Hibiscus sabdariffa is a popular medicinal plant that is claimed to have hypotensive and hypocholesterolemic actions in animals. The present preliminary study was conducted to assess the subchronic hypolipidemic actions of H. sabdariffa calyx in normal rats when administered as a...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/23186
Blunt trauma abdomen leads to varieties of injury to the intraperitoneal organ. Isolated small bowel injury is rare entity in blunt trauma abdomen. Complete transection of jejunum at two places is also a rare presentation in blunt trauma abdomen. Most of the reported cases of sma...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/24707
Aims: To investigate the prevalence and susceptibility pattern Salmonella enterica strains to ceftriaxone in southwestern Nigeria. Place and Duration of Study: Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Nigeria from November 2012-May 2013. Methodology: Isolates of Salmonella ente...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/23533
Background: Low Back Pain (LBP) is a common disorder involving the muscles and bones of the back. The patients ranged in age from 15 to 52 years. The condition may be further categorized by the underlying etiology as either mechanical, non-mechanical, or referred pain. Little is...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/24173
Background: Patients at end stage renal failure require hemodialysis, a process that contributes to oxidative stress, where the quality of hemodialysis membrane plays a key role. Aim of the Study: We sought to investigate the effect of two different hemodialysis membranes (Helixo...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/24141
Oral Cancer has a remarkably high incidence worldwide and a significant decrease in its mortality and morbidity rates has been established if it is diagnosed in early stages. There has been always a strong need to develop new, objective, non-invasive methods for its early detecti...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/24136
Aims: To demonstrate the histopathological changes in cardiac tissues of Wistar rats following exposure to developer effluent. Study Design: A case control study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Radiography, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus, Anambra State, Niger...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/23330
Aims: To demonstrate the efficacy of several small molecular weight compounds having hydrazide groups, for inhibiting the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. To show these same compounds have favorable drug-likeness properties. Study Design: To synthesize tuberculostats and te...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/24351
Inhibitory activity of crude extract of cysteine protease inhibitors from Calotropis procera against Plasmodium berghei infected mice was investigated. Various extracts obtained from the leaves, roots, flowers, latex and stem bark of Calotropis procera using different extraction...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/22866
Background: Respiratory dysfunction occurs in stroke patients. Little is known about the prevalence, clinical features and lesion topography in patients with dyspnea due to medullary infarction (MI). We aimed to evaluate the frequency and the clinicoradiological profile in dyspni...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/24206