The genus Prosopis comprises 44 species of spiny small trees adapted to arid and semiarid regions of the planet that have been used by human populations as a source of wood, food and medicine. Prosopis spp. possess high quantities of phenolic compounds and piperidine alkaloids wi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2022/v31i130298
Traditional medicine has been practiced for ages across the world using plants as a memory booster and in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia and amnesia. The tau, amyloid hypothesis and neuroinflammation hypothesis are major partakers in a combinational...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2022/v31i130299
Malaria has remained one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in most developing countries. This pathology is caused by the Plasmodium spp. Current World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria recommends the use of a...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2022/v31i130297
Aim: This study investigated the effects of sub-chronic administration of crude ethanol extract of Cola nitida mucosa epithelial lining and liver function enzymes in albino rats. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Chemical Pathology...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2022/v31i130296
Aims: The objective of this work is to contribute to the valorization of medicinal and aromatic plants of the Ivorian flora. We propose to evaluate the antioxidant and antibacterial activities of the essential oil (EO) of three species used in traditional medicine. Study Design:...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2021/v30i1030293
Aims: Laccosperma secundiflorum is a very important rattan species for certain populations in the Ivory Coast. They use the apical meristem in their food and the stems to make various items such as furniture, carpets and baskets etc. However, there is a gap in the study of its nu...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2021/v30i1030294
Reproductive system has infertility as a disease that affect both sex at equal frequency. A ten percent population of human reproductive age are affected with the phenomenon globally. This study investigated how ethanol crude leaves of Gongronema latifolium affect the reproductiv...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2021/v30i1030295
Azadirecta indica (Meliaceae) is a medicinal plant, commonly known as ‘Neem’ and distributed randomly in the whole of India. Corriandrum sativum belongs to the family of Apiaceae was considered to be native from Asia and Africa and known locally in Sudan as Kazbra. Azadirecta ind...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2021/v30i1030292
Background: Diabetes mellitus continues to remain the number one cause of mortality among the low- and mid-income populations. Hence, the need for cost-effective, available and accessible novel drug agents for improved health outcomes. This study was undertaken to investigate the...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2021/v30i1030291
The study was carried out to investigate the bleaching efficiency of chitosan for pigments removal from palm kernel oil (PKO). Chitosan was synthesized from periwinkle shell waste by chemical technique involving demineralization, deproteinization and deacetylation. The bleaching...
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Research Article10.9734/ijbcrr/2021/v30i930290