The consumption of water pipe tobacco particularly among young females has become increasingly prevalent nowadays. Thus, this study is aimed at investigating the concentration of heavy metals in coal used for water pipe tobacco and the health risk assessment of the metals. A comm...
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Research Article10.9734/ajb2t/2025/v11i4263
This study investigated the concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) in different species of stockfish. Three species of stockfish (Cod, Apama and Haddock) were purchased from Rumuokoro market, in Obioakpor L.G.A. of Rivers St...
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Research Article10.9734/sarjnp/2025/v8i3209
The aim of this study is to investigate the proximate and quantitative phytochemical components of the leaves of Cirsium arvense. Fresh leaves of Cirsium arvense were collected from Achara Autonomous community in Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria and identified by...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2024/v12i6283
This study investigated the effects of consuming three species of stockfish (Haddock, Apama, and Cod) sold in Port Harcourt on liver and kidney biomarkers in Wistar rats. Forty Wistar rats were divided into eight groups of five rats each. The first group served as the control, wh...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2026/v18i8560
In this study, the evaluation of inhibitory and protective potentials of Taraxacum officinale (TO) on testosterone propionate-induced benign prostatic hyperplasia in wistar male rats were investigated. Thirty male rats of the wistar strain, weighing between 130 and 180 g were use...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrimps/2025/v14i4350
Fishes are consumed for their taste, high protein content, amino acids and saturated fatty acids. However, nutritional information on stock fish consumed in Bayelsa State is limited. In this study, proximate, amino acid and fatty acid compositions of three stock fish species (cod...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrb/2024/v14i6342