable non-degradable distinctive feature of the Rudraksha bead renders reutilization of its resources and inexhaustibility of its potentiality to mediate innumerable silver nanoparticle syntheses. The present study is a step forward towards high prospects of manoeu...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/6302
Aims: To evaluate and compare the cytotoxicity of a resin-based root canal sealer, AH Plus, before and after electron beam irradiation and to assess the effect of three different doses of electron beam radiation (1 KGy, 3 KGy and 5 KGy) on cytotoxicity of the sealer. Place and Du...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5641