Aims: To assess the antibacterial property of seed crude extracts of Pongamia pinnata Linn and isolated flavonoids component from crude extract against Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus obtained from clinical isolates. Study Design: Observational study. Place and Durati...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/20002
The microbiological quality of machine sealed sachet water produced and sold in the Tamale Metropolis, Northern Region of Ghana was investigated. Eighteen (18) different sachet water brands produced and sold in Tamale were collected for bacteriological analysis and each sample wa...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/15721
Many campaigns of withdrawal of the underground waters have been done during the year 2013 to the level of the drillings situated in the township of Abomey-Calavi for control their quality. These withdrawals were the object of analysis according to the techniques of assessment of...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/17159
Microorganisms present in the environment pose a considerable hazard to historical objects and works of art. They are capable of settling on objects, and due to their ability to produce various enzymes, they can actively destroy these special objects, the poor preservation of whi...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/19535
Introduction: Urinary tract infections pathogens are common among pregnant women but the detection and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy will prevents urinary tract infection and its consequences in pregnancy. Therefore, this research set out to determine the pre...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/18857
When diabetes model mice and control mice were intranasally infected with the influenza virus (1 LD50), a significant higher mortality rate was observed in the diabetes model. The mortality rate became 100% at 10 days post infection. Furthermore, histopathological examination of...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/18799
Aims and Objectives: To determine the baseline CD4 positive T lymphocytes count of HIV/AIDS treatment naïve adults clients presenting for the first time treatment in Benue State University Teaching Hospital. Subjects and Methods: A total of 700 subjects age between 18 years to 7...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/19294
Aims: Astaxanthin, especially natural astaxanthin, is a powerful antioxidant, which is used as a nutraceutical and a common coloring agent in aquaculture. The present study was carried out to investigate the ability of astaxanthin production from the red yeast Rhodosporidium sp....
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/19368
Aims: Seemingly innocuous commercial cosmetic products have been responsible for serious overt and covert skin infections, which were often ignored as the sources or vehicles of transmission of pathogens. Materials and Methods: Three (3) popular brands of commercial cosmetic pro...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/14083
Aims: The tobacco plant, Nicotiana tabacum, has been one of the major risk factors for oral cancer. However, the literature has endowed it as “holy herb” since the pre-Columbian era as being used for treating pain, poisonous bites, ulcers, nasal polyp. So we designed a study to e...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/18568